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<br />asterisk, have also made commitments to implement control measures (See Section 3.7). <br />Information on the groups listed below is provided in Appendix A. <br /> <br />*Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) <br />*Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority <br />*Capital Area Planning Council (CAPCO) <br />Central Texas CLEAN AIR Force <br />Clean Air Coalition of Central Texas <br />Clean Air Partners <br />Environmental Defense <br />Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce <br />*Lower Colorado River Authority <br />*Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Austin District <br />*Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Headquarters Office <br />*Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin Headquarters Office <br />University of Texas at Austin <br /> <br />1.7 Intent, Objectives, and Commitments of the AJSM MSA 03 Flex Agreement <br /> <br />It is the intent of the signatories that, through their participation in an 03 Flex Agreement, <br />effective and sustainable air quality improvement strategies will be implemented for the <br />AJSM MSA. Through these strategies, the signatories intend that regional air quality will <br />remain in attainment of the I-hour ozone standard and have the additional health benefits <br />envisioned under the 8-hour standard. The signatories recognize that the 03 Flex <br />Agreement does not preclude the AJSM MSA being designated as nonattainment under <br />the 8-hour standard at some future point. <br /> <br />The specific objectives of the AJSM MSA 03 Flex Plan are to: <br /> <br />· Provide long-term maintenance ofthe I-hour ozone standard <br /> <br />· Provide health benefits envisioned under the 8-hour ozone standard <br /> <br />The signatories and participants of the AJSM MSA 03 Flex Plan commit to: <br /> <br />· Implement, to the extent practicable, emission reduction measures for the 2002 ozone <br />season and no later than the 2003 ozone season. These measures will reflect the <br />circumstances and resources of the individual signatory entities and other <br />participants. <br /> <br />· Continue to conduct air quality monitoring and air dispersion or photochemical <br />modeling. <br /> <br />· Evaluate additional emission reduction measures based on updated photochemical <br />modeling and technical analysis programs. <br /> <br />6 <br />