Rule published on Jan. 5 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment to the 2009 Gulf of Alaska Pollock and Pacific cod Total Allowable Catch Amounts.

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 Jan. 5

Title
Approval of Manufacturing Authority Within Foreign-Trade Zone 158, Vicksburg/Jackson, MS, H.M. Richards, Inc. (Upholstered Furniture)
Approval of Manufacturing Authority Within Foreign-Trade Zone 158, Vicksburg/Jackson, MS; Bauhaus USA, Inc. (Upholstered Furniture)
Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Request for Public Comments on the Effects of Export Controls on Decisions To Use or Not Use U.S.-Origin Parts and Components in Commercial Products and the Effects of Such Decisions
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual Specifications
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska Groundfish; Limited Access Privilege Programs
Listing Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 90-Day Finding on a Petition to List Atlantic Wolffish as Threatened or Endangered under the Endangered Species Act
Approval of Manufacturing Authority Within Foreign-Trade Zone 158m Vicksburg/Jackson, MS, Lane Furniture Industries, Inc. (Upholstered Furniture)
Floor-Standing Metal-Top Ironing Tables and Certain Parts Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Administrative Review
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Advance Notification of Sunset Reviews
Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Turkey
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment to the 2009 Gulf of Alaska Pollock and Pacific cod Total Allowable Catch Amounts