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Third, DMEs would be installed to fill the existing RNAV coverage gaps to remove the IRU requirement for individual procedures. STAR/ODPs would be evaluate d individually for removal of the IRU restriction. The STAR/ODP charts would be updated to remove the requirement for IRU. The suggested strategy allows for the ability to selectively approve procedures for DME - DME only. Fourth, DMEs needed to fill cove rage gaps and add redundancy for the remainder of the terminal area coverage volume would be added. Providing extended coverage beyond current procedures allows planners to use the additional RNAV coverage in new procedure development. For the PIR, this may be an opportunity to track additional benefits as procedures are redesigned from DME - DME - IRU to DME - DME. OPERATIONAL P LANNING AND SCHEDULING (OPAS) Rich Santa (ZDC) leads the NATCA effort for web - based scheduling and other operational programs. His up date is below. ATOMS : The testing for the release of ATOMS (CRU - ART replacement) was cancelled last week pending discussions of the ATOMS requirements and the installation timeline. We are awaiting a decision for the t esting scheduled in two weeks. The pr ogram will be delayed slightly due to the interruption but it would not be a large detriment if we were back on track soon. OPAS : We completed a week of meetings revolving around the functionality of the OPAS program. We had mostly focused on the required biddin g requirements in the program. We will meet next week to further the discussions. WMT : Very little new work being done on web schedules. The link buttons on the left side have changed and we have logged a few outages. CRU - ART: There have been som e discussions on updating CRU to extend its useful life. TRAFFIC FLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (TFMS) Brian Campos (DCC) represents the NATCA membership as their Article 114 Representative to the TFMS project. His report is below. March 2017 TFMS - Deployment te am update The group worked with human factor on Protected Segment's displays on the TSD using the RAD tool. Previous input with mock up models showed too much confusion with mult iple sections to be displayed.