Interior Department — the long-form archive

coverage from 2026-08-10

What that date means

Coverage begins on 2026-08-10, which is when this archive started holding Federal Register issues — not when the agency started publishing.

Anything earlier is absent from this page, and its absence is not evidence.

10 August 2026 1 document

Notice Foreign Endangered Species; Receipt of Permit Applications 2026-16260

11 August 2026 4 documents

Notice Marine Mammals; Incidental Take During Specified Activities; Proposed Incidental Harassment Authorization for Southwest Alaska Stock of Northern Sea Otters in Unalaska, Alaska 2026-16367
Rule North Dakota Regulatory Program 2026-16318
Notice Public Land Order No. 7969; Withdrawal Revocation Calcasieu Radio Beacon Station, Calcasieu, Cameron Parish, Louisiana 2026-16295
Notice Endangered Species; Issuance of Permits 2026-16291

The Interior Department finalized a management framework for powered micromobility devices in National Park System units and proposed authorizing incidental sea otter harassment from Alaska marine construction.

13 August 2026 25 documents

The Interior Department published 25 notices on August 13, 2026, regarding Paperwork Reduction Act information collections and Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act inventories and repatriations.

Notice Agency Information Collection Activities; Federal Fish and Wildlife Permit Applications and Reports-Migratory Birds 2026-16534
Notice Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Information Required To Cross Private Land for Access to BLM Lands 2026-16527
Notice Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget; North American Woodcock Singing Ground Survey 2026-16520
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX 2026-16498
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA 2026-16497
Notice Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, MA 2026-16496
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 2026-16495
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA 2026-16494
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Bruce Museum Greenwich, CT 2026-16493
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 2026-16492
Notice Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg, VA 2026-16491
Notice Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Petersburg National Battlefield, Petersburg, VA 2026-16490
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA 2026-16489
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cumberland Island National Seashore, St. Marys, GA 2026-16488
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: History Colorado, Denver, CO 2026-16487
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Mesa Verde National Park, CO 2026-16486
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH 2026-16485
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Davis, Davis, CA 2026-16484
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, California State Office, Sacramento, CA 2026-16483
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, California State Office, Sacramento, CA 2026-16482
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 2026-16481
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN, and the Frank H. McClung Museum of Natural History & Culture, Knoxville, TN 2026-16480
Notice Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Cherokee National Forest, Cleveland, TN 2026-16479
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI 2026-16478
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 2026-16477

14 August 2026 4 documents

The Interior Department published its Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions and three notices regarding information collections and National Register historic properties.

Notice Regulatory Agenda 2026-16598
Notice Agency Information Collection Activities; State Processes for Designating Areas Unsuitable for Surface Coal Mining Operations 2026-16586
Notice National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions 2026-16574
Notice National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions 2026-16568

17 August 2026 2 documents

The Interior Department published notices for information collection renewals on oil and gas drilling operations and outer continental shelf sand and gravel agreements.

18 August 2026 2 documents

The Interior Department published notices announcing availability of Outer Continental Shelf Official Protraction Diagrams and a Proposed Leasing Notice for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands mineral lease sale.

20 August 2026 3 documents

The Interior Department published notices on survey plats for New Mexico and Oklahoma, an information collection extension for coal management, and pending National Register of Historic Places nominations.

Notice Filing Plats of Survey; New Mexico, Oklahoma 2026-17018
Notice Agency Information Collection Activities; Coal Management 2026-16992
Notice National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions 2026-16972

21 August 2026 8 documents

The Interior Department published eight documents on August 21, 2026, including seven notices and one rule addressing tribal recognition, endangered species permits, ocean energy management, mining regulation, and tribal ordinances.

Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Chico, CA 2026-17167
Notice General Conservation Plan for the Alabama beach mouse; Categorical Exclusion; Baldwin County, AL 2026-17152
Notice Agency Information Collection Activities; Application To Be Recognized as Qualified To Bid On, Hold, or Operate a Lease or Grant on the OCS in Accordance With the Requirements of 30 CFR 556, Subpart D 2026-17149
Notice Caddo Nation Liquor Control Code 2026-17057
Rule Montana Regulatory Program 2026-17055
Notice Receipt of Documented Petition for Federal Acknowledgment as an American Indian Tribe 2026-17054
Notice Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Ordinance Amendment 2026-17053
Notice Proposed Plan of Operations; Joshua Tree National Park, CA 2026-17052

24 August 2026 25 documents

The Interior Department published 25 documents on August 24, 2026, including notices establishing categorical exclusions for forest density management and timber salvage harvest under National Environmental Policy Act procedures.

