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Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) Criteria WG 1. John Lindsey (AFS - 420) provided status update for 8260.3D Chg1 (cancelled) and waivers to replace it. 2. We continued in - depth discussions on the subject of Minimum En Ro ute Altitudes (MEAs) on STARS. The attendees agreed that MEA's are probably not needed, but need to obtain industry input. 3. We continued in - depth discussions on the subject of Minimum Obstruction Clearance Altitudes (MOCAs) on STARS which contained no charted altitude restrictions. This topic was originally generally agreed upon at the previou s face/face meeting, however with more thought and discussion it appears that MOCAs may not really serve a beneficial purpose. Further discussion is required with industry reps as well as AFS - 480 and AFS - 410. 4. Continued discussions over Minimum Safe Altitudes (MSAs) being charted on STARs. General feeling is they are not a good fit for STARs considering the intended purpose of the Aeronautical charting Forum (ACF) item, but further discussion is required. Departure Criteria Working Group (DWG) We w i ll be traveling to Oklahoma City for our next face - t - face meeting in September 2018. Pilot Controller Procedure s & Systems Integration (PCPSI). We met on June 28th and 29th in McLean, Va. at the MITRE Corporation and discussed the following: 1. STAR Runw ay Transitions FAA 7110.65 4 - 7 - 1 DCP slated for implementation on February 28, 2019 – The background on this change is for Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) procedures that provide course guidance to multiple runway transitions, pilots must be provided with runway transition information. This allows pilots to program the Flight Management System (FMS) and fly the proper decent profile associated with the runw ay transition that was issued. On March 1, 2013, a memorandum was issued clarifying FAA Order JO 7110.65, Paragraph 4 - 7 - 1. The memorandum stated that Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs) should issue a landing direction and Terminal facilities sh ould issue runway transitions. I n limited situations when the procedures are covered in a letter of agreement, ARTCCs may issue the runway transition in lieu of Terminal. Once the aircraft is established on the runway transition, due to the behavior of some FMSs, runway changes become problematic for p ilots. Currently, on bi - directional STARs utilizing multiple runway transitions, controllers are required to vector aircraft to the final approach course when a runway change is issued after passing the point 10NM from the runway transitio n waypoint. This change provides tightly limited relief from that requirement. This change cancels a Memorandum, issued in 2013 by En Route and Oceanic Support, AJE - 3 (now AJV - 8) by incorporating the clarification that ARTCCs should issue landing direct ions (when chart notes advise the pilot of the runway transition to load) and Terminals should issue runway transitions. For descend via clearances issued on STARs with multiple runway transitions incorporating