What did Commerce Department publish on Feb. 1?

The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Closes Block Island Sound to All Fishing.

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 Feb. 1

Title
Revision to the Commerce Control List: Items Controlled for Nuclear Nonproliferation Reasons, Addition of Argentina, New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, and South Korea to GNSG Eligible Countries
General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Closes Block Island Sound to All Fishing
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 63 of the Central Regulatory Area
Foreign-Trade Zone 75Phoenix, AZ, Application for Subzone Status, Abbott Manufacturing, Inc., Plant (Infant Formula, Adult Nutritional Products) Casa Grande, Arizona
Grant of Authority for Subzone Status; Ben Venue Laboratories, Inc. (Pharmaceutical Products), Bedford, Ohio
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part
Foreign-Trade Zone 168Fort Worth, Texas; Application for Expansion, Extension of Comment Period
Foreign-Trade Zone 87Lake Charles, LA, Subzone 87A, Conoco Inc.; Request for Modification of Restrictions (Oil Refinery Complex)
Supplement 17 to the Antiboycott Regulations
Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee on Tuna Management in the Mid-Atlantic
Marine Mammals
NTIS Advisory Board Meeting
Antifriction Bearings (Other Than Tapered Roller Bearings) and Parts Thereof From France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Romania, Singapore, Thailand, and the United Kingdom; Extension of Time Limits of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews
Export Trade Certificate of Review
Notice of Postponement of Final Countervailing Duty Determinations and Termination of Suspension of Liquidation: Certain Pasta From Italy and Turkey