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(ii) foreign scheduled and charter air 

transportation of persons, property, and 

mail between any point or points in the 

United States and any point or points in 

any member of the European Common 

Aviation Area; (iii) foreign scheduled 

and charter cargo air transportation 

between any point or points in the 

United States and any other point or 

points; (iv) other charters pursuant to 

the prior approval requirements; (v) and 

transportation authorized by any 

additional route rights made available to 

European Union carriers in the future. 

Eurolot also requests: (i) Exemption 

authority, to the extent necessary and 

for an initial period of two years or until 

the requested permit is issued, to enable 

it to hold out and provide the service 

described above; and (ii) such 

additional or other relief as the 

Department may deem necessary or 

appropriate. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2014– 

0050. 

Date Filed: April 4, 2014. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion To Modify 

Scope: April 25, 2014. 

Description: Application of Compania 

de Servicios de Transporte Aereo 

Amaszonas S.A. requesting a foreign air 

carrier permit to engage in charter air 

transportation from Viru Viru 

International to Miami International as 

well as other destinations within the 

United States. 

Barbara J. Hairston, 

Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket 

Operations, Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08765 Filed 4–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2014–0237] 

Delegation of Authority 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Revised Delegation of 

Authority. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) gives notice that 

the FAA Administrator has issued a 

Revised Delegation of Authority to the 

Office of Dispute Resolution for 

Acquisition (ODRA) that modifies the 

existing Delegation of authority dated 

October 12, 2011. The FAA is 

publishing the text of the Revised 

Delegation of Authority, executed on 

March 19, 2014, so that it is available to 

interested parties. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Marie A. Collins, Dispute Resolution 

Officer and Administrative Judge for the 

Office of Dispute Resolution for 

Acquisition (AGC–70), Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Street SW., Room 323, Washington, DC 

20591; telephone (202) 267–3290; 

facsimile (202) 267–3720. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In 1995 Congress, through the 

Department of Transportation 

Appropriations Act, Public Law 104–50, 

109 Stat. 436 (November 15, 1995), 

directed the FAA ‘‘to develop and 

implement, not later than April 1, 1996, 

an acquisition management system that 

addressed the unique needs of the 

agency and, at a minimum, provided for 

more timely and cost effective 

acquisitions of equipment and 

materials.’’ In response, the FAA 

developed the Acquisition Management 

System (AMS), a system of policy 

guidance for the management of FAA 

procurement, and as a part of the AMS, 

created the Office of Dispute Resolution 

for Acquisition (ODRA) to facilitate the 

Administrator’s review of procurement 

protests and contract disputes (61 FR 

24348). Subsequently, the FAA 

promulgated rules of procedure 

governing the ODRA’s dispute 

resolution process by publishing a final 

rule entitled, Procedures for Protests 

and Contract Disputes; Amendment of 

Equal Access to Justice Act Regulations 

(effective June 28, 1999) (64 FR 32926). 

In addition to the rules of procedures, 

the ODRA operates pursuant to a series 

of delegations of authority from the 

Administrator. Over time, the authority 

delegated to the ODRA by the 

Administrator expanded to include the 

authority of the ODRA Director, among 

other things, ‘‘to execute and issue, on 

behalf of the Administrator, Orders and 

Final Decisions for the Administrator in 

all matters’’ under the ODRA’s 

jurisdiction valued at not more than $10 

Million (see 63 FR 49151, 65 FR 19958– 

01, 69 FR 17469–02). Congress provided 

further confirmation as to the FAA’s 

dispute resolution authority in the 

Vision 100-Century of Aviation 

Reauthorization Act of 2003, Public Law 

108–176, 117 Stat.2490, (2003 

Reauthorization Act), which expressly 

provided the ODRA with exclusive 

jurisdiction over bid protests and 

contract disputes under the AMS. 

Specifically, the 2003 Reauthorization 

Act provided at Subsection (b)(2)(4), 

under the title ‘‘Adjudication of Certain 

Bid Protests and Contract Disputes,’’ 

that ‘‘[a] bid protest or contract dispute 

that is not addressed or resolved 

through alternative dispute resolution 

shall be adjudicated by the 

Administrator, through Dispute 

Resolution Officers or Special Masters 

of the Federal Aviation Administration 

Office of Dispute Resolution for 

Acquisition, acting pursuant to Sections 

46102, 46104, 46105, 46106 and 46107 

and shall be subject to judicial review 

under Section 46110 and Section 504 of 

Title 5.’’ On January 12, 2011, the FAA 

published a notice of proposed 

rulemaking to reorganize and streamline 

the existing Procedures for Protests and 

Contracts Dispute, and harmonize them 

with current statutory and other 

authority (76 FR 2035). On September 7, 

2011, the FAA adopted the proposed 

rule, publishing it as a final rule in the 

Federal Register, with an effective date 

of October 7, 2011 (76 FR 55217). On 

October 12, 2011, the FAA 

Administrator designated the Director 

and Dispute Resolution Officers of the 

ODRA as Administrative Judges for all 

matters within the ODRA’s jurisdiction; 

and delegated authority to the ODRA 

that superseded and replaced previous 

delegations of authority (76 FR 70527– 

02). On March 19, 2014, the 

Administrator executed a Revised 

Delegation of Authority that modifies 

the October 12, 2011 Delegation of 

Authority by replacing paragraph ‘‘i’’ of 

that Delegation with the following 

paragraph: 

To execute and issue, on behalf of the 

Administrator, final Agency decisions and 

orders in all matters within the ODRA’s 

jurisdiction, provided that such matters 

involve either: (1) a bid protest concerning an 

acquisition having a minimum dollar value, 

including any option years, of not more than 

twenty million dollars ($20,000,000.00); (2) a 

contract dispute involving a total amount to 

be adjudicated, exclusive of interest, legal 

fees or costs, of not more than ten million 

dollars ($10,000,000.00); or (3) contests 

arising from public-private competitions 

under OMB Circular A–76. The dollar value 

limitations of this paragraph do not apply to 

orders issued pursuant to Paragraph b. 

hereof. This Delegation does not preclude the 

Director of the ODRA from requesting, in any 

matter before the ODRA, that the order 

setting forth the final decision of the FAA be 

executed by the Administrator. 

