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information must also file in a separate submission a public version of the comments. The file name of the public version of the comments should begin
with the character ‘‘P’’. The ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ should be followed by the name of the person or entity submitting the
comments. If a comment contains no business confidential information, the file name should begin with the name of the person or entity submitting the

comments.

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Comments will be placed in the docket and open to public inspection except confidential business information exempt from public inspection. Comments may be viewed
on the http://www.regulations.gov Web site by entering the relevant docket
number in the search field on the home

page.

William Shpiece, Acting Chair, Trade Policy Staff Committee.

[FR Doc. 2013–24720 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 3190–F3–P**

**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)** 

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 September 21, 2013. 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–2013–

0174.

Date Filed: September 16, 2013. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: October 7, 2013.

Description: Application of Hi Fly Limited (‘‘Hi Fly Ltd’’) requesting a foreign air carrier permit and an exemption to provide scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail from any point or points behind any Member State of the European Union, via any point or points in any Member State, and via intermediate points, to any point or points in the United States and beyond.

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2008–

0127.

Date Filed: September 18, 2013. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: October 9, 2013.

Description: Application of Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. requesting renewal of its experimental certificate of public convenience and necessity for Route 888 authorizing scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in the People’s Republic of China, via intermediate points and beyond China.

Barbara J. Hairston, Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison.

[FR Doc. 2013–24809 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P**

**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 October 5,**

**2013**

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–2013–

0185.

Date Filed: October 3, 2013. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: October 24, 2013.

Description: Application of Ukraine International Airlines requesting a foreign air carrier permit to engage in scheduled air transportation of passengers, property and mail between any point or points in Ukraine, via intermediate points, and any point or points in the United States, and beyond;
and on-demand charter air transportation of passengers, property and mail between any point or points in Ukraine and any point or points in the United States, as well as any point or points in the United States and any point or points in a third country or countries subject to pertinent national,
bilateral and international rules and regulations.

Barbara J. Hairston, Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison.

[FR Doc. 2013–24810 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Office of the Secretary**

**Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and**  **Foreign Air Carrier Permits**

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 September 28, 2013. 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–2007–

28567.

Date Filed: September 26, 2013. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: October 17, 2013.


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Description: Application of United Airlines, Inc. requesting renewal of its certificate authority to provide scheduled air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Newark Liberty and Shanghai on Segment 2 of
United’s certificate for Route 821.

Barbara J. Hairston, Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison.

[FR Doc. 2013–24807 Filed 10–22–13; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Office of the Secretary**

**[Docket No. DOT–OST–2012–0165]**

**Notice of Rights and Protections**
**Available Under the Federal**
**Antidiscrimination and Whistleblower**
**Protection Laws**

**AGENCY :**  Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary.

**ACTION :**  No FEAR Act Notice.

**SUMMARY :**  This Notice implements Title
II of the Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002 (No FEAR Act of 2002). It is the annual obligation for Federal agencies to notify all employees, former employees, and applicants for Federal employment of the rights and protections available to them under the
Federal Anti-discrimination and
Whistleblower Protection Laws.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Yvette Rivera, Associate Director of Equal Employment Opportunity Programs, S–32, Departmental Office of Civil Rights, Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Room W78–304, Washington, DC 20590, 202–366–5131 or by email at Yvette.Rivera@dot.gov

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No FEAR Act Notice

On May 15, 2002, Congress enacted the ‘‘Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act of 2002,’’ now recognized as the No FEAR Act (Pub. L. 107–174). One purpose of the Act is to ‘‘require that Federal agencies be accountable for
violations of antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws.’’ (Pub. L.107–174, Summary). In support of this purpose, Congress found that ‘‘agencies cannot be run effectively if those agencies practice or tolerate discrimination’’ (Pub. L. 107–174, Title I, General Provisions, section 101(1)). The Act also requires the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to provide this Notice to all USDOT employees, former USDOT employees, and applicants for USDOT employment. This Notice is to inform you of the rights and protections available to you
under Federal antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws.

Antidiscrimination Laws

A Federal agency cannot discriminate against an employee or applicant with respect to the terms, conditions, or privileges of employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, genetic information, or political affiliation. One or more of the following statutes prohibit discrimination on these bases: 5 U.S.C. 2302(b)(1), 29 U.S.C. 631, 29 U.S.C. 633a, 29 U.S.C. 206(d), 29 U.S.C. 791, 42 U.S.C. 2000e–16 and 2000ff.

If you believe you were a victim of
unlawful discrimination on the bases of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, and/or disability, you must contact an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) counselor within 45 calendar days of the alleged discriminatory action, or in the case of a personnel action, within 45 calendar days of the effective date of the action to try and resolve the matter informally. This must be done before filing a formal complaint of discrimination with USDOT (See, e.g., 29 CFR part 1614).

If you believe you were a victim of unlawful discrimination based on age, you must either contact an EEO counselor as noted above or give notice of intent to sue to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) within 180 calendar days of the alleged discriminatory action. As an alternative to filing a complaint pursuant to 29 CFR part 1614, you can
file a civil action in a United States district court under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), against the head of an alleged discriminating agency, after giving the EEOC not less than a 30 day notice of the intent to file such action. You may file such notice in writing with the EEOC via mail at P.O. Box 77960, Washington, DC 20013, personal delivery, or facsimile within 180 days of the occurrence of the alleged unlawful practice.

If you are alleging discrimination based on marital status or political affiliation, you may file a written discrimination complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) (See Contact information below). In the alternative (or in some cases, in addition), you may pursue a discrimination complaint by filing a grievance through the USDOT administrative or negotiated grievance procedures, if such procedures apply
and are available. Form OSC–11 is
available online at the OSC Web site http://www.osc.gov/index.htm, under the filing tab ( Contact Information).

Additionally, you can download the form under the same filing tab, under OSC Forms. Complete this form and mail it to the Complaints Examining Unit, U.S. Office of Special Counsel at 1730 M Street NW., Suite 218, Washington, DC 20036–4505. You also have the option to call the Complaints Examining Unit at (800) 872–9855 for
additional assistance.

If you are alleging compensation discrimination pursuant to the Equal Pay Act (EPA), and wish to pursue your allegations through the administrative process, you must contact an EEO counselor within 45 calendar days of the alleged discriminatory action as such complaints are processed under EEOC’s regulations at 29 CFR part 1614. Alternatively, you may file a civil action in a court of competent jurisdiction within two years, or if the violation is willful, three years of the date of the alleged violation, regardless of whether you pursued any administrative complaint processing. The filing of a complaint or appeal pursuant to 29 CFR part 1614 shall not toll the time for filing a civil action.

Whistleblower Protection Laws

A USDOT employee with authority to take, direct others to take, recommend, or approve any personnel action must not use that authority to take, or fail to take, or threaten to take, or fail to take a personnel action against an employee or applicant because of a disclosure of information by that individual that is reasonably believed to evidence violations of law, rule, or regulation; gross mismanagement; gross waste of funds; an abuse of authority; or a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, unless the disclosure of such information is specifically prohibited by law and such information is specifically required by Executive