Rule published on Feb. 7 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska.

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. 7

Title
Sea Turtle Conservation; Shrimp Trawling Requirements
Renewal and Revision of a Previously Approved Information Collection; Comment Request; State Broadband Data and Development Grant Program
Foreign-Trade Zone 141-Rochester, NY; Application for Manufacturing Authority; Firth Rixson, Inc. d/b/a Firth Rixson Monroe; Extension of Comment Period on Revised Preliminary Recommendation
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-2011
Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility to Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Annual Survey of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad
Silicomanganese From India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 620 in the Gulf of Alaska