PUBLIC LAW 102-240—DEC. 18, 1991 105 STAT. 1959 monoxide under the Clean Air Act, the metropolitan planning organization shall coordinate the development of a long range plan with the process for development of the transportation control measures of the State implementation plan required by the Clean Air Act. "(4) PARTICIPATION BY INTERESTED PARTIES. — Before approving a long range plan, each metropolitan planning organization shall provide citizens, affected public agencies, representatives of transportation agency employees, private providers of transportation, and other interested parties with a resisonable opportunity to comment on the long range plan, in a manner that the Secretary deems appropriate. "(5) PUBLICATION OF LONG RANGE PLAN. —Each long range plan prepared by a metropolitan planning organization shall be— "(i) published or otherwise made readily available for public review; and "(ii) submitted for information purposes to the Grovernor at such times and in such manner as the Secretary shall establish. (h) TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.— "(1) DEVELOPMENT.— The metropolitan planning organization designated for a metropolitan area, in cooperation with the State and affected transit operators, shall develop a transportation improvement program for the area for which such organization is designated. In developing the program, the metropolitan planning organization shall provide citizens, af- fected public agencies, representatives of transportation agency employees, other affected employee representatives, private providers of transportation, and other interested parties with a reasonable opportunity to comment on the proposed program. The program shall be updated at least once every 2 years and shall be approved by the metropolitan planning organization and the Governor. "(2) PRIORITY OF PROJECTS. —The transportation improvement program shall include the following: "(A) A priority list of projects and project segments to be carried out within each 3-year period after the initial adoption of the transportation improvement program. "(B) A financial plan that demonstrates how the transportation improvement program can be implemented, indicates resources from public and private sources that are reasonably expected to be made available to carry out the plan, and recommends any innovative financing techniques to finance needed projects and programs, including value capture, tolls, and congestion pricing. "(3) SELECTION OF PROJECTS.— Except as otherwise provided in subsection (i)(4), project selection in metropolitan areas for projects involving Federal participation shall be carried out by the State in cooperation with the metropolitan planning organization and shall be in conformance with the transportation improvement program for the area. "(4) MAJOR CAPITAL INVESTMENTS. — Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to conform review requirements for transit projects under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to comparable requirements under
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