What did Interior Department publish on Aug. 20?

The US Interior Department published a five page rule on Aug. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The rule is focused on Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System; Saguaro National Park, Designated Bicycle Routes.

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. 20

Title
Special Regulations, Areas of the National Park System; Saguaro National Park, Designated Bicycle Routes
Federal Oil Valuation
Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Humphrey Center for American Indian Studies, Central Lakes College, Brainerd, MN
Notice of Inventory Completion: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee Findings and Recommendations and Minority Opinion Regarding a Dispute Between the Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts and the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum
State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting
Notice of Meeting of the Trinity Adaptive Management Working Group
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Montana, Missoula, MT, and U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
Notice of Inventory Completion: Springfield Science Museum, Springfield, MA
Notice of Inventory Completion: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, and U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Oregon State Museum of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; Correction
Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Montana, Missoula, MT