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of good work has been accomplished to meet the goals for RWY33L and RWY22L. We have another meeting sched uled 10/2 - 10/4 to finalize the designs and present them to Massport. A meeting is scheduled for the decommission ing of TDG/LDK/EWA/HAB VORs. The telcon/goto for this work is scheduled for Aug. 22 with ZTL, ZME, BHM and the appropriate m ilitary installati ons. Joey Tinsley NATCA PBN Co - Lead East PBN/Metroplex Design and Implementation Lead Monthly Report – 8/9/18 Metroplex: Florida Metroplex re - design work has begun on the Florida Metroplex SIDs/STARs. Part of the current Florida Metroplex re - scoping optio ns is to incorporate a portion of the original Atlantic Coast Routes Project (ACRP) Q/Y routes from ZJX and ZMA. The Florida Metroplex team will work to connect the Q routes to the existing SIDs and STARs for a Nov . 8, 2018 implementation. The team will the n reconnect the future Metroplex SIDs and STARs to the Q routes at a later date. The northern ACR Q routes (ZDC and north) have been incorporated into the NE Corridor initiative with a dedicated set of Co - Leads from the Eastern Service Center OSG PBN tea m. Detroit/Cleveland Metroplex is working towards a September 2018 implementation. The Denver Metroplex team began the re - start of the project the week of June 8 and just completed work in Charlotte to observe operations. The Denver Metroplex team will als o begin LOA work with the local facilities towards the end of September. The Las Vegas Metroplex is now moving forward with the project as originally scoped and continues to work its' way through the design phase of the project with its 75% design comple te briefing upcoming. FAA leadership has been made aware of the resource constraints at L30 with the lack of training, airspace, and automation support structure. The Metroplex Leads meeting scheduled to take place in Cleveland on August 6 - 10, 2018 was can celled. PBN Policy and Support (AJV - 14) is currently working with Flight Standards (AFS), Aeronautical Information Services (AIS), Service Center Operational Support Groups (OSGs), Flight Inspection, and PASS on a workgroup to look at ways to streamline t he Instrument Flight Procedures (IFP) development processes to improve the way we validate incoming IFP requests. This workgroup will also look at ways to better prioritize valid requests that aligns better with safety needs and the PBN NAS Nav Strategy. T his workgroup kicked off on March 28, 2017 with a week - long meeting in Seattle. The timeline for completion of the draft implementation plan was June 2018 and now has stood up an additional workgroup to define function and roles/responsibilities to incorpo rate into the new JO 7100.41B for IFP implementation. The PBN Co - Leads meeting will be held in September in DC with co - leads represented from all three service centers as we continue to work on prioritization of single site projects. RNAV and PERFO RMANCE BASED NAVIGATION (PBN) Bennie Hutto (PCT) is the Article 114 Representative f or RNAV and PBN criteria work. Mr. Hutto's report for the membership is below. PBN Criteria Update: