There were 34 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending May 6, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL, was submitted on May 5, 2023.

The Interior Department published 41 the week before, marking a 17.1 percent decrease.

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 week ending May 6

Title	Publication Date
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL	05/05/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL	05/05/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL	05/05/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA	05/05/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA	05/05/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL	05/05/2023
Forthcoming Fiscal Year 2023 Living Language Grant Program	05/05/2023
HEARTH Act Approval of Pala Band of Mission Indians Amended Leasing Ordinance	05/05/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports-Management Authority	05/05/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA	05/05/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL	05/05/2023
Notice of Intent To Amend the California Desert Conservation Area Plan Associated With the Mojave Trails National Monument Management Plan and Prepare an Associated Environmental Assessment	05/05/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Declaration for Importation or Exportation of Fish or Wildlife	05/05/2023
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	05/04/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, OK	05/04/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL	05/04/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL	05/04/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK	05/04/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, GA	05/04/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, Savannah, GA	05/04/2023
Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Requirements for Surface Coal Mining and Reclamation Operations on Indian Lands	05/04/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wyoming Human Remains Repository, Laramie, WY	05/04/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL	05/04/2023
Notice on Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales	05/04/2023
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for a Wind Energy Research Lease on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Maine	05/04/2023
Filing of Plats of Survey: Alaska	05/04/2023
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records	05/04/2023
Notice To Reopen the Call for Nominations to the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Committee	05/03/2023
Official Trail Marker for National Water Trails	05/02/2023
Notice of Public Meeting for the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council	05/02/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Application for Permit To Drill (APD, Revised APD), Supplemental APD Information Sheet, and All Supporting Documentation	05/02/2023
Public Meeting of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group	05/01/2023
Land Exchange at Virgin Islands National Park; Correction	05/01/2023
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement To Analyze the Potential Environmental Effects From Maintaining Secretary Jewell's Coal Leasing Moratorium	05/01/2023