There were 82 notices published by the Interior Department in April, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY, was submitted on April 27, 2023.

The Interior Department published 112 the month before, marking a 26.8 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 April

Title	Publication Date
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Mineral Materials Disposal	04/27/2023
Notice of Public Meeting, Bears Ears National Monument Advisory Committee, Utah	04/27/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Tramroads and Logging Roads	04/27/2023
Notice of Termination of Preparation of Environmental Impact Statement for the Hiawatha Regional Energy Development Project, Wyoming	04/27/2023
Public Land Order No. 7921; Withdrawal of Public Land for Satellite Calibration in Railroad Valley; Nye County, Nevada	04/27/2023
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications	04/27/2023
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY	04/27/2023
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink; Lake County, FL; Categorical Exclusion	04/27/2023
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink; Orange County, FL; Categorical Exclusion	04/27/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI	04/26/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA	04/26/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL	04/26/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Programmatic Clearance for NPS-Sponsored Public Surveys	04/26/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL	04/26/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL	04/26/2023
Commercial Leasing for Wind Power Development on the Gulf of Maine Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)-Call for Information and Nominations	04/26/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Production Estimate	04/25/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) Competitive Cooperative Agreement Program With State Geological Surveys	04/25/2023
Notice of Intent To Amend the Las Vegas Resource Management Plan and Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Golden Currant Solar Project in Clark County, Nevada	04/25/2023
Endangered Species; Marine Mammals; Issuance of Permits	04/25/2023
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Alabama Beach Mouse, Baldwin County, AL; Categorical Exclusion	04/25/2023
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Sand Skink and Blue-Tailed Mole Skink; Osceola County, FL; Categorical Exclusion	04/25/2023
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	04/24/2023
Notice of Temporary Road Closure on Public Lands in Nez Perce County, ID	04/24/2023
Notice of Intent To Establish Recreation Fees on Public Lands in the Anchorage District Office, Alaska	04/24/2023
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Segregation for the Proposed Libra Solar Project in Mineral and Lyon Counties, Nevada	04/24/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Tribal Transportation Program	04/24/2023
Major Portion Prices and Due Date for Additional Royalty Payments on Gas Produced From Indian Lands in Designated Areas That Are Not Associated With an Index Zone	04/24/2023
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records	04/24/2023
Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams and Official Protraction Aliquot Diagrams	04/21/2023
Notice of Public Meetings of the Central California Resource Advisory Council	04/21/2023
Notice of Availability of the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Approval of Herbicide Active Ingredients for Use on Public Lands	04/21/2023
Notice of Approved Class III Tribal Gaming Ordinance	04/21/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Fort Ticonderoga Association, Ticonderoga, NY	04/20/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: United States Space Force, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Space Launch Delta 45, Brevard County, FL	04/20/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA	04/20/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; National Park Service, Survey of Educators	04/20/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Alaska Guide Service Evaluation	04/19/2023
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	04/18/2023
Land Acquisitions; the Samish Indian Nation, Washington	04/18/2023
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	04/12/2023
Receipt of Enhancement of Survival Permit Applications in Support of Quail Country Programmatic Candidate Conservation Agreement With Assurances for North Florida and Southwest Georgia; Categorical Exclusion	04/11/2023
Notice of Public Meetings, Utah Resource Advisory Council, Utah	04/11/2023
Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council; Call for Nominations	04/11/2023
Notice of Competitive Offer and Notice of Segregation for Solar Energy Development on Public Land, Nye County, Nevada	04/11/2023
Extension of the Opening Order in Public Land Order No. 7899 and Addressing Pending Public Land Orders in Alaska	04/10/2023
Indian Gaming; Extension of Tribal-State Class III Gaming Compact (Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe and the State of Nevada)	04/10/2023
Notice of Approved Class III Tribal Gaming Ordinance	04/10/2023
Foreign Endangered Species; Receipt of Permit Applications	04/10/2023
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee Notice of Public Meeting	04/07/2023
Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Technical Evaluation Surveys	04/07/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Oil and Gas Facility Site Security	04/07/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Measurement of Gas	04/07/2023
Filing of Plats of Survey: Idaho	04/07/2023
Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Rights of Entry	04/07/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; USGS Water Use Data and Research Program Announcement	04/07/2023
Receipt of Incidental Take Permit Application and Proposed Habitat Conservation Plan for the Alabama Beach Mouse, Baldwin County, AL; Categorical Exclusion	04/07/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for Review and Approval; Youth Conservation Corps Application and Medical History	04/06/2023
Notice of Temporary Restrictions on Motorized Vehicle Use for Specified Routes on Public Lands in Grand County, Utah	04/06/2023
Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Restrictions on Financial Interests of State Employees	04/06/2023
Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; New Mexico	04/06/2023
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	04/05/2023
Notice of Western Montana Resource Advisory Council Meeting	04/05/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Measurement of Oil	04/05/2023
Notice of Public Meeting of Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee	04/04/2023
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for SouthCoast Wind Energy, LLC's (Formerly Mayflower Wind Energy, LLC) Proposed Wind Energy Facility Offshore Massachusetts; Extension of Comment Period	04/04/2023
HEARTH Act Approval of Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Leasing Ordinance	04/03/2023
Self-Governance PROGRESS Act Negotiated Rulemaking Committee; Notice of Meeting	04/03/2023
HEARTH Act Approval of Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado Leasing Ordinance	04/03/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Policy Regarding Voluntary Prelisting Conservation Actions	04/03/2023