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replacement procedure for the off chance that this situation changes. We are keeping the procedure on the shelf as insurance. o Submitted by Bob Sz ymkiewicz CLT Metroplex Article 48 Rep · Southern California Metroplex o The SoCal Metroplex Core Team continues to respond to Air Traffic related public comments to the Draft EA. ATAC is continuing the work of "bucketing" public comments into spec ific topics to provide topical responses. o Rob Henry (FAA Co - Lead), Ryan Weller. FAA Lead Environmentalist, and Mr. Gonzalez continue to work with Glen Martin, Regional Administrator, and his staff in providing support, analysis and information for resp onses to elected official's requests. Glen Martin's office and the SoCal project continue to receive requests for additional public outreach, meetings with elected officials, and even re - opening of the public comment period. o The team took Thanksgiving week off. From your SoCal Team we wish you and your families a safe and Happy Holiday Season. o Submitted by Jose Gonzalez Article 48 Rep, SoCal Metroplex · Florida Metroplex December report o The leads of the Florida Metroplex, have been given n ew direction from the Metroplex program office to revise our upcoming schedule to include time, meetings and briefings to ADO's, Directors and Airport officials on the current status of Metroplex. o The central portion of Florida Metroplex team has just completed the second of two scrub weeks for the upcoming HITL simulation scenarios at MITRE the week of December 7, 2015. The team will evaluate the notional procedures and airspace changes that have been proposed. o Some facilities are working with one of our contractors in developing ISIM scenarios that will also evaluate notional procedures and airspace changes that have been proposed. o Submitted by Greg Harris, Florida Metroplex NATCA Art 48 rep · Detroit/Cleveland Metroplex o The project i s on a timeline freeze due to the changes in the Agency's outreach methods. We began this week with the first outreach to the CLE airport System team, along with the Great Lakes regional Administrator, FAA Airport Environmental Division, MITRE & Project Ma nagers from Headquarters. As a result of the meeting and discussions with Mark McKelligan (NATCA D&I Lead) and his Management counterpart it was determined to be impossible to meet our Environmental deadlines for a resulting April 2016 Draft EA. The outrea ch meeting with CLE and the soon to be scheduled meetings with DTW Wayne county officials will stretch us into March with the sub meeting scheduled from those initial talks, thus forcing us to continue to hold back submission on the final design package to CSA Environmental staff. o In the last couple of weeks we have scheduled submission timelines with the flight procedures staff, completed initial sector design within D21, s cheduled Flight Simulation time with Delta Airlines, c reated new slides for outr each presentations to conform with the new headquarters standard, w orked with DTW and the service area on