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FINAL 2008-2011 STATEWIDE TRNSPORTATION M'ROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />Acronym or Word Definition <br />ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, signed into law on <br /> December 18, 1991, provided regions and states with additional fund- <br /> ing and more flexibility in making transportation decisions. The act <br /> placed significant emphasis on broadening public participation in the <br /> trans ortation Tannin rocess to include ke stakeholders. <br />JARC Jobs Access Reverse Commute <br />LANECO Lane County Area <br />LJDACT Lower John Da ACT <br />LSN Local Street Network <br />METROC Metro Central Area <br />METROE Metro East Area <br />METROW Metro West Area <br />MPA Metropolitan Planning Area; the area for which a federal metropoli- <br /> tan trans ortation Tannin rocess must be carried out. <br />MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization; the forum for cooperative trans- <br /> portation decision-making for an MPA; defined by federal transporta- <br /> tion legislation as metropolitan areas with more than 50,000 residents <br /> and, per ISTEA, TEA-21, and SAFETEA-LU, responsible for prepar- <br /> ing "fiscally constrained" comprehensive multi-modal regional trans- <br /> ortation Tans. <br />MTIP Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program; a staged, multi- <br /> year, intermodal program of transportation projects consistent with <br /> the metro olitan trans ortation Tan. <br />MTP Metropolitan Transportation Plan; the official intermodal transporta- <br /> tion lane developed and ado ted b a MPO for an MPA <br />MWACT Mid-Willamette ACT <br />NBIS National Bridge Inventory Standards; federal registry of roadway <br /> brid es over 20 feet Ton <br />NEACT North East ACT <br />NEPA National Environmental Policy Act; the federal law that requires an <br /> evaluation of environmental impacts associated with any improve- <br /> ment ro'ect financed in whole or art with federal funds. <br />Non-attainment Area A geographic region of the United States that the Environmental Pro- <br /> tection Agency (EPA) has designated anon-attainment area for a <br /> trans ortation related ollutant(s . <br />Non-NBIS Not a art of the National Brid e Invento Standards <br />NPS National Park Service <br />NWACT North West Ore on ACT <br />OAR Ore on Administrative Rule <br />ODFW Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, jointly manages Fish Pas- <br /> sa eSalmon ro am with ODOT ~ <br />ODOT Ore~on_Department. of Transportation................. ..................................... _. _.~ <br />...................................................._.............................. <br />.................................. <br />__... ..................................._................ <br />OECDD 1 <br />..._ <br />Oregon Economic and Community Development Department <br />OFAC Ore on Frei ht Adviso Committee <br />Page 416 <br />