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ZMP is also heavily impac ted by the decommissioning of the Brainerd (BRD) VOR, scheduled for 2017. NAVAID decoms affect both navigational components as w ell as surveillance components. The navigational needs have been mitigated by meetings with ZMP to develop T - Route structure s an d updating all impacted procedures by the Centra l FPT and Airspace Specialists. The surve illance piece is another story. The area affected by BRD is also a large non - radar area. Without radials, non - radar applications are a challenge. We have asked the PBN Program Office to engage AJV - 8 to help clarify for ZMP what rules and techniques will benefit the controllers a t ZMP, as well as the users who will o therwise be adversely impacted. We are also exploring other systems of surveillance for the affected area. Eric Labardini, NATCA Art. 48 for Surveillance Broadcast Systems, is pr oviding his expertise and help. In the end, aircraft that have no way of joining the RNAV system will be heavily impacted during adverse weather that requires an IFR clearance. During the meetings at ZMP to design the T - Routes, additional fixes were added to serve non - radar separation functions. We will also help the POCs for ZMP with non - radar training development as requested. Our other high priorities are proj ects in San Antonio and Austin. Both workgroups have been working together very well (including ZHU and ZFW) and working the projects concurrently is proving beneficial for all involved. Design work for both project proposals is either complete or very close. We have met directly with the Austin Airports Department of Aviation and will meet with the San Antonio Airport E nvironmental Manager next week. Discussions with both are centered on discovering what community engagement activities already exist locally and working to join wi th each affected airport to deliver the coordination to each community. Agency guidance towards this goal is still non - existent, but we have a good idea of best practices and concepts to shoot for. Each project site is different and each site needs to be d eveloped accordingly. Agency guidance concerning Community Engagement is both vital and very late to the field. FAA HQ Environmental is briefing individual airports that such guidance already exists and is already active. There has been nothing formal offe red to the PBN Co - Leads as of yet and we also haven ' t been allowed to collaborate on the development. Collaboration within our projects in Central c ontinues to be very successful. We have work to do with the other lines of business in the Agency to ensure that projects have an appropriate structure that can be successfully accomplished. One additional item for the DFW and DAL area: Please Note: Continued review and support of ERAM ER136427 (Proper ERAM S ID Functionality) is requested. Sabu Varghese, ZFW NAT CA Automation Rep , is working and keeping affected facilities updated. Currently, it has been placed in a "future" bucket by the NUT (Na tional User Team) because of it s size (cost) and complexity…but we are hoping for attention to it soon. Submitted by CSA PBN NATCA Art. 48, Brent Luna Metroplex Study Team Lead : 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 th e team 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 D istrict Office to discuss potential noise sensitive areas