Pursuant to Section 176-b of the Town Law, the Office of Fire Prevention and Control hereby gives notice of the following:

An application for a waiver of the requirements of paragraph a of subdivision 7 of section 176-b of the Town Law, which limits the membership of volunteer fire companies to forty-five per centum of the actual membership of the fire company, has been submitted by the Barnard Fire District, County of Monroe.

Pursuant to section 176-b of the Town Law, the non-resident membership limit shall be waived provided that no adjacent fire department objects within sixty days of the publication of this notice.

Objections shall be made in writing, setting forth the reasons such waiver should not be granted, and shall be submitted to: Bryant D. Stevens, State Fire Administrator, State of New York, Office of Fire Prevention and Control, 1220 Washington Ave., Bldg. 7A, Fl. 2, Albany, NY 12226

Objections must be received by the State Fire Administrator within sixty days of the date of publication of this notice.

In cases where an objection is properly filed, the State Fire Administrator shall have the authority to grant a waiver upon consideration of (1) the difficulty of the fire company or district in retaining and recruiting adequate personnel; (2) any alternative means available to the fire company or district to address such difficulties; and (3) the impact of the waiver on adjacent fire departments.

For further information, please contact: Fire Protection Specialist Mackenzie A. Jewell, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, Office of Fire Prevention and Control, 1220 Washington Ave., Bldg. 7A, Fl. 2, Albany, NY 12226, (518) 474-6746, or e-mail: [email protected]

The New York City Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is seeking qualified vendors to provide intermediate duration core plus fixed income investment management services, with the objective to exceed the Barclay’s U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, for the Bond Fund investment option of the Plan. To be considered, vendors must submit their product information to Mercer Investment Consulting. Vendors should input or update their product information, as applicable, on Mercer’s Global Investment Management Database (GIMD). The address for the website is: www.mercergimd.com. Vendors not already registered, please call (866) 657-6487 for a user I.D. and password to access the database. There is no fee for entering product information on the database. Please complete the submission of product information in the Mercer database no later than 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time on Monday, November 24, 2014.

The New York City Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is seeking qualified vendors to provide intermediate duration core fixed income investment management services, with the objective to exceed the Barclay’s Capital Intermediate U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, for the Stable Income Fund investment option of the Plan. To be considered, vendors must submit their product information to Mercer Investment Consulting. Vendors should input or update their product information, as applicable, on Mercer’s Global Investment Management Database (GIMD). The address for the website is: www.mercergimd.com. Vendors not already registered, please call (866) 657-6487 for a user I.D. and password to access the database. There is no fee for entering product information on the database. Please complete the submission of product information in the Mercer database no later than 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time on Monday, November 24, 2014.

The New York City Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) is seeking qualified vendors to provide TIPS investment management services, with the objective to exceed the Barclay’s U.S. TIPS Index, for the TIPS component of certain of the Pre-Arranged Portfolio investment options of the Plan. To be considered, vendors must submit their product information to Mercer Investment Consulting. Vendors should input or update their product information, as applicable, on Mercer’s Global Investment Management Database (GIMD). The address for the website is: www.mercergimd.com. Vendors not already registered, please call (866) 657-6487 for a user I.D. and password to access the database. There is no fee for entering product information on the database. Please complete the submission of product information in the Mercer database no later than 4:30 P.M. Eastern Time on Monday, November 24, 2014.

SUMMARY: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will hold its regular business meeting on December 5, 2014, in Annapolis, Maryland. Details concerning the matters to be addressed at the business meeting are contained in the Supplementary Information section of this notice.

DATE: December 5, 2014, at 9:00 a.m.

ADDRESS: Lowe House Office Building, House of Delegates, Appropriation Hearing Room (Room #120), 6 Bladen Street, Annapolis, Md. 21401. (The recommended parking and transportation option is to park at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and take the Annapolis Transit Trolley Shuttle from there – for all available parking options, see http://www.downtownannapolis.org/_pages/transport/tr_parking.htm.)

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason E. Oyler, Regulatory Counsel, telephone: (717) 238-0423, ext. 1312; fax: (717) 238-2436.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The business meeting will include actions or presentations on the following items: (1) informational presentation of interest to the Lower Susquehanna Subbasin area; (2) resolution concerning FY-2016 federal funding of the Susquehanna Flood Forecast and Warning System and National Streamflow Information Program; (3) rulemaking action to clarify the water uses involved in hydrocarbon development that are subject to the consumptive use regulations, as implemented by the Approval By Rule program; (4) resolution concerning delegation of authority; (5) ratification/approval of contracts/grants; (6) regulatory compliance matters for Lion Brewery, LHP Management, and Southwestern Energy Company; (7) transfer of approval (Docket No. 20081222) from Sunbury Generation LP to Hummel Station LLC; and (8) Regulatory Program projects.

The rulemaking item listed for Commission action was the subject of a public hearing conducted by the Commission on November 6, 2014, and identified in the notice for such hearing, which was published in 79 FR 57850, September 26, 2014. Projects listed for Commission action are those that were the subject of a public hearing conducted by the Commission on November 6, 2014, and identified in the notice for such hearing, which was published in 79 FR 61683, October 14, 2014.

Opportunity to Appear and Comment:

Interested parties are invited to attend the business meeting and encouraged to review the Commission’s Public Meeting Rules of Conduct, which are posted on the Commission’s website, www.srbc.net. As identified in the public hearing notices referenced above, written comments on the rulemaking item and Regulatory Program projects that were the subject of public hearings, and are listed for action at the business meeting, are subject to a comment deadline of November 17, 2014. Written comments pertaining to any other matters listed for action 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. Any such comments mailed or electronically submitted must be received by the Commission on or before November 26, 2014, to be considered.

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

Dated: October 31, 2014.

Stephanie L. Richardson

Secretary to the Commission.

The Commissioner of Taxation and Finance hereby sets the interest rates for the months of January, February, March, 2015 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, 2015 through March 31, 2015, see the table below:

1/1/15 - 3/31/15 Interest Rate Per Annum Compounded Daily

* 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, (518) 530-4153

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