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regulated under 7 CFR part 340. Plans
for that engagement are underway and
will begin with a series of webinars that
will provide the stakeholder community
an opportunity to provide initial
feedback. Information on these webinars
will be announced in the coming month
and will be available on the APHIS Web
site.3 For those interested in additional
information in advance of the webinars,
this will be one of many topics at an
upcoming U.S. Department of
Agriculture workshop 4 on coexistence
that is being held on March 12–13,
2015, and will be made widely available
via webcast.
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7701–7772 and 7781–
7786; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 7 CFR 2.22, 2.80, and
371.3.
Done in Washington, DC, this 27th day of
February 2015.
Kevin Shea,
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service.
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Appliance Standards and Rulemaking
Federal Advisory Committee: Notice of
Open Meeting and Webinar
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting and
webinar.
AGENCY:
This document announces a
meeting of the Appliance Standards and
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Rulemaking Federal Advisory
Committee (ASRAC).
DATES: The meeting will be held on
Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy,
Forrestal Building, Room 8E–089, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585. For individuals
that wish to attend by webinar, please
register at—https://
attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/
9166475973377623554. After registering
you will receive an email with the
appropriate link to join the meeting and
the necessary call-in information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Cymbalsky, ASRAC Designated Federal
Officer, U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, 950 L’Enfant Plaza
SW., Washington, DC, 20024. Email:
asrac@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Law 92–463, 86 Stat. 770, requires that
agencies publish notice of an advisory
committee meeting in the Federal
Register.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide
advice and recommendations to the
Energy Department on the development
of standards and test procedures for
residential appliances and commercial
equipment.
Tentative Agenda: (Subject to change;
final agenda will be posted at https://
www.appliancestandards.energy.gov):
• Discussion of formation of working
groups to negotiate proposed rules for
commercial and industrial fans and
miscellaneous refrigeration products.
• Discussion of other topics where
ASRAC can assist the Appliance and
Equipment Standards Program
• Discussion of public engagement
under DOE’s retrospective regulatory
review plan
Public Participation: Members of the
public are welcome to observe the
business of the meeting and, if time
allows, may make oral statements
during the specified period for public
comment. To attend the meeting and/or
to make oral statements regarding any of
the items on the agenda, email asrac@
ee.doe.gov. In the email, please indicate
your name, organization (if appropriate),
citizenship, and contact information.
Please note that foreign nationals
participating in the public meeting are
subject to advance security screening
procedures which require advance
notice prior to attendance at the public
meeting. If a foreign national wishes to
participate in the public meeting, please
inform DOE as soon as possible by
contacting Ms. Regina Washington at
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(202) 586–1214 or by email:
Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov so that
the necessary procedures can be
completed. Anyone attending the
meeting will be required to present a
government photo identification, such
as a passport, driver’s license, or
government identification. Due to the
required security screening upon entry,
individuals attending should arrive
early to allow for the extra time needed.
Due to the REAL ID Act implemented
by the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) recent changes regarding
ID requirements for individuals wishing
to enter Federal buildings from specific
states and U.S. territories. Driver’s
licenses from the following states or
territory will not be accepted for
building entry and one of the alternate
forms of ID listed below will be
required.
DHS has determined that regular
driver’s licenses (and ID cards) from the
following jurisdictions are not
acceptable for entry into DOE facilities:
Alaska, Louisiana, New York, American
Samoa, Maine, Oklahoma, Arizona,
Massachusetts, Washington, and
Minnesota.
Acceptable alternate forms of PhotoID include: U. S. Passport or Passport
Card; An Enhanced Driver’s License or
Enhanced ID-Card issued by the states
of Minnesota, New York or Washington
(Enhanced licenses issued by these
states are clearly marked Enhanced or
Enhanced Driver’s License); A military
ID or other Federal government issued
Photo-ID card.
Members of the public will be heard
in the order in which they sign up for
the Public Comment Period. Time
allotted per speaker will depend on the
number of individuals who wish to
speak but will not exceed five minutes.
Reasonable provision will be made to
include the scheduled oral statements
on the agenda. The co-chairs of the
Committee will make every effort to
hear the views of all interested parties
and to facilitate the orderly conduct of
business.
Participation in the meeting is not a
prerequisite for submission of written
comments. ASRAC invites written
comments from all interested parties.
Any comments submitted must identify
the ASRAC, and provide docket number
EERE–2013–BT–NOC–0005. Comments
may be submitted using any of the
following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal:
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
2. Email: ASRAC@ee.doe.gov. Include
docket number EERE–2013–BT–NOC–
0005 in the subject line of the message.
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3. Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S.
Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–5B,
1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121. If
possible, please submit all items on a
compact disc (CD), in which case it is
not necessary to include printed copies.
4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda
Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy,
Building Technologies Program, 950
L’Enfant Plaza SW., Suite 600,
Washington, DC 20024. Telephone:
(202) 586–2945. If possible, please
submit all items on a CD, in which case
it is not necessary to include printed
copies.
