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8. Consultation with Users. In making a decision to undertake any airport development project <br />under Title 49, United States Code, it has undertaken reasonable consultations with affected parties using <br />the airport at which project is proposed. <br />9. Public Hearings. In projects involving the location of an airport, an airport runway, or a major <br />runway extension, it has afforded the opportunity for public hearings for the purpose of considering the <br />economic, social, and environmental effects of the airport ar runway location and its consistency with goals <br />and objectives of such planning as has been carried out by the community and it shall, when requested by <br />the Secretary, submit a copy of the transcript of sucll hearings to the Secretary. Further, for such projects, <br />it has on its management board either voting representation from the communities where the project is <br />located or has advised the communities that they have the right to petition the Secretary concerning a <br />proposed project. <br />10. Air and Water Quality Standards. In projects involving airport location, a major runway <br />extension, or runway location it will provide for the Governor of the state in which the project is located to <br />certify in writing to the Secretary that the project will be located, designed, constructed, and operated so as <br />to comply with applicable air and water quality standards. In any case where such standards have not <br />been approved and where applicable air and water quality standards have been promulgated by the <br />Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, certification shall be obtained from such <br />Administrator. Notice of certification or refusal to certify shall be provided within sixty days after the <br />project application has been received by the Secretary. <br />11. Pavement Preventive Maintenance. With respect to a project approved after January l, 1995, for <br />the replacement or reconstruction of pavement at the airport, it assures or certifies that it has <br />implemented an effective airport pavement maintenance-management program and it assures that it will <br />use such program for the useful life of any pavement constructed, reconstructed or repaired with Federal <br />financial assistance at the airport. It will provide such reports on pavement condition and pavement <br />management programs as the Secretary determines may be useful. <br />12. Terminal Development Prerequisites. For projects which include terminal development at a <br />public use airport, as defined in Title 49, it has, on the date of submittal of the project grant <br />application, all the safety equipment required for certification of such airport under section 44706 of Title <br />49, United States Code, and all the security equipment required by rule or regulation, and has provided for <br />access to the passenger enplaning and deplaning area of such airport to passengers enplaning and <br />deplaning from aircraft other than air carrier aircraft. <br />13. Accounting System, Audit, and Record Keeping Requirements. <br />a. It shall keep all project accounts and records which fully disclose the amount and <br />disposition by the recipient of the proceeds of the grant, the total cost of the project in connection with <br />which the grant is given or used, and the amount or nature of that portion of the cost of the project <br />supplied by other sources, and such other financial records pertinent to the project. The accounts and <br />recards shall be kept in accordance with an accounting system that will facilitate an effective audit in <br />accordance with the Single Audit Act of 1984. <br />b. It shall make available to the Secretary and the Comptroller General of the United States, <br />or any of their duly authorized representatives, for the purpose of audit and examination, any books, <br />documents, papers, and records of the recipient that are pertinent to the grant. The Secretary may require <br />that an appropriate audit be conducted by a recipient. In any case in which an independent audit is made <br />of the accounts of a sponsor relating to the disposition of the proceeds of a grant or relating to the project <br />in connection with which the grant was given or used, it shall file a certified copy of such audit with the <br />Comptroller General of the United States not later than six (6) months following the close of the fiscal year <br />Page 21 of 35 <br />170 <br />