Commerce Department publishes notice on May 22

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Competitive Enhancement Needs Assessment Survey Program.

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 May 22

Title
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Highly Migratory Fisheries; California Drift Gillnet Fishery; Sperm Whale Interaction Restrictions
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 2014 Summer Flounder Specifications; 2015 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications
Foreign-Trade Zone 207-Richmond, Virginia; Application for Reorganization Under Alternative Site Framework
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From Taiwan: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Office of Education Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Critical Circumstances
Solid Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate From the Russian Federation; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013
Pure Magnesium from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From Germany, Japan, and Sweden: Preliminary Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, and Preliminary Affirmative Determinations of Critical Circumstances, in Part
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Rated Orders under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS)
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Competitive Enhancement Needs Assessment Survey Program
Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Negative Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances, and Postponement of Final Determination
Reorganization/Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 235 Under Alternative Site Framework, Lakewood, New Jersey
Certain Activated Carbon From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013