What did Commerce Department publish on Sept. 18?

The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Automated Export System 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 Sept. 18

Title
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 7-Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; Authorization of Production Activity; Lilly del Caribe; (Pharmaceutical Products); Carolina, Puerto Rico
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 230-Piedmont Triad Area, North Carolina; Authorization of Production Activity; Deere-Hitachi Construction Machinery Corp.; (Forestry Machinery, and Forestry Machinery and Hydraulic Excavator Frames/Booms/Arms); Kernersville, North Carolina
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 149-Freeport, Texas; Notification of Proposed Production Activity; DSM Nutritional Products, LLC; (Vinylol) Freeport, Texas
Draft 2018 Marine Mammal Stock Assessment Reports
Taking and Importing Marine Mammals; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Northwest Fisheries Science Center Fisheries Research
National Advisory Committee
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Automated Export System Program
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; “Other Flatfish” in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; U.S. Territorial Catch and Fishing Effort Limits
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Coastal and Estuarine Land Conservation Planning, Protection or Restoration
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request