### 30990 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 103 / Friday, May 27, 2011 / Notices

**Department of Transportation**

**Office of the Secretary**

**Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity and**  **Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B (Formerly Subpart Q) During**  **the Week Ending April 30, 2011**

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–2011–

0088.

Date Filed: April 27, 2011. Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify Scope: May 18, 2011.

Description: Application of Exec Direct Aviation Services Ltd. requesting an exemption and a foreign air carrier permit to provide charter foreign air transportation of property and mail between Jamaica and the United States via intermediary points, and to points beyond the United States.

Renee V. Wright, Program Manager, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison.

[FR Doc. 2011–13184 Filed 5–26–11; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**Office of the Secretary of Transportation** 

**Notice of Funding Availability for the Small Business Transportation**  **Resource Center Program**

**AGENCY :**  Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), Department of Transportation (DOT)

**ACTION :**  Notice of Funding Availability.

**SUMMARY :**  The Department of Transportation (DOT), Office of the Secretary (OST), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) announces the opportunity for; (1) business centered communitybased organizations; (2) transportationrelated trade associations; (3) colleges and universities; (4) community colleges or; (5) chambers of commerce, registered with the Internal Revenue Service as 501C(6) or 501C(3) tax-exempt organizations, to compete for participation in OSDBU’s Small Business Transportation Resource Center (SBTRC) program in the West Central Region.

OSDBU will enter into Cooperative Agreements with these organizations to outreach to the small business community in their designated region and provide financial and technical assistance, business training programs, such as, business assessment, management training, counseling, technical assistance, marketing and outreach, and the dissemination of information, to encourage and assist small businesses to become better prepared to compete for, obtain, andmanage DOT funded transportationrelated contracts and subcontracts at the federal, state and local levels. Throughout this notice, the term ‘‘small business’’ will refer to: 8(a), small disadvantaged businesses (SDB), disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE), women owned small businesses (WOSB), HubZone, service disabled veteran owned businesses (SDVOB), and veteran owned small businesses (VOSB). Throughout this notice, ‘‘transportation-related’’ is defined as the maintenance, rehabilitation, restructuring, improvement, or revitalization of any of the nation’s modes of transportation.

Funding Opportunity Number: USDOT–OST–OSDBU–SBTRC2011–3.

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 20.910 Assistance to small and disadvantaged businesses. Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement Grant.

Award Ceiling: $135,000. Award Floor: $135,000. Program Authority: DOT is authorized under 49 U.S.C. 332(b)(4), (5) &(7) to design and carry out programs to assist small disadvantaged businesses in getting transportation-related contracts and subcontracts; develop support mechanisms, including management and technical services, that will enable small disadvantaged businesses to take advantage of those business opportunities; and to make arrangements to carry out the above

purposes.

**DATES :**  Complete Proposals must be electronically submitted to OSDBU via e-mail on or before June 17, 2011, 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Proposals received after the deadline will be considered non-responsive and will not be reviewed. The applicant is advised to turn on request delivery receipt notification for e-mail submissions. DOT plans to give notice of awards for the competed regions on or before June 30, 2011.

**ADDRESSES :**  Applications must be electronically submitted to OSDBU via e-mail at SBTRC@dot.gov.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  For further information concerning this notice, contact Mr. Arthur D. Jackson, U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., W56–462, Washington, DC 20590. Telephone: 1–800–532–1169. E-mail: art.jackson@dot.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1 Background 1.2 Program Description and Goals 1.3 Description of Competition 1.4 Duration of Agreements 1.5 Authority 1.6 Eligibility Requirements 2. Program Requirements

2.1 Recipient Responsibilities 2.2 Office of Small and Disadvantaged

Business Utilization Responsibilities 3. Submission of Proposals

3.1 Format for Proposals 3.2 Address, Number of Copies, Deadline

for Submission 4. Selection Criteria

4.1 General Criteria 4.2 Scoring of Applications 4.3 Conflicts of Interest Format for Proposals—Appendix A

Full Text of Announcement

1. Introduction
1.1 Background

The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) established the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) in accordance with Public Law 95–507, an amendment to the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.

The mission of OSDBU at DOT is to ensure that the small and disadvantaged business policies and goals of the Secretary of Transportation are developed and implemented in a fair, efficient and effective manner to serve small and disadvantaged businesses throughout the country. The OSDBU also administers the provisions of Title 49, Section 332, the Minority Resource Center (MRC) which includes the duties of advocacy, outreach and financial services on behalf of small and