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Report submitted by Don Ossinger CLE/DT W Article 48 D & I liaison . SoCal Metroplex The SoCal Metroplex Team has been very busy with final preparations for the March 2 Implementation. Phase II on March 2 will implement 64 procedures that will consist of 37 SIDS, 20 STARS, six Approaches , and one T - Route. SCT and ZLA have completed training for this implementation. The local towers are close to competition. The automation build has been completed and being certified. Coordination has been ongoing with flight dispatchers, ATC facilities, inter nal facility departments (I.E. 51, 520, 530), Western Service Area OSG, Industry Reps, Military Reps, contract support teams, AeroNav products, Command Center, Traffic Management Units , and Flight Standards. SCT and ZLA will have Go To t eams consisting of Metroplex Core Team, Area SMEs, Industry Reps, MITRE and ATAC Contract support, HIS and National OPS team, ATSAP, OSG Airspace Redesign, PBN Reps , and AFS T echnology and Procedures Reps. Validation of three different configurations is planned for March 2nd and 3rd, weather and traffic permitting. An e - b last and a notice is to be posted on the SoCal Metroplex website and Community Engagement website to alert the surrounding communities , along with airports , that the public may experience a change in air t raffic operations due to these validations. The t eam completed 10 successful Community Engagements. There is a great deal of misinformation out in the public and the team did a tremendous job in explaining procedures and changing the public's perception of the project. There are eight principles suing the FAA under the SoCal Project. A meeting was held with an attorney representing two of the parties to begin possible settlement discussions. The discussions are ongoing. Submitted by Jose Gonzalez Arti cle 48 Rep, SoCal Metroplex Atlantic Coast Route Project (ACRP) February update The ACRP team has completed all Q/Y route design v alidation and modeling for t he east coast from ZBV to ZSU. ACRP is will ha ve a two - phase implementation: Phase 1 (ZBW/ZNY) , Phase 2 (ZDC, ZTL, ZJX, ZMA, ZSU) . Phase 1 : All route packages have been submitted to OSG for a proposed June 22, 2017 implementation. This p hase will publish 13 Q routes and two Y routes. The J route structure will remain in place and be removed at a late r date. ACRP has been involved with the two facilities in pre - implementation facility briefings and pre - implementation strategy following a robust implementation plan. Phase 2 : All Q route packages for 38 Q routes have been submitted to OSG for a proposed 2017 implementation. 49 Y Route packages will be completed and submitted to OSG by mid - March. The plan is to remove J route structure w ith the Phase 2 implementation. ACRP has been engaged and in p re - implementation briefing s with all the involved faciliti es. We