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information has been finalized , a briefing will occur in order to make the decision to move forward with an SRMP, revise the information, or scrap th e concept. National Strategic Production Planning (NSPP) We meet every Tuesday and discuss the procedures that are scheduled for implementation across the country and have no issues to report at this time. ATL Metroplex Participated in a teleconference call with the Atlanta Metroplex and Flight Standards (AFS) regarding current criteria and the waivers that would be required in order for the team to move forward with the procedural desi gns under Post Implementation. While meeting with AFS, the team was a ble to get 40 waivers and four approval letters written, which would not have occurred without this meeting in order to meet their deadli nes for procedural submission. It may seem like a lot of waivers, but really comes down to seven types of waivers and o ne type of approval letter. Terminal Route Generation Evaluation and Terminal Simulation (TARGETS) Received a briefing on TARGETS 5.3.0, which covers RNAV Departure Obstacle Evaluation, Conventional STAR Reference Software, Conventional Route Reference So ftware, and Convention al Holding Reference Software. During the briefing, I had several questions regarding the RNAV Departure Obstacle data and we will be holding a follow - up meeting on March 20, 2017. TARGETS 5.3.0 is tentatively scheduled for release in July 2017 with User evaluation testing beginning in May 2017. The release of TARGETS 5.3.0 will not occur until we are satisfied the program performs as desired. TERMINAL AUTOMATION MOD ERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR) Aaron Rose (NCT) is the TAMR Articl e 11 4 Representative for NATCA. His report to the membership is below. Terminal Automation transitioned two Phase 1 facilities to TAMR software and updated processors this month. P50 (Phoenix) and CMH (Columbus) both moved onto the ne w platform provided by TA MR. Of course no transition is a smooth operation but both facilities provided excellent training and support to their controllers and techs. Only minor adaptation issues reported , and NATCA OSF is providing or ha s already prov ided solutions. The facilitie s were wonderful to work with thro ughout the transition process. Mr. Rose assigned Robert Faulkner (D01) the duty of coordinating all activities with the TAMR PO involving ARTS 1E and STARS LITE transitions. There are a total of nine stand - alone towers th at will transition to rem ote towers slaved off TRACONs. Robert is no stranger to TAMR and will provide excellent leadership in his new role. He will be responsible for coordinat ing training, deployment, and install ation with the NAT CA facilities. In additi on, Robert will promote NATCA to the Federal Contract towers without representation. TELCONS, TELCONS, TELCONS - Most of this reporting period was spent in Northern California, which means telcons all day , every day from 0600 to 150 0. There really are to o many to list but here are some of the more important ones: PHX/CMH Transition and IOC (Initial Operating Capacity) meeting, PHX/CMH Transition, OSWG (Operating System Working Group), Section 804 consolidations, TAMR Joint Read - out, Raytheon Risk Assessm ent, TAMR Software Planning Board,