There were 17 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending July 29, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: High Desert Museum, Bend, OR, was submitted on July 28, 2023.

The Interior Department published 42 the week before, marking a 59.5 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 July 29

Title	Publication Date
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: High Desert Museum, Bend, OR	07/28/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY	07/28/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA	07/28/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK	07/28/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA	07/28/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum, Vernal, UT	07/28/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: High Desert Museum, Bend, OR	07/28/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK	07/28/2023
Foreign Endangered Species; Receipt of Permit Applications	07/28/2023
Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey, Colorado	07/27/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Marine Mammal Marking, Tagging, and Reporting Certificates, and Registration of Certain Dead Marine Mammal Hard Parts	07/26/2023
Notice of Proposed Withdrawal and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Oregon	07/25/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Water Resources Management-Institutional Resiliency and Data Delivery Needs Information Collection	07/25/2023
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians Liquor Control Ordinance of 2022; Repeal and Replace	07/25/2023
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications	07/24/2023
Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications	07/24/2023
Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications	07/24/2023