Commerce Department publishes notice on Feb. 25

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Marine Geophysical Survey in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, April to June 2010.

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 Feb. 25

Title
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic of China and Mexico: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permit
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Seabird and Pinniped Research Activities in Central California
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
Incidental Takes of Marine Mammals During Specified Activities; Marine Geophysical Survey in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, April to June 2010
Foreign-Trade Zone 21-Charleston, SC, Application for Subzone, Luigi Bormioli Corporation (Glassware), Barnwell, SC
Foreign-Trade Zone 59-Lincoln, NE Application for Subzone CNH America, LLC (Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing) Grand Island, NE
Evaluation of State Coastal Management Programs and National Estuarine Research Reserves
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Trinidad and Tobago; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Request for Comments on Methodology for Conducting an Independent Study of the Burden of Patent-Related Paperwork
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request