36858 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 125 / Monday, June 30, 2014 / Notices 

1Although The National Defense Authorization 

Act for Fiscal Year 2013, Public Law 112–239, 

§ 1641, prohibits Federal agencies from establishing 

new programs, this provision does not apply to 

programs in existence on the date of the Act. 

Rather, agencies with existing programs in place as 

of the date of the Act may continue to implement 

and make modifications to their programs, as is the 

case here. 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the estimated burden of the proposed 

information collection; (3) ways for the 

OIG to enhance the quality, usefulness, 

and clarity of the collected information; 

and (4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized on respondents, including 

the use of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology without reducing the quality 

of the collected information. The agency 

will summarize or include your 

comments in the request for OMB’s 

clearance of this information collection. 

Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35, as amended; 

and 49 CFR 1:48. Issued in Washington, DC, 

on June 24th, 2014. 

Dated: June 24, 2014. 

Joseph Come ́, 

Deputy Principal Assistant Inspector General 

for Auditing and Evaluation, Office of 

Inspector General. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15315 Filed 6–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary 

[Docket Number DOT–OST–2014–0073] 

Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization (OSDBU) Mentor 

Prote ́ge ́ Pilot Program 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of 

Transportation (DOT) invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) to approve an information 

collection regarding the DOT’s existing 

small business Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ pilot 

program. If approved by OMB, this 

information collection would request 

program participants to submit their 

mentor-prote ́ge ́ relationship agreements 

for review, and file a joint report on an 

annual basis documenting the assistance 

they have provided or received. In 

addition, program participants would be 

asked to complete an evaluation form at 

the end of their participation in the 

program, and prote ́ge ́s would be asked 

to update OSDBU annually for 2 years 

after they exit the program. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted by on or before August 11, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

[identified by Docket No. DOT–OST– 

2014–0073] through one of the 

following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Fax: 1 (202) 493–2251. 

• Mail or Hand Delivery: Docket 

Management Facility, U.S. Department 

of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building, Room W12– 

140, Washington, DC 20590, between 9 

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

Friday, except on Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Leonardo San Roma ́n, Mentor-Prote ́ge ́

pilot program, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, (202) 366–1930. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In April 

2012,1 the DOT launched a MentorProte ́ge ́ pilot program to enhance the 

capability of disadvantaged and small 

business owners to compete for federal 

procurement opportunities. The MentorProte ́ge ́ pilot program is designed to 

assist small businesses in developing 

the necessary tools and relationships to 

compete and perform in DOT and other 

federal procurement programs. Small 

businesses include small disadvantaged 

businesses, women owned businesses, 

HUBZone small businesses, veteranowned-businesses and service disabled 

veteran-owned small businesses. The 

program is designed to improve the 

performance of DOT contractors and 

subcontractors by fostering the 

establishment of long-term business 

relationships between small businesses 

and prime contractors. 

Eligible businesses who are prime 

contractors may agree to mentor eligible 

prote ́ge ́s. The mentors would provide 

appropriate developmental assistance to 

enhance the capabilities of prote ́ge ́s to 

perform as contractors and/or 

subcontractors. 

Since the inception of the program, 

small business concerns participating in 

the program have been able to develop 

their core capabilities, enabling them to 

compete and perform in federal 

contracts. Therefore, DOT is continuing 

the Mentor Prote ́ge ́ program, allowing 

increased participation as indicated 

below. 

Information Collection 

Under this new proposed information 

collection, we request that participants 

submit their mentor-prote ́ge ́ agreements 

for review. We request that only one 

copy of the joint agreement be 

submitted to OSDBU. In addition, once 

the agreement is reviewed, we would 

request that the participants submit 

annual report to the OSDBU describing 

their progress. The report may be 

developed jointly by the mentor and 

prote ́ge ́, so only one annual report per 

mentor-prote ́ge ́ relationship would be 

submitted. If the relationship extends 

beyond the first year, we would request 

that the participants submit an annual 

update. The annual report would 

include information about the action 

taken or suggested by the mentor to 

increase the participation of the prote ́ge ́

in federal procurement programs; 

actions taken or suggested to develop 

the technical capabilities of the prote ́ge ́; 

and the degree to which the prote ́ge ́ has 

been able to implement those actions or 

recommendations. Once the mentorprote ́ge ́ relationship has ended, we 

would also request that each program 

participant complete a program 

evaluation and submit it to the OSDBU. 

