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RUNWAY SAFETY Bridget Singratanakul (Gee) (DFW) is NATCA's Runway Safety Acti on Team (RSAT) Representative. She also serves as the Article 114 Representative to the Runway Status Lights (RWSL) Program. Below is her report to the membership: Runway Status Lights (RWSL): ORD Being conducted in three phases: Phase 1, Runway 10L/28R, was turned online April 27, 2016. Phase s 2 and 3 are scheduled to come online 2017. Phase 2 (10C Enhancement) – IOC (Initial Operating Capability) was completed on May 3, 2018. Pre - JAI meeting held the week of 6/11/18. JAI scheduled for mid - July 2018. Phase 3 (9R Enhancement) – 9R Enhancement: Construction estimated to be complete d F all 2018 an d IOC Winter of 2018. Drawings have been received; work is currently out for bid. BOS Putting together a list of prototype items and cables in the BOS tower. Need to develop a site survey plan and checklist. Shadow Ops were conducted May 5th – May 9th. Pre – IOC (Pre – Initial Operating Capability) Meeting was May 9th. IOC was 5 /16/18. The Prototype shutdown occurred o n June 18, 2018. JAI (Joint Acceptance Ins pection) is scheduled for Aug. 18, 2019. BOS Phase 4 Requested RWSL Phase 4 bid and award date s. MPA construction completion 9/17/18. SAT completion 11/1/18. NASE optimization 9/25/18. Shadow Ops scheduled for 11/6 - 8/18. Phase 4 operational 12/12/18. DFW Shadow Operations was conducted on the West airfield 3/6 - 3/8. IOC for the west side of the com plex was on 3/22/18. The construction for the East airfield is ongoing. San Diego Power pedestal scheduled to be completed on 7/31/18. Fiber was completed by May 30, 2018. Currently conducting weekly Thursday telcons to coordinate implementation activities. IOC estimated October 2018. Memphis Kickoff/planning meeting held in Memphis on 12/4/17. A Draft MOU has been written. Additional meetings are required to ensure MEM can be implemented as planned. Runway Safety Taxiwa y Lander ASDE - X Enhancement: A study on Taxiway Arrival Prediction capability at SEA has taken place. Approximately 90 days worth of data has been collected and analyzed. A f lig ht c heck of the system was conducted. SEA completed a l ocal SRM panel on April 27th, 2018. SEA is currently conducting face to face training for the controllers on Taxiway Lander Alerting System. The taxiway lander ASDE - X alerting capability was turned on 5/11/18.