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14For purposes only of waiving the 30-day 

operative delay, the Commission has also 

considered the proposed rule’s impact on 

efficiency, competition, and capital formation. See 

15 U.S.C. 78c(f). 15 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

of the limited number of QOS in ETF 

options available. For these reasons, the 

Commission believes that the proposed 

rule change presents no novel issues 

and that waiver of the 30-day operative 

delay is consistent with the protection 

of investors and the public interest; and 

will allow the Exchange to remain 

competitive with other exchanges. 

Therefore, the Commission designates 

the proposed rule change to be operative 

upon filing.14

At any time within 60 days of the 

filing of the proposed rule change, the 

Commission summarily may 

temporarily suspend such rule change if 

it appears to the Commission that such 

action is necessary or appropriate in the 

public interest, for the protection of 

investors, or otherwise in furtherance of 

the purposes of the Act. If the 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission shall institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

should be approved or disapproved. 

IV. Solicitation of Comments 

Interested persons are invited to 

submit written data, views and 

arguments concerning the foregoing, 

including whether the proposed rule 

change is consistent with the Act. 

Comments may be submitted by any of 

the following methods: 

Electronic Comments 

• Use the Commission’s Internet 

comment form ( http://www.sec.gov/

rules/sro.shtml); or 

• Send an email to rule-comments@

sec.gov. Please include File Number SR– 

ISE–2014–28 on the subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Secretary, Securities and Exchange 

Commission, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–ISE–2014–28. This file 

number should be included on the 

subject line if email is used. To help the 

Commission process and review your 

comments more efficiently, please use 

only one method. The Commission will 

post all comments on the Commission’s 

Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/

rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the 

submission, all subsequent 

amendments, all written statements 

with respect to the proposed rule 

change that are filed with the 

Commission, and all written 

communications relating to the 

proposed rule change between the 

Commission and any person, other than 

those that may be withheld from the 

public in accordance with the 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be 

available for Web site viewing and 

printing in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, 100 F Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20549, on official 

business days between the hours of 

10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Copies of the 

filing also will be available for 

inspection and copying at the principal 

office of the Exchange. All comments 

received will be posted without change; 

the Commission does not edit personal 

identifying information from 

submissions. You should submit only 

information that you wish to make 

available publicly. All submissions 

should refer to File Number SR–ISE– 

2014–28 and should be submitted on or 

before June 4, 2014. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.15

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11034 Filed 5–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 8731; No. 2014–7] 

Determination Under the Foreign 

Missions Act 

Pursuant to the authority vested in the 

Secretary of State by the laws of the 

United States, including the Foreign 

Missions Act (codified at 22 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq.) and delegated by the Secretary 

to me in accordance with the 

Department of State’s Delegation of 

Authority No. 198, dated September 16, 

1992, I hereby determine that the 

representative offices in the United 

States of the National Coalition of 

Syrian Revolution and Opposition 

Forces (commonly known as the Syrian 

Opposition Coalition or ‘‘SOC’’), 

including their real property and 

personnel, are a ‘‘foreign mission’’ 

within the meaning of 22 U.S.C. 

4302(a)(3). 

Furthermore, I hereby determine it to 

be reasonably necessary to protect the 

interests of the United States to require 

the SOC’s representative offices in the 

United States, and their agents or 

employees acting on their behalf, to 

comply with the terms and conditions 

specified by the Director of the Office of 

Foreign Missions relating to the entities’ 

operations in the United States. 

Dated: May 5, 2014. 

Patrick F. Kennedy, 

Under Secretary for Management. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11124 Filed 5–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–05–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket No. DOT–OST—2014–0011] 

National Freight Advisory Committee: 

Notice of Public Webinar Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Transportation (Department or DOT) 

announces a public meeting of its 

National Freight Advisory Committee 

(NFAC) to finalize recommendations for 

the Department to consider in its 

development of the National Freight 

Strategic Plan (Plan). This meeting is a 

continuation of the conversation from 

the meeting held on March 25–26 in 

Washington, DC and the public webinar 

meeting held on April 29, 2014. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

online, as a webinar, on Thursday, May 

29, 2014, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., Eastern 

Standard Time. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Tretha Chromey, Designated Federal 

Officer at (202) 366–1999 or freight@

dot.gov or visit the NFAC Web site at 

www.dot.gov/nfac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The NFAC was 

established to provides advice and 

recommendations to the Secretary on 

matters related to freight transportation 

in the United States, including (1) 

implementation of the freight 

transportation requirements of the 

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 

Century Act (MAP–21; Pub. L. 112– 

141); (2) establishment of the National 

Freight Network; (3) development of the 

Plan; (4) development of strategies to 

help States implement State Freight 

Advisory Committees and State Freight 

Plans; (5) development of measures of 

conditions and performance in freight 

transportation; (6) development of 

freight transportation investment, data, 

and planning tools; and (7) legislative 

recommendations. The NFAC operates 

as a discretionary committee under the 

authority of the DOT, established in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 2. 

See DOT’s NFAC Web site for additional 

information about the committee’s 

activities at www.dot.gov/nfac. 


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MAP–21 directs the DOT to develop 

the Plan in consultation with State 

department of transportations and other 

appropriate stakeholders. The Plan must 

include: 

(A) An assessment of the condition 

and performance of the national freight 

network. 

