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9 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

Commission takes such action, the 

Commission will institute proceedings 

to determine whether the proposed rule 

change 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 rulecomments@sec.gov. Please include File 

Number SR–CBOE–2013–056 on the 

subject line. 

Paper Comments 

• Send paper comments in triplicate 

to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, 

Securities and Exchange Commission, 

100 F Street NE., Washington, DC 

20549–1090. 

All submissions should refer to File 

Number SR–CBOE–2013–056. 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–CBOE– 

2013–056 and should be submitted on 

or before June 28, 2013. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.9

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13505 Filed 6–6–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No. FAA–2013–0316] 

Aviation Rulemaking Advisory 

Committee (ARAC) Airman Testing 

Standards and Training Working 

Group (ATSTWG) 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability; 

reopening of comment period. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

reopening of the comment period on the 

availability of draft Airman Certification 

Standards (ACS) documents developed 

by the Airman Testing Standards and 

Training WG for the private pilot 

certificate and the instrument rating. 

These documents are available for 

public review, download, and comment. 

DATES: The comment period for the 

notice published on April 24, 2013 (78 

FR 24289) closed May 24, 2013, and is 

reopened until July 8, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2013–0316 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations 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. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at (202) 493–2251. 

Privacy: The FAA will post all 

comments it receives, without change, 

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

any personal information the 

commenter provides. Using the search 

function of the docket Web site, anyone 

can find and read the electronic form of 

all comments received into any FAA 

dockets, including the name of the 

individual sending the comment (or 

signing the comment for an association, 

business, labor union, etc.). DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement can be 

found in the Federal Register published 

on April 11, 2000 (65 FR 19477–19478), 

as well as at http://DocketsInfo.dot.gov. 

Docket: Background documents or 

comments received may be read at 

http://www.regulations.gov at any time. 

Follow the online instructions for 

accessing the docket or go to the Docket 

Operations 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: Van 

L. Kerns, Manager, Regulatory Support 

Division, FAA Flight Standards Service, 

AFS 600, FAA Mike Monroney 

Aeronautical Center P.O. Box 25082 

Oklahoma City, OK 73125; telephone 

(405) 954–4431, email 

van.l.kerns@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 24, 2013, the FAA 

established Docket No. FAA–2013–0316 

for the purpose of enabling the public to 

comment on some draft documents 

developed by the Airman Testing 

Standards and Training Working Group. 

The following documents were placed 

in that docket for public review and 

comment: 

(1) Background Information; IndustryLed Changes to FAA Airman Testing 

Standards and Training 

(2) Draft PRIVATE PILOT— 

AIRPLANE Airman Certification 

Standards; 

(3) Draft Change Tracking Matrix 

referenced to FAA–S–8081–14B, Private 

Pilot Practical Test Standards for 

Airplane (Single Engine Land and 

Single-Engine Sea Areas of Operation); 

Section 1: Private Pilot 

(4) Draft INSTRUMENT RATING— 

Airman Certification Standards; and 

(5) Draft Change Tracking Matrix 

referenced to FAA–S–8081–4E, 

Instrument Rating Practical Test 

Standards for Airplane, Helicopter, and 

Powered Lift 

During the initial 30-day comment 

period, which closed on May 24, 2013, 

more than 130 individuals and 

organizations posted comments on these 

documents. The ATSTWG received a 

wide range of comments that provided 

suggestions on how the ATSTWG could 

further improve its draft PRIVATE 

PILOT—AIRPLANE and draft 

INSTRUMENT RATING Airman 

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1Report MH–2009–013; http://www.oig.dot.gov/

sites/dot/files/pdfdocs/BRIDGE_I_REPORT_

FINAL.pdf.. 

2Senate Report 110–418; http://www.gpo.gov/ 

fdsys/pkg/CRPT-110srpt418/pdf/CRPT110srpt418.pdf. 

Certification Standards documents. 

Given the size and scope of the 

documents, which align the 

aeronautical knowledge testing 

standards with the flight proficiency 

standards set out in the existing 

Practical Test Standards (PTS), several 

commenters requested additional time 

to review the material and develop their 

response. 

The ATSTWG’s work is intended to 

improve the relevance, reliability, 

validity, and effectiveness of the FAA’s 

aeronautical testing and training 

materials, as well as to support the 

FAA’s goal of reducing fatal general 

aviation accidents by incorporating taskspecific risk management considerations 

into each Area of Operation. Because 

the ACS documents are intended to be 

the foundation for transitioning to a 

more integrated and systematic 

approach to airman certification testing 

and training, the ATSTWG wishes to 

benefit from the broadest possible range 

of public comment on the work it will 

submit to the FAA via the Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee in 

September 2013. The ATSTWG has 

asked the FAA to extend the public 

comment period by an additional 30 

days, and the FAA has accordingly 

reopened the docket, as noted in the 

DATES section above. 

