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outlined in Section 1.3: Description of 

Competition of this RFP per fiscal year. 

Applicants are encouraged to provide 

in-kind costs and other innovative cost 

approaches. 

4.2 Scoring of Applications 

A review panel will score each 

application based upon the evaluation 

criteria listed above. Points will be 

given for each evaluation criteria 

category, not to exceed the maximum 

number of points allowed for each 

category. Proposals which are deemed 

non–responsive, do not meet the 

established criteria, or incomplete at the 

time of submission will be disqualified. 

OSDBU will perform a responsibility 

determination of the prospective 

awardee in the region, which may 

include a site visit, before awarding the 

cooperative agreement. 

4.3 Conflicts of Interest 

Applicants must submit signed 

statements by key personnel and all 

organization principals indicating that 

they, or members of their immediate 

families, do not have a personal, 

business or financial interest in any 

DOT-funded transportation project, nor 

any relationships with local or state 

transportation agencies that may have 

the appearance of a conflict of interest. 

Appendix A 

Format for Proposals for the Department of 

Transportation Office of Small and 

Disadvantaged Business Utilization’s Small 

Business Transportation Resource Center 

(SBTRC) Program 

Submitted proposals for the DOT, Office of 

Small and Disadvantaged Business 

Utilization’s Small Business Transportation 

Resource Center Program must contain the 

following 12 sections and be organized in the 

following order: 

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Identify all parts, sections and attachments 

of the application. 

2. APPLICATION SUMMARY 

Provide a summary overview of the 

following: 

• The applicant’s proposed SBTRC region 

and city and key elements of the plan of 

action/strategy to achieve the SBTRC 

objectives. 

• The applicant’s relevant organizational 

experience and capabilities. 

3. UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORK 

Provide a narrative which contains specific 

project information as follows: 

• The applicant will describe its 

understanding of the OSDBU’s SBTRC 

program mission and the role of the 

applicant’s proposed SBTRC in advancing 

the program goals. 

• The applicant will describe specific 

outreach needs of transportation-related 

small businesses in the applicant’s region 

and how the SBTRC will address the 

identified needs. 

4. APPROACH AND STRATEGY 

• Describe the applicant’s plan of action/ 

strategy for conducting the program in terms 

of the tasks to be performed. 

• Describe the specific services or 

activities to be performed and how these 

services/activities will be implemented. 

• Describe innovative and creative 

approaches to assist small businesses to 

become successful transportation contractors 

and increase their ability to access DOT 

contracting opportunities and financial 

assistance programs. 

• Estimated direct costs, other than labor, 

to execute the proposed strategy. 

5. LINKAGES 

• Describe established relationships within 

the geographic region and demonstrate the 

ability to coordinate and establish effective 

networks with DOT grant recipients and 

local/regional technical assistance agencies. 

• Describe the strategy to obtain support 

and collaboration on SBTRC activities from 

DOT grantees and recipients, transportation 

prime contractors and subcontractors, the 

SBA, U.S. Department of Commerce’s 

Minority Business Development Centers 

(MBDCs), Service Corps of Retired Executives 

(SCORE), Procurement Technical Assistance 

Centers (PTACs), Small Business 

Development Centers (SBDCs), State DOTs, 

and State highway supportive services 

contractors. 

• Describe the outreach strategy related to 

the identified needs that can be successfully 

carried out within the period of this 

agreement and a plan for involving the 

Planning Committee in the execution of that 

strategy. 

6. ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITY 

• Describe recent and relevant past 

successful performance in addressing the 

needs of small businesses, particularly with 

respect to transportation-related small 

businesses. 

• Describe internal technical, financial 

management, and administrative resources. 

• Propose a plan for sufficient matching 

alternative financial resources to fund the 

general and administrative costs of the 

SBTRC. 

7. STAFF CAPABILITY AND EXPERIENCE 

• List proposed key personnel, their 

salaries and proposed fringe benefit factors. 

• Describe the education, qualifications 

and relevant experience of key personnel. 

Attach detailed resumes. 

• Proposed staffing plan. Describe how 

personnel are to be organized for the program 

and how they will be used to accomplish 

program objectives. Outline staff 

responsibilities, accountability and a 

schedule for conducting program tasks. 

8. COST PROPOSAL 

• Outline the total proposed cost of 

establishing and administering the SBTRC in 

the applicant’s geographical region for a 12 

month period, inclusive of costs funded 

through alternative matching resources. 

Clearly identify the portion of the costs 

funded by OSDBU. 

• Provide a brief narrative linking the cost 

proposal to the proposed strategy. 

9. PROOF OF TAX EXEMPT STATUS 

10. ASSURANCES SIGNATURE FORM 

Complete the attached Standard Form 

424B ASSURANCES–NON– 

CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS identified as 

Attachment 1. 

11. CERTIFICATION SIGNATURE FORMS 

Complete form DOTF2307–1 DRUG-FREE 

WORKPLACE ACT CERTIFICATION FOR a 

GRANTEE OTHER THAN AN INDIVIDUAL 

identified as attachment 2 and Form 

DOTF2308–1 CERTIFICATION REGARDING 

LOBBYING FOR CONTRACTS, GRANTS, 

LOANS, AND COOPERATIVE 

AGREEMENTS identified as Attachment 3. 

