Department of Commerce April 15, 2016 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board
Document Number: 2016-08789
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce is currently seeking applications for membership on the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board (Board). The purpose of the Board is to advise the Secretary of Commerce on matters relating to the travel and tourism industry.
Silicomanganese From Ukraine: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
Document Number: 2016-08787
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2016-08779
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council, in conjunction with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, will hold a Question and Answer (Q&A) public meeting to address cobia management issues in Kill Devil Hills, NC.
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Hearings
Document Number: 2016-08778
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (Council) will hold two public hearings and one webinar to solicit public comments on Reef Fish Amendment 43Hogfish stock definition, status determination criteria, annual catch limits, and size limit.
Request for Comments on the Application of the Written Description Requirement to Specific Situations in Design Applications
Document Number: 2016-08760
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (``USPTO'' or ``Office'') is evaluating how the written description requirement applies to certain design applications. In particular, the USPTO has developed a proposed approach for design examiners to apply general principles governing compliance with the written description requirement to specific situations in design applications. The USPTO is seeking public comment on the proposed approach as well as examples that the public believes would be helpful to illustrate the proposed approach or any suggested approach for applying the written description requirement in design applications.
Fisheries of the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Public Meeting
Document Number: 2016-08743
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The SEDAR Steering Committee will meet via webinar to discuss the SEDAR assessment schedule and progress on SEDAR projects. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2016-08742
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council will hold a meeting of its Ad Hoc Reef Fish Headboat Advisory Panel (AP).
National Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2016-08730
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is issuing this notice to correct the Census Bureau Web site address that identifies how to access the teleconference meeting via WebEx. The Census Bureau originally published in the Federal Register on Friday, April 8, 2016 (81 FR 20617), a Notice of Public Virtual Meeting for the National Advisory Committee. This notice corrects the Census Bureau WebEx teleconference URL link. The next to last sentence in the ADDRESSES section now reads: ``The meeting will be available via WebEx, please use the following URL link: https://census.webex.com/mw0401lsp13/ mywebex/ default.do?service=1&siteurl=census&nomenu=true&main_url=%2Fm c0901lsp13% 2Fe.do%3Fsiteurl%3Dcensus%26AT%3DMI%26EventID%3D424606577%26U ID%3D299172 6397%26Host%3DQUhTSwAAAAIyQSQiyawT_DJbOTsUe68M- jWVHAe0Ru7RWgg7cubgEHSWvbjgXWgLvItWgQm2Cxyfl2o- icLRBmNBhEFs_QRx0%26FrameSet%3D2%26MTID%3Dm7d3200255f93f2afdc b115cd1b80b c0c. The last sentence in the ADDRESSES section is unchanged and continues to read as: ``The meeting number is 744882915.'' There were no other changes to the notice.
Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to the Installation of the Block Island Wind Farm Export and Inter-Array Cables
Document Number: 2016-08729
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS has received an application from Deepwater Wind Block Island, LLC (DWBI) for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to the installation of the Block Island Wind Farm (BIWF) Export and Inter-Array Cables. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an IHA to DWBI to incidentally take, by Level B harassment only, small numbers of marine mammals during the specified activity.
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2016-08714
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) is scheduling a public meeting of its Scallop Plan Development Team and Advisory Panel on Wednesday, May 4, 2016, to consider actions affecting New England Fisheries in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ). Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Council for formal consideration and action, if appropriate.
Notice Requesting Nominations for the Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES)
Document Number: 2016-08693
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Department of Commerce is seeking highly qualified individuals who are knowledgeable about the commercial space-based remote sensing industry and uses of space-based remote sensing data to serve on the Advisory Committee on Commercial Remote Sensing (ACCRES). The Committee is comprised of leaders in the commercial space-based remote sensing industry, space-based remote sensing data users, government, and academia. The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice provides committee and membership criteria.
Glycine From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015
Document Number: 2016-08229
Type: Notice
Date: 2016-04-15
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on glycine from the People's Republic of China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2014, through February 28, 2015. This review covers five companies, Baoding Mantong Fine Chemistry Co., Ltd. (Baoding Mantong), Nutracare International (Nutracare), Ravi Industries (Ravi), Kumar Industries (Kumar), and Rudraa International (Rudraa). The Department preliminarily finds that these five companies did not have reviewable entries during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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