Miscellaneous_Notices$Hearings Miscellaneous Notices/Hearings

5/23/07 N.Y. St. Reg. Miscellaneous Notices/Hearings

NEW YORK STATE REGISTER

VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 21

May 23, 2007

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 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at:

1-800-221-9311 (In New York State) [phone] (Outside New York State)

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

Office of Real Property Services

Pursuant to (Real Property Tax Law section 202), the New York State Office of Real Property Services hereby gives notice of a public hearing:

Time and Date: 10 a.m., June 26, 2007

Place: 3837 West Main Road, Batavia

Purpose: To receive comments on amendments to 9 NYCRR 188

For further information, contact: James J. O'Keeffe, Office of Real Property Services, 16 Sheridan Ave., Albany, NY 12210-2714, [phone], [e-mail]

PUBLIC NOTICE

City of New York Office of Labor Relations

The City of New York Office of Labor Relations (OLR) is seeking proposals from qualified vendors to provide international value investment management services for the International Equity Fund investment option of the City of New York Deferred Compensation Plan. The Request for Proposals will be available beginning on Monday, May 21, 2007. Responses are due no later than 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 6, 2007. To obtain a copy of the RFP, please visit the Plan's web site at: http://nyc.gov/html/olr html/ requests/rfp.shtml

If you have any questions, please submit them by fax to Georgette Gestely, Director, at [phone].

PUBLIC NOTICE

Division of Criminal Justice Services Law Enforcement Agency Accreditation Council

Pursuant to Public Officers Law Section 104, the Division of Criminal Justice Services gives notice of a meeting of the Law Enforcement Agency Accreditation Council:

Date:	Thursday, June 14, 2007
Time:	10:00 a.m.
Place:	Four Tower Place
	Albany, New York

For further information or if you need a reasonable accommodation to attend this meeting, contact: Henry Boland, Office of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice Services, Four Tower Place, 4th Fl., Albany, NY 12203, [phone]

PUBLIC NOTICE

Division of Criminal Justice Services Municipal Police Training Council

Pursuant to Public Officers Law Section 104, the Division of Criminal Justice Services gives notice of a meeting of the Municipal Police Training Council.

Date:	Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Time:	10:00 a.m.
Place:	Division of Criminal Justice Services
	Four Tower Place
	Albany, New York

For further information or if you need a reasonable accommodation to attend this meeting, contact: Lucy Verrigni, Office of Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice Services, Four Tower Place, 4th Fl., Albany, NY 12203-3702, [phone]

PUBLIC NOTICE

Department of Environmental Conservation

Pursuant to subdivision 5 of Section 23-1101 of the Environmental Conservation Law, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation hereby gives public notice of the following:

The Department has determined that public bids for the leasing of a parcel of State land totaling 1.04 acres of State Route 34 in the Town of Veteran, Chemung County for oil and natural gas production is unreasonable and impracticable.

The Department intends to lease such lands to Fortuna Energy, Inc. for such purpose.

For further information contact: Charles Gilchrist, Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Mineral Resources, 625 Broadway, 3rd Fl., Albany, NY 12233-6500, [phone]

PUBLIC NOTICE

Department of Health

Pursuant to 42 CFR section 447.205, the Department of Health hereby gives public notice of the following:

The Department of Health proposes to amend the Title XIX Medicaid State Plan for prescription drugs dispensed in accordance with State and federal requirements. Effective July 1, 2007 for sole or multi-source brand name drugs the Estimated Acquisition Cost (EAC) is defined as Average Wholesale Price (AWP) minus fourteen (14) percent. For multi-source generic drugs, reimbursement is limited to the federal upper limit (FUL), if available, or the EAC defined as the lower of AWP minus twenty-five (25) percent or the NY State maximum acquisition cost (SMAC), established by the Commissioner of Health.

For approved HIV pharmacies the EAC remains as currently defined without change.

The estimated annual aggregate savings in Medicaid expenditures is approximately $14.5 million for the first year of implementation.

Copies of the proposed state plan amendment are on file in each local (county) social services district and are available for public review.

For the New York City district, copies are available at the following places:

New York County

250 Church Street

New York, New York 10018

Queens County, Queens Center

3220 Northern Boulevard

Long Island City, New York 11101

Kings County, Fulton Center

114 Willoughby Street

Brooklyn, New York 11201

Bronx County, Tremont Center

1916 Monterey Avenue

Bronx, New York 10457

Richmond County, Richmond Center

95 Central Avenue, St. George

Staten Island, New York 10301

The public is invited to review the review and comment on this proposed state plan amendment.

