What did Commerce Department publish on Jan. 25?

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 26-Atlanta, Georgia; Authorization of Limited Production Activity; OFS Fitel, LLC (Optical Fiber Products), Carrollton, Georgia.

The Department includes the Census Bureau, which is used to determine many factors about American life. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the Department is involved in misguided foreign trade policies and is home to many unneeded programs.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Commerce Department on Jan. 25

Title
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Socio-Economic Survey of Hired Captains and Crew in New England and Mid-Atlantic Commercial Fisheries
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Oil and Gas Activities in Cook Inlet, Alaska
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Saltwater Angler Registry and State Exemption Program
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Socioeconomics of Coral Reef Conservation
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 26-Atlanta, Georgia; Authorization of Limited Production Activity; OFS Fitel, LLC (Optical Fiber Products), Carrollton, Georgia
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; West Coast Region Gear Identification Requirements
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 134-Chattanooga, Tennessee; Authorization of Production Activity; Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC (Passenger Motor Vehicles), Chattanooga, Tennessee
Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Interagency Working Group on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing; Reopening of Comment Period
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Quarterly Financial Report
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Turkey: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; Calendar Year 2018
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska