There were 25 notices published by the Commerce Department in week ending Oct. 17, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Marine Mammals; File No. 25943, was submitted on Oct. 15, 2021.

The Commerce Department published 62 the week before, marking a 59.7 percent decrease.

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 in week ending Oct. 17

Title	Publication Date
Marine Mammals; File No. 25943	10/15/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; West Coast Region Permit Family of Forms	10/15/2021
Membership of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Performance Review Board	10/15/2021
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; General Provisions for Domestic Fisheries; Application for Exempted Fishing Permit	10/14/2021
Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 98-Birmingham, Alabama; Authorization of Production Activity; Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc. (Electric Motor Vehicles and Battery Assemblies); Vance and Woodstock, Alabama	10/14/2021
Glycine From Japan: Final Results of the Antidumping Administrative Review; 2018-2020; Correction	10/14/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Interim Procedures for Considering Requests Under the Commercial Availability Provision of the United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement	10/14/2021
Utility Scale Wind Towers From India: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value	10/13/2021
Approval of Subzone Status; Mercedes Benz USA, LLC, Vance, Alabama	10/13/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield; Invitation for Applications for Inclusion on the Supplemental List of Arbitrators	10/13/2021
Porcelain-on-Steel Cooking Ware From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Fifth Sunset Review and Revocation of Order	10/13/2021
Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From the Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020	10/13/2021
Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance	10/13/2021
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Parallel Thimble Shoal Tunnel Project in Virginia Beach, Virginia	10/13/2021
Marine Mammals and Endangered Species	10/13/2021
Utility Scale Wind Towers From India: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination	10/13/2021
Magnesium Metal From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021	10/13/2021
Utility Scale Wind Towers From Malaysia: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value	10/13/2021
National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography	10/13/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; North Pacific Observer Program	10/12/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Vessel Information Family of Forms	10/12/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Southeast Region Family of Forms	10/12/2021
Endangered Species; File Nos. 25870, 19641, 20528, 23200, and 25864	10/12/2021
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Comprehensive Economic Development Strategies (CEDS)	10/12/2021
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Mexico: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020	10/12/2021