Interior Department publishes proposed rule on May 16

The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on May 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System.

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 May 16

Title
Special Regulations; Areas of the National Park System
Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Conformity Determination for the Proposed Federated Indians of the Graton Rancheria Casino and Hotel Project, Sonoma, CA
Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams and Leasing Maps
Alaska Native Claims Selection
Notice of Availability (NOA) of Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP)
Energy Policy Act of 2005, Section 1813, Report to Congress
New Mexico Resource Advisory Council, Notice of Call for Nominations
Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge, Boquerón, PR
Muscatatuck National Wildlife Refuge, Jackson, Jennings and Monroe Counties, IN, Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, Becker County, MN, Tamarac Wetland Management District, Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Hubbard and Koochiching Counties, MN, and Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge Authorized Within the Twenty Counties That Lie Along the Missouri River From Kansas City to St. Louis, MO
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge in South Louisiana