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NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXXVII, ISSUE 46

November 18, 2015

MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES/HEARINGS

 

Notice of Abandoned Property Received by the State Comptroller

Pursuant to provisions of the Abandoned Property Law and related laws, the Office of the State Comptroller receives unclaimed monies and other property deemed abandoned. A list of the names and last known addresses of the entitled owners of this abandoned property is maintained by the office in accordance with Section 1401 of the Abandoned Property Law. Interested parties may inquire if they appear on the Abandoned Property Listing by contacting the Office of Unclaimed Funds, Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at:

1-800-221-9311 or visit our web site at: www.osc.state.ny.us

Claims for abandoned property must be filed with the New York State Comptroller's Office of Unclaimed Funds as provided in Section 1406 of the Abandoned Property Law. For further information contact: Office of the State Comptroller, Office of Unclaimed Funds, 110 State St., Albany, NY 12236.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Department of Health Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant Advisory Committee

Subject: Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant - Funding Proposal

Purpose: To obtain public comment on the funding proposals for the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant

November 23, 2015 Department of Health Concourse Level, Conference Rm. 125 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Albany, NY 12237

The New York State Department of Health is preparing the State's application to the Federal Government for the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant. The proposals for funding will be reviewed. Federal statute requires states to form advisory committees to assist in the development of Work Plans and to hold public hearings on the proposed use of funds.

Copies of the Work Plan will be available for review by contacting Tina Mazula, Division of Environmental Health Investigation, New York State Department of Health, Empire State Plaza, Room 1629, Corning Tower, Albany, NY 12237, phone [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]

To further publicize the hearing, please inform interested parties and organizations of the Committee's interest in hearing comments from all sources. Oral comments will be limited to ten minutes. The Preventive Health and Health Services Advisory Committee will attempt to accommodate individual requests to speak at particular times in consideration of special circumstances. Ten copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted to Ms. Thomas on the date of the hearing.

Persons wishing to attend the public hearing on the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant are requested to complete the below reply form and mail it as soon as possible to Tina Mazula, PHHSBG Advisory Committee, Empire State Plaza, Rm. 1629, Corning Tower, Albany, NY 12237 or e-mail: [e-mail]

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Reply Form: Hearing on Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant Funding Proposals

NAME: _______________ TITLE: _______________

ORGANIZATION: ______________________________

ADDRESS: ______________________________

CITY: _____ STATE: _____ ZIP: _____

PHONE: _______________ EMAIL: _______________

PUBLIC NOTICE

Susquehanna River Basin Commission

Commission Meeting

SUMMARY: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will hold its regular business meeting on December 4, 2015, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Details concerning the matters to be addressed at the business meeting are contained in the Supplementary Information section of this notice.

DATES: The meeting will be held on Friday, December 4, 2015, at 9 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the North Office Building, Hearing Room 1 (Ground Level), located at North Street (at Commonwealth Avenue), Harrisburg, PA 17120.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason E. Oyler, General Counsel, telephone: [phone], ext. 1312; fax: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The business meeting will include actions or presentations on the following items: (1) resolution concerning FY-2017 federal funding of the Susquehanna Flood Forecast and Warning System and Groundwater and Streamflow Information Program; (2) rulemaking action to amend Commission regulations to simplify and clarify the process for transferring approvals and to add sections pertaining to general permits and minor modifications to approvals; (3) an update to the Commission’s Investment Policy Statement; (4) regulatory compliance matters for Seneca Resources Corporation and Schreiber Foods, Inc.; and (5) Regulatory Program projects. The business meeting will also include action on ratification/approval of agreement.

Projects and rulemaking listed for Commission action are those that were the subject of a public hearing conducted by the Commission on October 29, 2015, and identified in the notices for such hearing, which were published in 80 FR 58806, September 30, 2015; and 80 FR 56936, September 21, 2015, respectively.

