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including whether the information will
have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of
the estimated burden of the proposed
information collection; (3) ways for the
OIG to enhance the quality, usefulness,
and clarity of the collected information;
and (4) ways that the burden could be
minimized on respondents, including
the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize or include your
comments in the request for OMB’s
clearance of this information collection.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended;
and 49 CFR 1:48. Issued in Washington, DC,
on June 24th, 2014.
Dated: June 24, 2014.
Joseph Come´,
Deputy Principal Assistant Inspector General
for Auditing and Evaluation, Office of
Inspector General.
[FR Doc. 2014–15315 Filed 6–27–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
[Docket Number DOT–OST–2014–0073]

Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization (OSDBU) Mentor
Prote´ge´ Pilot Program
Notice and request for
comments.

ACTION:

The Department of
Transportation (DOT) invites public
comments about our intention to request
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) to approve an information
collection regarding the DOT’s existing
small business Mentor-Prote´ge´ pilot
program. If approved by OMB, this
information collection would request
program participants to submit their
mentor-prote´ge´ relationship agreements
for review, and file a joint report on an
annual basis documenting the assistance
they have provided or received. In
addition, program participants would be
asked to complete an evaluation form at
the end of their participation in the
program, and prote´ge´s would be asked
to update OSDBU annually for 2 years
after they exit the program.
DATES: Written comments should be
submitted by on or before August 11,
2014.

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SUMMARY:

You may submit comments
[identified by Docket No. DOT–OST–
2014–0073] through one of the
following methods:

ADDRESSES:

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• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
instructions for submitting comments.
• Fax: 1 (202) 493–2251.
• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket
Management Facility, U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12–
140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except on Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Leonardo San Roma´n, Mentor-Prote´ge´
pilot program, U.S. Department of
Transportation, Office of Small and
Disadvantaged Business Utilization,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE.,
Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366–1930.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In April
2012,1 the DOT launched a MentorProte´ge´ pilot program to enhance the
capability of disadvantaged and small
business owners to compete for federal
procurement opportunities. The MentorProte´ge´ pilot program is designed to
assist small businesses in developing
the necessary tools and relationships to
compete and perform in DOT and other
federal procurement programs. Small
businesses include small disadvantaged
businesses, women owned businesses,
HUBZone small businesses, veteranowned-businesses and service disabled
veteran-owned small businesses. The
program is designed to improve the
performance of DOT contractors and
subcontractors by fostering the
establishment of long-term business
relationships between small businesses
and prime contractors.
Eligible businesses who are prime
contractors may agree to mentor eligible
prote´ge´s. The mentors would provide
appropriate developmental assistance to
enhance the capabilities of prote´ge´s to
perform as contractors and/or
subcontractors.
Since the inception of the program,
small business concerns participating in
the program have been able to develop
their core capabilities, enabling them to
compete and perform in federal
contracts. Therefore, DOT is continuing
the Mentor Prote´ge´ program, allowing
increased participation as indicated
below.
Information Collection
Under this new proposed information
collection, we request that participants
1 Although The National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2013, Public Law 112–239,
§ 1641, prohibits Federal agencies from establishing
new programs, this provision does not apply to
programs in existence on the date of the Act.
Rather, agencies with existing programs in place as
of the date of the Act may continue to implement
and make modifications to their programs, as is the
case here.

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submit their mentor-prote´ge´ agreements
for review. We request that only one
copy of the joint agreement be
submitted to OSDBU. In addition, once
the agreement is reviewed, we would
request that the participants submit
annual report to the OSDBU describing
their progress. The report may be
developed jointly by the mentor and
prote´ge´, so only one annual report per
mentor-prote´ge´ relationship would be
submitted. If the relationship extends
beyond the first year, we would request
that the participants submit an annual
update. The annual report would
include information about the action
taken or suggested by the mentor to
increase the participation of the prote´ge´
in federal procurement programs;
actions taken or suggested to develop
the technical capabilities of the prote´ge´;
and the degree to which the prote´ge´ has
been able to implement those actions or
recommendations. Once the mentorprote´ge´ relationship has ended, we
would also request that each program
participant complete a program
evaluation and submit it to the OSDBU.
The purpose of the evaluation form is to
provide feedback to the OSDBU on the
program, with suggestions for
improvement. In addition, we would
ask prote´ge´s, once they have exited the
program, to continue to provide annual
updates to OSDBU for up to two years,
describing their progress in
participating in federal procurement
programs.
The estimated burden for this
proposed collection is as follows:
(1) Form: Mentor Prote´ge´ agreement.
Type of Review: New Information
Collection.
Affected Public: Prime contractors
and small businesses interested in
participating in DOT’s Mentor Prote´ge´
Program.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: Approximately 8.
Frequency: One-time.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 4 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 32 hours.
(2) Form: Mentor Prote´ge´ program
annual report.
Type of Review: New Information
Collection.
Affected Public: Prime contractors
and small businesses participating in
DOT’s Mentor Prote´ge´ Program.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 8
Frequency: One-time.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1 hour.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 8 hours.
(3) Form: Mentor Prote´ge´ program
evaluation form.

