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o MAF received their 5 - mile MVA maps. They are poised to go Fusion Operational soon. o Working with SBS Program Office to monitor NAP (Needs Assessment Program) requests from facilities adding radar feeds to their sy stem. o The new CSMM is finished and it will be published very soon. • PHRASEOLOGY - "(Aircraft ID) YOUR ADS - B CALL SIGN DOES NOT MATCH YOUR FLIGHT PLAN CALL SIGN." o Discussed radar contingency planning with Tech Center personnel. Passed on pictures of possible hardware anomalies from the Billings Fusion Suitability Demonstration. Discussed R27 software fixes. • Tom Zarick (ZDV), National Interval Management Rep o ZAB and ZDV 30 Day GIM - S Revie w telcon took place on Tuesday. ZDV hasn't spent a lot of energy on GIM - S. Only a handful of comments received. Definitely room for tweaking and minor improvements but overall the facility is calling it a success. o Two GIM - S Planning meetings took place on Wednesday. The ZMP meeting centered on the results of the Mitre demo from two weeks ago. Although somewhat discouraged by the lack of speed advisories on the current adaptation, work will continue. Optimistic that results on ZMP support string will show improvements. RNAV and PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION (PBN): Dennis Kelly (P HL) is the Article 48 Representative for the criteria work on RNAV and PBN. Mr. Kelly's report for the week is below. • Mr. Kelly will be on vacation starting now, no update next week. • I LS Rationalization – Operational Targets: o Provide vertically guided in strument approach services to the lowest practical minima at qualified instrument runway ends (per ATO/ARP/AVS designation) o Provide lateral guidance to the lowest practical minima if vertically guided approach is not available o Enable aircraft to navigate t o a non - Global Navigation Satellite S ystem (GNSS) (i.e., ILS or VOR) approach within 100 miles during a GPS outage o Maintain approach guidance to support State Owned Aircraft o Maintain suitable ILS infrastructure to minimize impacts to aircraft and air traff ic operations at all weather conditions o Minimize impacts to pilot and controller workload o Align the provision of vertically guided approach services to locations based on user equipage. Match service provision to user equipage, wherever practical • NSPP - NE W Metroplex Procedures: ATL moves 15 RNAV SID publications from 5/26 to 7/21/2016 to align properly with STAR cancellations two months after implementation. The same with 8 RNAV STARS from 1/5 to 3/2/2017. SIDs/STARs/RNP: The following cancel procedures fo r 1/5/2017 pub cycle: PWM 4 RNPs, MHT 2 RNPs, PIT 4 RNAV SIDs. • Open SID Memo - o On 9/2 , the Director of Airspace Services signed this memo