Commerce Department publishes rule on Oct. 21

The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Oct. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Atlantic Pelagic Fishery; Marine Mammals; Endangered and Threatened Fish and Wildlife; Public Workshops.

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 Oct. 21

Title
Technical Advisory Committee to Develop a Federal Information Processing Standard for the Federal Key Management Infrastructure
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries
Atlantic Pelagic Fishery; Marine Mammals; Endangered and Threatened Fish and Wildlife; Public Workshops
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock by Vessels Catching Pollock for Processing by the Offshore Component in the Bering Sea Subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Endangered Species; Permits
Final Administrative Changes to the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Guidance and Responses to Comments
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Overfished Fisheries
President's Export Council: Meeting of the President's Export Council
Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management Program and National Estuarine Research Reserves
Transportation and Related Equipment Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting