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individual or team. At the option of the 

Secretary, the Department will pay for 

invitational travel expenses to 

Washington, DC for up to four 

representatives of the winning team to 

present their project to Department 

officials and receive the award from the 

Secretary. 

Basis Upon Which the Winner Will Be 

Selected 

All submissions will be initially 

reviewed by the FAA Centers for 

Excellence Program Director upon 

receipt to determine if the submissions 

meet the eligibility requirements. 

Registration packages meeting the 

eligibility requirements will be judged 

by advisory panels consisting of 

academic experts, government officials 

including FAA, the Department, and 

representatives of the private sector. The 

advisory panels will select the most 

highly qualified submissions and 

present them to the Secretary of the 

Department, who will select the 

winning entrant. 

Submissions will be judged on the 

following criteria: 

Technical Merit 

• Has the submission presented a 

clear understanding of the associated 

problems? 

• Has the submission developed a 

logical and workable solution and 

approach to solving the problem/s? 

• What are the most significant 

aspects of this concept? 

• Has the submission clearly 

demonstrated the breadth of impact of 

the innovation? 

Originality 

• Is this concept new or a variation of 

an existing idea, and in what way(s)? 

• How is this work unique? 

• Was the concept developed 

independently or in cooperation with 

others? 

Impact 

• To what extent will this project 

make a significant impact and/or 

contribution to the future of the aviation 

and aerospace environment? 

Practicality 

• Who directly benefits from this 

work? 

• Can this program or activity be 

implemented in a practical fashion? 

• What are the costs anticipated to be 

incurred and saved by executing this 

concept? 

Measurability 

• How has this individual/group 

measured the impact on the aviation 

environment? 

• To what extent does the innovation 

result in measurable improvements? 

Applicability 

• Can this effort be scaled? 

• Is this work specific to one region, 

various regions, or to the entire nation? 

All factors are important and will be 

given consideration, but the advisory 

panels will give the ‘‘technical merit’’ 

factor the most weight in the screening 

process. The Secretary retains sole 

discretion to select the winning entrant. 

Additional Information: Federal 

grantees may not use Federal funds to 

develop COMPETES Act challenge 

applications. 

Federal contractors may not use 

Federal funds from a contract to develop 

COMPETES Act challenge applications 

or to fund efforts in support of a 

COMPETES Act challenge submission. 

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 3719 (America 

COMPETES Act). 

Issued on: February 21, 2013. 

Susan L. Kurland, 

Assistant Secretary of Aviation and 

International Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04710 Filed 2–27–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2013–06] 

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 and 

must be received on or before March 20, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2013–0058 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: 

Keira Jones (202) 267–4024, or Tyneka 

Thomas (202) 267–7626, Office of 

Rulemaking, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 800 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 19, 

2013. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

Petition for Exemption 

Docket No.: FAA–2013–0058. 

Petitioner: Southwest Airlines. 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 

CFR121.467(b)(13). 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Southwest requests approval to relieve 

each flight attendant engaged in air 

transportation from all further duty for 

at least 24 consecutive hours during 

‘‘any 168 consecutive hour period’’ in 

lieu of ‘‘any 7 consecutive calendar 

days.’’ 

[FR Doc. 2013–04597 Filed 2–27–13; 8:45 am] 

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