No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be
accepted.
Docket: The docket is available for
review at www.regulations.gov,
including Federal Register notices,
public meeting attendee lists and
transcripts, comments, and other
supporting documents/materials. All
documents in the docket are listed in
the www.regulations.gov index.
However, not all documents listed in
the index may be publicly available,
such as information that is exempt from
public disclosure.
The Secretary of Energy has approved
publication of this notice of proposed
rulemaking.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 25,
2015.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
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26 CFR Parts 1 and 31
[REG–132253–11]
RIN 1545–BL68
Information Returns; Winnings From
Bingo, Keno, and Slot Machines
Internal Revenue Service (IRS),
Treasury.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking
and notice of public hearing.
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AGENCY:
This document contains
proposed regulations under section
6041 regarding the filing of information
returns to report winnings from bingo,
keno, and slot machine play. The
proposed regulations affect persons who
pay winnings of $1,200 or more from
bingo and slot machine play, $1,500 or
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more from keno, and recipients of such
payments. This document also provides
a notice of a public hearing on these
proposed regulations.
DATES: Written or electronic comments
must be received by June 2, 2015.
Outlines of topics to be discussed at the
public hearing scheduled for June 17,
2015 at 10 a.m. must be received by
June 2, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Send submissions to:
CC:PA: LPD:PR (REG–132253–11),
Room 5205, Internal Revenue Service,
P.O. Box 7604, Ben Franklin Station,
Washington, DC 20044. Submissions
may be hand-delivered Monday through
Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and
4 p.m. to CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG–132253–
11), Courier’s Desk, Internal Revenue
Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC, or sent electronically,
via the Federal eRulemaking Portal at
https://www.regulations.gov (IRS REG–
132253–11). The public hearing will be
held in the IRS Auditorium, Internal
Revenue Building, 1111 Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Concerning the proposed regulations,
David Bergman, (202) 317–6844;
concerning submissions of comments,
the hearing, or to be placed on the
building access list to attend the
hearing, Oluwafunmilayo P. Taylor
(202) 317–6901 (not toll-free numbers).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This document contains proposed
regulations to Title 26 of the Code of
Federal Regulations under section 6041
of the Internal Revenue Code. The
proposed regulations would update and
simplify the existing information
reporting requirements under § 7.6041–
1 of the Temporary Income Tax
Regulations under the Tax Reform Act
of 1976 for persons who make
reportable payments of bingo, keno, or
slot machine winnings. The updated
requirements are proposed to be set
forth in a new § 1.6041–10 of the
regulations. Accordingly, when
§ 1.6041–10 of the proposed regulations
becomes final, the regulations under
§ 7.6041–1 will be removed.
Section 6041 generally requires
information reporting by every person
engaged in a trade or business who, in
the course of such trade or business,
makes payments of gross income of
$600 or more in any taxable year. The
current regulatory reporting thresholds
for winnings from bingo, keno, and slot
machines deviate from this general rule.
Prior to the adoption of the current
thresholds in 1977, reporting from
bingo, keno, and slot machines was
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based a sliding scale threshold tied to
the amount of the wager and required
the wager odds to be at least 300 to 1.
On January 7, 1977, temporary
regulation § 7.6041–1 was published
establishing reporting thresholds for
payments of winnings from bingo, keno,
and slot machine play in the amount of
$600. In Announcement 77–63, 1977–8
IRB 25, the IRS announced that it would
not assert penalties for failure to file
information returns before May 1, 1977,
to allow the casino industry to submit,
and the IRS to consider, information
regarding the industry’s problems in
complying with the reporting
requirements. After considering the
evidence presented by the casino
industry, the IRS announced in a press
release that effective May 1, 1977,
information reporting to the IRS would
be required on payments of winnings of
$1,200 or more from a bingo game or a
slot machine play, and $1,500 or more
from a keno game net of the wager. On
June 30, 1977, § 7.6041–1 was amended
to raise the reporting thresholds for
winnings from a bingo game and slot
machine play to $1,200, and the
reporting threshold for winnings from a
keno game to $1,500.
Section 7.6041–1(c) provides that
bingo, keno, and slot machine winnings
are reported on the Form W–2G,
‘‘Certain Gambling Winnings.’’ The
payor must provide a copy of the Form
W–2G to the payee by January 31 of the
year following the year in which the
reportable payment is made, and the
payor must file the Form W–2G with the
IRS by February 28 of the year following
the year in which the reportable
payment is made. The Form W–2G must
include, among other things, the name,
address, and taxpayer identification
number of the payee and a general
description of the two forms of
identification used to verify this
information.
Explanation of Provisions
The current regulations governing
information reporting of winnings from
bingo, keno, and slot machine play were
published in 1977. There have been
significant changes in gaming industry
technology since that time. For instance,
today many gaming establishments
employ electronic slot machines and
other mechanisms, such as player’s
cards, that permit electronic tracking of
wagers and/or winnings. In addition,
there have been many changes in the tax
information reporting regime since the
late 1970s, such as the enactment of
backup withholding and requirements
for electronic filing of information
returns, including the Form W–2G.
