Pursuant to the State Finance Law, the New York State Deferred Compensation Board hereby gives notice of a public hearing:

Purpose: To receive public comment on a proposed rule to permit an employer-sponsored deferred compensation plan, established in compliance with Section 457(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, to enter into contracts with an administrative service agency, trustee, or investment providers for up to ten years, and to permit such employer to enter into a contract with an investment provider following a search process.

For further information, contact: Edward J. Lilly, Deferred Compensation Board, Rm. 124, Empire State Plaza Concourse — North, P.O. Box 2103, Albany, NY 12220-2103, (518) 473-6619, [email protected]

Pursuant to Public Officer Law Section 104, the Division of Criminal Justice Services gives notice of a meeting of the New York State Juvenile Justice advisory Group:

Date: March 14, 2008

Time: 11:00 am

Place: Four Tower Place, Albany, NY 12203

For further information or if you need assistance in accommodation arrangements to attend this meeting, contact: Schellie Tedesco, Office of Program Development and Funding, Division of Criminal Justice Services, Four Tower Place, Albany, NY 12203, Phone: (518) 457-3670, Fax: (518) 485-0909

Pursuant to Public Officer Law Section 104, the Division of Criminal Justice Services gives notice of a meeting of the New York State Juvenile Justice advisory Group:

Date: March 14, 2008

Time: 11:00 am

Place: Four Tower Place, Albany, NY 12203

For further information or if you need assistance in accommodation arrangements to attend this meeting, contact: Schellie Tedesco, Office of Program Development and Funding, Division of Criminal Justice Services, Four Tower Place, Albany, NY 12203, Phone: (518) 457-3670, Fax: (518) 485-0909

Pursuant to Section 30-a of the Public Lands Law, the Office of General Services hereby gives notice to the following:

Notice is hereby given that the New York State Office of General Services has declared that 6,499 acre parcel of land located on State Road in the City of Batavia, County of Genesee (commonly known as the Batavia Bunker) is no longer useful for State program purposes and has been declared abandoned to the Commissioner of General Services for sale or other disposition as unappropriated State land. This abandonment was approved on February 13, 2007.

For further information, contact: Frank Pallante, Esq., Office of General Services, Legal Services, 41st Fl., Corning Tower, Empire State Plaza, Albany, NY 12242, (518) 474-8831, Fax: (518) 473-4973

The Town of Moriah is soliciting proposals from Administrative Service Agencies, Trustees, and Financial Organizations for services in connection with a Deferred Compensation Plan that will meet the requirements of Section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code and Section 5 of the State Finance Law, including all rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto.

A copy of the proposal questionnaire may be obtained from: Elaine Adkins, Town Clerk, Town of Moriah, 38 Park Place, Port Henry, NY 12974

All proposals must be submitted not later than 30 days from the date of publication in the New York State Register.

A meeting of the New York State Hearing Aid Dispensing Advisory Board will be held on Friday, March 14, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. at the New York State Department of State, Alfred E. Smith State Office Building, 80 South Swan Street, 10th Floor Exam/Conference Room, Albany, NY.

Should you require further information, please contact Carol Fansler, Board Coordinator, at [email protected] or 518-486-3857. Please always consult the Department of State website (www.dos.state.ny.us/about/calendar.htm) on the day before the meeting to be sure the meeting is still taking place.

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 April, May, and June 2008, at 5 percent per annum; and sets the underpayment rate of interest for the purposes of said subsection for the months of April, May, and June 2008, at 7 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 April, May, and June 2008, at 5 percent per annum; and sets the underpayment rate of interest for the purposes of said subsection for the months of April, May, and June 2008, at 8 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: William Ryan, Director, Taxpayer Guidance Division, Department of Taxation and Finance, W.A. Harriman Campus, Albany, NY12227, (518) 457-2773

Pursuant to Section 9-0505 of the Environmental Conservation Law, the Department of Environmental Conservation hereby gives Public Notice for the following:

Sealed bids for 1,127 tons, more or less, of red pine and one cord, more or less, of firewood located on Chenango Reforestation Area No. 19; Stand C-8 will be accepted at the Department of Environmental Conservation, Contract Unit, 625 Broadway, 10th Floor, Albany, NY 12233-5027 until 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2008.

For further information, contact: Robert Slavicek, Supervising Forester, Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Lands and Forests, Region 7, 2715 State Hwy 80, Sherburne, NY 13460-4507, (607) 674-4036

Pursuant to Section 9-0505 of the Environmental Conservation Law, the Department of Environmental Conservation hereby gives Public Notice for the following:

Sealed bids for 1,212.2 MBF more or less of Norway spruce 9″ — 27″ DBH, 21 cords more or less of Norway spruce 8″ — 9″ DBH and seven cords more or less of mixed firewood located on Chenango Reforestation Area No. 9, Stands A-9.20, 10.00, 24.00; B-18.10, 18.20, 19.10, 19.20, 23.00; C-30.00 and Broome Reforestation Area No. 2, Stand B-37.00 will be accepted at the Department of Environmental Conservation, Contract Unit, 625 Broadway, 10th Fl., Albany, NY 12233-5027 until 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 20, 2008.

For further information, contact: Robert Slavicek, Supervising Forester, Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Lands and Forests, Region 7, 2715 State Hwy. 80, Sherburne, NY 13460-4507, (607) 674-4036

Pursuant to Section 9-0505 of the Environmental Conservation Law, the Department of Environmental Conservation hereby gives Public Notice for the following:

Sealed bids for 23 cords, more or less, of red pine pulpwood; 371.4 MBF, more or less, of red pine sawtimber; 3.3 MBF, more or less, of misc. hardwood and softwood sawtimber; 14 cords, more or less, of miscellaneous hardwood firewood located on Delaware-Otsego Reforestation Area No. 1; Stands A-31, 32, 33, 34, 43 will be accepted at the Department of Environmental Conservation, Bureau of Procurement & Expenditure Services, 625 Broadway, 10th Fl., Albany, NY 12233-5027 until 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 20, 2008.

For further information, contact: Paul Wenner, Senior Forester, Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Lands and Forests, Region 4, 65561 State Hwy. 10, Suite 1, Stamford, NY 12167-9503, (607) 652-7365