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document excluding the last three digits 

in the docket number field. 

36. User assistance is available for 

eLibrary and the Commission’s Web site 

during normal business hours from the 

Commission’s Online Support at 202– 

502–6652 (toll free at 1–866–208–3676) 

or email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, 

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By direction of the Commission. 

Issued: April 16, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09228 Filed 4–21–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Food and Drug Administration 

21 CFR Part 73 

[Docket No. FDA–2015–C–1154] 

E. & J. Gallo Winery; Filing of Color 

Additive Petition 

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, 

HHS. 

ACTION: Notice of petition. 

SUMMARY: The Food and Drug 

Administration (FDA or we) is 

announcing that we have filed a 

petition, submitted by E. & J. Gallo 

Winery, proposing that the color 

additive regulations be amended to 

provide for the safe use of mica-based 

pearlescent pigments as color additives 

in certain distilled spirits. 

DATES: The color additive petition was 

filed on March 19, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Salome Bhagan, Center for Food Safety 

and Applied Nutrition (HFS–265), Food 

and Drug Administration, 5100 Paint 

Branch Pkwy., College Park, MD 20740– 

3835, 240–402–3041. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 721(d)(1) of the Federal Food, 

Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 

379e(d)(1)), we are giving notice that we 

have filed a color additive petition (CAP 

5C0302), submitted by E. & J. Gallo 

Winery, c/o Keller and Heckman LLP, 

Three Embarcadero Center, Suite 1420, 

San Francisco, CA 94111. The petition 

proposes to amend the color additive 

regulations in § 73.350 Mica-based 

pearlescent pigments (21 CFR 73.350) to 

provide for the safe use of mica-based 

pearlescent pigments at a level of up to 

0.07 percent by weight in distilled 

spirits containing not less than 18 

percent and not more than 25 percent 

alcohol by volume, and to remove the 

current exclusion for distilled spirit 

mixtures containing more than 5 

percent wine on a proof gallon basis. 

We have determined under 21 CFR 

25.32(k) that this action is of a type that 

does not individually or cumulatively 

have a significant effect on the human 

environment. Therefore, neither an 

environmental assessment nor an 

environmental impact statement is 

required. 

Dated: April 15, 2015. 

Dennis M. Keefe, 

Director, Office of Food Additive Safety, 

Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. 

[FR Doc. 2015–09248 Filed 4–21–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4164–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

Internal Revenue Service 

26 CFR Parts 1, 301, and 602 

[REG–103281–11] 

RIN 1545–BK06 

Tax on Certain Foreign Procurement 

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 

Treasury. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: This document contains 

proposed regulations under section 

5000C of the Internal Revenue Code 

relating to the 2 percent tax on 

payments made by the U.S. government 

to foreign persons pursuant to certain 

contracts. The proposed regulations 

affect U.S. government acquiring 

agencies and foreign persons providing 

certain goods or services to the U.S. 

government pursuant to a contract. This 

document also contains proposed 

regulations under section 6114, with 

respect to foreign persons claiming an 

exemption from the tax under an 

income tax treaty. 

DATES: Written or electronic comments 

and requests for a public hearing must 

be received by July 21, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Send submissions to: 

CC:PA:LPD:PR (REG–103281–11), 

Internal Revenue Service, Room 5203, 

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–103281– 

11), Courier’s Desk, Internal Revenue 

Service, 1111 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20224; or sent 

electronically via the Federal 

eRulemaking Portal at http://

www.regulations.gov (IRS REG–103281– 

11). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Concerning the proposed regulations, 

Kate Hwa at (202) 317–6934, or for 

questions related to tax treaties, Rosy 

Lor at (202) 317–6933; concerning 

submissions of comments, 

Oluwafunmilayo Taylor, (202) 317– 

5179, (not toll-free numbers). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

The collection of information 

contained in this notice of proposed 

rulemaking has been submitted to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3507(d)). Comments on the 

collection of information should be sent 

to the Office of Management and 

Budget, Attn: Desk Officer for the 

Department of the Treasury, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Washington, DC 20503, with copies to 

the Internal Revenue Service, Attn: IRS 

Reports Clearance Officer, 

SE:W:CAR:MP:T:T:SP, Washington, DC 

20224. Comments on the collection of 

information should be received by June 

22, 2015. Comments are specifically 

requested concerning: 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the IRS, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; 

The accuracy of the estimated burden 

associated with the proposed collection 

of information; 

How the quality, utility, and clarity of 

the information to be collected may be 

enhanced; 

How the burden of complying with 

the proposed collection of information 

may be minimized, including through 

the application of automated collection 

techniques or other forms of information 

technology; and 

Estimates of capital or start-up costs 

and costs of operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services to provide 

information. 

The collection of information in the 

proposed regulations is contained in a 

number of provisions including 

§§ 1.5000C–2, 1.5000C–3, and 1.5000C– 

4. Responses to these collections of 

information are required to verify the 

status of foreign persons to whom 

specified Federal procurement 

payments subject to the section 5000C 

tax are made; to obtain a benefit (to 

claim an exemption to, or a reduction 

in, withholding); and to facilitate tax 

compliance (to verify entitlement to an 


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