Current regulations under § 7.6041–1 of
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
10 CFR Part 429
[Docket No. EERE-2013-BT-NOC-0005]
Appliance Standards and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee:
Notice of Open Meeting and Webinar
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of open meeting and webinar.
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SUMMARY: This document announces a meeting of the Appliance Standards
and Rulemaking Federal Advisory Committee (ASRAC).
DATES: The meeting will be held on Thursday, March 19, 2015 from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 8E-089,
1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585. For individuals
that wish to attend by webinar, please register at--https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9166475973377623554. After
registering you will receive an email with the appropriate link to join
the meeting and the necessary call-in information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Cymbalsky, ASRAC Designated
Federal Officer, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Washington,
DC, 20024. Email: asrac@ee.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public
Law 92-463, 86 Stat. 770, requires that agencies publish notice of an
advisory committee meeting in the Federal Register.
Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and recommendations to the
Energy Department on the development of standards and test procedures
for residential appliances and commercial equipment.
Tentative Agenda: (Subject to change; final agenda will be posted
at https://www.appliancestandards.energy.gov):
Discussion of formation of working groups to negotiate
proposed rules for commercial and industrial fans and miscellaneous
refrigeration products.
Discussion of other topics where ASRAC can assist the
Appliance and Equipment Standards Program
Discussion of public engagement under DOE's retrospective
regulatory review plan
Public Participation: Members of the public are welcome to observe
the business of the meeting and, if time allows, may make oral
statements during the specified period for public comment. To attend
the meeting and/or to make oral statements regarding any of the items
on the agenda, email asrac@ee.doe.gov. In the email, please indicate
your name, organization (if appropriate), citizenship, and contact
information. Please note that foreign nationals participating in the
public meeting are subject to advance security screening procedures
which require advance notice prior to attendance at the public meeting.
If a foreign national wishes to participate in the public meeting,
please inform DOE as soon as possible by contacting Ms. Regina
Washington at (202) 586-1214 or by email: Regina.Washington@ee.doe.gov
so that the necessary procedures can be completed. Anyone attending the
meeting will be required to present a government photo identification,
such as a passport, driver's license, or government identification. Due
to the required security screening upon entry, individuals attending
should arrive early to allow for the extra time needed.
Due to the REAL ID Act implemented by the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) recent changes regarding ID requirements for individuals
wishing to enter Federal buildings from specific states and U.S.
territories. Driver's licenses from the following states or territory
will not be accepted for building entry and one of the alternate forms
of ID listed below will be required.
DHS has determined that regular driver's licenses (and ID cards)
from the following jurisdictions are not acceptable for entry into DOE
facilities: Alaska, Louisiana, New York, American Samoa, Maine,
Oklahoma, Arizona, Massachusetts, Washington, and Minnesota.
Acceptable alternate forms of Photo-ID include: U. S. Passport or
Passport Card; An Enhanced Driver's License or Enhanced ID-Card issued
by the states of Minnesota, New York or Washington (Enhanced licenses
issued by these states are clearly marked Enhanced or Enhanced Driver's
License); A military ID or other Federal government issued Photo-ID
card.
Members of the public will be heard in the order in which they sign
up for the Public Comment Period. Time allotted per speaker will depend
on the number of individuals who wish to speak but will not exceed five
minutes. Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled
oral statements on the agenda. The co-chairs of the Committee will make
every effort to hear the views of all interested parties and to
facilitate the orderly conduct of business.
Participation in the meeting is not a prerequisite for submission
of written comments. ASRAC invites written comments from all interested
parties. Any comments submitted must identify the ASRAC, and provide
docket number EERE-2013-BT-NOC-0005. Comments may be submitted using
any of the following methods:
1. Federal eRulemaking Portal: www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
2. Email: ASRAC@ee.doe.gov. Include docket number EERE-2013-BT-NOC-
0005 in the subject line of the message.
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3. Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-5B, 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585-0121. If possible, please submit all items on a
compact disc (CD), in which case it is not necessary to include printed
copies.
4. Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of
Energy, Building Technologies Program, 950 L'Enfant Plaza SW., Suite
600, Washington, DC 20024. Telephone: (202) 586-2945. If possible,
please submit all items on a CD, in which case it is not necessary to
include printed copies.
No telefacsimilies (faxes) will be accepted.
Docket: The docket is available for review at www.regulations.gov,
including Federal Register notices, public meeting attendee lists and
transcripts, comments, and other supporting documents/materials. All
documents in the docket are listed in the www.regulations.gov index.
However, not all documents listed in the index may be publicly
available, such as information that is exempt from public disclosure.
The Secretary of Energy has approved publication of this notice of
proposed rulemaking.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 25, 2015.
Kathleen B. Hogan,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy.
[FR Doc. 2015-04503 Filed 3-3-15; 8:45 am]
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