Proposed rule published on Sept. 5 by Commerce Department

The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Petition To Designate Sakhalin Bay-Amur River Beluga Whales Stock as Depleted Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act; Finding.

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 Sept. 5

Title
Implementation of Understandings Reached at the 2005, 2012, and 2013 Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary Meetings and a 2009 NSG Intersessional Decision; Additions to the List of NSG Participating Countries; Correction
Boundary Expansion of Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Draft Environmental Impact Statement; Proposed Washington Department of Natural Resources Aquatic Lands Habitat Conservation Plan, Washington
Endangered and Threatened Species; Draft Recovery Plan for Staghorn and Elkhorn Corals
Environmental Technologies Trade Advisory Committee (ETTAC), Request for Nominations
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Regional Economic Data Collection Program for Southwest Alaska
Petition To Designate Sakhalin Bay-Amur River Beluga Whales Stock as Depleted Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act; Finding
Sodium Nitrite From the People's Republic of China: Continuation of Countervailing Duty Order
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Closure of the 2014 South Atlantic Commercial Sector for Red Snapper
Stock Status Determination for Atlantic Highly Migratory Atlantic Sharpnose and Bonnethead Sharks
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; U.S. Navy Training Activities in the Gulf of Alaska Temporary Maritime Activities Area
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to a Pier Replacement Project
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings