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PUBLIC LAW 109–59—AUG. 10, 2005 ‘‘(C) may encompass the areas described in paragraph (2)(B); and ‘‘(D) may address any nonattainment area identified under the Clean Air Act for ozone or carbon monoxide. ‘‘(f) COORDINATION IN MULTISTATE AREAS.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall encourage each Governor with responsibility for a portion of a multistate metropolitan area and the appropriate metropolitan planning organizations to provide coordinated transportation planning for the entire metropolitan area. ‘‘(2) INTERSTATE COMPACTS.—The consent of Congress is granted to any two or more States— ‘‘(A) to enter into agreements or compacts, not in conflict with any law of the United States, for cooperative efforts and mutual assistance in support of activities authorized under this section as the activities pertain to interstate areas and localities within the States; and ‘‘(B) to establish such agencies, joint or otherwise, as the States may determine desirable for making the agreements and compacts effective. ‘‘(3) LAKE TAHOE REGION.— ‘‘(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘Lake Tahoe region’ has the meaning given the term ‘region’ in subdivision (a) of article II of the Tahoe Regional Planning Compact, as set forth in the first section of Public Law 96–551 (94 Stat. 3234). ‘‘(B) TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS.—The Secretary shall— ‘‘(i) establish with the Federal land management agencies that have jurisdiction over land in the Lake Tahoe region a transportation planning process for the region; and ‘‘(ii) coordinate the transportation planning process with the planning process required of State and local governments under this section and section 5304. ‘‘(C) INTERSTATE COMPACT.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (ii), and notwithstanding subsection (b), to carry out the transportation planning process required by this section, the consent of Congress is granted to the States of California and Nevada to designate a metropolitan planning organization for the Lake Tahoe region, by agreement between the Governors of the States of California and Nevada and units of general purpose local government that together represent at least 75 percent of the affected 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. ‘‘(ii) INVOLVEMENT OF FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES.— ‘‘(I) REPRESENTATION.—The policy board of a metropolitan planning organization designated under clause (i) shall include a representative of each Federal land management agency that has jurisdiction over land in the Lake Tahoe region.

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