What did Commerce Department publish on Aug. 25?

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Marine Mammals; File No. 358-1585.

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 Aug. 25

Title
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Deep-Water Species Fishery by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Gulf of Alaska
Marine Mammals; File No. 358-1585
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Performance Review Board
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
Announcement of Meeting and Opportunity to Join the Biometric Interoperability, Performance, and Assurance Working Group
Announcement of Graduate Research Fellowships in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System for Fiscal Year 2001
NOAA Climate and Global Change Program, Program Announcement
Top-of-the-Stove Stainless Steel Cooking Ware From Korea: Extension of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Proposed Foreign-Trade Zone-Waco, TX; Amendment of Application
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Notice of Petitions by Producing Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries; Hawaii-based Pelagic Longline Area Closure