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Roles of the MPO and the RPO MPO RPO DCHC MOU TARPO MOU Carolina Department of Transportation in cooperation with the United the County of Orange; and the North Carolina Department of States Department of Transportation. Transportation (NCDOT) Transportation plans and programs and land use policies and programs for the planning area having regional impacts will be coordinated with the Triangle Transit Authority (now Triangle Transit) and the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, and the Trian le J Council of Governments. STRUCTURE STRUCTURE Planning Area Planning Area C.F.R. Title 23 Cht.1 § 450.308 Metropolitan planning organization: NCGS Article 17 Chapter § 136-211 Metropolitan planning area boundaries. (a) The metropolitan Rural Transportation Planning Organization includes planning area boundary shall, as a minimum, cover the UZA(s) representatives from contiguous areas in three to fifteen and the contiguous geographic area(s) likely to become counties, with a total population of the entire area represented urbanized within the twenty year forecast period covered by the of at least 50,000 persons according to the latest population transportation plan described in § 450.322 of this part. The estimate of the Office of State Planning. boundary may encompass the entire metropolitan statistical area or consolidated metropolitan statistical area, as defined by the Bureau of Areas already included in a Metropolitan Planning the Census. For geographic areas designated as nonattainment or Organization shall not be included in the area represented maintenance areas (as created by the Clean Air Act Amendments of by a Rural Transportation Planning Organization. 1990 (CAAA)) for transportation related pollutants under the CAA, the boundaries of the metropolitan planning area shall include at least the boundaries of the nonattainment or maintenance areas, except as otherwise provided by agreement between the MPO and the Governor under the rocedures s ecified 450.310 * of this art. *§ 450.310(f) If the metropolitan planning area does not include the entire nonattainment or maintenance area, there shall be an agreement among the State department of transportation, State air quality agency, affected local agencies, and the MPO describing the process for cooperative planning and analysis of all projects outside the metropolitan planning area but within the nonattainment or maintenance area. The agreement also must indicate how the total transportation related emissions for the nonattainment or maintenance area, including areas both within and outside the metropolitan planning area, will be treated for the purposes of determining conformity in accordance with the U.S. EPA conformity regulation (40 CFR part 51). The agreement shall address policy mechanisms for resolving conflicts concerning transportation related emissions that may arise between the metropolitan planning area and the portion of the nonattainment or maintenance area outside the metropolitan planning area. Proposals to exclude a portion of the nonattainment or maintenance area from the planning area boundary shall be coordinated with the FHWA, the FTA, the EPA, and the State air quality agency before a final decision is made. rn B m G