Proposed rule published by Commerce Department on March 11

The US Commerce Department published a five page proposed rule on March 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 2008 Georges Bank Cod Fixed Gear Sector Operations Plan and Agreement, and Allocation of Georges Bank Cod Total Allowable Catch.

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 March 11

Title
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Prohibited Species Bycatch Management
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 610 of the Gulf of Alaska
Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from Germany: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed-Circumstances Review
Stainless Steel Wire Rod from Sweden: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Polychloroprene Rubber From Japan: Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review, and Intent To Revoke Antidumping Duty Finding in Part
Notice of Availability for Public Comment on the Draft Joint Subcommittee on Ocean Science and Technology Interagency Working Group on Ocean Observation Integrated Ocean Observing System Strategic Plan
Foreign-Trade Zone 93-Raleigh/Durham, NC; Foreign-Trade Zone 123-Denver, CO; Foreign-Trade Zone 153-San Diego, CA; Withdrawal of Requests for Subzone Status
Foreign-Trade Zone 231-Stockton, CA; Application for Expansion
Foreign-Trade Zone 104-Savannah, GA; Application for Expansion
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Finland: Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Foreign-Trade Zone 122- Corpus Christi, TX; Application for Subzone; Baker Hughes, Inc. (Barite Grinding and Milling); Corpus Christi, TX
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 2008 Georges Bank Cod Fixed Gear Sector Operations Plan and Agreement, and Allocation of Georges Bank Cod Total Allowable Catch
International Trade Administration Mission Statement
Listing Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Designating Critical Habitat; 90-day Finding for a Petition to Reclassify the Loggerhead Turtle in the Western North Atlantic Ocean