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FTA Circular 9030.1 Chapter V: Section 5: (D) Satisfactory Continuing Control (E) Maintenance Section 10: (A) Bus Facilities d. Satisfactory Continuing Control. Section 5307(d)(1)(B) provides that the grantee must annually certify that it "has or will have satisfactory continuing control over the use of the equipment and facilities . . . " through operation or lease or otherwise. An FTA grantee must maintain control over federally funded property; ensure that it is used in transit service, and dispose of it in accordance with Federal requirements. If the grantee leases federally funded property to another party, the lease must provide the grantee satisfactory continuing control over the use of that property. Control over FTA-funded facilities and equipment is determined in two areas: real property (land) and facilities; and personal property (equipment and rolling stock, both revenue and non-revenue). FTA requirements are for adequate property control as shown, for example, through an inventory system; for proper use and disposition of property as shown, for example, by conforming with FTA procedures described in the grants management circular (FTA C 5010.1C) for disposing of property; and for safeguards against loss, theft, or damage. e. Maintenance. The grant applicant must annually certify that pursuant to 49 U.S.C. Section 5307(d)(1)(C), it will maintain (federally funded) facilities and equipment. The grantee must keep equipment and facilities acquired with Federal assistance in good operating order. This includes maintenance of rolling stock (revenue and non-revenue), machinery and equipment, and facilities. Every grant recipient of Urbanized Area Formula Program funds must have in its files a maintenance plan. The maintenance plan should identify the goals and objectives of a maintenance program, which may include, for example, vehicle life, frequency of road calls, and maintenance costs compared to total operating costs. The maintenance program, therefore, should establish the means by which such goals and objectives will be obtained.