Homeland Security Department publishes 16 notices in week ending Dec. 17

There were 16 notices published by the Homeland Security Department in week ending Dec. 17, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations, was submitted on December 16, 2022.

The Homeland Security Department published 18 the week before, marking an 11.1 percent decrease.

The Department was built out of more than 20 agencies in 2002. Downsizing the Federal Government, a project aimed at lower taxes and boosting federal efficiency, argued the Department is burdened with "unneeded bureaucracy" which could be handled by other departments or standalone operations.

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 Homeland Security Department in week ending Dec. 17

Title	Publication Date
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations	12/16/2022
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations	12/16/2022
Customs Broker Permit User Fee Payment for 2023	12/16/2022
Free Trade Agreements	12/16/2022
Trial Testing of Redesigned Naturalization Test for Naturalization Applications	12/15/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Public Assistance Program	12/14/2022
Seventh Coast Guard District Southeast Atlantic Coast Port Access Route Study: Port Approaches and International Entry and Departure Transit Areas	12/14/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Request for Federal Assistance Form-How to Process Mission Assignments in Federal Disaster Operations	12/13/2022
Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations	12/12/2022
Employment Authorization for Ethiopian F-1 Nonimmigrant Students Experiencing Severe Economic Hardship as a Direct Result of the Current Crisis in Ethiopia	12/12/2022
Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations	12/12/2022
Designation of Ethiopia for Temporary Protected Status	12/12/2022
Changes in Flood Hazard Determinations	12/12/2022
Final Flood Hazard Determinations	12/12/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Extension, Without Change, of a Currently Approved Collection: Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal	12/12/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; The Declaration Process: Requests for Preliminary Damage Assessment (PDA), Requests for Supplemental Federal Disaster Assistance, Appeals, and Requests for Cost Share Adjustments	12/12/2022