Commerce Department publishes notice on Dec. 15

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

The notice is focused on Certain Pasta From Italy: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Revoke, In Part.

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 Dec. 15

Title
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan; Amendments 20 and 21; Trawl Rationalization Program
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish Retention Standard; Emergency Rule
Updated Statements of Legal Authority To Reflect Continuation of Emergency Declared in Executive Order 12938
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability (BEES) Please
Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of Minority-Owned Business Participation, Opportunities and Barriers to Global Commerce
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
Limitation of Duty-free Imports of Apparel Articles Assembled in Haiti Under the Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity Through Partnership for Encouragement Act (HOPE)
Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; 2012 Economic Census Classification Report for the Construction, Manufacturing, and Mining Sectors and Selected Wholesale Industries
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Center for Economic Studies Research Proposal Process and Project Management
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Privacy Act System of Records
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Questionnaire for Building Permit Official
Certain Pasta From Italy: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review and Intent To Revoke, In Part
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Columbia River Crossing Project, Washington and Oregon
Endangered Species; File No. 14400
Science Advisory Board; Notice of Public Meeting