December: Interior Department publishes 85 notices

There were 85 notices published by the Interior Department in December, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Federal Fish and Wildlife Applications and Reports-Law Enforcement, was submitted on December 30, 2022.

The Interior Department published 119 the month before, marking a 28.6 percent decrease for the current month.

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 in December

Title	Publication Date
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Federal Fish and Wildlife Applications and Reports-Law Enforcement	12/30/2022
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	12/29/2022
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Incidental Take Permit Application; Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan Amendment for the Multiple Species Conservation Program County of San Diego Subarea Plan, County of San Diego, California	12/28/2022
Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group; Notice of Public Meeting	12/27/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Coal Management	12/27/2022
Self-Governance PROGRESS Act Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Notice of Meeting	12/27/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty	12/27/2022
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications	12/27/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Project Planning for the Use of Outer Continental Shelf Sand, Gravel, and Shell Resources in Construction Projects That Qualify for Negotiated Noncompetitive Agreement	12/23/2022
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Park City Wind, LLC's Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Massachusetts	12/23/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Land Use Application and Permit	12/22/2022
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	12/22/2022
Incidental Take Permit Application; Habitat Conservation Plan and Categorical Exclusion for the Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse; Douglas County, Colorado	12/21/2022
Application for Amendment of Incidental Take Permit; Cibolo Canyon Master Phase II Environmental Assessment and Habitat Conservation Plan for Golden-Cheeked Warbler; Bexar County, TX	12/20/2022
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Elliott State Research Forest Habitat Conservation Plan in Coos and Douglas Counties, OR; Extension of Public Comment Period	12/20/2022
Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Coquille Indian Tribe Fee-to-Trust and Gaming Facility Project, City of Medford, Jackson County, Oregon	12/20/2022
Foreign Endangered Species; Receipt of Permit Applications	12/20/2022
Endangered Species; Recovery Permit Applications	12/20/2022
Endangered Wildlife; Recovery Permit Applications	12/20/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Tramroads and Logging Roads	12/20/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA	12/20/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA	12/20/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA	12/20/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, AL	12/20/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: University of Arkansas Museum Collections, Fayetteville, AR	12/20/2022
Notice of Public Meetings of the Idaho Resource Advisory Council and the Lava Ridge Wind Project Subcommittee	12/20/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA	12/20/2022
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC's Proposed Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Mine Project, Esmeralda County, NV	12/20/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH	12/20/2022
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for Public Meeting for the Historic Town of Rhyolite for Protection of Cultural and Recreational Resources, Nye County, NV	12/19/2022
Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compacts in the State of North Dakota	12/19/2022
Indian Gaming; Approval of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compacts in the State of North Dakota	12/19/2022
Quarterly Status Report of Water Service, Repayment, and Other Water-Related Contract Actions	12/19/2022
San Carlos Irrigation Project-Power Division, Arizona Power Rate Adjustment	12/19/2022
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	12/16/2022
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Sunrise Wind, LLC's Proposed Sunrise Wind Farm Offshore New York	12/16/2022
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) Commercial Project	12/16/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, AL	12/15/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon Historical Society, Portland, OR	12/15/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Stakeholder Engagement for Natural Hazards Investigations in the Caribbean	12/15/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA	12/15/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Alaska Beak Deformity Observations	12/15/2022
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA	12/15/2022
Advisory Board of Exceptional Children	12/14/2022
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records	12/13/2022
Notice of Public Meetings for the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission	12/13/2022
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Public Meetings; San Juan County, NM; Correction	12/13/2022
Public Meetings of the National Park Service Alaska Region Subsistence Resource Commission Program	12/13/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Electronic Federal Duck Stamp Program	12/13/2022
Notice of Public Meetings for the Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Advisory Commission	12/13/2022
Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee	12/12/2022
States' Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing Relief for Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Properties	12/12/2022
Notice of Segregation of Public Land for the Bonanza Solar Project, Clark County, NV	12/12/2022
Notice of Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Appointments	12/12/2022
Public Land Order No. 7916; Extension of Public Land Order No. 7546; Withdrawal for Protection of Sweetwater River Recreational, Scenic, Riparian, Historic, and Wildlife Resources, Wyoming	12/09/2022
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	12/09/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: New York State Museum, Albany, NY	12/09/2022
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: New York State Museum, Albany, NY	12/09/2022
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN	12/09/2022
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology, Athens, GA	12/09/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: New York State Museum, Albany, NY	12/09/2022
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN	12/09/2022
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: New York State Museum, Albany, NY	12/09/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK	12/09/2022
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA	12/09/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover MA	12/09/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion: North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, Raleigh, NC	12/09/2022
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: North Carolina Office of State Archaeology, Raleigh, NC	12/09/2022
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA	12/09/2022
Notice of Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement To Evaluate Utility-Scale Solar Energy Planning and Amend Resource Management Plans for Renewable Energy Development	12/08/2022
Notice of Segregation of Public Land for the Pinyon Solar Project, Maricopa County, AZ and the Elisabeth Solar Project, Yuma County, AZ	12/08/2022
Second Call for Nominations for the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board	12/08/2022
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	12/08/2022
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Segregation for the Proposed Jove Solar Project, La Paz County, AZ	12/07/2022
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI	12/05/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Competitive Processes, Terms, and Conditions for Leasing Public Lands for Solar and Wind Energy Development	12/05/2022
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: American Numismatic Society, New York, NY	12/05/2022
Advisory Council for Climate Adaptation Science Establishment; Request for Nominations	12/02/2022
Filing of Plats of Survey; Utah	12/02/2022
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records	12/02/2022
HEARTH Act Approval of Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma Leasing Ordinance	12/02/2022
Marine Mammal Protection Act; Receipt of Permit Applications	12/02/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Backcountry/Wilderness Use Permit	12/01/2022
Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for the 2015 Integrated Resource Management Plan for the Colville Indian Reservation, Nespelem, Washington	12/01/2022
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Reporting and Recordkeeping for Snowcoaches and Snowmobiles, Yellowstone National Park	12/01/2022