Commerce Department publishes notice on Feb. 23

The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on National Environmental Policy Act Compliance for Council-Initiated Fishery Management Actions Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act.

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. 23

Title
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Vessels Using Pot Gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska
Fisheries Off West Coast States; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Annual Specifications
Addition of Certain Persons and Modification of Certain Entries to the Entity List; and Removal of Certain Persons From the Entity List
Western Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
National Environmental Policy Act Compliance for Council-Initiated Fishery Management Actions Under the Magnuson-Stevens Act
Endangered and Threatened Species; Initiation of 5-Year Review for Indus River Dolphin
Certain Pasta From Italy: Final Results, and Rescission, in Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2013
Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation
Export Trade Certificate of Review
Foreign-Trade Zone 27-Boston, Massachusetts; Application for Subzone, Barrett Distribution Centers, Inc., Franklin, Massachusetts
Notice of Imminent Establishment of the United States-Mexico Energy Business Council and Solicitation of Nominations for U.S. Private Sector Members
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 102-St. Louis, Missouri; Authorization of Production Activity; H-J Enterprises, Inc./H-J International, Inc. (Electrical Transformer Bushing Assemblies), High Ridge, Missouri
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Program
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife; 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List Three Manta Rays as Threatened or Endangered Under the Endangered Species Act
Pacific Island Fisheries; 2015-16 Annual Catch Limit and Accountability Measures; Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 Bottomfish
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
Marine Mammals; File No. 19309
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Russian River Estuary Management Activities