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9 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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– 

NASDAQ–2014–032 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–NASDAQ–2014–032. 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 such 

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– 

NASDAQ–2014–032, and should be 

submitted on or before May 8, 2014. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.9

Jill M. Peterson, 

Assistant Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08684 Filed 4–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 

[Docket No. 2013–0049] 

Elimination of the Social Security 

Administration’s Letter Forwarding 

Service 

AGENCY: Social Security Administration 

(SSA). 

ACTION: Notice of discontinuation of the 

letter forwarding service. 

SUMMARY: Letter Forwarding is a service 

we provided to the public since 1945. It 

is not a program related activity under 

the Social Security Act (Act). Therefore, 

we will stop the letter forwarding 

service. 

DATES: The cessation date for letter 

forwarding services is May 19, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Esset Tate, Office of Public Service and 

Operations Support, Social Security 

Administration, 6401 Security 

Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21235–6401, 

[410–966–8502]. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

provided the letter forwarding service to 

the public since 1945. The inquirer can 

be an individual, private organization, 

or government agency. We provide 

limited service if it does not interfere 

with the Agency’s ability to effectively 

and efficiently carry out its statutory 

responsibilities under the Act. SSA 

processes the following types of letter 

forwarding requests (free and for a fee). 

• Humanitarian (free)—when the 

health or welfare of an individual is at 

risk and the requestor provides a 

compelling reason to show the person 

would want to be aware of the 

circumstances. In addition, when an 

immediate family member (e.g., parent, 

sibling) is seeking to re-establish contact 

with another immediate family member. 

• Monetary purpose (fee $35 in fiscal 

year (FY) 2013)—situations in which the 

individual sought is due something of 

value, and it is reasonable to assume 

that he or she is not aware that the asset 

is due. 

New Information: In recent years, the 

internet offers a rapid expansion of 

locator resources via free social media 

Web sites and for pay locator services. 

The public now has widespread access 

to the Internet and the ability to locate 

individuals without relying on our letter 

forwarding services. Based on the 

availability of the alternative locator 

resources and the effects it would be as 

a cost saving measure, we are 

discontinuing the letter forwarding 

service. This decision is in line with the 

Internal Revenue Service, which 

successfully eliminated part of its letter 

forwarding workload as of August 31, 

2012. 

Dated: April 11, 2014. 

Esset Tate, 

Project Manager, Office of Public Service and 

Operations Support. 

[FR Doc. 2014–08808 Filed 4–16–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4191–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

Notice of 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 5, 2014 

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–2014– 

0046. 

Date Filed: April 2, 2014. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion To Modify 

Scope: April 23, 2014. 

Description: Application of Eurolot 

S.A. (‘‘Eurolot’’) requesting a foreign air 

carrier permit to enable Eurolot, 

consistent with the open skies, U.S.- 

European Union (‘‘EU’’) Air Transport 

Agreement, to provide: (i) Foreign 

scheduled and charter air transportation 

of persons, property, and mail from any 

point or points behind any Member 

State of the European Union, via any 

point or points in any Member State and 

via intermediate points to any point or 

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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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