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MSP Post-Implementation Noise Screen Results have been returned and are undergoing final insertion into usable maps for upcoming briefing materials and dissemination to interested parties. The impact report generated by TARGETS AEDT Environmental Plug-in shows no change in noise exposure between the baseline and alternative scenarios. Our goal is to have these materials ready for upcoming MSP Project POC briefings to the MAC and NOC. The PBN structure that was developed to help mitigate the decommissioning of the BRD VOR is awaiting any other changes needed by the Western Service Area Facilities. ZMP is heavily impacted by the BRD Decom because the VOR MON project hasn't given much thought to the effects on surveillance when navaids are removed. Inquiries made to AJV-14 concerning potential land lease extensions haven't been reported back as successful and this project seems as if it will move forward and continue to have negative impacts to FAA facility operations as well as restrict under- equipped users in the immediate area. NAVAIDS provide needed surveillance structure in large areas of Non-Radar operations. In areas without VOR coverage, aircraft without the proper GPS or RNAV equipment may not be able to join the GPS based navigation system. Unless radar monitored, these aircraft will not be able to receive ATC services. The Regional Administrators remain committed to providing support for efforts in Minneapolis, San Antonio, and Austin. All project scheduling in Central has been adapted to include additional time between the finalization of proposed changes and submission to the Flight Procedures Team. This additional time is necessary to have initial noise information available and to have additional time for communication as necessary. Workgroup meetings were held in San Antonio to work on the proposed changes and a database is being made available for SWA to run SIM evaluations on. SWA will bring back any suggested adjustments. FAA HQ provided Formal Training for our Environmental Specialists concerning Community Engagement as well as a session where the Handbook of best practices was read to the Metroplex Leads. There hasn't been any additional training specifically for PBN Co-Leads. Projects at SAT and AUS were strategically slipped in the production pipeline because of recent changes to STAR Termination criteria that have had negative consequences affecting our designs. Co-Leads also feel it is best to allow more time for Community Engagement pieces to be completed. Internal project timelines have been adjusted to allow for more environmental information to be shared with each Airport Authority before designs are finalized and sent to the Flight Procedures Team (FPT). A Post Implementation Telcon was held in support of the new LUCIT STAR implementing at KGYY. No areas of concern were raised. All procedures published on the 7/21/2016 chart date were reported on and all implementations seemed to run smoothly. Of particular concern this month, AIS notified us that our post-implementation amendments for the KIND project are going to be slipped by one chart cycle because not all of the work was delivered to Flight Check by the deadline. We understand that AIS has been advertising that they are not able to keep up with their current workload. We held a TelCon with the affected facilities as well as AJV-14, OSG, and AIS to discuss. The facilities are put in a very difficult predicament when chart dates slip very late in the process because of facility training requirements and the automation adjustments that have to be made months in advance. The conversation was productive and the facilities remained very professional and collected. This TelCon helped keep AJV-14, the OSG, and AIS aware of the significance of these types of amendments and just how much the facilities are relying on the process to work for them. Additional research has been done in support of the ATKNN SID request off of KELP. This information will be shared with the facilities when I return from leave. AJV-14 has begun a review process with all of the Co-Leads to check and make final adjustments to the new 7100.41A Order rewrite.

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