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Issue link: http://natca.uberflip.com/i/988571
A Safety Risk Management Panel (SRMP) will be held May 23-24 to determine the hazards and risks of this proposed change and NATCA will have two panel members and an SME in attendance. I am currently working with AJV-8 on DCPs that address separation from Special Use Airspace, Anticipating Separation and Approaches to Multiple Runways. Please don't hesitate to contact me at procedures@natca.net or 208-870-1621 with any questions, comments or suggestions. RNAV and PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION (PBN) Bennie Hutto (PCT) is the Article 114 Representative for RNAV and PBN criteria work. Mr. Hutto's report for the membership is below PBN Criteria Update: Standard Terminal Arrival (STAR) Criteria WG Participated in several STAR WG meetings where we continue to discuss criteria contained in FAA 8260.3 concerning terminus altitudes. The change that occurred in FAA 8260.3 where criteria was added requiring an altitude be coded at the terminus fix has created many issues with procedural designs for many facilities. NATCA never agreed with this change and many waivers have been requested over the past few years. Our next face to face meeting will occur from June 12th-14th in Oklahoma City where we hope to resolve the terminus altitude issue, so we can move on to other issues within design criteria. Departure Criteria Working Group (DWG) We have been meeting via telcons over the last several weeks discussing the issue raised by AJT on their nonconcurrence with FAA 8260.3D, specially Chapter 14 regarding SID Criteria. The purpose of these meetings has been to determine if there is a need for SID specific criteria. Our last face to face meeting occurred on March 20th and 21st in Oklahoma City and our next meeting is scheduled for June 12th-14th where we will continue to discuss design needs regarding Radar Vectors SIDS and Diverse Vector Areas (DVA). AJT's goal is have the SID protect the aircraft instead of the controller who is using FAAO 7110.65, section 5-6-3 provided the rules and requirements are met. During the March 20th meetings, we discussed the disconnect with what ATC needs on the SID and how that is communicated to designers, the disconnect between how the SID is designed and how it is used by ATC as well as how pilots interpret the SID, training/document changes is/are needed to address the ATC/pilot disconnect, possibly placing the takeoff minimums in different place such as in the departure route description along with the possibility of adding sector range headings to the chart. when the aircraft is above the MVA/MIA and ATC is Radar Vectoring (RV), ATC has responsibility for obstacle protection and the aircraft is considered on the SID, developing new criteria for vectoring below MVA/MIA that is not called a DVA but is part of the SID using the departure criteria, under the departure route description of RV SID, it may be necessary to remove "for assigned heading and or as assigned by ATC" and change it to "fly assigned heading for RV to waypoint/fix", is the aircraft protected from all 40:1 obstacles using 5-6-3a today, and with any change an SMS Panel is needed.