Commerce Department publishes rule on Dec. 1

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

The rule is focused on Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations-Chemical and Biological Weapons Controls: Australia Group; Chemical Weapons Convention; Correction.

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 Dec. 1

Title
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Allocation of Pacific Cod Among Fixed Gear Sectors
Revisions and Clarifications to the Export Administration Regulations-Chemical and Biological Weapons Controls: Australia Group; Chemical Weapons Convention; Correction
Endangered Species; File No. 1451
Export Trade Certificate of Review
Impact of Implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention on Commercial Activities Involving “Schedule 1” Chemicals Through Calendar Year 2003
Action Affecting Export Privileges; Ahwaz Steel Commercial & Technical Service Gmbh
Bureau of Industry and Security
Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Highly Migratory Species; Correction