Notice published by Commerce Department on Dec. 27

The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Questionnaire for Building Permit Official.

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. 27

Title
Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Bottomfish and Seamount Groundfish Fisheries; Management Measures for the Main Hawaiian Islands
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fisheries; 2008 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Questionnaire for Building Permit Official
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Framework Adjustment 42
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Revision of Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Requirements for Commercial Gulf Reef Fish Vessels
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of Housing Starts, Sales, and Completions
Availability of Grant Funds for Fiscal Year 2008
Export Trade Certificate of Review
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Affirmative Preliminary Countervailing Duty Determination
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Canada: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Canned Pineapple Fruit from Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review
Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products from India, Indonesia, the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Thailand, and Ukraine: Continuation of Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Orders
Foreign-Trade Zone 104-Savannah, GA; Request for Manufacturing Authority, Fuji Vegetable Oil, Inc., (Refined Sunflower and Vegetable Oil Products), Savannah, GA
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews
Request for Nominations of Members To Serve on the Census Advisory Committee on the Asian Population
Request for Nominations of Members To Serve on the Census Advisory Committee on the Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Population
Request for Nominations of Members To Serve on the Census Advisory Committee on the African American Population
Foreign-Trade Zone 155-Calhoun and Victoria Counties, TX; Application for Expansion