Commerce Department publishes rule on Jan. 2

The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on Jan. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment to the 2020 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Pollock, Atka Mackerel, and Pacific Cod Total Allowable Catch Amounts.

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 Jan. 2

Title
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 26-Atlanta, Georgia; Authorization of Production Activity; Patterson Pump Company (Specialty Pumps); Toccoa, Georgia
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 168-Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; Authorization of Production Activity; Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation (Disassembly of Aircraft); Dallas, Texas
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; North Atlantic Swordfish Fishery
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Inseason Adjustment to the 2020 Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Pollock, Atka Mackerel, and Pacific Cod Total Allowable Catch Amounts
Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate From Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2016-2018