Commerce Department publishes proposed rule on March 9

The US Commerce Department published a five page proposed rule on March 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Vermilion Snapper Rebuilding Plan.

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 March 9

Title
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Initiation of Changed Circumstances Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Canada
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Rocket Launches at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
Foreign-Trade Zone 147-Reading, PA Application for Expansion/Reorganization
2006 American Community Survey Content Test
Foreign-Trade Zone 40-Cleveland, OH, Area; Application for Expansion
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Wave 6 of the 2004 Panel
Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves
Helical Spring Lock Washers from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Vermilion Snapper Rebuilding Plan
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Submission For OMB Review; Comment Request
Notice of Availability of the Final Reserve Operations Plan for the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve
Endangered Species; File No. 1509
Hydrographic Services Review Panel Meeting