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dictating how Air Traffic must use A/G frequencies. NATCA received a briefing from the Spectrum Office on September 27th. We have requested a SRM panel be convened to address the safety issues associated with this requirement. RUNWAY SAFETY Bridget Gee (DFW) is NATCA's Runway Safety Action Team (RSAT) Representative. She also serves as the Article 114 Representative to the Runway Status Lights (RWSL) Program. Below is her report to the membership. Runway Status Lights (RWSL): ORD: Being conducted in three phases: Phase 1, Runway 10L/28R, was turned online April 27, 2016. Phase 2 and 3 are scheduled to come online 2017. Phase 1 (10L/28R): Initial Operating Capability (IOC) took place 4/27/16. Phase 2 (10C Enhancement) –Completion date shift due to south airfield shelter. Completion now scheduled for Spring 2017. Phase 3 (9R Enhancement) - Scheduled to begin Spring 2017. DTW: Hardware issues fixed and Commissioned on 4/20/16. Phase 2 (21L): 3 REL (Runway Edge Lights) to be installed Spring 2017 BWI: Construction is ongoing. System set to come online in 2017. SFO: Air Traffic Cadre training was completed on 10/31. I will be present for Shadow Operations (a process in which validation is completed to verify the timing of the (REL) runway entrance lights and (THL) takeoff hold lights) scheduled for 11/15-11/17. The Pre-IOC meeting with air traffic, which is scheduled for 11/16. Initial Operating Capability (IOC) scheduled for 11/30/16. BOS: MOA was delivered on 10/31. Design review meeting is scheduled to be held on 11/15. DFW: Final CSER (Contractor Site Engineering Report) was scheduled to be delivered 11/6. Runway Safety: Closed Runway Occupancy Prevention Device (CROPD): Live Testing at JFK was completed. No report with JFK results has been provided at this time. RNO and MDW will also be testing sites, which will take place next year. Airport Construction Advisory Council (ACAC): The ACAC continues to support construction activities throughout the NAS and Internationally. We brief weekly on current projects in the NAS. Automation of Construction Notice Diagrams: Multiple meetings and edits have been conducted for the detailed requirements in which myself, the ACAC, and Runway Safety office were involved in. I am currently waiting on the draft of final requirements to be completed in order to review. Also, the timeline may be pushed back. We are currently working to make sure this does not occur. I will know more within the next few weeks. Root Cause Analysis Team (RCAT): Bridget Gee is the RCAT Industry Co- Chair on the RCAT. The last RCAT met on September 22nd. We reviewed the current A and B runway incursions in the NAS as well as began a data dig on category C incursions. My FAA counterpart and myself briefed the RCAT results at the Runway Safety Council (RSC) meeting on Oct. 12. We currently do not have another RCAT scheduled at this time. Initially, it was scheduled for the first week of December, however

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