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12 17 CFR 200.30–3(a)(12). 

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 

offices 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–PHLX– 

2014–63, and should be submitted on or 

before October 29, 2014. 

For the Commission, by the Division of 

Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated 

authority.12

Kevin M. O’Neill, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23979 Filed 10–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 8011–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation 

Requirements for the Recognizing 

Aviation and Aerospace Innovation in 

Science and Engineering Awards; 

Deadline Extension 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of 

Transportation, U.S. Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to a 

recommendation by the Future of 

Aviation Advisory Committee, the 

Secretary of Transportation is 

announcing the third-annual 

competition to recognize students with 

the ability to demonstrate unique, 

innovative thinking in aerospace 

science and engineering. In its third 

year, the Secretary has decided to create 

two divisions within the award: A high 

school division and a university 

division (both undergraduate and 

graduate). The Secretary of 

Transportation intends to use the 

awards to incentivize students at high 

schools and universities to think 

creatively in developing innovative 

solutions to aviation and aerospace 

issues, and to share those innovations 

with the broader community. This 

notice extends the deadline for 

submitting proposals for the RAISE 

Award and makes other small changes 

to the prior notices issued in April (79 

FR 19167) and May (79 FR 29476) 2014. 

The Department of Transportation has 

decided that interested students could 

benefit from more time to develop 

proposals for the 2014 competition. 

Thus, we are extending the dates for 

submitting expressions of interest to 

November 14, 2014, and for submitting 

final packages to 3:00 p.m. Eastern 

Standard Time on December 30, 2014. 

DATES: Effective on April 01, 2014 to 

December 30, 2014. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Watts, Ph.D., Federal Aviation 

Administration, (609) 485–5043, 

patricia.watts@faa.gov, or James Brough, 

Federal Aviation Administration, (781) 

238–7027, james.brough@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Subject of Challenge Competition: 

The Secretary’s RAISE (Recognizing 

Aviation & Aerospace Innovation in 

Science and Engineering) Award will 

recognize innovative scientific and 

engineering achievements that will have 

a significant impact on the future of 

aerospace or aviation. Following an 

open solicitation by the United States 

Department of Transportation (‘‘the 

Department’’), the Secretary of 

Transportation (‘‘the Secretary’’) will 

designate an Award Review Board 

Chair, who will submit nominations to 

the Secretary for final consideration. 

The rules for this competition are 

available at http://www.challenge.gov. 

Award Approving Official: Anthony 

Foxx, Secretary of Transportation. 

Eligibility 

To be eligible to participate in the 

Secretary’s RAISE Award competition, 

students must be U.S. citizens or 

permanent residents. For the high 

school division, the students must have 

been enrolled in at least one semester 

(or quarterly equivalent) at a U.S. high 

school (or equivalent approved home 

school program) in 2014. For the 

University division, the student must 

have been enrolled in a U.S.-based 

college or university for at least one 

semester (or quarterly equivalent) in 

2014. Students may participate and be 

recognized as individuals or in teams. 

Each member of a team must meet the 

eligibility criteria. An individual may 

join more than one team. There is no 

charge to enter the competition. 

The following additional rules apply: 

1. Candidates shall submit a project in 

the competition under the rules 

promulgated by the Department; 

2. Candidates shall agree to execute 

indemnifications and waivers of claims 

against the Federal government as 

provided in this Notice; 

3. Candidates may not be a Federal 

entity or Federal employee acting 

within the scope of employment; 

4. Candidates may not be an employee 

of the Department, including but not 

limited to the Federal Aviation 

Administration, or the Research and 

Innovative Technology Administration; 

5. Candidates shall not be deemed 

ineligible because an individual used 

Federal facilities or consulted with 

Federal employees during a 

competition, if the facilities and 

employees are made available to all 

individuals participating in the 

competition on an equitable basis; 

6. The competition is subject to all 

applicable Federal laws and regulations. 

Participation constitutes the Candidates’ 

full and unconditional agreement to 

these rules and to the Secretary’s 

decisions, which are final and binding 

in all matters related to this 

competition; 

7. Submissions which in the 

Secretary’s sole discretion are 

determined to be substantially similar to 

a prior submitted entry may be 

disqualified; 

8. Submissions must be original, be 

the work of the Candidates, and must 

not violate the rights of other parties. 

