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National Office Week in Review: March 1, 2017

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and environmental/community invol vement. The team will begin working some preliminary designs with L30 while ZLA finishes up the SoCal Metroplex activities. Chris Thomas is currently the NATCA Art. 114 Rep for the Las Vegas project. ACRP (Atlantic Coast Route Project) is looking to imple ment new Q Routes in the n ortheast , pending funding issues for sufficient workforce training at the affected facilities. Future Q Route implementations in the n ortheast and Florida are being considered, pending a determination if SID/STAR procedure amendment work is necessary fo r connectivity. The ACRP group met in Florida to discuss connectivity for SIDs/STARs with ACRP Q/Y routes. Jorge Rivera is currently the NATCA Art. 114 Rep for ACRP. We continue to work with the VOR MON program to determine the most efficient way to inte grate the ongoing work being done by VOR MON with the need to replace procedures through the current PBN processes. We are also engaged in the rewrite of the 8260.43 order that governs the overarching scheduling and prioritization of procedure development in AJV - 5 (Aeronautical Information Services). We are also re - examining the lead operator roles and responsibilities as it relates to the ongoing Metroplex teams and the single site OSG PBN wor k. We will continue to have tel co n s with A4A and other industry representatives soon to discuss. The PBN Policy and Support Group (AJV - 14) plans to begin the rewrite of JO 7100.41A soon, as well as, developing a more robust prioritization plan for PBN procedures. They also plan to work with AJV - 5 to better streamlin e Instrument Flight Procedure (IFP) processes and to identify duplications in the process. Work continues with the rewrite of the 8260.43C order, which introduces a national prioritization of all IFP work (including PBN). Worked to redefine the roles and r esponsibilities of industry partners on PBN workgroups/projects/programs. Submitted by PBN/Metroplex Design and Implementation Lead Art. 114 Ed Hulsey .

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