Rule published on Sept. 4 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Sept. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Scallop Fishery; Closure in Registration Area O.

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 Sept. 4

Title
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Scallop Fishery; Closure in Registration Area O
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery Off the Southern Atlantic States; Amendment 2; Correction
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Red Snapper Management Measures
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Scallop Fishery; Closure in Registration Area H
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Meetings
Advisory Panel on Highly Migratory Species Fisheries
Announcement of Graduate Research Fellowships in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System for Fiscal Year 1998
Business Information Service for the Newly Independent States (BISNIS) Finance Link
Administration, Modernization Transition Committee; Public Meeting
Fisheries Capital Construction Fund Agreement, Application, and Certificate of Construction/Reconstruction
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request