All submissions remain the property of 

the applicants. Each Candidate 

represents and warrants that he, she, or 

the team, is the sole author and owner 

of the submission, that the submission 

is wholly original, that it does not 

infringe any copyright or any other 

rights of any third party of which the 

Candidate is aware, and, if submitted in 

electronic form, is free of malware; 

9. By submitting an entry in this 

contest, contestants and entrants agree 

to assume any and all risks and waive 

any claims against the Federal 

Government and its related entities 

(except in the case of willful 

misconduct) for any injury, death, 

damage, or loss of property, revenue or 

profits, whether direct, indirect, or 

consequential, arising from their 

participation in this contest, whether 

the injury, death, damage, or loss arises 

through negligence of otherwise. 

Provided, however, that by registering 

or submitting an entry, contestants and 

entrants do not waive claims against the 

Department arising out of the 


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unauthorized use or disclosure by the 

agency of the intellectual property, trade 

secrets, or confidential information of 

the entrant; 

10. The Secretary and the Secretary’s 

designees have the right to request 

access to supporting materials from the 

Candidates; 

11. The submissions cannot have been 

submitted in the same or substantially 

similar form in any previous Federallysponsored promotion or Federallysponsored contest, of any kind; 

12. Each Candidate grants to the 

Department, as well as other Federal 

agencies with which it partners, the 

right to use names, likeness, application 

materials, photographs, voices, 

opinions, and/or hometown and state 

for the Department’s promotional 

purposes in any media, in perpetuity, 

worldwide, without further payment or 

consideration; and 

13. The Secretary collects personal 

information from Candidates when they 

enter this competition. The information 

collected is subject to the ChallengePost 

privacy policy located at http://

www.challengepost.com/privacy. 

Expression of Interest 

Candidates are strongly encouraged to 

send brief expressions of interest, in 

advance, by November 14, 2014. The 

expressions of interest should be sent to 

the contact shown below and should 

include the following elements: (1) 

Name of Candidate(s); (2) Name of 

educational institution(s) with which 

Candidate(s) are affiliated; (2) 

Telephone and email addresses for 

Candidate(s); (3) brief high-level 

overview of the proposed project. 

Submission Requirements 

Final submission packages shall 

consist of the following elements: 

1. Nomination letter from at least one 

teacher, advisor, faculty member, and 

others as appropriate. The nomination 

letter(s) must communicate 

accomplishments in the following areas: 

a. Technical Merit of the Concept 

Evidence of technical merit based 

upon teacher (parent or legal guardian 

in the case of home schooled 

applicants), advisor, or faculty 

nomination and evaluation of the 

submitted proposal, written paper, and/ 

or reports. 

b. Professionalism and Leadership 

Evidence of professionalism and 

leadership may be in the form of, but 

not limited to: 

(1) Membership and offices held in 

various groups 

(2) Presentations made to various 

groups, meetings, and at symposia 

(3) Leadership in student professional 

activities 

(4) Community outreach activities 

2. An overall summary of the 

innovation, not to exceed one page, 

which includes a title of the project and 

statement of the impact that the 

innovation will have on the field of 

aviation or aerospace; 

3. A copy of the student’s academic 

transcript or certified grade report (as 

applicable); 

4. A copy of the paper(s) and related 

materials describing the innovative 

concept written by the student(s) being 

nominated (no page limit). 

Once submissions have been received, 

the Department may request additional 

information, including supporting 

documentation, more detailed contact 

information, releases of liability, and 

statements of authenticity to guarantee 

the originality of the work. Failure to 

respond in a timely fashion may result 

in disqualification. 

All materials should be forwarded 

with a cover letter to the attention of: 

Patricia Watts, Ph.D., Centers of 

Excellence Program Director, Federal 

Aviation Administration, L–28, FAA 

William J. Hughes Technical Center, 

Atlantic City International Airport, NJ 

08405. 

Hardcopy is preferred; however, the 

package also may be transmitted by 

email to Patricia.Watts@FAA.gov. 

Submissions must be sent by 3:00 p.m. 

Eastern Standard Time on December 30, 

2014. The timeliness of submissions 

will be determined by the postmark (if 

sent in hard copy) or time stamp of the 

recipient (if emailed). Award 

administrators assume no responsibility 

for lost or untimely submissions for any 

reason. 

