Department of Commerce October 31, 2018 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Commerce Alternative Personnel System
Document Number: 2018-23832
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce
This notice announces the expansion of employee coverage under the Commerce Alternative Personnel System (CAPS), formerly the Department of Commerce Personnel Management Demonstration Project, published in the Federal Register on December 24, 1997. This coverage is extended to include employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office of Atmospheric Research (OAR) located in the Earth Systems Research Laboratory, the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, and the Pacific Marine Environmental Research Laboratory. This notice also serves to modify the plan to add the Investigative Analysis Series, 1805 to the Administrative (ZA) career path.
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2018-23830
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Document Number: 2018-23829
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Endangered and Threatened Species: Take of Anadromous Fish
Document Number: 2018-23812
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS has received an application for a new Enhancement of Survival Permit and a request for entry into an associated proposed Safe Harbor Agreement (Agreement) between the applicant and NMFS. The proposed Enhancement of Survival Permit and Agreement are intended to promote the survival and recovery of Central California Coast (CCC) Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and CCC Steelhead (O. mykiss) listed as endangered and threatened, respectively, under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Information NMFS received as a part of the application is available upon request by contacting the NMFS West Coast Region (WCR) at its California Coastal Office in Santa Rosa, California (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
National Sea Grant Advisory Board (NSGAB); Public Meeting of the National Sea Grant Advisory Board
Document Number: 2018-23810
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of a forthcoming meeting of the National Sea Grant Advisory Board (Board). Board members will discuss and provide advice on the National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant) in the areas of program evaluation, strategic planning, education and extension, science and technology programs, and other matters as described in the agenda found on the Sea Grant website.
Reorganization of Foreign-Trade Zone 29 Under Alternative Site Framework; Louisville, Kentucky
Document Number: 2018-23795
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 15; Under Alternative Site Framework Kansas City, Missouri
Document Number: 2018-23794
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Stainless Steel Bar From Brazil: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018
Document Number: 2018-23792
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that the sole exporter subject to this administrative review has made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) February 1, 2017, through August 8, 2017. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Exempted Fishing, Scientific Research, Display, and Shark Research Fishery Permits; Letters of Acknowledgment
Document Number: 2018-23791
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NMFS announces its intent to issue exempted fishing permits (EFPs), scientific research permits (SRPs), display permits, letters of acknowledgment (LOAs), and shark research fishery permits for Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) in 2019. EFPs and related permits would authorize collection of a limited number of HMS, including tunas, swordfish, billfishes, and sharks, from Federal waters in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, and Gulf of Mexico for the purposes of scientific research, data collection, the investigation of bycatch, and public display, among other things. LOAs acknowledge that scientific research activity aboard a scientific research vessel is being conducted. Generally, EFPs and related permits would be valid from the date of issuance through December 31, 2019, unless otherwise specified, subject to the terms and conditions of individual permits. This notice also schedules a public webinar/conference call for applicants, during which NMFS will provide a general overview of the EFP program and hold a question and answer session.
Glycine From Japan: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination
Document Number: 2018-23720
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that glycine from Japan is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.
Glycine From Thailand: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Not Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final Determination
Document Number: 2018-23719
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that glycine from Thailand is not being, or is not likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) for the period of investigation (POI) January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.
Glycine From India: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures
Document Number: 2018-23718
Type: Notice
Date: 2018-10-31
Agency: Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that glycine from India is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) for the period of investigation (POI) January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are invited to comment on this preliminary determination.
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