The public is invited to attend the Commission’s business meeting. Comments on the Regulatory Program projects and rulemaking are subject to a deadline of November 9, 2015. Written comments pertaining to other items on the agenda at the business meeting may be mailed to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, 4423 North Front Street, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110-1788, or submitted electronically through http://www.srbc.net/pubinfo/publicparticipation.htm. Such comments are due to the Commission on or before November 25, 2015. Comments will not be accepted at the business meeting noticed herein.

Authority: Pub. L. 91-575, 84 Stat. 1509 et seq., 18 CFR Parts 806, 807, and 808.

Dated: November 3, 2015.

Stephanie L. Richardson

Secretary to the Commission.

PUBLIC NOTICE

Department of Taxation and Finance Interest Rates

The Commissioner of Taxation and Finance hereby sets the interest rates for the months of January, February, March, 2016 pursuant to sections 697(j) and 1096(e) of the Tax Law, as follows:

For purposes of section 697(j) the overpayment rate of interest is set at 2 percent per annum, and the underpayment rate of interest is set at 7.5 percent per annum. For purposes of section 1096(e), the overpayment rate of interest is set at 2 percent per annum, and the underpayment rate of interest is set at 7.5 percent per annum. (The underpayment rates set pursuant to sections 697(j) and 1096(e) may not be less than 7.5 percent per annum.) Pursuant to section 1145(a)(1) of the Tax Law, the underpayment rate for State and local sales and use taxes administered by the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance is 14.5 percent per annum. The underpayment rate for the special assessments on hazardous waste imposed by section 27-0923 of the Environmental Conservation Law is 15 percent.

For the interest rates applicable to overpayments (refunds) and underpayments (late payments and assessments) of the following taxes administered by the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance for the period January 1, 2016 through March 31, 2016, see the table below:

1/1/16 - 3/31/16 Interest Rate Per Annum Compounded Daily

Commonly viewed tax types	Refunds	Late Payments & Assessments
Income **	2%	7.5%
Sales and use	2%	14.5% *
Withholding	2%	7.5%
Corporation **	2%	7.5%
All other tax types	Refunds	Late Payments & Assessments
Alcoholic Beverage	2%	7.5%
Beverage Container Deposits	2%	7.5%
Boxing & Wrestling	2%	7.5%
Cigarette	NA	7.5%
Diesel Motor Fuel	2%	7.5%
Estate	2%	7.5%
Fuel Use Tax	***	***
Generation-Skipping Transfer	2%	7.5%
Hazardous Waste	2%	15%
Highway Use	2%	7.5%
Medical Marihuana	2%	7.5%
New York City Taxicab and Hail Vehicle Trip Tax	2%	7.5%
Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax	2%	7.5%
Mortgage Recording	2%	7.5%
Motor Fuel	2%	7.5%
Petroleum Business	2%	7.5%
Real Estate Transfer	2%	7.5%
Tobacco Products	NA	7.5%
Waste Tire Fee	2%	7.5%

* The Tax Law requires the interest rate on sales tax assessments or late payments to be set at 14-1/2% for this quarter. However, if the Commissioner determines that the failure to pay or the delay in payment is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, the Commissioner may impose interest at the corporation tax late payment and assessment rate. That rate is 7.5% for this quarter.

** There are a number of state and local governmental bodies that have interest rates tied to the overpayment and underpayment rates contained in either section 697(j) (Income Tax) or section 1096(e) (Corporation Tax) of the Tax Law. For purposes of section 697(j) and section 1096(e) of the Tax Law, the overpayment rate for this period is 2%. For purposes of section 697(j) of the Tax Law, the underpayment rate for this period is 7.5%. For purposes of section 1096(e) of the Tax Law, the underpayment rate for this period is also 7.5%.

*** Under section 527(f) of the Tax Law, the interest rates relating to the Fuel Use tax are set pursuant to the International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA). For more information regarding IFTA interest rates, see www.iftach.org.

For further information contact: Kathleen O’Connell, Office of Counsel, Department of Taxation and Finance, W. A. Harriman Campus, Albany, NY 12227, [phone]

For rates for previous periods, visit the Department of Taxation and Finance website: www.tax.ny.gov/taxnews/int_curr.htm

PUBLIC NOTICE

Department of Taxation and Finance Tax Law Article 13-A Rates

Pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions (e), (f), (g) and (h) of section 301-a, subdivision (b) of section 301-d, subdivisions (b) and (c) of section 301-e, subdivisions (a) and (c) of section 301-j and subdivision (a) of section 308 of the Tax Law, the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance hereby gives public notice regarding the petroleum business tax (Tax Law, Article 13-A) rate adjustment calculation and the resulting rates effective January 1, 2016 (effective March 1, 2016 for quarterly filers) as follows: The motor fuel and highway diesel motor fuel rate is adjusted from $.107 to $.102; the non-highway diesel motor fuel rate is adjusted from $.097 to $.093; the residual petroleum product rate is adjusted from $.074 to $.071; the kero-jet fuel rate is adjusted from $.071 to $.068; the aviation gasoline rate is adjusted from $.107 to $.102; the rate of the supplemental tax on aviation gasoline is adjusted from $.071 to $.068; and the rate of the supplemental petroleum business tax is adjusted from $.071 to $.068. The separate rate of supplemental petroleum business tax with respect to highway diesel motor fuel is adjusted from $.0535 to $.0505; it is computed by subtracting one and three-quarters cents from the adjusted rate of the supplemental petroleum business tax. The railroad diesel rate is adjusted from $.094 to $.089; it is computed by subtracting one and three-tenths cents from the motor fuel and highway diesel motor fuel rate.

The basic utility credit (or reimbursement) rate with respect to residual petroleum product is adjusted from $.0599 to $.0570 and the basic utility credit (or reimbursement) rate with respect to non-highway diesel motor fuel product is adjusted from $.0603 to $.0573. The basic utility credit (or reimbursement) rates are further adjusted by adding one-half of one cent to the adjusted basic rates of the utility credits (or reimbursements); as a result the utility credit (or reimbursement) rate with respect to residual petroleum product is adjusted from $.0649 to $.0620, and the utility credit (or reimbursement) rate with respect to non-highway diesel motor fuel product is adjusted from $.0653 to $.0623.

The adjusted petroleum business tax rates are obtained by multiplying the existing rates by a fraction, the numerator of which is the sum of the monthly producer price indices (unadjusted) for refined petroleum products for the twelve consecutive months ending with the month of August 2015, and the denominator of which is the sum of the monthly producer price indices (unadjusted) for refined petroleum products for the twelve consecutive months ending with the month of August 2014. Such monthly producer price indices for the twelve consecutive months ending with the month of August 2015, are 285.1, 260.2, 240.2, 204.1, 162.7, 169.5, 181.9, 178.3, 201.0, 204.9, 200.9, and 188.6, which total 2477.4. Such monthly producer price indices for the twelve consecutive months ending with the month of August 2014, are 300.7, 290.8, 277.9, 280.8, 281.8, 287.1, 294.1, 301.1, 298.4, 298.4, 294.2, and 291.1, which total 3496.4. The producer price index for the category of commodities designated as refined petroleum products is published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. As required by law, the adjusted rates, except the utility credit (or reimbursement) rates and the rate of supplemental petroleum business tax with respect to highway diesel motor fuel, have been rounded to the nearest tenth of one cent. The utility credit (or reimbursement) rates and the rate of supplemental petroleum business tax with respect to highway diesel motor fuel have been rounded to the nearest hundredth of one cent. Section 301-a of the Tax Law does not allow the rates to change by more than 5 percent of the rates in effect on December 31. The computed rate change would be a decrease of 29.1 percent; therefore, all of the above rates were subject to the 5 percent limitation.

For further information contact: Denise Conroy, Department of Taxation & Finance, Taxpayer Guidance Division, W.A. Harriman Campus, Albany, NY 12227, [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]