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As we conti nue to work on the myriad of issues from previous implementations and construct the agenda for the post implementation meeting in September, the team must also prepare for our final implementation. The final implementation, on January 5, 2017 , consists of mainly s atellite airport procedures. The last week of August we are beginning our visits to the facilities impacted by the January 5 implementation. Ron Myers CLT Metroplex Article 48 lead Las Vegas Metroplex Design & Implementation July & August 2016 : Th e Las Vegas Metroplex Design and Implementation Team is stil l in the very beginning stages. The full team has yet to be put together. The plan is to assemble a full team sometime bet ween October and January 2017. Brad Mayhugh (FAA Co - Lead) and I have begun early outreach work with the Program Office, as well as meeting with the Regional Administrator and Cla rk County Airport Authorities. Work is currently being done to establish a Community Engagement Plan to begin o utreach prior to the start of design work . Submitted by Chris Thomas Article 48 Co - Lead Las Vegas D&I Atlantic Coast Route Project (ACRP) Aug ust U pdate : The ACRP team spent two weeks at ZMA and completed all Q/Y rou te design work for ZJX and ZMA. ISIM modeling was completed for ZJX at ZMA two we eks ago. Last week , ACRP traveled to ZSU with ZMA SMEs and the ISIM lab to finish design and the last m odeling for ACRP. ACRP is pleased to report that the design portion of Q/Y PBN routes is now complete from the Canadian b order along the entire east coas t of the NAS all the way to ZSU's southern boundaries ("pencils down"). All the new routes and impacted sectors modeled the routes and traffic flows to ensure it was designed the way the controllers intended them to work. After finishing at ZSU on Wednesda y , another important milestone was the completion of all the ISIM modeling for all the impacted f acilities. Thanks to the amazing cooperation of ZBW, ZNY, ZDC, ZTL, ZJX, ZMA, ZSU , and the ATAC ISIM folks. In two weeks , ACRP will be back on its aggressive t ravel schedule to visit all the involved f acilities for route/waypoint validation. City pairs work and procedures will also be evaluated and documented during these visits. Much of the work will be dependent on the assistance and coordination with the East ern Service Center before we can begin production phase. Much work lies ahead with LOAs, SOPs , and facility level training prior to publication and implementation. Industry and internal FAA outreach and briefings are also a big part of our upcoming schedul e , as well as close coordination with other PBN projects in the works. Submitted by Jorge Rivera . The SoCal Metroplex completed and delivered: The final Technical Report; The f inal FONSI/ROD , along with the VP briefing document and PowerPoint ; The f inal Topical Responses List to Response to Comments in the EA ; The f inal Response to Comments document ; Delivered a draft communication plan to Headquarters that details a combination of public meetings, elected official meetings, and webinars to announce th e ROD and changes in procedures. Prepared the SoCal Metroplex website for utilization for announcement if we receive a ROD .