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The designs are mostly complete; we are just cleaning up notes and minor design clarifications. The CWG will prepare briefings for Maryland Airport Administration (MAA), the BWI community noise roundtable, Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority, and DCA community noise roundtable. The loss of 60 percent of our Tetra Tech support staff will make preparation for the April briefing difficult; a March briefing is not possible. Our projected publication for these procedures was February 2019 but DataComm, additional community requests, and environmental process will probably push that date later in 2019. CVG/TVT Project We had FWG meetings on Feb. 20 & 21 to remove TVT from the ROCKT SID. We came away with an agreement on design and plan to remove TVT but AIS needs to confirm that the procedure can be processed as an "abbreviated amendment." The TVT VOR was to be removed during our CVG project to meet the VOR MON decommissioning in FY18. The Eastern Co-Leads will work to remove TVT from the ROCKT SID in FY18 via the abbreviated amendment process while the rest of the project waits. NEC (North East Corridor) The SID and STAR work for Sector 85/86 in ZNY FWG meeting was the week of Feb. 12. N90 was unavailable and the SID and STAR designs at EWR and JFK have been put on hold. We designed Y-routes to accommodate the traffic flows into the oceanic airspace. ACRP has been re-scoped between Florida Metroplex and NEC. The Q and Y-routes that were developed under ACRP in ZDC, ZNY, and ZBW will be pulled into the NEC PBN work. The Q-routes in NEC will be worked closely with the PXT STARs. The proposed new traffic flows on the Qs and the connectivity with the STARs is critical in ZDC airspace. PXT VORMON Project We are scheduled to begin working the PXT VOR decommissioning the week of Feb. 26. This project began in 2016 but do to funding concerns in 2017 it was on hold for most of 2017. The project includes nine STARs and 13 T-routes. STARs are being developed or amended for LGA (2), EWR (2), TEB (2), PHL (2), and DOV (1). The 13 T-routes will provide PCT and ZDC route structure around the Washington/Baltimore area; other restricted airspace and congested airspace between BWI and PHL. We hope to finalize the T-routes for PXT and tie them to the T-routes in the Capital project and RNL VOR MON projects. Projects waiting to publish: • PLB is VORMON generated – T705 between ZBW and Nav Canada 2018 publication. • Bermuda – Amendment to one STAR with additional waypoints to aid in non- radar separation. All other projects in Eastern have been put on hold until June 2018 when AJV-14 will reevaluate priorities and funding. Projects on hold or waiting prioritization in Eastern; • CVG – Atlas Air request, Amazon, Delta, and SWA supported project;