Commerce Department publishes rule on Sept. 30

The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Sept. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Central Aleutian District.

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. 30

Title
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fisheries; Bluefin Tuna Retention Limit
Endangered Species; Permit No. 1174 and Permit No. 1360
Solicitation of Applications for the Minority Business Development Center (MBDC) Program
Solicitation of Applications for the Native American Business Development Center (NABDC) Program
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, Request for Revocation in Part and Deferral of Administrative Review
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Shrimp Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 10
Action Affecting Export Privileges; Yaudat Mustafa Talyi, and International Business Services, Ltd, and Top Oil Tools, Ltd., and Uni-Arab Engineering and Oil Field Services, and Jaime Radi Mustafa and Nureddin Shariff Sehweil; Renewal of Order Temporarily Denying Export Privileges
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Yellowfin Sole by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Central Aleutian District
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Catching Pacific Cod for Processing by the Inshore Component in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area