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CLT, SDF , and A80. The initial t elcon was to introduce the ATMs and FacReps to the NextGen team for EoR and give a short description of what EoR is and would consist of for their facilities. Next steps include meetings with the facilities for a more in - depth discussion about the process, timelines, etc. o Participated in a t elcon with the Western Regional Task Group regarding the NorCal Noise In itiative. The purpose was to review community recommendation s as they relate to aircraft operators. Suggestions from the communities included reduced use of speed brakes, flight crews requesting noise - friendly runways, not requesting early turns from proce dures, etc. Initially, the WRTG members expressed aggravation for not being involved from the beginning (similar to NATCA's concern). The responses provided by the group to the community recommendations were as expected. They made it clear that crews use s peed brakes as a last resort and that it is impossible to promise they won't be used if the conditions require it. To the rest of the concerns , the response was put back to the needs of air traffic. o Procedures worked during this period: K36U RNAV SID BAR c ompleted, PAE RNAV STAR finalized, SJC RNAV STARs (RAZZR/SILCN Split), LAS RNAV STAR (SITEE), PAEI/PAED RNAV STARS, GJT RNAV STAR/RNPs, Seattle EoR, TF EoR, SEA HAWKZ STAR, KGUC RNAV SID, HNL PBN, SEA RNAV SID, NorCal Initiative . o Submitted by Phil Hargarte n , Western PBN and EOR Rep • Metroplex Study Team Lead o The Las Vegas Metroplex Study Team completed all of its conceptual design work by November 6 and then began work on the Study Team Final Report. The Study Team Final Report has now been edited by the te am and the Metroplex Program Office Leads and has also finished going through the tech writing process. Also, for the first time in the Metroplex study team process, we established direct communication with the local airport authority and the Airport Distr ict Office to discuss potential noise - sensitive areas and environmental hot spots. The final report has been signed by the Director of Airspace Services , with a likely D&I phase startup some time in the s ummer/ f all 2016 timeframe , after a determination of what the airport and community outreach will look like. Also, the tower/TRACON move into their new facility sometime in August. The study team analysis of the conceptual designs has determined roughly $7.5M in potential benefits to the Las Vegas Valley wit h an $11 cost to the agency. o There continues to be a lot of energy around the issue of community noise. We're currently involved with efforts to address what airport and community outreach looks like for future PBN projects by examining ways we can enhance our processes to improve the outreach to the local communities and increase awareness of PBN projects throughout the NAS. We are STILL in the process of defining the way forward for projects that are currently underway such as Florida Metroplex and CLE/DE T Metroplex. It appears the Regional Administrators will take on a bulk of the workload for getting this task accomplished. It is also unclear how non - Metroplex PBN projects will handle community outreach at this time.