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this functionality. Monthly tracking continues to trend upward with June showing over 20,000 users generating CSMM conditions. ADS - B IOCs have been complete d at all En Route (ERAM and MEARTS) facilities. All ERAM sites have promoted ADS - B to the top of their sort cells. 104 of 155 Terminal sites have reached their ADS - B IOC and 99 are operating on Fusion. The majority of the remaining Terminal sites are ARTS 2E sites awaiting an upgrade to the ELITE (STARS) build. The Terminal ADS - B/Fusion transition proceeds in this order: Kickoff meeting, ADS - B Flight Inspection, ADS - B IOC, Fusion Operational Suitability Demonstration (OSD) and Fusion Operations. The most r ecen t and upcoming Terminal events: Baton Rouge (BTR) ADS - B Flight Inspection 8/22 Fayetteville (FAY) ADS - B Fusion Kickoff 8/24 Charleston (CHS) Flight Inspection 8/29 Montgomery (MGM) ADS - B IOC 9/01 Lexington (LEX) ADS - B IOC 9/01 Pasco (PSC) ADS - B Fusion Kickoff 9/06 Lexington (LEX) Fusion OSD 9/12 Montgomery (MGM) Fusion OSD 9/14 (rescheduled) Lexington (LEX) Fusion Operational 9/20 Montgomery (MGM) Fusion Operational 9/20 Baton Rouge (BTR) ADS - B IOC 9/21 Charleston (CHS) Fusion OSD 9/27 Charleston (CHS ) ADS - B IOC 10/3 Augusta (AGS) ADS - B Fusion Kickoff 10/3 Moline (MLI) ADS - B Flight Inspection 10/3 (rescheduled) Champaign (CMI) ADS - B Fusion Kickoff 10/5 Baton Rouge (BTR) Fusion OSD 10/5 (rescheduled) Bangor (BGR) Flight Inspection 10/11 Moline (MLI) ADS - B IOC 11/8 (rescheduled) Note: Several events were rescheduled due to the impact of Hurricane Harvey on personnel availability. ADS - B Avionics Issues: NATCA SBS continues to work with the Agency toward a more proactive appr oach to ADS - B avionics issues. Though these are infrequent occurrences, the Agency's approach to date has been hampered by a lack of resources, bureaucracy, and legal constraints. These issues occur when standards for installation or configuration within aircraft or ground systems are not met. ADS - B is a cooperative surveillance source relying on the position information d etermined onboard the aircraft. Multiple ATSAP reports have been file d on the known issues to date. Controllers and facilities are encouraged to report any identified events through ATSAP and any other mechanism. In order to reduce the number of safety compromising events in the NAS an effective, efficient response mechanism is needed. The Agency is working on mitigations including enhanced validation and a No Services Aircraft List (NSAL). Enhanced validation has a limited effect (15nm around a Terminal Radar) on these issues but it has been deployed NAS wide. The NSAL is close to complete rollout NAS wide.