The ATSTWG will continue its 

additional work on remaining 

assignments, including development of 

the authorized instructor ACS 

document. The ATSTWG expects to 

make the authorized instructor ACS 

document available for public review 

and comment at a later date. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2013. 

Lirio Liu, 

Designated Federal Officer, Aviation 

Rulemaking Advisory Committee. 

[FR Doc. 2013–13513 Filed 6–6–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–13–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[FHWA Docket No. FHWA–2013–0021] 

National Bridge Inspection Standards 

Review Process; Notice and Request 

for Comment 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice; request for comment. 

SUMMARY: The National Bridge 

Inspection Standards (NBIS), codified in 

23 CFR 650 Subpart C, establishes the 

minimum standards for inspection of all 

structures defined as highway bridges 

on public roads. The FHWA annually 

reviews each State’s bridge inspection 

program to evaluate compliance with 

the NBIS. In 2011, FHWA implemented 

a new systematic, data-driven, riskbased oversight process which is used 

by FHWA Divisions to review State 

compliance with the NBIS. The new 

process was developed prior to the 

establishment of the review 

requirements identified in the Moving 

Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century 

Act (MAP–21), Section 1111. 

Development of the internal FHWA 

review process included consultation 

with stakeholders through a pilot 

project, a joint FHWA/AASHTO task 

force, as well as with individual States 

and Federal agencies during the initial 

implementation of the process in 2011. 

The FHWA intends to continue this 

data-driven, risk-based review process 

to evaluate State compliance with the 

NBIS, including incorporation of any 

modifications based upon the comments 

received through this Notice. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 8, 2013. Late comments 

will be considered to the extent 

practicable. 

ADDRESSES: Mail or hand deliver 

comments to the U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Dockets Management 

Facility, Room W12–140, 1200 New 

Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC 

20590, or fax comments to (202) 493– 

2251. Alternatively, comments may be 

submitted to the Federal eRulemaking 

portal at http://www.regulations.gov. All 

comments must include the docket 

number that appears in the heading of 

this document. All comments received 

will be available for examination and 

copying at the above address from 9 

a.m. to 5 p.m., e.t., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. Those 

desiring notification of receipt of 

comments must include a selfaddressed, stamped postcard or you 

may print the acknowledgment page 

that appears after submitting comments 

electronically. Anyone is able to search 

the electronic form of all comments in 

any one of our dockets by the name of 

the individual submitting the comment 

(or signing the comment, if submitted 

on behalf of an association, business, or 

labor union). Anyone may review DOT’s 

complete Privacy Act Statement in the 

Federal Register published on April 11, 

2000 (Volume 65, Number 70, Pages 

19477–78). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions about the program discussed 

herein, contact Thomas D. Everett, 

Principal Bridge Engineer, FHWA Office 

of Bridge Technology, (202) 366–4675 or 

via email at Thomas.everett@dot.gov. 

For legal questions, please contact 

Robert Black, Office of the Chief 

Counsel, (202) 366–1359, or via email at 

Robert.Black@dot.gov. Office hours are 

from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., e.t., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access and Filing 

You may submit or retrieve comments 

online through the Federal eRulemaking 

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

The Web site is available 24 hours each 

day, 365 days each year. Please follow 

the instructions. 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 the Office of the Federal Register’s 

home page at: http://www.archives.gov 

and the Government Printing Office’s 

Web page at: http:// 

www.access.gpo.gov/nara. 

Purpose of This Notice 

The FHWA is requesting comment on 

the process FHWA uses to conduct 

reviews of State compliance with the 

NBIS and the associated penalty process 

for findings of noncompliance. 

Comments received through this Notice 

will be considered by FHWA for 

improving the review process. 

Background 

For more than 30 years, the FHWA 

has annually assessed each State’s 

bridge inspection program to evaluate 

compliance with the NBIS as codified at 

23 CFR 650 Subpart C. Historically, the 

depth and scope of the reviews varied 

based upon the FHWA’s knowledge of 

the State’s inspection program and 

experience of the FHWA staff. In 2009, 

the Office of Inspector General (OIG) 

issued an audit report National Bridge 

Inspection Program: Assessment of 

FHWA’s Implementation of DataDriven, Risk-Based Oversight 1 that 

summarized their review of FHWA 

oversight of the National Bridge 

Inspection Program. One of the five OIG 

recommendations from this audit was 

for FHWA to develop and implement 

minimum requirements for data-driven, 

risk-based bridge oversight during 

bridge engineer’s annual NBIS 

compliance reviews. In Senate Report 

110–418 2, strong support was given to 

the OIG recommendations and the need 

for prompt action by the FHWA. In 

addition, the House of Representatives 

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