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3 Information on upcoming webinars will be 

available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/ 

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4Call-in and Webcast information is available at 

the agricultural coexistence workshop Web page at: 

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/wps/portal/aphis/

newsroom/stakeholder-info/!ut/p/a1/nVFNU4Mw

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%2Fct_coexistence_meeting. A notice announcing 

the workshop was published on February 3, 2015 

(80 FR 5729–5731, Docket No. APHIS–2013–0047). 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04463 Filed 3–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

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. 

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 http://

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 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. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04503 Filed 3–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Parts 1 and 31 

[REG–132253–11] 

RIN 1545–BL68 

Information Returns; Winnings From 

Bingo, Keno, and Slot Machines 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

and notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: 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 

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 

http://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 

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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