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Type of Review: New Information
Collection.
Affected Public: Prime contractors
and small businesses participating in
DOT’s Mentor Prote´ge´ Program.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses: 16
Frequency: One-time.
Estimated Average Burden per
Response: 1 hour per respondent.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 16 hours.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary
Notice of Applications for Certificates
of Public Convenience and Necessity
and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed
Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q)
During the Week Ending June 14, 2014

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Extending the Duration of the
Relationship
The duration of the mentorship will
be determined by the mentor and
prote´ge´. We anticipate in most cases,
this period will be 12 months, but some
participants may want to extend their
mentorship relationship. Currently, the
DOT allows for this relationship to be
extended up to 24 months. However, the
DOT proposes to amend the 24 month
cap and allow the relationship to be
extended up to 36 months. We received
anecdotal information from program
participants and other businesses
expressing that a longer relationship
may be beneficial to the firms. Program
participants should be able to develop
long range developmental plans up to
36 months benefiting small business
concerns to receive additional technical
assistance; otherwise not received due
to time constraints and limitations. In
addition, other federal government
Mentor-Prote´ge´ programs allow their
participants to establish a relationship
for up to 36 months.
Reports Beyond Program Participation
DOT’s Mentor Prote´ge´ program’s
primary goal is to provide
developmental assistance to help small
business to compete and perform on
federal procurement opportunities. It’s
important to DOT to ensure the
developmental assistance received by
prote´ge´s during their program
participation helps them to succeed
beyond the term of the Mentor Prote´ge´
agreement. DOT will request firms
participating as prote´ge´s in the program
to agree to report its progress to the
OSDBU annually for two (2) years after
exiting the program. OSDBU will not
request this of Mentors.
For additional information related to
the Mentor Prote´ge´ program, visit
OSDBU’s Web site at www.dot.gov/
osdbu.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 19,
2014.
Brandon Neal,
Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization.
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The following Applications for
Certificates of Public Convenience and
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier
Permits were filed under Subpart B
(formerly Subpart Q) of the Department
of Transportation’s Procedural
Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et.
seq.). The due date for Answers,
Conforming Applications, or Motions to
Modify Scope are set forth below for
each application. Following the Answer
period DOT may process the application
by expedited procedures. Such
procedures may consist of the adoption
of a show-cause order, a tentative order,
or in appropriate cases a final order
without further proceedings.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2014–
0097.
Date Filed: June 9, 2014.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: June 30, 2014.
Description: Application of Jet
Aviation Flight Services, Inc. requesting
certificate of public convenience and
necessity authorizing interstate charter
air transportation.
Docket Number: DOT–OST–2014–
0098.
Date Filed: June 9, 2014.
Due Date for Answers, Conforming
Applications, or Motion to Modify
Scope: June 30, 2014.
Description: Application of Jet
Aviation Flight Services, Inc. requesting
a certificate of public convenience and
necessity authorizing foreign charter air
transportation of persons, property and
mail.
Barbara J. Hairston,
Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket
Operations, Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. 2014–15245 Filed 6–27–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Summary Notice No. PE–2014–41]

Petition for Exemption; Summary of
Petition Received
Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption
received.
AGENCY:

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This notice contains a
summary of a petition seeking relief
from specified requirements of 14 CFR.
The purpose of this notice is to improve
the public’s awareness of, and
participation in, this aspect of FAA’s
regulatory activities. Neither publication
of this notice nor the inclusion or
omission of information in the summary
is intended to affect the legal status of
the petition or its final disposition.
DATES: Comments on this petition must
identify the petition docket number and
must be received on or before July 21,
2014.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments
identified by Docket Number FAA–
2014–0367 using any of the following
methods:
• Government-wide rulemaking Web
site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov
and follow the instructions for sending
your comments electronically.
• Mail: Send comments to the Docket
Management Facility; U.S. Department
of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.
• Fax: Fax comments to the Docket
Management Facility at 202–493–2251.
• Hand Delivery: Bring comments to
the Docket Management Facility in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
Privacy: We will post all comments
we receive, without change, to http://
www.regulations.gov, including any
personal information you provide.
Using the search function of our docket
Web site, anyone can find and read the
comments received into any of our
dockets, including the name of the
individual sending the comment (or
signing the comment for an association,
business, labor union, etc.). You may
review DOT’s complete Privacy Act
Statement in the Federal Register
published on April 11, 2000 (65 FR
19477–78).
Docket: To read background
documents or comments received, go to
http://www.regulations.gov at any time
or to the Docket Management Facility in
Room W12–140 of the West Building
Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jake
Troutman, (202) 267–9521, 800
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC, 20951.
This notice is published pursuant to
14 CFR 11.85.
SUMMARY:

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