Proposed rule published on Aug. 24 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

The proposed rule is focused on Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, and Buffers for Waters of the United States.

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. 24

Title
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Fort Worth, TX
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Intermountain Region, Denver, CO
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alaska State Office of History and Archaeology, Anchorage, AK and Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK
Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Moab Field Office in Grand and San Juan Counties, UT
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alaska State Office of History and Archaeology, Anchorage, AK, and Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK
Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, Wyoming
Notice of Availability and Announcement of Public Meetings and Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) Subsistence Hearings; Northeast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Supplemental Draft Integrated Activity Plan/Environmental Impact Statement
Notice of Availability of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Overland Pass Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Project, WY
Notice of Realty Action; Recreation and Public Purposes Act Classification of Public Lands in Clark County, NV
Excess Spoil Minimization-Stream Buffer Zones Draft Environmental Impact Statement, OSM-EIS-34
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Excess Spoil, Coal Mine Waste, and Buffers for Waters of the United States