80_FR_54091 80 FR 53918 - Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee

80 FR 53918 - Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Internal Revenue Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 173 (September 8, 2015)

Page Range53918-53918
FR Document2015-22580

An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the Internal Revenue Service.

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 173 (Tuesday, September 8, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 53918]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-22580]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Internal Revenue Service


Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee

AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Treasury.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee 
will be conducted. The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting public 
comments, ideas, and suggestions on improving customer service at the 
Internal Revenue Service.

DATES: The meeting will be held Wednesday, October 28, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa Billups at 1-888-912-1227 or 
(214) 413-6523.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given pursuant to section 
10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) 
that an open meeting of the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint Committee 
will be held Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time via 
teleconference. The public is invited to make oral comments or submit 
written statements for consideration. For more information please 
contact Lisa Billups at 1-888-912-1227 or 214-413-6523, or write TAP 
Office 1114 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75242-1021, or post comments to 
the Web site: http://www.improveirs.org.
    The agenda will include various committee issues for submission to 
the IRS and other TAP related topics. Public input is welcomed.

    Dated: September 1, 2015.
Sheila Andrews,
Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
[FR Doc. 2015-22580 Filed 9-4-15; 8:45 am]
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53918 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 173 / Tuesday, September 8, 2015 / Notices negotiate an interim trail use/rail line; and data on traffic, revenues, net keep records, or provide information to banking agreement for the rail line. liquidation value, and the cost to the agency, third parties, or the public. The collection by the Board of these rehabilitate to class I (minimum) track Section 3507(b) of the PRA requires, offers, requests, and applications, and standards. If the parties are not able to concurrent with an agency’s submitting the railroad’s replies (when required), agree upon the purchase price or a collection to OMB for approval, a 30- enables the Board to meet its statutory subsidy, then, to move forward, either day notice and comment period through duty to regulate the referenced rail party may ask the Board to set the price publication in the Federal Register transactions. or subsidy, which will be binding upon concerning each proposed collection of Retention Period: Information in these the parties if the offeror chooses to information, including each proposed collections is maintained by the Board accept the terms set by the Board and extension of an existing collection of for ten years, after which it is proceed with the purchase. information. transferred to the National Archives as Public Use Request. Any person may Dated: September 2, 2015. permanent records. request that the Board prohibit an abandoning railroad from disposing of Jeffrey Herzig, DATES: Comments on this information the right-of-way—for up to 180 days— Clearance Clerk. collection should be submitted by October 8, 2015. without first offering the right-of-way [FR Doc. 2015–22522 Filed 9–4–15; 8:45 am] ADDRESSES: Written comments should (on reasonable terms) for other suitable BILLING CODE 4915–01–P be identified as ‘‘Paperwork Reduction public purposes (such as mass transit, Act Comments, Surface Transportation pipeline, transmission lines, recreation, Board, Statutory Authority to Preserve etc.). Such requests are governed by 49 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Rail Service.’’ These comments should U.S.C. 10905 and 49 CFR 1152.28. be directed to the Office of Management Feeder Line Application. When a line Internal Revenue Service and Budget, Office of Information and has been identified on a railroad’s system diagram map as a potential Open Meeting of the Taxpayer Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Chandana Advocacy Panel Joint Committee L. Achanta, Surface Transportation candidate for abandonment (or Board Desk Officer, by email at OIRA_ discontinuance), but before AGENCY: Internal Revenue Service (IRS), SUBMISSION@OMB.EOP.GOV; by fax at abandonment (or discontinuance) Treasury. authority has been sought, any (202) 395–6974; or by mail to Room ACTION: Notice of meeting. financially responsible person (other 10235, 725 17th Street NW., than a Class I or II railroad) may, by SUMMARY: An open meeting of the Washington, DC 20503. filing a feeder line application under 49 Taxpayer Advocacy Panel Joint FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For U.S.C. 10907 and 49 CFR 1151, seek to Committee will be conducted. The further information regarding the acquire the line for continued rail Statutory Authority to Preserve Rail Taxpayer Advocacy Panel is soliciting service under the forced sale provisions public comments, ideas, and Service, contact Chris Oehrle, Surface of the feeder railroad development Transportation Board, 395 E Street SW., suggestions on improving customer program. service at the Internal Revenue Service. Washington, DC 20423–0001, or email Trail-Use Request. The Trails Act PRA@stb.dot.gov. [Federal Information provides a mechanism whereby any DATES: The meeting will be held Relay Service (FIRS) for the hearing interested person may seek to ‘‘rail Wednesday, October 28, 2015. impaired: (800) 877–8339.] bank’’ a rail right-of-way that has been FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: approved for abandonment and use the Billups at 1–888–912–1227 or (214) Respondents seeking authority from the property in the interim as a recreational 413–6523. Board to preserve rail lines must submit trail. The Board has a ministerial role in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is certain information required under the this process; under 49 CFR 1152.29, hereby given pursuant to section Board’s related regulations and, in some interested persons may submit a request 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory circumstances, railroads seeking to to the Board for a trail-use condition, Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1988) abandon a line must disclose certain and if the statutory conditions are met, that an open meeting of the Taxpayer information to the offeror or applicant. the Board must authorize the parties to Advocacy Panel Joint Committee will be Offer of Financial Assistance. When a negotiate a trail-use agreement by held Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at rail line would otherwise be approved issuing a CITU, or, in an exemption 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time via for abandonment (or discontinuance), proceeding, a NITU. The CITU or NITU teleconference. The public is invited to any financially responsible person may typically permit negotiations for 180 make oral comments or submit written seek to acquire the line for continued days, but the negotiations can be statements for consideration. For more rail service (after abandonment has been extended upon request to the Board. information please contact Lisa Billups approved), or may seek to temporarily Under the Trails Act, trail-use at 1–888–912–1227 or 214–413–6523, or subsidize continued operations by the agreements are consensual, not forced. write TAP Office 1114 Commerce Street, incumbent railroad (after abandonment The abandoning railroad is free to Dallas, TX 75242–1021, or post or discontinuance has been approved), choose whether or not to enter into or comments to the Web site: http:// by filing an OFA under 49 U.S.C. 10904 continue negotiations to transfer (all or www.improveirs.org. and 49 CFR 1152.27. An OFA may be part of) the right-of-way to a trail The agenda will include various submitted to the Board as soon as the sponsor. asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES committee issues for submission to the railroad seeks abandonment (or Under the PRA, a federal agency IRS and other TAP related topics. Public discontinuance) authority. Once an OFA conducting or sponsoring a collection of input is welcomed. is submitted, the abandoning railroad information must display a currently must, upon request, promptly provide to valid OMB control number. A collection Dated: September 1, 2015. any party considering an OFA and to of information, which is defined in 44 Sheila Andrews, the Board an estimate of the annual U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c), Director, Taxpayer Advocacy Panel. subsidy or minimum purchase price; a includes agency requirements or [FR Doc. 2015–22580 Filed 9–4–15; 8:45 am] report on the physical condition of the requests that persons submit reports, BILLING CODE 4830–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:18 Sep 04, 2015 Jkt 235001 PO 00000 Frm 00160 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 9990 E:\FR\FM\08SEN1.SGM 08SEN1


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of meeting.
DatesThe meeting will be held Wednesday, October 28, 2015.
ContactLisa Billups at 1-888-912-1227 or (214) 413-6523.
FR Citation80 FR 53918 
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