; (ii) in any case in which the project sponsor determines that a category of benefit referred to in clause (i) shall not be applicable to a proposed project, the Secretary shall not assign a rating to the category; and (iii) for a project to receive a cumulative rating of medium for that paragraph, the Secretary shall not require a minimum level of benefits from any single category of benefit described in any of clauses (i) through (vii) of that paragraph. (D) Non-Federal financial requirement In determining if a project is justified for purposes of paragraph (1)(D), the Secretary shall require that— (i) the proposed project plan provides for the availability of contingency amounts that the Secretary determines to be reasonable to cover unanticipated cost increases or funding shortfalls; and (ii) each proposed non-Federal source of capital and operating funding and financing is stable, reliable, and available within the proposed project timetable. (E) Evaluation of non-Federal financial commitment In assessing the stability, reliability, and availability of proposed sources of proposed sources of non-Federal funding and financing for purposes of paragraph (1)(D), the Secretary shall consider— (i) the reliability of the forecasting methods used to estimate costs and revenues made by the applicant and the contractors of the applicant; (ii) existing grant commitments; (iii) the degree to which financing sources are dedicated to the proposed purposes; (iv) any debt obligation that exists, or is proposed by the applicant, for the proposed project or other purpose; (v) the extent to which the project has a non-Federal financial commitment that exceeds the required non-Federal share of the cost of the project