For further information or to review and comment on this proposed state plan amendment, please contact or write: Mr. William Johnson, Office of Regulatory Reform, Department of Health, Mayor Erastus Corning 2nd Tower Building, Room 2415, Albany, NY 12237, [phone], [phone] (fax), [e-mail]

PUBLIC NOTICE

Department of Labor

Pursuant to the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the New York State Department of Labor hereby gives notice of the following: In compliance with Section 111(g) of the Workforce Investment Act, the State Workforce Investment Board, on behalf of the Governor, hereby makes available to the public, “Two Years of the Strategic Five-Year State Plan for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act and Wagner-Peyser Act.” The plan will be available for public comment commencing May 23, 2007, on the Workforce New York website at: http://www.workforcenewyork.org/

For further information, contact: Mr. Yue Yee, Department of Labor, Bldg. 12, Rm. 450, Office Building Campus, Albany, NY 12240, [phone], [e-mail]

PUBLIC NOTICE

Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Pursuant to section 14.07 of the Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Law, the Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation hereby gives notice of the following:

In accordance with subdivision ( c) of section 427.4 of title 9 NYCRR notice is hereby given that the State Review Board will be considering nomination proposals for listing of properties in the State Register of Historic Places at a meeting to be held at 10 a.m. June 27, 2007, at Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, Upper Brookville, New York.

The following properties will be considered:

(1) Christ Evangelical English Lutheran Church, Brooklyn, Kings Co.

(2) Engineering Societies' Building and Engineers' Club, New York, New York Co.

(3) Crossover Island Light Station, Oak Point vicinity, St. Lawrence Co.

(4) Auburn Button Works and Logan Silk Mills, Auburn, Cayuga Co.

(5) Orrin W. Burritt House, Weedsport, Cayuga Co.

(6) Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway Station Complex, Orchard Park, Erie Co.

(7) Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light, Lackawanna, Erie Co.

(8) C.W. Miller Livery Stable, Buffalo, Erie Co.

(9) Corby Farm, Lima vicinity, Livingston Co.

(10) Hagood House, Medina vicinity, Orleans Co.

(11) Spencerport Methodist Church, Spencerport, Monroe Co.

(12) Building at 116 St. Paul St. (Harry Forman Building), Rochester, Monroe Co.

(13) Jacob Lowman House, Lowman, Chemung Co.

(14) Buckland House, Brighton, Monroe Co.

(15) Edgar W. Howell House, Buffalo, Erie Co.

(16) Beardsley-Oliver House, Olean, Cattaraugus Co.

(17) Echo Lawn Estate, Balmville, Orange Co.

(18) Yale-Cady Octagon House, Newport, Herkimer Co.

(19) Walden United Methodist Church, Walden, Orange Co.

(20) Henry Varnum Poor House, New City vicinity, Rockland Co.

(21) Peter Warner House, Knox, Albany Co.

(22) Nelson United Methodist Church, Nelson, Madison Co.

(23) Delaware & Hudson Railway Freight House, Slingerlands, Albany Co.

(24) Smith-Taylor Cabin, Shelter Island, Suffolk Co.

(25) Gamecock Cottage, Stony Brook, Suffolk Co.

(26) Cornell-Van Nostrand House, New Hyde Park, Nassau Co.

(27) Davis Field, Bayport, Suffolk Co.

(28) Wiggins-Collamer House, Malta, Saratoga Co.

(29) Lake Champlain Bridge, Crown Point, Essex Co.

(30) W. P. Irwin Bank Building, Rensselaer, Rensselaer Co.

(31) Cobblestone House at 1111 Stone Church Rd., Junius, Seneca Co.

(32) Cobblestone House at 1079 Stone Church Rd., Junius, Seneca Co.

(33) Cobblestone House at 1370 NY 318, Junius, Seneca Co.

(34) Cobblestone House at 1229 Birdsey Rd., Junius, Seneca Co.

(35) Cobblestone House at 1145 Old Schoolhouse Rd., Tyre, Seneca Co.

(36) Cobblestone House at 5102 NY 89, Varick, Seneca Co.

(37) Storm-Adriance-Brinkerhoff House, East Fishkill, Dutchess Co.

(38) Marmaduke Forster House, Pleasantville, Westchester Co.

(39) Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co.

(40) Scarsdale Women's Club, Scarsdale, Westchester Co.

Written comments may be submitted to Carol Ash, Commissioner of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, attention Historic Preservation Field Services Bureau, Peebles Island, P.O. Box 189, Waterford, New York 12188-0189, no later than June 25, 2007, or may be submitted in person at the meeting by contacting Ruth L. Pierpont at the same address no later than June 27, 2007.

