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that are transitioning to Fusion need to ensure they are using the latest build and remove ADS - B in the tile sets immediately over known airports until the UAT fix is added in S6R4. · Tom Zarick (ZDV), National Interval Management Rep o Several telcons held this week to discuss development of E nRoute Miles - in - Trail scenarios that will be added to FIM AA&C (arrival, approach & Cruise) ConOps o ZMP will stand down on most GIM - S activities until their identified TBFM issue is resolved in an upcoming patch o ZSE draft adaptation disc ussion conti nues. Steps forward include MITRE visiting the facility with their "TBFM in a Box" sometime in early Dec ember or the middle of January. ZSE will be the first facility to utilize this approach as opposed to using MITRE's McLean campus for adaptation testing . o ZDV Adaptation Demo still scheduled for the first week of November at the Tech Center. Three Controllers and one TMC will participate in the GIM - S at ZDV Operational Runs. o The last phase of the ZAB/ZDV test notice is currently in progress. Work w ill now begin on drafting a more permanent agreement between the facilities in the form of a Letter of Agreement. TERMINAL AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR): Mitch Herrick (MIA) represents NATCA as the Article 48 Representative for TAMR. Mr. He rrick and the TAMR Team Leads provided the reports below for the membership. · This week Mr. Herrick was in Washington, D . C . for Section 804 meetings. o NATCA, PASS and the FAA continue to work collaboratively to comply with the 2012 FAA Reauthor ization lang uage contained in Section 804. o The group known as "Section 804" met this week at NATCA headquarters to begin the analysis of Bakersfield Tower (BFL) as a potential realignment candidate to either Santa Barbara (SBA) or F resno (FAT). o Rep resentatives from the Section 804 group led by Don Chapman (PHL) and Mitch Herrick (MIA) met with the NATCA and PASS reps from each of those three facilities as well as their management counterparts to begin the analysis and data coll ection. o The group that included BFL Facrep Aaron Hepner, SBA Facrep Chris Schaefer and FAT FacRep Jerry O'Gorman was welcomed to NATCA by EVP Trish Gilbert. The group met for two days and will travel to all three facilities next month to continue the analysis of the operat i ons, buildings and personnel. · STARS/TAMR Phase 3 Segment 1 update submitted by Doug Peterson - D10 o Kyle Ness, TAMR lead from Minneapolis TRACON (M98), accompanied the TAMR team to St Louis TRACON (T75) for a Lessons Learned meeting. Mr. Ness and the staff manager from M98 recapped all the things that worked well and advised on things that they would have done differently. The meeting was well received and well attended. T75 chose to rework their schedule based on the success M98 achieved in gettin g to continuous operations in only