(B) An identification of highway 

bottlenecks on the national freight 

network that create significant freight 

congestion problems, based on a 

quantitative methodology developed by 

the Secretary, which shall, at a 

minimum, include— 

(i) information from the Freight 

Analysis Network of the Federal 

Highway Administration; and 

(ii) to the maximum extent 

practicable, an estimate of the cost of 

addressing each bottleneck and any 

operational improvements that could be 

implemented. 

(C) Forecasts of freight volumes for 

the 20-year period beginning in the year 

during which the Plan is issued. 

(D) An identification of major trade 

gateways and national freight corridors 

that connect major population centers, 

trade gateways, and other major freight 

generators for current and forecasted 

traffic and freight volumes, the 

identification of which shall be revised, 

as appropriate, in subsequent plans. 

(E) An assessment of statutory, 

regulatory, technological, institutional, 

financial, and other barriers to improved 

freight transportation performance 

(including opportunities for overcoming 

the barriers). 

(F) An identification of routes 

providing access to energy exploration, 

development, installation, or production 

areas. 

(G) Best practices for improving the 

performance of the national freight 

network. 

(H) Best practices to mitigate the 

impacts of freight movement on 

communities. 

(I) A process for addressing multistate 

projects and encouraging jurisdictions 

to collaborate. 

(J) Strategies to improve freight 

intermodal connectivity. 

The Plan serves as a document to 

outline a long-term strategy to 

implement the National freight policy. 

The goals of the National freight policy 

are related to economic competitiveness 

and efficiency; congestion; productivity; 

safety, security, and resilience of freight 

movement; infrastructure condition; use 

of advanced technology; performance, 

innovation, competition, and 

accountability in the operation and 

maintenance of the network; and 

environmental impacts. [23 U.S.C. 167] 

On March 25–26, 2014 the NFAC 

members met to discuss proposed 

recommendations to the DOT on the 

following elements of the Plan: 

• An assessment of statutory, 

regulatory, technological, institutional, 

financial, and other barriers to improved 

freight transportation performance 

(including opportunities for overcoming 

the barriers); 

• Best practices for improving the 

performance of the national freight 

network; and 

• Best practices to mitigate the 

impacts of freight movement on 

communities. 

The NFAC members discussed 

approximately seventy (70) of the nearly 

ninety (90) proposed recommendations. 

At the conclusion of this meeting, it was 

agreed that each of the six 

subcommittees would revise their 

proposed recommendations, resubmit to 

the DFO who would compile and 

redistribute to the NFAC members, and 

the NFAC members would reconvene at 

the end of the month to finalize the 

recommendations. 

On April 29, 2014 the NFAC members 

met and finalized recommendations on 

the assessment of statutory, regulatory, 

technological, institutional, financial, 

and other barriers to improved freight 

transportation performance (including 

opportunities for overcoming the 

barriers). 

During this meeting, members will 

discuss and finalize recommendations 

related to: 1) Best practices for 

improving the performance of the 

national freight network; and 2) Best 

practices to mitigate the impacts of 

freight movement on communities. 

Agenda: The agenda will include: (1) 

welcome and introductions; (2) 

overview of the meeting format; (3) 

remarks from the NFAC Chair and Vice 

Chair; (4) NFAC members discussion on 

final recommendations; and (5) 

adjournment. 

Public Participation: To view the 

webinar meeting, members of the public 

must pre-register online at: https://

connectdot.connectsolutions.com/

NFAC052914/event/registration.html no 

later than May 28, 2014. Upon 

registration, information will be sent to 

you at the email address you provide to 

enable you to connect to the webinar. 

Should problems arise with webinar 

registration, contact Kirse Kelly at 

ntchost@dot.gov or 703–235–1324. [This 

is not a toll-free telephone number.] 

Note: Members of the public will be able 

to listen to and view the webinar as 

observers. 

Written comments: As the May 29, 

2014 meeting is being conducted as a 

webinar and is a continuation of the 

conversation from the meeting held on 

March 25–26 where public comment 

was taken, the Chair has determined 

that public comment will be accepted in 

writing only. Members of the public 

who wish to submit written comments 

for consideration by the Committee at 

this meeting must email freight@dot.gov 

or send them to Ms. Tretha Chromey, 

Designated Federal Officer, National 

Freight Advisory Committee, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., W82–320, 

Washington, DC 20590 by May 21, 2014 

to provide sufficient time for review. All 

other comments may be received at any 

time before or after the meeting. 

Dated: May 9, 2014. 

Tretha Chromey, 

Designated Federal Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11205 Filed 5–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

Notice of Funding Availability for the 

Tribal Transportation Program Safety 

Funds 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), Department of 

Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice of funding availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of funding and requests 

grant applications for FHWA’s Tribal 

Transportation Program Safety Funds 

(TTPSF). In addition, this notice 

identifies selection criteria, application 

requirements, and technical assistance 

during the grant solicitation period for 

the TTPSF. 

The TTPSF is authorized within the 

Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) 

under the Moving Ahead for Progress in 

the 21st Century Act (MAP–21). The 

FHWA will distribute these funds as 

described in this notice on a 

competitive basis in a manner 

consistent with the selection criteria. 

DATES: Applications must be submitted 

through ttpsf@dot.gov no later than 5 

p.m., e.t. on June 30, 2014 (the 

‘‘application deadline’’). Applicants are 

encouraged to submit applications in 

advance of the application deadline; 

however, applications will not be 

evaluated, and awards will not be made 

until after the application deadline. 

The FHWA plans to conduct outreach 

regarding the TTPSF in the form of a 

Webinar on May 20, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., 

e.t. To join the Webinar, please click 

this link then enter the room as a guest: 

https://

connectdot.connectsolutions.com/


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