Commerce Department publishes proposed rule on Feb. 22

The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Proposed 2012-2013 Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Specifications.

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. 22

Title
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Catcher Vessels Less Than 60 Feet (18.3 Meters) Length Overall Using Hook-and-Line or Pot Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Updated Statements of Legal Authority To Reflect Continuation of Emergency Declared in Executive Orders 12947 and 13224
Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Second Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the 2009-2010 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Proposed 2012-2013 Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Specifications
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 2012 Tribal Fishery for Pacific Whiting
Incidental Taking of Marine Mammals; Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to the Explosive Removal of Offshore Structures in the Gulf of Mexico
North American Free Trade Agreement, Article 1904; NAFTA Panel Reviews; First Request for Panel Review
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Survey of Hawaii Resident Resource Users' Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of Coral Reefs in Two Hawaii Priority Sites
Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
Trademark Petitions
Quarterly Update to Annual Listing of Foreign Government Subsidies on Articles of Cheese Subject to an In-Quota Rate of Duty