Commerce Department publishes rule on Aug. 1

The US Commerce Department published a seven page rule on Aug. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Bottlenose Dolphins and Spotted Dolphins Incidental to Oil and Gas Structure Removal Activities in the Gulf of Mexico.

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. 1

Title
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Species in the Rock Sole/Flathead Sole/“Other Flatfish” Fishery Category by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Action 4 - Adjustment of the Commercial Fishery from the U.S.-Canada Border to Cape Falcon, OR
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Bottlenose Dolphins and Spotted Dolphins Incidental to Oil and Gas Structure Removal Activities in the Gulf of Mexico
Grant of Interim Extension of the Term of U.S. Patent No. 4,229,449; Roboxetine Mesylate
Marine Mammals; File No. 881-1443
Receipt of Two Applications for Direct Take Permits (1395 and 1396)
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
Technical Advisory Committees; Notice of Recruitment of Private-Sector Members
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Reporting of Sea Turtle Incidental Take in Virginia Chesapeake Bay Pound Net Operations
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery