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Finally, one commenter encouraged DOT to change the population eligibility criteria <br /> for Metropolitan Planning Organizations.12 Under 23 U.S.C. 117(c)(1)(B), an MPO that <br /> serves an urbanized area with a population of more than 200,000 is an eligible applicant, <br /> and DOT lacks discretion to change that statutory threshold. However, if an MPO is <br /> organized as a unit of local government or a political subdivision of a State or local <br /> government, then that MPO satisfies other eligibility criteria and the size of the urbanized <br /> area that it serves does not affect eligibility. <br /> 3. Protection of Confidential Business Information <br /> All information submitted as part of or in support of any application shall use publicly <br /> available data or data that can be made public and methodologies that are accepted by <br /> industry practice and standards, to the extent possible. If the application includes <br /> information the applicant considers to be a trade secret or confidential commercial or <br /> financial information, the applicant should do the following: (1)note on the front cover <br /> that the submission"Contains Confidential Business Information(CBI)"; (2)mark each <br /> affected page "CBI"; and(3)highlight or otherwise denote the CBI portions. <br /> 12 https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=DOT-OST-2016-0022-0002 <br /> Page 47 of 48 <br />