Department of Commerce May 13, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Spiny Dogfish Fishery; Proposed 2014-2015 Spiny Dogfish Specifications
Document Number: 2014-11049
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2014-05-13
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This rule proposes catch limits, commercial quotas, and possession limits for the spiny dogfish fishery for the 2014-2015 fishing years. The proposed action was developed by the Mid-Atlantic and New England Fishery Management Councils pursuant to the fishery specification requirements of the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan. These management measures are supported by the best available scientific information and reflect recent increases in spiny dogfish biomass, and are expected to result in positive economic impacts for the spiny dogfish fishery while maintaining the conservation objectives of the Spiny Dogfish Fishery Management Plan.
Privacy Act of 1974; New System of Records
Document Number: 2014-10961
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-13
Agency: Department of Commerce
In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5 United States Code (U.S.C.) 552(e)(4) and (11); and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-130, Appendix I, ``Federal Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,'' the Department of Commerce is issuing this notice of its intent to establish a new system of records entitled COMMERCE/DEPARTMENT-24, BusinessUSA Intellectual Hosting Service Application and Satisfaction Survey Records (BUSA IHSA & SSR). This action is being taken to update the Privacy Act notice and Department of Commerce, Notice to Amend All Privacy Act System of Records. We invite the public to comment on the items noted in this publication. BusinessUSA (BUSA) is a gateway to business resources for U.S. small businesses and exporters. Its mission is to serve America's businesses by providing easy access to government resources and opportunities, and by efficiently providing consistent, timely, relevant, accurate, complete, and trustworthy information to help them succeed. BUSA strives to provide a seamless and effective customer experience where businesses can discover, locate, access, and use applicable resources. To accomplish BUSA's mission, this system of records will maintain information on customers (defined as individuals and businesses) who request information or assistance through BUSA's multi-channel approach as facilitated by BUSA's Intellectual Hosting Service Application and Satisfaction Survey Records. It will be accessible only to a limited number of approved entities, as explained in greater detail below.
Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China: Amended Final Results of the Fourth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: 2014-10949
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-13
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is amending the final results \1\ of the fourth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel nails (``nails'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') to correct a certain ministerial error. The period of review is August 1, 2011, through July 31, 2012.
Lightweight Thermal Paper From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2012
Document Number: 2014-10946
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-13
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the period January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012.
Information Collection; Submissions Regarding Correspondence and Regarding Attorney Representation (Trademarks)
Document Number: 2014-10942
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-13
Agency: Department of Commerce, United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to comment on the revision of this continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-13 (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Commercial Groundfish Fishery Management Measures; Rockfish Conservation Area Boundaries for Vessels Using Bottom Trawl Gear; Correction
Document Number: 2014-10937
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-05-13
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This action contains coordinate corrections to the Rockfish Conservation Area (RCA) boundary regulations that published in the Federal Register on April 17, 2014. This document corrects 2014 groundfish bottom trawl Rockfish Conservation Area boundary coordinates described in table 1 (North) that were inadvertently misreported in Rockfish Conservation Area Boundaries for Vessels Using Bottom Trawl Gear final rule.
Notice of Petitions by Firms for Determination of Eligibility To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance
Document Number: 2014-10918
Type: Notice
Date: 2014-05-13
Agency: Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
Revisions to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR): Control of Spacecraft Systems and Related Items the President Determines No Longer Warrant Control Under the United States Munitions List (USML)
Document Number: 2014-10807
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-05-13
Agency: Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security
This interim final rule adds controls to the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) for spacecraft and related items that the President has determined no longer warrant control under United States Munitions List (USML) Category XVspacecraft and related items. New Export Control Classification Numbers (ECCNs) 9A515, 9B515, 9D515, and 9E515 created by this rule and existing ECCNs on the Commerce Control List (CCL) will control such items. This rule also revises various sections of the EAR to provide the proper level of control for the new ECCNs. This rule is being published in conjunction with the publication of a Department of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls rule revising USML Category XV to control those articles the President has determined warrant control on the USML. Both rules are part of the President's Export Control Reform Initiative. The revisions in this final rule are also part of Commerce's retrospective regulatory review plan under Executive Order (EO) 13563 (see the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for availability of the plan). This rule is being published as an interim final rule because the Departments of Commerce and State acknowledge that additional internal analysis of and industry input regarding the control threshold for various aspects of the amendments is warranted, particularly with respect to civil and commercial remote sensing satellites and civil and commercial space flight-related items. The Departments did not want to wait until this review is done to publish this rule in final form because of the substantial national and economic security benefits that will flow from the various amendments to the controls on satellites and related items.
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Annual Specifications and Management Measures for the 2014 Tribal and Non-Tribal Fisheries for Pacific Whiting
Document Number: 2014-10746
Type: Rule
Date: 2014-05-13
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS issues this final rule for the 2014 Pacific whiting fishery under the authority of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP), the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act), and the Pacific Whiting Act of 2006. This final rule announces the 2014 U.S. TAC, establishes the tribal allocation of 55,336 metric tons of Pacific whiting for 2014, establishes a set-aside for research and bycatch of 1,500 metric tons, and announces the final allocations of Pacific whiting to the non- tribal fishery for 2014.
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