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We are also working on an ATC survival guide th at will be a reference for the academy training we intend to propose. This would have human performance chapters that line up with the eight areas of the H & W subjects. NEXTGEN DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT (NG DME) Program : Samed Rizvi (PCT) is the NG DME N ational Representative. Mr. Rizvi forwarded the information below for the membership. The NG DME Program will provide an RNAV backup to enable DME/DME equipped aircraft to continue PBN operations during a GNSS disruption. There are currentl y 924 DME s in the continental United States. Since DMEs were not originally intended to provide RNAV coverage, some sites are not optima lly placed to provide coverage. The program intends to close coverag e gaps by adding 138 DME sites. An additional 45 DME sites will be added to eliminate single point failures so a single DME failure will not resu lt in the loss of RNAV service. 135 sites not ne eded for RNAV will be removed. The program is in the final phases of IARD (Investment Analysis Readiness Decision) and set to complete this phase by the end of September The team has begun work on developing the Concept of Operations document and is set to complete it by early January. Mr. Rizvi attended weekly Next Gen DME Status teleconferences. Mr. Rizvi attended weekly Nex tGen DME Steering Engineering Workgroup teleconferences. RNAV and PERFO RMANCE BASED NAVIGATION (PBN): Bennie Hutto (PCT) is the Article 48 Representative for RNAV and PBN criteria work. Mr. Hutto's report for the membership is below. RNAV ATS Routes We a re still in the process of working with AJV - 14 and AFS - 400 regarding the "Lateral Protected Airspac e Criteria for RNAV ATS Routes , " which we hope will lead to change in criteria and reduction in the basic width of an RNAV route. Pilot Controller Procedures & Systems Integration (PCPSI) Our next meeting is scheduled for No ve mber 8 - 10 in Henderson, Nev . NextGen Integration Work group (NIWG) PBN We held our last meeting on September 9, 2016, and discussed the PBN EoR progress for Houston, Denver, and Seat tle. Houston – EoR team met with stakeholders on August 23, 2016 to propose program management of widely spaced EoR implementation with existing RNP approaches and new national standard. Denver – Using national standard for EoR widely spaced independent ope rations, locally restricted to VMC/visual approach conditions. CRDA adaptation is available for merging and spacing utility. Seattle – Using ATC waiver for EoR dependent operations. CRDA adaptation is available for limited utility with merging and spacing traffic. The NIWG site recommendations for Radius to Fix (RF) and Track to Fix (TF) for independent and dependent operations is as follows: Independent Operation s using RF for trips and duals: DEN, I AH and BNA for trips and duals. Dependent Operations us ing RF for duals only: SEA, DAL, and PDX. Independent Operation s using TF for trips and duals: ATL, CLT, DFW. Dependent Oper ations using TF for duals only: PHL. Established on Departure Operations (EDO)