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meeting, ADS - B Flight Inspection, ADS - B IOC, Fusion Operational Suitability Demonstration (OSD) , and Fusion Operations. The most recent and upcoming Terminal events: • Fort Smith (FSM ) Kickoff meeting Sept 20 • Burlington (BTV) Kickoff meeting Sept 20 • New York (90) Kickoff (repeat event) meeting Sept 27 • Gulfport (GPT) IOC completed Sept 28 • Atlantic City (ACY) IOC completed Sept 28 • Amarillo (AMA) Flight Inspection completed Oct 4 • Fairban ks (FAI) IOC completed Oct 4 • Chattanooga (CHA) transitioned to Fusion on Oct 5 • Gulfport (GPT) OSD completed Oct 7 • Green Bay (GRB) Flight Inspection completed Oct 13 • Atlantic City (ACY) OSD completed Oct 13 • Spokane (GEG) IOC completed Oct 13 NATCA SBS cont inues to work with the Agency toward a more proactive appr oach to ADS - B avionics issues. Though these issues are rare, the Agency's approach to date has been hampered by a lack of resources devoted to investigating flagged issues within the SBS Compliance Monitor . These issues occur when standards for installation or configuration within aircraft or ground systems are not met. ADS - B is a cooperative surveillance source relying on the position information de termined onboard the aircraft. In order to reduce o r prevent the number of safety - compromising events in the NAS , we need a proactive, timely response. Advanced IM/FIM - S Adva nced IM ConOps work continues. Next meeting scheduled for mid - November . Meeting scheduled with the Agency and ALPA on Sept 20th was largely a success. Agency is now committed to developing the IM applications with "defined interval" in mind, rather than delegated separation. Advanced Surveillance - Enhanced Procedural Separation (ASEPS) Formerly known as Space Based ADS - B (SBA), form erly known as Reduced Oceanic Sepa ration (ROS). Ah yes, the time - honored Agency tradition of rena ming and renaming a program. ASEPS has now had two SRMP meetings. The second meeting, held Aug 23 - 25 in San Francisco, included NATCA representatives from all ATOP facilities . 12 hazards were identified, and actual rankings and more discussion will occur at the next SRMP , planned Nov . 29 - Dec . 1 in Phoenix. ASEPS continues to explore a reduc ed oceanic separation standard. This may be supported by Space Based ADS - B or with changes t o ADS - C, currently used in ATOP. In any environment, including oceanic, separation standards are closely tied to the combined performance of communication, navigation, and surveillance. While SBA represents are dramatic change in surveillance, little is changing in the abilit y to communicate with a ircraft. This affects response times and much more. NATCA ATOP SMEs have weighed in during our SRMPs that ADS - C backup is desired even with the introduction of SBA.