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SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 

Interest Rates 

The Small Business Administration 

publishes an interest rate called the 

optional ‘‘peg’’ rate (13 CFR 120.214) on 

a quarterly basis. This rate is a weighted 

average cost of money to the 

government for maturities similar to the 

average SBA direct loan. This rate may 

be used as a base rate for guaranteed 

fluctuating interest rate SBA loans. This 

rate will be 3.125 (31⁄8) percent for the 

January–March quarter of FY 2014. 

Pursuant to 13 CFR 120.921(b), the 

maximum legal interest rate for any 

third party lender’s commercial loan 

which funds any portion of the cost of 

a 504 project (see 13 CFR 120.801) shall 

be 6% over the New York Prime rate or, 

if that exceeds the maximum interest 

rate permitted by the constitution or 

laws of a given State, the maximum 

interest rate will be the rate permitted 

by the constitution or laws of the given 

State. 

Linda S. Rusche, 

Director, Office of Financial Assistance. 

[FR Doc. 2013–31358 Filed 12–31–13; 8:45 am] 

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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. SSA–2013–0068] 

Rate for Assessment on Direct 

Payment of Fees to Representatives in 

2014 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: We are announcing that the 

assessment percentage rate under 

sections 206(d) and 1631(d)(2)(C) of the 

Social Security Act (Act), 42 U.S.C. 

406(d) and 1383(d)(2)(C), is 6.3 percent 

for 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey C. Blair, Associate General 

Counsel for Program Law, Office of the 

General Counsel, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401. 

Phone: (410) 965–3157, email Jeff.Blair@

ssa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Individuals claiming Social Security 

benefits or Supplemental Security 

Income payments may choose to hire 

representatives to assist them with their 

claims. If the claim is successful and the 

individual was represented either by an 

attorney or by a non-attorney 

representative who has met certain 

prerequisites, the Act provides that we 

may withhold up to 25 percent of the 

past-due benefits on the claim and use 

that money to pay the representative’s 

approved fee directly to the 

representative. 

When we pay the representative’s fee 

directly to the representative, we must 

collect from that fee payment an 

assessment to recover the costs we incur 

in determining and paying 

representatives’ fees. The Act provides 

that the assessment we collect will be 

the lesser of two amounts: A specified 

dollar limit; or the amount determined 

by multiplying the fee we are paying by 

the assessment percentage rate. 

(Sections 206(d), 206(e), and 1631(d)(2) 

of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 406(d), 406(e), and 

1383(d)(2).) 

The Act initially set the dollar limit 

at $75 in 2004 and provides that the 

limit will be adjusted annually based on 

changes in the cost-of-living. (Sections 

206(d)(2)(A) and 1631(d)(2)(C)(ii)(I) of 

the Act, 42 U.S.C. 406(d)(2)(A) and 

1383(d)(2)(C)(ii)(I).) The maximum 

dollar limit for the assessment currently 

is $89, as we announced in the Federal 

Register on November 05, 2013 (78 FR 

66413). 

The Act requires us each year to set 

the assessment percentage rate at the 

lesser of 6.3 percent or the percentage 

rate necessary to achieve full recovery of 

the costs we incur to determine and pay 

representatives’ fees. (Sections 

206(d)(2)(B)(ii) and 1631(d)(2)(C)(ii)(II) 

of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 406(d)(2)(B)(ii) and 

1383(d)(2)(C)(ii)(II).) 

Based on the best available data, we 

have determined that the current rate of 

6.3 percent will continue for 2014. We 

will continue to review our costs for 

these services on a yearly basis. 

Dated: December 26, 2013. 

Pete Spencer, 

Deputy Commissioner for Budget, Finance, 

Quality, and Management. 

[FR Doc. 2013–31438 Filed 12–31–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2013–08] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: 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 

involved and must be received on or 

before January 22, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2013–0810 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: 

Theresa White, ANM–113, 

Standardization Branch, Transport 

Airplane Directorate, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 1601 Lind Avenue SW., 

Renton, WA 98057; email: 

theresa.j.white@faa.gov; (425) 227–2956; 

Sandra Long, ARM–201, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

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Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

email: sandra.long@faa.gov; (202) 493– 

5245. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

27, 2013. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2013–0810. 

Petitioner: Embraer. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

§ 25.562(b), at Amendment 64; 

§ 25.785(b) at Amendment 88; and 

Special Conditions 25–495–SC, number 

2(e). 

Description of Relief Sought: The 

Petitioner request relief from the 

regulatory requirements and special 

conditions, to allow for the installation 

of lateral single and multiple side-facing 

seats in the initial 55 production EMB– 

550 airplanes without meeting the new 

criteria for side-facing seats. 