SIGNED CONFLICT OF INTEREST 

STATEMENTS 

The statements must say that they, or 

members of their immediate families, do not 

have a personal, business or financial interest 

in any DOT-funded transportation projects, 

nor any relationships with local or state 

transportation agencies that may have the 

appearance of a conflict of interest. 

12. STANDARD FORM 424 

Complete Standard Form 424 Application 

for Federal Assistance identified as 

Attachment 4. 

PLEASE BE SURE THAT ALL FORMS 

HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED 

OFFICIAL WHO CAN LEGALLY 

REPRESENT THE ORGANIZATION. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 10, 

2014 

Brandon Neal, 

Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged 

Business Utilization, Office of the Secretary, 

U.S. Department of Transportation. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Docket No: FAA–2011–0786] 

Deadline for Notification of Intent To 

Use the Airport Improvement Program 

(AIP) Primary, Cargo, and Nonprimary 

Entitlement Funds for Fiscal Year 2014. 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration, DOT. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) announces May 

1, 2014, as the deadline for each airport 

sponsor to notify the FAA whether or 

not it will use its fiscal year 2014 

entitlement funds available under 

Section 47114 of Title 49, United States 

Code, to accomplish Airport 

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projects that the sponsor previously 

identified through the Airports Capital 

Improvement Plan (ACIP) process 

during the preceding year. 

The sponsor’s notification must 

address all entitlement funds 

apportioned for fiscal year 2014, as well 

as any entitlement funds not obligated 

from prior years. After Friday, July 11, 

2014, the FAA will carry over all 

remaining entitlement funds, and the 

funds will not be available again until 

at least the beginning of fiscal year 2015. 

This notification requirement does not 

apply to non-primary airports covered 

by the block-grant program. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Frank J. San Martin, Manager, Airports 

Financial Assistance Division, APP– 

500, on (202) 267–3831. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 49 of 

the United States Code, section 47105(f), 

provides that the sponsor of each airport 

to which funds are apportioned shall 

notify the Secretary by such time and in 

a form as prescribed by the Secretary, of 

the sponsor’s intent to apply for its 

apportioned funds, also called 

entitlement funds. Therefore, the FAA is 

hereby notifying sponsors about steps 

required to ensure that the FAA has 

sufficient time to carryover and convert 

remaining entitlement funds, due to 

processes required under federal laws. 

This notice applies only to those 

airports that have had entitlement funds 

apportioned to them, except those 

nonprimary airports located in 

designated Block Grant States. Sponsors 

intending to apply for any of their 

available entitlement funds, including 

those unused from prior years, shall 

submit by 12:00 p.m. prevailing local 

time on Thursday, May 1, 2014, a 

written indication to the designated 

Airports District Office (or Regional 

Office in regions without Airports 

District Offices) their intent to submit a 

grant application no later than close of 

business Friday, July 11, 2014, to use 

their fiscal year 2014 entitlement funds 

available under Title 49 of the United 

States Code, section 47114. This notice 

must address all entitlement funds 

apportioned for fiscal year 2014 

including those entitlement funds not 

obligated from prior years. By Friday, 

June 13, 2014, airport sponsors that 

have not yet submitted a final 

application to the FAA, should notify 

the FAA of any issues with meeting the 

final application deadline of July 11, 

2014. Absent notification from the 

sponsor by the May 1st deadline and/or 

subsequent notification by the June 13th 

deadline of any issues with meeting the 

application deadline, the FAA will 

proceed after Friday, July 11, 2014 to 

take action to carry over all remaining 

entitlement funds without further 

notice. The funds will not be available 

again until at least the beginning of 

fiscal year 2015. 

This notice is promulgated to 

expedite and facilitate the grant-making 

process. 

The AIP grant program is operating 

under the requirements of Public Law 

No. 112–91, the ‘‘FAA Modernization 

and Reform Act of 2012,’’ enacted on 

February 14, 2012, which authorizes the 

FAA through September 30, 2015 and 

the ‘‘Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2014’’ which appropriates FY 2014 

funds for the AIP. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 20, 

2014. 

Elliott Black, 

Deputy Director, Office of Airport Planning 

and Programming. 

[FR Doc. 2014–04223 Filed 2–25–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2014–18] 

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. 

DATE: Comments on this petition 

must identify the petition docket 

number and must be received on or 

before March 18, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may send comments 

identified by Docket Number FAA– 

2013–1049 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: Tara 

Fitzgerald, Federal Aviation 

Administration, Engine and Propeller 

Directorate, Standards Staff, ANE–111, 

12 New England Executive Park, 

Burlington, Massachusetts 01803–5229; 

(781) 238–7130; facsimile: (781) 238– 

7199; email: tara.fitzgerald@faa.gov. 

This notice is published pursuant to 

14 CFR 11.85. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 20, 

2014. 

Lirio Liu, 

Director, Office of Rulemaking. 

PETITION FOR EXEMPTION 

Docket No.: FAA–2013–1049 

Petitioner: Rolls-Royce plc 

Section of 14 CFR Affected: 14 CFR 

33.27H2(f)(6) 

Description of Relief Sought: 

Petitioner seeks relief from requirement 

of section 33.27(f)(6), which prohibits 

the exclusion of the entire high-pressure 

shaft system from consideration in 

determining the highest over-speed that 

would result from a complete loss of 

load on a turbine rotor. The relief is 

sought for the Trent 1000–A2, C2, D2, 

E2, G2, H2, J2, K2 and L2 engine 

models. 

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