What did Commerce Department publish on Dec. 16?

The US Commerce Department published a seven page notice on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation.

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 Dec. 16

Title
Implementation of the February 2016 Australia Group (AG) Intersessional Decisions and the June 2016 AG Plenary Understandings
Sea Turtle Conservation; Shrimp Trawling Requirements
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Proposed Information Collection; Comment Request; Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Release Reports
Notice of Availability of an Alabama Trustee Implementation Group (Alabama TIG) Draft Recreational Use Restoration Plan I and Draft Environmental Impact Statement: Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities (RP/EIS)
Notice of Approval for the He`eia National Estuarine Research Reserve Management Plan
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Final Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation
Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews
Certain Pasta From Italy: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
Certain Hardwood Plywood Products From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
Stainless Steel Bar From India: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Changed Circumstances Review
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 21-Dorchester County, South Carolina, Notification of Proposed Production Activity, AGRU America Charleston, LLC (Industrial Pipes), North Charleston, South Carolina
Lightweight Thermal Paper From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products From Japan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2015
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region; Amendment 37