[FR Doc. 2013–31396 Filed 12–31–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Announcement To Amend the Outdoor 

Advertising Federal/State Agreements 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

process for amending the outdoor 

advertising agreements between the 

States and the Secretary of 

Transportation acting by and through 

the Federal Highway Administrator, 

commonly known as the Federal/State 

Agreements. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about the program discussed 

herein, contact Dawn Horan, FHWA 

Office of Real Estate Services, (202) 

366–4842, or via email at 

Dawn.M.Horan@dot.gov. For legal 

questions, please contact Bob Black, 

FHWA Office of the Chief Counsel, 

(202) 366–1359, or via email at 

Robert.Black@dot.gov. Business hours 

for the FHWA are from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., e.t., Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access 

You may retrieve a copy of the notice 

through the Federal eRulemaking portal 

at: http://www.regulations.gov. The Web 

site is available 24 hours each day, 

every day of the year. Electronic 

submission and retrieval help and 

guidelines are available under the help 

section of the Web site. 

An electronic copy of this document 

may also be downloaded from Office of 

the Federal Register’s home page at: 

http://www.archives.gov/federal_register 

and the Government Printing Office’s 

Web page at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov. 

Background 

Congress enacted the Highway 

Beautification Act of 1965 (HBA) to 

control the erection and maintenance of 

outdoor advertising signs adjacent to 

certain Federal-aid highways in order to 

protect the public investment in such 

highways, promote the safety and 

recreational value of public travel, and 

preserve natural beauty (23 U.S.C. 131). 

23 U.S.C. 131 required each State to 

enter into a Federal/State Agreement 

that includes specific outdoor 

advertising parameters that States must 

adhere to. These Federal/State 

Agreements were written in the late 

1960’s and early 1970’s and most have 

not been amended since the original 

agreements were executed. Accordingly, 

we believe it is timely to review 

whether these Federal/State Agreements 

are consistent with the State’s current 

outdoor advertising objectives and 

address the evolving technology being 

used or that could be used in the future 

by the outdoor advertising industry. 

Purpose of This Notice 

The purpose of this notice is twofold: 

(1) To encourage States to work with 

their FHWA Division Offices to amend 

their Federal/State Agreements, and (2) 

to describe the next steps in the Federal/ 

State Agreement amendment process. 

Planned Process 

The following is the proposed process 

to amend the Federal/State Agreements. 

Key milestones include: 

1. State initiates Federal/State 

Agreement amendment process by 

notifying their FHWA Division Office 

they would like to begin this process. 

2. State works with their FHWA 

Division Office to outline the methods 

for public and stakeholder outreach and 

participation, including any State 

requirements, during the process to 

amend the Federal/State Agreement. 

3. State works with their FHWA 

Division Office to draft an amended 

Federal/State Agreement. 

4. State submits the Federal/State 

Amendment modification proposal in 

writing, including full justification for 

all changes, to the FHWA Division 

Offices. 

5. State works with their FHWA 

Division Office to fulfill the public 

process outlined as well as consider all 

comments submitted. 

6. State submits Final Draft Federal/ 

State Agreement for FHWA Division 

Office and FHWA Headquarters review. 

7. Amended Federal/State Agreement 

executed between the State and the 

Secretary of Transportation acting by 

and through the Federal Highway 

Administrator. 

Issued on: December 20, 2013. 

Victor M. Mendez, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2013–31233 Filed 12–31–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Transit Administration 

Limitation on Claims Against Proposed 

Public Transportation Projects 

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration 

(FTA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces final 

environmental actions taken by the 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

for projects in the following locations: 

Mesa, AZ; Azusa, CA; San Francisco, 

CA; and New York, NY. The purpose of 

this notice is to announce publicly the 

environmental decisions by FTA on the 

subject projects and to activate the 

limitation on any claims that may 

challenge these final environmental 

actions. 

DATES: By this notice, FTA is advising 

the public of final agency actions 

subject to Section 139(l) of Title 23, 

United States Code (U.S.C.). A claim 

seeking judicial review of the FTA 

actions announced herein for the listed 

public transportation project will be 

barred unless the claim is filed on or 

before June 2, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nancy-Ellen Zusman, Assistant Chief 

Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (312) 

353–2577 or Terence Plaskon, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Office of Human and Natural 

Environment, (202) 366–0442. FTA is 

located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are 

from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that FTA has taken final 

agency actions by issuing certain 

approvals for the public transportation 

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