Department of Commerce March 22, 2017 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2017-05693
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; South Atlantic Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
Document Number: 2017-05678
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Council will hold meetings of its Snapper Grouper AP, Mackerel Cobia and Cobia Subpanel AP and Dolphin Wahoo AP from April 17-21, 2017 in Charleston, SC. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
Fisheries of the South Atlantic; Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); Assessment Webinars for Atlantic Blueline Tilefish; Public Meeting
Document Number: 2017-05677
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The SEDAR 50 assessment of the Atlantic stock of Blueline Tilefish will consist of a series of workshops and webinars: Stock ID Work Group Meeting; Data Workshop; Assessment Workshop and Webinars; and a Review Workshop.
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review
Document Number: 2017-05667
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On February 7, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') published its notice of initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (``CCR'') of the antidumping duty (``AD'') order on wooden bedroom furniture (``WBF'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') (Preliminary Results). The Department preliminarily determined that Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co., Ltd. (``Yihua Tech'') is the successor-in-interest to Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd. (``Yihua Timber'') for purposes of the AD order on WBF from the PRC and, as such, is entitled to Yihua Timber's AD cash deposit rate with respect to entries of subject merchandise. We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. As no parties submitted comments, and there is no other information or evidence on the record calling into question our Preliminary Results, the Department is making no changes to the Preliminary Results. For these final results, the Department continues to find that Yihua Tech is the successor-in-interest to Yihua Timber.
Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews
Document Number: 2017-05666
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
On February 7, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') published its notice of initiation and preliminary results of changed circumstances reviews (``CCR'') of the antidumping duty (``AD'') and countervailing duty (``CVD'') orders on multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') (Preliminary Results). The Department preliminarily determined that Yihua Lifestyle Technology Co., Ltd. (``Yihua Tech'') is the successor- in-interest to Guangdong Yihua Timber Industry Co., Ltd. (``Yihua Timber'') for purposes of the AD and CVD orders on wood flooring from the PRC and, as such, is entitled to Yihua Timber's AD and CVD cash deposit rates with respect to entries of subject merchandise. We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. As no parties submitted comments, and there is no other information or evidence on the record calling into question our Preliminary Results, the Department is making no changes to the Preliminary Results. For these final results, the Department continues to find that Yihua Tech is the successor-in-interest to Yihua Timber.
National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations
Document Number: 2017-05649
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
The Bureau of the Census (Census Bureau) is giving notice of a virtual meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations (NAC). The Committee will address the U.S. Census Bureau's release of the 2015 National Content Test Race and Ethnicity Analysis Report, which presents findings to the Census Bureau Director and executive staff on the optimal design elements of the race/ ethnicity question(s) as preparations continue for the 2020 Census. The 2015 National Content Test is part of the research and development cycle leading up to a re-engineered 2020 Census. The test was designed to compare different questionnaire design strategies for race and ethnicity. The NAC will meet virtually on Wednesday, April 5, 2017. Last minute changes to the schedule are possible, which could prevent giving advance public notice of schedule adjustments. Please visit the Census Advisory Committees Web site for the most current meeting agenda at: https://www.census.gov/about/cac/nac.html.
U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) Advisory Committee
Document Number: 2017-05640
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS[supreg]) Advisory Committee (Committee) in Washington, DC.
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; Snapper-Grouper Resources of the South Atlantic; Commercial Trip Limit Reduction
Document Number: 2017-05634
Type: Rule
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS issues this temporary rule to reduce the commercial trip limit for vermilion snapper in or from the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of the South Atlantic to 500 lb (227 kg), gutted weight, 555 lb (252 kg), round weight. This trip limit reduction is necessary to protect the South Atlantic vermilion snapper resource.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), Article 1904 Binational Panel Reviews: Notice of Completion of Panel Review
Document Number: 2017-05630
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
Pursuant to the Final Panel Decision of the Binational Panel dated February 2, 2017, affirming the Determination on Remand described above, the Panel Review was completed on March 16, 2017.
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fisheries; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement; Scoping Process; Notification of Scoping Meetings; Request for Comments
Document Number: 2017-05601
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council announces its intent to prepare, in cooperation with NMFS, an environmental impact statement in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. An environmental impact statement may be necessary to assess potential effects on the human environment of an amendment to manage Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) as a stock in the Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish Fishery Management Plan. This notice announces a public process for determining the scope of issues to be addressed and for identifying significant issues related to Council management of Atlantic chub mackerel, including setting annual catch limits, accountability measures, and other conservation and management measures required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for stocks in the fishery.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Native American Tribal Insignia Database
Document Number: 2017-05575
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office
Trademark and Trial Appeal Board (TTAB) Actions
Document Number: 2017-05574
Type: Notice
Date: 2017-03-22
Agency: Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 invites public comments about the proposed extension of an existing information collection: Trademark and Trial Appeal Board (TTAB) Actions.
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