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unnecessary/unwanted. The Site leads finished up discussions by personal ly briefing and giving SME input directly to the investment team for WP1, ensuring our needs and dynamics were not only briefed, but understood. The ATOP Site Leads have been working collaboratively with the Agency to develop an effective way to test the proposed Short Term ATOP failure procedures. After several meetings and discussions, NATCA and the Agency agree that we are ready to test the proce dure at the Tech Center May 10 . ZNY Oceanic airspace will be the Key Site for the test. On M onday , April 30, ZOA turned on HCF Radar data into ATOP. The benefit for this is to ensure progress times into Oceanic airspace is precise. Because of HCF's archaic equipment most outbound flights are coordinated using Controller estimates which data shows to be off by three minutes or more several times a day. The expectation is that the Radar Data will remedy this dyna mic. ZOA will run a five - day trial, check the data, and make the call to continue or discontinue utilizing the Radar Data. The Sites Leads will be at the Tech Center the week of May 7 to not only test the ATOP Short Term Failure but also the Long - Term model with the National Contingency Team. The Leads will also be able to see how much progress has been made on the Oceanic Weather Deviation issues as well as meet with AJV - 84 to write up short term Weather Deviation mitigations to the ERC. The Site Leads have had a full schedule and a lot thrown at them on short notice. They have been doing an amazing job. AIR TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS (AJV - 7) James Keith (D10) is NATCA's Article 114 Representative to the AJV - 7 Office. His update for this report is below. Remote tower The SRMP document is still awaiting signatures from agency lines of business. The date to start has not be determined. ADS - B BSFS SR MP The scope of this panel is to attempt to remove some short - rang e primary and secondary RADAR. The panel agreed that to remove any surveillance source the controlling RADAR facility must be able to maintain the current ATC service level after removal. The National User Team (N UT) and the terminal CHI team m et via phone to discuss some of the areas of STARS E2 that wi ll affect en route controllers. IE automated point outs and fou rth line data block messaging. The teams are scheduled to ha ve a few more c alls with a face - to - face meeting in June. AJV - 7 is wrapping up its Operation Needs Assessment for weat her on the glass. The final document will be completed by the end of May. The terminal CHI team meet with STARS E2 (TAMR) program mana ger to discuss the PTR process. The new FAA co - lead for terminal CHI is Michael Britton.