Interior Department publishes proposed rule on Aug. 14

The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of Comment Period, Announcement of Public Hearing, and Availability of Draft Economic Analysis for Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Three Threatened Mussels and Eight Endangered Mussels in the Mobile River Basin.

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 has 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 Aug. 14

Title
Distribution of Fiscal Year 2003 Indian Reservation Roads Funds
2003-2004 Refuge-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Reopening of Comment Period, Announcement of Public Hearing, and Availability of Draft Economic Analysis for Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat for Three Threatened Mussels and Eight Endangered Mussels in the Mobile River Basin
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Lake Curry Water Supply Project, Napa and Solano Counties, CA
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Fort Polk, LA
Great Sand Dunes National Park Advisory Council Meeting
Availability of the Draft General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA, and in the Control of the Georgia Department of Transportation, Atlanta, GA; Correction
Public Land Order No. 7579; Partial Revocation of Public Land Order No. 2198; NM
Gauley River National Recreation Area, West Virginia
Request for Public Comments on Information Collection To Be Submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for Review Under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
Public Land Order No. 7578; Partial Revocation of Public Land Order No. 1479; ID
Public Land Order No. 7580; Revocation of Executive Order Dated June 30, 1851; MI
Safe Harbor Agreement for White River Spinedace at Indian Springs, White Pine County, NV
Recovery Plan for Kneeland Prairie Penny-Cress (Thlaspi californicum
Proposed Low Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for George Shimboff, Solano County, California