Award 

The winner will be announced as 

soon as possible after the submission 

date. A trophy with the winner’s name 

and date of award will be displayed at 

the Department of Transportation and a 

display copy of the trophy will be sent 

to the winner’s school/college/

university. An additional plaque or 

trophy will be awarded to the 

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 teams to 

present their project to Department 

officials and receive the award from the 

Secretary. 

Basis Upon Which the Winners 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 against 

other submissions from the same 

division 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 

described 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. 


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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: September 19, 2014. 

Susan L. Kurland, 

Assistant Secretary of Aviation and 

International Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2014–23008 Filed 10–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–9X–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Highway Administration 

[Docket No. FHWA–2014–0036] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Notice of Request for 

Reinstatement of a Previously 

Approved Information Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Highway 

Administration (FHWA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of request for extension 

of currently approved information 

collection. 

SUMMARY: The FHWA invites public 

comments about our intention to request 

the Office of Management and Budget’s 

(OMB) approval for renewal of an 

existing information collection that is 

summarized below under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. We are 

required to publish this notice in the 

Federal Register by the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995. 

DATES: Please submit comments by 

December 8, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

2014–0036 by any of the following 

methods: 

Web site: For access to the docket to 

read background documents or 

comments received go to the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal: Go to http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

U.S. Department of Transportation, 

West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Hand Delivery or Courier: U.S. 

Department of Transportation, West 

Building Ground Floor, Room W12–140, 

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., 

Washington, DC 20590, between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Glaze, 202 366–4053, Office of 

Natural Environment, Federal Highway 

Administration, Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590, 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: 

Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality 

Improvement (CMAQ) Program. 

OMB Control Number: 2125–0614. 

Background: Section 1113 of the 

Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st 

Century Act (MAP–21) calls for an 

Evaluation and Assessment of CMAQ 

Projects. The statute calls for the 

identification and analysis of a 

representative sample of CMAQ projects 

and the development and population of 

a database that describes the impacts of 

the program both on traffic congestion 

levels and air quality. To establish and 

maintain this database, the FHWA is 

requesting States to submit annual 

reports on their CMAQ investments that 

cover projected air quality benefits, 

financial information, a brief 

description of projects, and several 

other factors outlined in the Interim 

Program Guidance for the CMAQ 

program. States are requested to provide 

the end of year summary reports via the 

automated system provided through 

FHWA by the first day of March of each 

year, covering the prior Federal fiscal 

year. 

Respondents: 51 (each State DOT, and 

Washington, DC). 

Frequency: Annually. 

Estimated Average Burden per 

Response: 125 hours per annual report. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 6,375 hours. 

Public Comments Invited: You are 

asked to comment on any aspect of this 

information collection, including: (1) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the U.S. 

DOT’s performance, including whether 

the information will have practical 

utility; (2) the accuracy of the U.S. 

DOT’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, 

and clarity of the collected information; 

and (4) ways that the burden could be 

minimized, including the use of 

electronic technology, without reducing 

the quality of the collected information. 

The agency will summarize and/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 on: October 3, 2014. 

Michael Howell, 

Information Collection Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–24042 Filed 10–7–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4910–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration 

[Docket No. FMCSA–2014–0196] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; New Information Collection 

Request: FMCSA Annual Grant 

Program Effectiveness Survey 

AGENCY: Federal Motor Carrier Safety 

Administration (FMCSA), Department 

of Transportation (DOT). 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

FMCSA announces its plan to submit 

the Information Collection Request (ICR) 

described below to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for its 

review and approval and invites public 

comment. The purpose of this 

information collection is to acquire the 

perspectives of FMCSA State partners 

who support the operation, regulation 

and enforcement of various mutuallybeneficial safety programs. This 

knowledge will improve the Federal 

government’s understanding of the 

effectiveness of commercial motor 

vehicle (CMV) safety related grant 

programs. The FMCSA is interested in 

surveying grant recipients to collect 

information on the strengths, 

weaknesses, and effectiveness of 

FMCSA grant programs with the intent 

of improving our capacity to meet the 

needs of our grantees. FMCSA needs 

this information to support program 

evaluation endeavors, program 

management, and fiscal decision 

making. FMCSA will use the results in 

various analyses conducted by FMCSA 

designed to assess the effectiveness of 

existing rules, grant programs, and 

safety programs. 

DATES: We request your comments on or 

before December 8, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by Federal Docket 

Management System (FDMS) Docket 

Number FMCSA–2014–0196 using any 

of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Fax: 1–202–493–2251. 


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