Week ending Jan. 29: Homeland Security Department publishes 15 notices

There were 15 notices published by the Homeland Security Department in week ending Jan. 29, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Notice of Finding That Certain Palm Oil and Derivative Products Made Wholly or In Part With Palm Oil Produced by the Malaysian Company Sime Darby Plantation Berhad Its Subsidiaries, and Joint Ventures, With the Use of Convict, Forced or Indentured Labor Are Being, or Are Likely To Be, Imported Into the United States in Violation of 19 U.S.C. 1307, was submitted on January 28, 2022.

The Homeland Security Department published 11 the week before, marking a 36.4 percent increase.

The Department was built out of more than 20 agencies in 2002. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lower taxes and boosting federal efficiency, argued the Department is burdened with "unneeded bureaucracy" which could be handled by other departments or standalone operations.

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 Homeland Security Department in week ending Jan. 29

Title	Publication Date
Notice of Finding That Certain Palm Oil and Derivative Products Made Wholly or In Part With Palm Oil Produced by the Malaysian Company Sime Darby Plantation Berhad Its Subsidiaries, and Joint Ventures, With the Use of Convict, Forced or Indentured Labor Are Being, or Are Likely To Be, Imported Into the United States in Violation of 19 U.S.C. 1307	01/28/2022
Notice of Finding That Certain Seafood Harvested by the Taiwanese Da Wang Fishing Vessel With the Use of Convict, Forced or Indentured Labor Is Being, or Is Likely To Be, Imported Into the United States in Violation of 19 U.S.C. i307	01/28/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; New Collection: e-Request Tool	01/27/2022
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations	01/27/2022
Final Flood Hazard Determinations	01/27/2022
Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations	01/27/2022
Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations	01/27/2022
Record of Vessel Foreign Repair or Equipment Purchase (CBP Form 226)	01/27/2022
Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations	01/27/2022
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations	01/27/2022
Board of Visitors for the National Fire Academy	01/26/2022
Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget	01/25/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Generic Clearance for Civil Rights and Equity	01/25/2022
Information Collection Request to Office of Management and Budget;	01/25/2022
Notice Seeking Public Comments on Methods To Prevent the Importation of Goods Mined, Produced, or Manufactured With Forced Labor in the People's Republic of China, Especially in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Into the United States	01/24/2022