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N AS MONITORING EQUIPMENT (NME) Corrie Conrad (PDX) is the NME Article 114 Representative. Ms. Conrad's report to the membership is below. NME has been approved to move forward to Initial Investment Decision where we will be refining the requirements and alternatives. We are conducting another Safety P anel at the end of this month. There was a policy change to the 6750.24 that states when the Far Field Monitor a larms you are no longer required to downgrade from a CAT II approach to a CAT I approach. AJW - 143 in OKC is developing version 3.A, which will update the software for this change, but will not update any other version of the software , such as approach lig hts, engine generators, etc. li ke SFO and OKC currently have. The PO suggested it be done this way as not to give the UIC any unfair advantage over other vendors during the process of developing the NME. RUNWAY SAFETY Bridget Gee (DFW) is NATCA's Runway S afety Action Team (RSAT) Representative. She also serves as the Article 114 Representative to the Runwa y Status Lights (RWSL) Program. Below is her report to the membership. Runway Status Lights (RWSL): ORD : Being conducted in three phases: Phase 1, Runw ay 10L/28R, was turned online April 27, 2016. Phase s 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. Phase 3 (9R Enhancement) : Scheduled to begin s pring 2017. DTW : ORD declared 4/20/16. Phase 2 (21L): 3 REL (Runway Edge Lights) to be installed s pring 2017 . BWI : Construction is ongoing. System set to come online in 2017. SFO : IOC (Initial Operating Capability ) was declared on 11/30/16. The RELs (runway entrance lights) were turned on. However, a software update is needed for the THLs (takeoff hold li ghts). I will be in SFO Jan. 17 - 19. The 17th we plan on finishing the optimization, and the 18th we are p lanning on turning on the THLs. BOS : MOA was delivered on 10/31. Design review meeting was held on 11/15. Work is ongoing to get the funding committed. DFW : Final CSER (Contractor Site Engineering Report) was scheduled to be delivered 11/6. Pre - bid meeting for the SSC portion of the work on the west side of the airport was held on 12/7. The bid is expected to be awarded on 1/6/17 and a pre - construction meeting is scheduled for 1/19/17. Runway Safety: