What did Commerce Department publish on Feb. 12?

The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 12, 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 630 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. 12

Title
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; State and Local Implementation Grant Program Application Documentation and Reporting Requirements
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; National Estuaries Restoration Inventory
Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Pacific Coast Groundfish Rationalization Sociocultural Study
Purified Carboxymethylcellulose From the Netherlands: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final No Shipment Determination
Approval of Subzone Status; Zimmer Manufacturing BV; Ponce, Puerto Rico
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder Fishery; Quota Transfer
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 2013 Commercial Accountability Measure and Closure for South Atlantic Vermilion Snapper