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Roles of the MPO and the RPO MPO RPO Planning Area C.F.R. Title 23 Cht.1 § 450.306 Metropolitan planning organization: Designations and redesignation. (a) Designations of metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) made after December 18, 1991, shall be by agreement among the Governor(s) and units of general purpose local governments representing 75 percent of the affected metropolitan population (including the central city or cities as defined by the Bureau,of the Census), or in accordance with procedures established by applicable State or local law. To the extent possible, only one MPO shall be designated for each UZA or group of contiguous UZAs. More than one MPO may be designated within an UZA only of the Governor(s) determines that the size and complexity of the UZA make designation of more than one MPO appropriate. Approval of metropolitan planning area boundaries by the FHWA or the FTA is not required. DCHC MPO MAB (Metropolitan Area Boundary) TARPO Planninu Area • Chatham County area outside DCHC MPO and participating DCHC Planning Area defined by the MAB is the Durham-Chapel municipalities therein; Hill-Carrboro Urbanized Area as defined by the United States Moore County and participating municipalities therein; Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, plus that area . Lee County and participating municipalities therein; beyond the existing urbanized area boundary that is expected to Orange County area outside DCHC MPO and BGMPO become urbanized or be affected by urban policies within a (Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organization). twenty-year period. The MAB will be periodically reviewed and revised in light of new developments, basic. data projections for the current planning period, and as may otherwise be required by federal and state law. D n~ m w