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Monday May 13, 1996 Part IV Department of Commerce Semiannual Regulatory Agenda federal register 22805 22806 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 93 / Monday, May 13, 1996 / Unified Agenda DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) DOC DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE in the agenda, contact the individual A large number of regulatory actions identified as the contact person. reported in the agenda deal with fishery Office of the Secretary General: Comments or inquiries of a management programs of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service 13 CFR Ch. III general nature about the agenda should be directed to Michael A. Levitt, (NMFS). To avoid repetition of programs and definitions, as well as to 15 CFR Subtitle A; Subtitle B, Chs. I, Assistant General Counsel for provide some understanding of the II, III, VII, VIII, IX, XI, and XXIII Legislation and Regulation, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, technical and institutional elements of 19 CFR Ch. III DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-0846. the NMFS programs, a section on ``Explanation of Information Contained SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E.O. 37 CFR Chs. I, IV, and V in NMFS Regulatory Entries'' is 12866 requires agencies to publish an provided below. agenda of those regulations that are 48 CFR Ch. 13 under consideration pursuant to this Explanation of Information Contained in NMFS Regulatory Entries 50 CFR Chs. II, III, IV, and VI order. By memorandum of January 2, 1996, the Office of Management and The Magnuson Fishery Conservation Budget (OMB) issued guidelines and April 1996 Semiannual Agenda of and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et procedures for the preparation and Regulations seq.) (Act) governs the management of publication of the April 1996 Unified fisheries within the Exclusive Economic AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Agenda of Federal Regulations. The Zone (EEZ). The EEZ refers to those Commerce. Regulatory Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. waters from the outer edge of the State ACTION: 602(a), requires agencies to publish, in Semiannual regulatory agenda. boundaries, generally 3 nautical miles, April and October of each year, a to a distance of 200 nautical miles. regulatory flexibility agenda which SUMMARY: Fishery Management Plans (FMPs) are In compliance with Executive contains a brief description of the to be prepared for fisheries which Order (E.O.) 12866 entitled ``Regulatory subject area of any rule which is likely require conservation and management Planning and Review'' and the to have a significant economic impact measures. Regulations implementing Regulatory Flexibility Act (Pub. L. 96- on a substantial number of small these FMPs regulate domestic fishing 354), the Department of Commerce, in entities. April and October of each year, and foreign fishing where permitted. publishes in the Federal Register an Reinventing Government Foreign fishing can be conducted in a agenda of regulations under As part of the President's Regulatory fishery for which there is no FMP only development or review over the next 12 Reform Initiative, the President directed if a preliminary fishery management months. Rulemaking actions are agencies to conduct a page-by-page plan has been issued to govern that grouped according to prerulemaking, review of all regulations and eliminate foreign fishing. Under the Act, eight proposed rules, final rules, long-term or revise those that are outdated or Regional Fishery Management Councils actions, and rulemaking actions otherwise in need of reform. The April (Councils) prepare FMPs or completed since the October 1995 1996 agenda contains information on amendments to FMPs for fisheries agenda. The purpose of the agenda is to the Department's review of its within their respective areas. In the provide information to the public on regulations and identifies whether or development of such plans or regulations currently under review, not a current rulemaking is part of the amendments and their implementing being proposed, or issued by the Regulatory Reform and Reinventing regulations, the Councils are required by Department. The agenda is intended to Government effort. A number of law to conduct public hearings on the facilitate comments and views by regulations will be eliminated. Other draft plans and to consider the use of interested members of the public. regulations will be revised to reduce alternative means of regulating. The Department's April 1996 burden or duplication or to streamline The Council process for developing regulatory agenda includes regulatory the requirements. FMPs and amendments makes it activities that are expected to be Explanation of Information Contained difficult for NMFS to determine the conducted during the period April 1, in the Agenda significance and timing of some 1996, through March 30, 1997. Within the Department, the Office of regulatory actions under consideration However, at the time the agenda was by the Councils at the time the prepared, the Department was operating the Secretary and various operating units may issue regulations. Operating semiannual regulatory agenda is under a Continuing Resolution, and it is published. unknown what programs and/or units, such as the Bureau of Export timetables will be affected by budgetary Administration, the International Trade The DOC April 1996 regulatory issues. Administration, the National Oceanic agenda follows. and Atmospheric Administration FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (NOAA), and the Patent and Trademark Dated: March 27, 1996. Specific: For additional information Office, issue the greatest share of the Kathleen Ambrose, about specific regulatory actions listed Department's regulations. Deputy General Counsel. Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 93 / Monday, May 13, 1996 / Unified Agenda 22807 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) DOC Office of the SecretaryÐLong-Term Actions Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number 377 Contract Clauses and Solicitation Provisions for the Commerce Automated Solicitation System ............................... 0690-AA08 378 Standards of Ethical ConductÐDepartment of Commerce Supplemental Regulations ............................................... 0690-AA23 Bureau of Economic AnalysisÐProposed Rule Stage Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number 379 Benchmark Survey of Selected Services Transactions With Unaffiliated Foreign Persons ......................................... 0691-AA27 Bureau of Economic AnalysisÐCompleted Actions Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number 380 Annual Survey of Financial Services Transactions Between U.S. Financial Services Providers and Unaffiliated For- eign Persons ................................................................................................................................................................. 0691-AA26 Bureau of the CensusÐLong-Term Actions Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number 381 Cutoff Dates for Recognition of Boundary Changes for the 2000 Decennial Census of Population and Housing ...... 0607-AA18 382 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) to Conform Requirements and Wording to the U.S. Customs Service Requirements for the Automated Export System (AES) ................................................................. 0607-AA19 383 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) To Clarify the Definition of Exporter ........................... 0607-AA20 384 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) To Add a Requirement To Collect Information on Canadian Province of Origin for U.S. Imports From Canada ...................................................................................... 0607-AA21 385 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) Requiring a Designator When the Export Shipment Is a Foreign Military Sale ............................................................................................................................................. 0607-AA22 386 Changes to the Foreign Trade Statistical Regulations (FTSR) Requiring the Filing of Shipper's Export Declarations (SEDs) for Company-Owned Tools of Trade ............................................................................................................... 0607-AA23 Economic Development AdministrationÐCompleted Actions Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number 387 Simplification and Streamlining of Regulations of the Economic Development Administration .................................... 0610-AA47 General AdministrationÐFinal Rule Stage Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number 388 Uniform Administrative Requirement for Grants and Agreements With Institutions of Higher Education, Hospitals, and Other Nonprofits and Commercial Organizations ................................................................................................. 0605-AA09 389 Cost Principles for State, Local, and Indian Tribal Governments ................................................................................. 0605-AA10 22808 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 93 / Monday, May 13, 1996 / Unified Agenda DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (DOC) DOC International Trade AdministrationÐProposed Rule Stage Regulation Sequence Title Identifier Number Number 390 Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties ................................................................................................................... 0625-AA45 391 Changes in Procedures for Florence Agreement Program ........................................................................................... 0625-AA47 International Trade AdministrationÐFinal Rule Stage Regulation