Notice published by Commerce Department on Feb. 15

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

The notice is focused on Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request.

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. 15

Title
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
Availability of Seats for the Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council
United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board; Teleconference Meeting
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; St. George Reef Light Station Restoration and Maintenance at Northwest Seal Rock, Del Norte County, CA
Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Extension of the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Second Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Transportation and Related Equipment; Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings
Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee; Notice of Partially Closed Meeting
President's Export Council, Subcommittee on Export Administration; Notice of Open Meeting
Foreign-Trade Zone 183-Austin, TX; Application for Reorganization Under the Alternative Site Framework
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Foreign-Trade Zone 202-Los Angeles, CA; Application for Reorganization and Expansion Under Alternative Site Framework
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Foreign-Trade Zone 107-Polk County, IA; Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; Transshipping, Bunkering, Reporting, and Purse Seine Discard Requirements
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast Multispecies Fishery; 2012 Sector Operations Plans and Contracts, and Allocation of Northeast Multispecies Annual Catch Entitlements
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; 2012 Atlantic Bluefish Specifications
International Fisheries; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; High Seas Transshipment Prohibitions
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic; Closure