Commerce Department publishes proposed rule on Sept. 15

The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico Essential Fish Habitat Amendment.

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. 15

Title
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Gulf of Mexico Essential Fish Habitat Amendment
Large Coastal Shark 2005/2006 Stock Assessment Data Workshop
Revocation of Antidumping Duty Findings and Countervailing Duty Order: Sugar from Belgium, France, Germany and the European Community
Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
Review of Foreign-Trade Zone Activity, Foreign-Trade Subzone 43D, Perrigo Company, Battle Creek Michigan, (Ibuprofen-Pharmaceutical Products)