Commerce Department publishes rule on Feb. 4

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

The rule is focused on Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific cod by Vessels Catching Pacific cod for Processing by the Inshore Component in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska.

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. 4

Title
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip Limit Increase
Notice of Petitions by Producing Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Foreign-Trade Zone 36-Galveston, TX; Application for Expansion
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Proposed Emergency Rule to Maintain an Area Access Program for the Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery in Hudson Canyon
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific cod by Vessels Catching Pacific cod for Processing by the Inshore Component in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Catching Pacific Cod for Processing by the Offshore Component in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
Notice of Countervailing Duty Order: Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From India
Marine Mammals; File No. 1019-1657
Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Outboard Engines from Japan
Endangered Species; Permit No. 1190
Report of Requests for Restrictive Trade Practice or Boycott- Single or Multiple Transactions