For further information, contact: Ruth L. Pierpont, Director, Historic Preservation Field Services Bureau, Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Peebles Island, P.O. Box 189, Waterford, NY 12188-0189 (phone: [phone])

PUBLIC NOTICE

Department of Taxation and Finance Interest Rates

Pursuant to the provisions of subsection (j) of section 697 of the Tax Law, the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance hereby sets the overpayment rate of interest for the purposes of said subsection for the months of July, August, and September 2007, at 7 percent per annum; and sets the underpayment rate of interest for the purposes of said subsection for the months of July, August, and September 2007, at 9 percent per annum. These rates are applicable to the New York State personal income tax (Article 22 of the Tax Law — except for rates of interest payable by or to an employer with respect to income taxes required to be withheld and paid over by the employer pursuant to Part V of such Article 22), unincorporated business income tax (Article 23 of the Tax Law), estate tax (Article 26 of the Tax Law), gift tax (Article 26-A of the Tax Law), generation-skipping transfer tax (Article 26-B of the Tax Law), the New York City resident income tax (Article 30 of the Tax Law, Chapter 17 of the New York City Administrative Code), the New York City nonresident earnings tax (Article 2-E of the General City Law, Chapter 19 of the New York City Administrative Code), the City of Yonkers resident income tax surcharge (Article 30-A of the Tax Law, Article IX of the Codes and Ordinances of the City of Yonkers) and the City of Yonkers nonresident earnings tax (Article 30-B of the Tax Law, Article X of the Codes and Ordinances of the City of Yonkers).

Pursuant to the provisions of subsection (e) of section 1096 of the Tax Law, the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance hereby sets the overpayment rate of interest for the purposes of said subsection for the months of July, August, and September 2007, at 7 percent per annum; and sets the underpayment rate of interest for the purposes of said subsection for the months of July, August, and September 2007, at 10 percent per annum. These rates are applicable to the New York State corporation tax (Article 9 of the Tax Law), franchise tax on business corporations (Article 9-A of the Tax Law), franchise tax on state banks, trust companies, financial corporations and tax on savings and loan associations (Article 9-B of the Tax Law), tax on national banking associations and production credit associations (Article 9-C of the Tax Law), motor fuel and diesel motor fuel taxes (Article 12-A of the Tax Law), unrelated business income tax (Article 13 of the Tax Law), petroleum businesses tax (Article 13-A of the Tax Law), taxes on alcoholic beverages (Article 18 of the Tax Law), tax on beverage containers (Article 18-A of the Tax Law), taxes on boxing and wrestling exhibitions (Article 19 of the Tax Law), tax on cigarettes and tobacco products (Article 20 of the Tax Law), highway use tax (Article 21 of the Tax Law), interest payable by or to an employer with respect to income taxes required to be withheld and paid over by the employer pursuant to Part V of Article 22 of the Tax Law, tax on lubricating oil (Article 24 of the Tax Law), State and local sales and use taxes administered by the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance (Articles 28 and 29 of the Tax Law), special tax on passenger car rentals (Article 28-A of the Tax Law), real estate transfer tax (Article 31 of the Tax Law), tax on gains from real property transfers (Article 31-B of the Tax Law), franchise tax on banking corporations (Article 32 of the Tax Law), franchise taxes on insurance corporations (Article 33 of the Tax Law), tax on independently procured insurance (Article 33-A of the Tax Law), the special assessments on hazardous waste (section 27-0923 of the Environmental Conservation Law), waste tire management and recycling fee (section 27-1913 of the Environmental Conservation Law), and underpayments or overpayments of the mortgage recording tax (Article 11 of the Tax Law) in cities having a population of one million or more.

No underpayment rate set hereby shall be less than 6 percent per annum. The underpayment rate for taxes on beverage containers and for State and local sales and use taxes administered by the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance shall not be less than 14 percent per annum and the underpayment rate for taxes on lubricating oil shall not be less than 12 percent per annum. The underpayment rate for the special assessments on hazardous waste imposed by section 27-0923 of the Environmental Conservation Law shall be 15 percent.

For further information, including rates for previous periods, contact: Marilyn M. Kaltenborn, Director, Technical Services Division, Department of Taxation and Finance, W.A. Harriman Campus, Albany, NY 12227, [phone]

SALE OF FOREST PRODUCTS

Jefferson Reforestation Area No. 3 Contract No. X006556

Pursuant to section 9-0505 of the Environmental Conservation Law, the Department of Environmental Conservation hereby gives public notice of the following:

Sealed bids for the Sale of Forest Products 157.7 MBF, more or less, of spruce sawtimber, 0.6 MBF, more or less, of black cherry sawtimber, 264 cords, more or less, of spruce pulpwood and 26 cords, more or less, of hardwood firewood located at Jefferson Reforestation Area No. 3, Stand A-29, will be accepted at the Department of Environmental Conservation, Contract Unit, 625 Broadway, 10th Floor, Albany, NY 12233-5027 until 11:00 a.m., Thursday, June 7, 2007.

For further information (including billing) contact: Terence Podolski, Forester, Department of Environmental Conservation, Lands and Forests, Region 6, 7327 State Rte. 812, Lowville, NY 13367, [phone]