Commerce Department publishes rule on March 17

The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Closure of the Elephant Trunk Scallop Access Area to General Category Scallop Vessels.

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 17

Title
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Revolving Loan Fund Reporting and Compliance Requirements
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Annual Survey of Manufactures
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Alaska Native Areas (ANAs) for the 2010 Census-Proposed Criteria and Guidelines
Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat: Notice of Finding on a Petition to List Five Rockfish Species in Puget Sound (Washington) as Endangered or Threatened Species Under the Endangered Species Act
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; Closure of the Elephant Trunk Scallop Access Area to General Category Scallop Vessels
Patent Examiner Employment Application (Formerly Patent Examiner Employment Application-Job Application Rating System (JARS))
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
Revised Draft Framework for Developing the National System of Marine Protected Areas and Response to Comments
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; National Marine Fisheries Service File No. 932-1905; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service File No. PRT-009526
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska; Application for an Exempted Fishing Permit
NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program
Federal Consistency Appeal by Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency
Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico: Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Carbon Steel Flat Products from the Republic of Korea: Notice of Final Results of the Thirteenth Administrative Review
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission of Review
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Mexico: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review