The purpose of the evaluation form is to 

provide feedback to the OSDBU on the 

program, with suggestions for 

improvement. In addition, we would 

ask prote ́ge ́s, once they have exited the 

program, to continue to provide annual 

updates to OSDBU for up to two years, 

describing their progress in 

participating in federal procurement 

programs. 

The estimated burden for this 

proposed collection is as follows: 

(1) Form: Mentor Prote ́ge ́ agreement. 

Type of Review: New Information 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Prime contractors 

and small businesses interested in 

participating in DOT’s Mentor Prote ́ge ́

Program. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: Approximately 8. 

Frequency: One-time. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 4 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 32 hours. 

(2) Form: Mentor Prote ́ge ́ program 

annual report. 

Type of Review: New Information 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Prime contractors 

and small businesses participating in 

DOT’s Mentor Prote ́ge ́ Program. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 8 

Frequency: One-time. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 8 hours. 

(3) Form: Mentor Prote ́ge ́ program 

evaluation form. 

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Type of Review: New Information 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Prime contractors 

and small businesses participating in 

DOT’s Mentor Prote ́ge ́ Program. 

Estimated Annual Number of 

Responses: 16 

Frequency: One-time. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 1 hour per respondent. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 16 hours. 

Extending the Duration of the 

Relationship 

The duration of the mentorship will 

be determined by the mentor and 

prote ́ge ́. We anticipate in most cases, 

this period will be 12 months, but some 

participants may want to extend their 

mentorship relationship. Currently, the 

DOT allows for this relationship to be 

extended up to 24 months. However, the 

DOT proposes to amend the 24 month 

cap and allow the relationship to be 

extended up to 36 months. We received 

anecdotal information from program 

participants and other businesses 

expressing that a longer relationship 

may be beneficial to the firms. Program 

participants should be able to develop 

long range developmental plans up to 

36 months benefiting small business 

concerns to receive additional technical 

assistance; otherwise not received due 

to time constraints and limitations. In 

addition, other federal government 

Mentor-Prote ́ge ́ programs allow their 

participants to establish a relationship 

for up to 36 months. 

Reports Beyond Program Participation 

DOT’s Mentor Prote ́ge ́ program’s 

primary goal is to provide 

developmental assistance to help small 

business to compete and perform on 

federal procurement opportunities. It’s 

important to DOT to ensure the 

developmental assistance received by 

prote ́ge ́s during their program 

participation helps them to succeed 

beyond the term of the Mentor Prote ́ge ́

agreement. DOT will request firms 

participating as prote ́ge ́s in the program 

to agree to report its progress to the 

OSDBU annually for two (2) years after 

exiting the program. OSDBU will not 

request this of Mentors. 

For additional information related to 

the Mentor Prote ́ge ́ program, visit 

OSDBU’s Web site at www.dot.gov/

osdbu. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 19, 

2014. 

Brandon Neal, 

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15316 Filed 6–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–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 June 14, 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– 

0097. 

Date Filed: June 9, 2014. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: June 30, 2014. 

Description: Application of Jet 

Aviation Flight Services, Inc. requesting 

certificate of public convenience and 

necessity authorizing interstate charter 

air transportation. 

Docket Number: DOT–OST–2014– 

0098. 

Date Filed: June 9, 2014. 

Due Date for Answers, Conforming 

Applications, or Motion to Modify 

Scope: June 30, 2014. 

Description: Application of Jet 

Aviation Flight Services, Inc. requesting 

a certificate of public convenience and 

necessity authorizing foreign charter air 

transportation of persons, property and 

mail. 

Barbara J. Hairston, 

Supervisory Dockets Officer, Docket 

Operations, Federal Register Liaison. 

[FR Doc. 2014–15245 Filed 6–27–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2014–41] 

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 July 21, 

2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2014–0367 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: Jake 

Troutman, (202) 267–9521, 800 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC, 20951. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

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