Notice published by Interior Department on Jan. 15

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The notice is focused on Agency Information Collection Activities; Requirements for Permits for Special Categories of Mining.

The Department oversees more than 500 million acres of land. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lowering taxes and boosting federal efficiency, said the department’s actions have contributed to a growing water crisis and holds many lands which could be better managed.

Notices are required documents detailing rules and regulations being proposed by each federal department. This allows the public to see what issues legislators and federal departments are focusing on.

Any person or organization can comment on the proposed rules. Departments and agencies must then address “significant issues raised in comments and discuss any changes made,” the Federal Register says.

Notices published by the Interior Department on Jan. 15

Title
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; Motor Vehicles
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reclassifying Furbish's Lousewort (Pedicularis furbishiae) From Endangered to Threatened Status With a Section 4(d) Rule
Gulf Islands National Seashore; Personal Watercraft
Draft Environmental Impact Statement on the Cook Inlet Lease Sale 258
Notice of Availability of the Area Identification for the Proposed Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale 258
Notice of Availability of the Records of Decision for a Highway Right-of-Way, Amended Habitat Conservation Plan and Issuance of an Incidental Take Permit for the Mojave Desert Tortoise, and Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments, Washington County, UT
Notice of Public Meeting, Utah Resource Advisory Council, Utah
Notice of Public Meetings, San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council, Utah
Notice of Public Meeting, Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee, Utah
Indian Gaming; Extension of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact (Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the State of South Dakota)
Agency Information Collection Activities; Certification of Blasters in Federal Program States and on Indian Lands
Agency Information Collection Activities; Requirements for Coal Exploration
Central Arizona Project, Arizona; Water Allocations
Agency Information Collection Activities; Recreation Survey Questions
Agency Information Collection Activities; Requirements for Permits for Special Categories of Mining
ONRR 2020 Valuation Reform and Civil Penalty Rule
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Revised Designation of Critical Habitat for the Northern Spotted Owl