There were 27 notices published by the Interior Department in week ending Aug. 19, according to the Federal Register.

The most recent notice, Notice of Inventory Completion: Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA, was submitted on August 18, 2023.

The Interior Department published 31 the week before, marking a 12.9 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 Aug. 19

Title	Publication Date
Notice of Inventory Completion: Mercyhurst University, Erie, PA	08/18/2023
Extension of Segregation for the Proposed Lava Ridge Wind Project in Jerome, Lincoln, and Minidoka Counties, ID	08/18/2023
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Bald Mountain Mine Plan of Operations Amendment, Juniper Project, White Pine County, Nevada	08/18/2023
Notice of Availability of the Draft Resource Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for the Rock Springs RMP Revision, Wyoming	08/18/2023
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Robertson Mine Project, Lander County, Nevada	08/18/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Native Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership Congress	08/18/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Arkansas Archeological Survey, Fayetteville, AR	08/18/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara, CA	08/18/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA	08/18/2023
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Southwest Region, Albuquerque, NM	08/18/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX	08/18/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC	08/18/2023
Notice of Inventory Completion: Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA	08/18/2023
Committee for the Preservation of the White House; Notice of Public Meeting	08/17/2023
National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions	08/17/2023
Filing of Plats of Survey: Idaho	08/17/2023
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Initiation of 5-Year Status Reviews of 47 Species in California, Nevada, and Oregon	08/17/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement Training System	08/17/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Yukon River Watershed Ecosystem Action Plan	08/17/2023
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Youth Conservation Corps Application and Medical History	08/16/2023
Notice of Public Meeting: Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council	08/16/2023
Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Mojave Precious Metals Exploratory Drilling Project, Ridgecrest, Inyo County, CA	08/16/2023
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System; Availability of Final Revised Maps for Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin	08/16/2023
Privacy Act of 1974; System of Records	08/16/2023
Notice of Temporary Closure and Temporary Restrictions of Selected Public Lands in Mohave County, AZ	08/15/2023
Annual Meeting of Federal Partners and Tribal 477 Workgroup Under Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Act of 2017	08/15/2023
Foreign Endangered Species; Receipt of Permit Applications	08/15/2023