The Revised Delegation further 

provides that all provisions of the 

October 12, 2011 Delegation not 

expressly modified by the Revised 

Delegation of Authority remain in full 

force and effect. 


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Issued in Washington, DC, on April 11, 

2014. 

Jerome M. Mellody, 

Acting Chief Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08776 Filed 4–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Twenty Fifth Meeting: RTCA Special 

Committee 213, Enhanced Flight 

Vision Systems/Synthetic Vision 

Systems (EFVS/SVS) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), U.S. Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Meeting Notice of RTCA Special 

Committee 213, Enhanced Flight Vision 

Systems/Synthetic Vision Systems 

(EFVS/SVS). 

SUMMARY: The FAA is issuing this notice 

to advise the public of the twenty fifth 

meeting of the RTCA Special Committee 

213, Enhanced Flight Vision Systems/

Synthetic Vision Systems (EFVS/SVS). 

DATES: The meeting will be held May 

13–15, 2014 from 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. 

on May 13th and 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. on 

May 14th and 15th. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Airbus in France, Site de Saint Martin 

du Touch, 316 route de Bayonne, 31060 

Toulouse Cedex 9. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Etherington, tjetheri@

rockwellcollins.com, (319) 295–5233, 

Patrick Krohn, pkrohn@uasc.com, (425) 

602–1375 and The RTCA Secretariat, 

1150 18th Street NW., Suite 910, 

Washington, DC 20036, or by telephone 

at (202) 330–0652/(202) 833–9339, fax at 

(202) 833–9434, or Web site at http://

www.rtca.org. Additional contact 

information: please contact Patrick 

Krohn, pkrohn@uasc.com, telephone 

(425) 602–1375 or mobile at (425) 829– 

1996. RTCA contact is Jennifer Iverson, 

jiverson@rtca.org, (202) 330–0662. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 5 U.S.C., App.), notice is hereby 

given for a meeting of Special 

Committee 213. The agenda will include 

the following: 

May 13 

Plenary Discussion (Sign in at 9:00 a.m.) 

• Introductions and administrative 

items. 

• Review and approve minutes from 

last full plenary meeting. 

• Review of terms of reference. 

• Status of DO–342A and DO–315C 

Drafts. 

• Industry updates. 

• WG–1 DO–315C draft review. 

May 14 

Plenary Discussion 

• WG–1 DO–315C draft review. 

May 15 

Plenary Discussion 

• WG–1 DO–315C draft review. 

• WG–2 DO–342A draft review (time 

permitting). 

• Administrative items (new meeting 

location/dates, action items etc.). 

• Adjourn. 

Attendance is open to the interested 

public but limited to space availability. 

With the approval of the chairman, 

members of the public may present oral 

statements at the meeting. Persons 

wishing to present statements or obtain 

information should contact the person 

listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Members of the public 

may present a written statement to the 

committee at any time. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 9, 

2014. 

Paige Williams, 

Management Analyst, NextGen, Business 

Operations Group, Federal Aviation 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08619 Filed 4–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0037; Notice 1] 

Notice of Receipt of Petition for 

Decision That Nonconforming 2007– 

2010 Mercedes-Benz S-Class 

Passenger Cars Are Eligible for 

Importation 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Receipt of petition. 

SUMMARY: This document announces 

receipt by the National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA) of a 

petition for a decision that 

nonconforming 2007–2010 MercedesBenz S-Class passenger cars that were 

not originally manufactured to comply 

with all applicable Federal motor 

vehicle safety standards (FMVSS), are 

eligible for importation into the United 

States because they are substantially 

similar to vehicles that were originally 

manufactured for sale in the United 

States and that were certified by their 

manufacturer as complying with the 

safety standards (the U.S.-certified 

version of the 2007–2010 MercedesBenz S-Class and they are capable of 

being readily altered to conform to the 

standards. 

DATES: The closing date for comments 

on the petition is May 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should refer to 

the docket and notice numbers above 

and be submitted by any of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

online instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Mail: Docket Management Facility: 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 

New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building 

Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

Washington, DC 20590–0001 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., between 

9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: 202–493–2251 

Instructions: Comments must be 

written in the English language, and be 

no greater than 15 pages in length, 

although there is no limit to the length 

of necessary attachments to the 

comments. If comments are submitted 

in hard copy form, please ensure that 

two copies are provided. If you wish to 

receive confirmation that your 

comments were received, please enclose 

a stamped, self-addressed postcard with 

the comments. Note that all comments 

received will be posted without change 

to http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided. 

Please see the Privacy Act heading 

below. 

Privacy Act: Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments 

received into any of our dockets by the 

name of the individual submitting the 

comment (or signing the comment, if 

submitted on behalf of 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). 

How to Read Comments submitted to 

the Docket: You may read the comments 

received by Docket Management at the 

address and times given above. You may 

also view the documents from the 

Internet at http://www.regulations.gov. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the dockets. The docket ID 

number and title of this notice are 

shown at the heading of this document 

notice. Please note that even after the 

comment closing date, we will continue 

to file relevant information in the 


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