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Communication within the ATOC office is mostly being focu sed on the ConOps and test plan for the divestment of ARTCC airspace. The office is planning on having the ConOps ready for distribution to a ll of the ARTCC s by end of the calendar year. Mr. Grider attended the BCP surveillance demo at the WJHTC in August . The demo was to show the ability to have surveillance information on the glass in the Tech Center lab. One NATCA SME was brought in from ZKC to verify the accuracy of the data in the lab. Everything was a success and the BCP is moving forward with the 23 - sector demo this September. NATCA has made a request for an A rticle 7 briefing from the agency on their plans for personnel movement during an activation of the BCP. This should be scheduled sometime in September. AUTOMATED TERMINAL PROXIMITY ALERT (A TPA) Mike Sanders (SCT) represents the membership as the Article 114 Representative for ATPA. Mr. Sander's report is below. Mr. Sanders , a controller at SCT, has participated as a National ATPA w orkgroup m ember for the last five years working on developme nt, implementation , and training throughout the NAS. Mr. Sanders would like to acknowledge and thank our brother Mickey Vitti (N90) as the previous Art. 114 for ATPA , who is retiring at the end of August. Mickey's dedication and attention to detail have made ATPA one of the most desired and highly us ed controller tools in the NAS. ATPA is in current development for controller training in an ELMS course projected to be complete and ready for distribution mid - December. At this point if any facility has a desire to adapt ATPA, we need to wait until the ELMS training is complete. Please contact me so we can go over the process. CAMERAS Mike Foote (LAX) represents NATCA as the Article 114 Representative for Cameras. He also leads NATCA's wo rk on the Camera W orking Group. This group discusses the use of cameras on the airport surface and also pr ovides guidance for the Agency. Mr. Foote's update for this month is below. After years of zero action on the outcome of a collaborative work group, the agency has dec ided they need to come up with some sort of policy for Cameras. The initial proposal from the agency amounted to creating a new Camera program (VSAS) without certifying, creating requirements, or performing any SRM on this proposed new "program." After di scussions with the agency, it appears what they are really looking for is something that deals with the reality that non - certified camera systems are in existence i n several airports in the NAS. With that in mind , our proposal is essentially to come up wit h a waiver system for existing cameras in the NAS, including c reat ing a process by which SRM is conducted and SOPs are in place to use the current cameras without opening Pandora ' s Box to use non - certified cameras for separation throughout the NAS.