Commerce Department publishes rule on Feb. 26

The US Commerce Department published a six page rule on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Fisheries Off West Coast States; Highly Migratory Fisheries; California Swordfish Drift Gillnet Fishery; Vessel Monitoring System and Pre-Trip Notification Requirements.

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. 26

Title
Whaling Provisions; Aboriginal Subsistence Whaling Quotas
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Herring Fishery; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Scoping Process; Request for Comments
Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review
Foreign-Trade Zone 61-San Juan, Puerto Rico; Application for Subzone; Roger Electric Corporation, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Foreign-Trade Zone 119-Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Application for Subzone; Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc.; Red Wing, Minnesota
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 168-Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; Samsung Electronics America, Inc (Kitting of Mobile Phones and Tablet Computers), Coppell, Texas
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Highly Migratory Fisheries; California Swordfish Drift Gillnet Fishery; Vessel Monitoring System and Pre-Trip Notification Requirements
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Resources of the South Atlantic; Trip Limit Reduction