There were 29 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending Aug. 5, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Colorado River Valley Field Office and Grand Junction Field Office Resource Management Plans, Colorado, was submitted on August 4, 2023.

The Interior Department published 17 the week before, marking a 70.6 percent increase.

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 Aug. 5

Title	Publication Date
Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan and Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Colorado River Valley Field Office and Grand Junction Field Office Resource Management Plans, Colorado	08/04/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; USA National Phenology Network-The Nature's Notebook Plant and Animal Observing Program	08/04/2023
Draft Prospectus for the First National Nature Assessment	08/04/2023
Salt River Project Roosevelt Habitat Conservation Plan Amendment and Draft Environmental Assessment; Maricopa and Gila Counties, Arizona	08/04/2023
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	08/03/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA	08/03/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum, Chicago, IL	08/03/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Anchorage, AK	08/03/2023
Alaska Native Claims Selection	08/03/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Rhode Island, South Kingstown, RI, and Connecticut College, New London, CT	08/03/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, El Paso, TX	08/03/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA	08/03/2023
Alaska Native Claims Selection	08/03/2023
Alaska Native Claims Selection	08/03/2023
Alaska Native Claims Selection	08/03/2023
HEARTH Act Approval of Cocopah Tribe of Arizona Business Site Leasing Ordinance	08/03/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum, Chicago, IL	08/03/2023
Alaska Native Claims Selection	08/03/2023
Notice of Public Meetings, San Rafael Swell Recreation Area Advisory Council, Utah	08/02/2023
Rate Adjustments for Indian Irrigation Projects	08/02/2023
Intent To Prepare an Updated Bison and Elk Management Plan for the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming; Environmental Impact Statement	08/01/2023
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for Commercial Wind Lease Issuance and Site Assessment Activities on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf Offshore Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia	08/01/2023
Public Meeting of the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Work Group	07/31/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Technical Evaluation Surveys	07/31/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Restrictions on Financial Interests of State Employees	07/31/2023
Preservation Technology and Training Board Notice of Public Meeting	07/31/2023
Public Meetings of the National Park Service Alaska Region Subsistence Resource Commission Program	07/31/2023
Notice of Filing of Plats of Survey; New Mexico; Oklahoma	07/31/2023
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	07/31/2023