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22 State Fiscal Year 2013 Public Transportation Programs Federal and State Assistance Certifications and Assurances (2) Will provide the local share funds from approved non-Federal sources except as permitted by Federal law, and (3) Will provide the local share funds when needed, h. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5307(d)(1)(Ii), it and each Subrecipient will comply with: (1) The requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5301(a) for public transportation systems that: (a) Maximize the safe, secure, and efficient mobility of people, (b) Minimize environmental impacts, and (c) Minimize transportation-related fuel consumption and reliance on foreign oil, (2) The requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5301(d) for special efforts to: (a) Design public transportation for elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities, and (b) Provide public transportation for elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities, and (3) The requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5303 - 5306 for: (a) Metropolitan and State Planning, and (b) Private enterprise participation, and i. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5307(d)(1)(17, it and each Subrecipient has a locally developed process to solicit and consider public comment before: (1) Raising a fare, or (2) Implementing a major reduction of public transportation. 18. NEW FREEDOM PROGRAM Each Applicant for New Freedom Program assistance authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5317 must provide the following cert~cations. NCDOT may not award Federal assistance for the New Freedom Program until the Applicant provides these cert~cations by selecting Category "18. " 1: The Applicant certifies that: a. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5317(d)(4), it will make awards of New Freedom funding on a competitive basis following: (1) An areawide solicitation in cooperation with the appropriate metropolitan planning organization for applications for funding under 5317(c)(1)(A) (see 49 U.S.C. 5317(d)(1)), and (2) A statewide solicitation for applications for JARC funding under 49 U.S.C. 5317(cxl)(B) or 49 U.S.C. 5317(c)(1)(C), (see 49 U.S.C. 5317(d)(2)), b. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5317(e)(2), any allocations to subrecipients of funding authorized under 49 U.S.C. 5317 will be distributed on a fair and equitable basis, c. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5317(f)(3): (1) The projects it has selected or will select for funding under that program were derived from a public transit-human services transportation plan that has been: (a) Locally developed, and (b) Coordinated, (2) That locally developed, coordinated plan was produced through a process that included: (a) Representatives of public, private, and nonprofit transportation providers, (b) Representatives of human services public, private, and nonprofit providers, and (c) Participation by the public, and d. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5316(f)(2), before it transfers funds to a project funded under 49 U.S.C. 5336, that project has been or will have been coordinated with private nonprofit providers of services. 2. As permitted by 49 U.S.C. 5317(e)(1), the Federal Transit Administrator has selected certain requirements of 49 U.S.C. 5310 and 49 U.S.C. 5307 to be appropriate for the New Freedom Program, of which some require certifications. Therefore, as specified under 49 U.S.C. 5307(d)(1), the Applicant certifies that: a. As required by 49 U.S.C. 5307(d)(1)(A), it and each subrecipient has or will have the: (1) Legal capacity to carry out its proposed projects, (2) Financial capacity to carry out its proposed projects, (3) Technical capacity to carry out its proposed projects, (4) Safety aspects of its proposed projects, and (5) Security aspects of its proposed projects, 19