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To register for a session, visit the NATCA Portal . Click "Events" on the menu bar on the home page, then select the "2017 NATCA Edge Online Retirement Webinar" link. Follow the questions and directions from there. Personalized benefit estimate for participants paid for is an exclusive benefit for NATCA members. You will never be solicited or sold anything, e ver! For any questions or problems with registration, please contact Grace Colby, NATCA Executive Administrative Assistant: (202) 220 - 9829, gcolby@natcadc.org . SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES & OCEANIC PROCEDURES (ATOP) John Lenhart (ZOA) is the Article 114 Representative for Advanced Technologies & Oceanic Procedures (ATOP). Mr. Lenhart's report is below. Items worked: CAR 2016 - 025 (not complete) Rated Top Site NCP (National Change Proposals) Atop Work Package 1 Integration of Radar into ATOP (ZOA) ASEPS HITL's Car 2016 - 025 is still underway. We are working closely with AJV84. After a year of working this issue (Oceanic WX Deviations) in different forums we have recently fou nd that the Agency is now stating WX deviations utilizing ADS - C Separation should have never been allowed in the Oceanic environment. As of now our path leads to recommending an SRM on the standard and developing rules to apply. Unfortunately there is no c hange from last month. In collaboration with the ATOP Program Office and AJV - 84 the Oceanic Sites rated and Ranked a top 3 NCP priority. They are as follows: 51207: NCP: AFN Window Needs Redesign (ZNY) 45199: Too many OOC ADS - C reports generated when airc raft is on a WX deviation. 50891: NCP: Need a way to enter CPDLC reported PIREPS (ZNY) AJV - 84 chose to start working on a 5 - minute longitudinal rule as well as a 23 - mile Lateral rule. Both are supported by ICAO and NATCA from the Oceanic sites concur. NATCA received an Article 7 briefing on ATOP WP1. We sent a response with questions and are awaiting the Agencies response. The integration of Radar into ZOA's ATOP did not go as planned. We turned it off the same day we turned it on. FAST has been testin g it and troubleshooting. ZOA will attempt to successfully test it again 6/26/2017. AEPS HITL: The ASEPS team is still working out the bugs. We have a dry run scheduled for the week of 7/24/2016.