Notice National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures: Forest and Woodland Density Management Categorical Exclusion 2026-17252
Notice National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures: Timber Salvage Harvest Categorical Exclusion 2026-17251
Notice Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona Liquor Control Code 2026-17235
Notice Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Revisions to the U.S. Geological Survey's Bird Banding and Marking Permit Application 2026-17213
Rule Gulf Islands National Seashore; Personal Watercraft 2026-17198
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 2026-17186
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI 2026-17185
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ 2026-17184
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Museums, Garvies Point Museum and Preserve, Glen Cove, NY 2026-17182
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, and State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND 2026-17181
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Boston Children's Museum, Boston, MA 2026-17180
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, MA 2026-17179
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum, Chicago, IL 2026-17178
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Iliff School of Theology, Denver, CO 2026-17177
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Yager Museum of Art & Culture, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY 2026-17176
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Texas at Austin, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, Austin, TX 2026-17175
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation, Waterford, NY 2026-17174
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2026-17173
Notice Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, TN 2026-17172
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MS 2026-17171
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 2026-17170
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC 2026-17169
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA 2026-17168
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA 2026-17166
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA 2026-17165

25 August 2026 1 document

The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement denied Montana's proposed amendment to its regulatory program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act.

Rule Montana Regulatory Program 2026-17333

26 August 2026 1 document

The National Park Service published a notice on August 26, 2026, proposing to reinstate a previously approved information collection for trail designation applications.

Notice Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Application for Designation as National Recreation Trail or National Water Trail 2026-17379

27 August 2026 2 documents

The Interior Department published notice of a Scientific Earthquake Studies Advisory Committee meeting and notice of an information collection renewal for bureau-funded schools.

28 August 2026 1 document

The National Park Service published a notice proposing to renew an information collection for research permit and reporting system applications and reports.

Notice Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Research Permit and Reporting System Applications and Reports 2026-17546

31 August 2026 23 documents

The Fish and Wildlife Service adopted a rule changing the administrative process for authorizing seasonal migratory game bird hunting to occur once every three years instead of annually.

Notice Notice of Public Meetings for the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission 2026-17751
Rule Process for Authorizing Seasonal Migratory Game Bird Hunting 2026-17733
Notice Authorization Conditions and State Seasons for Seasonal Migratory Game Bird Hunting 2026-17732
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, AZ 2026-17714
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, AZ 2026-17713
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, AZ 2026-17712
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, AZ 2026-17711
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, AZ 2026-17710
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk District, Norfolk, VA 2026-17709
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL 2026-17708
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Atchison County Historical Society; Atchison, KS 2026-17707
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum, Chicago, IL 2026-17706
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson, MS 2026-17705
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL 2026-17704
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, CA 2026-17703
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 2026-17702
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 2026-17701
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 2026-17700
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Archeological Research Laboratory, Austin, TX, and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX 2026-17699
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ball State University, Muncie, IN 2026-17698
Notice Notice of Intended Repatriation: Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, AZ 2026-17697
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, AZ 2026-17696
Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: Arizona State University, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Tempe, AZ 2026-17695

1 September 2026 4 documents

The Interior Department published a proposed rule modifying bicycle use procedures, two rules on wildlife refuge hunting and Montana mining programs, and a notice on a mining permit environmental statement.

Proposed Rule Bicycle Use in Park Areas 2026-17902
Rule National Wildlife Refuge System; 2026-2027 Station-Specific Hunting and Sport Fishing Regulations 2026-17895
Rule Montana Regulatory Program 2026-17821
Notice Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for Navajo Transitional Energy Company's Navajo Mine No Name SMCRA Permit 2026-17785

2 September 2026 4 documents

The Interior Department published four notices on September 2, 2026, regarding information collection activities and National Register of Historic Places nominations.

3 September 2026 4 documents

Notice Endangered Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications 2026-18070
Notice Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Silver Rock Transmission Line Project in Millard, Beaver, and Iron Counties, UT and Lincoln and Clark Counties, NV 2026-18056
Notice Notice of Intent To Amend the Vernal Resource Management Plan for Oil and Gas Leasing and Prepare an Associated Environmental Assessment, Utah 2026-18054
Notice Filing of Plats of Survey; Colorado 2026-18039

4 September 2026 2 documents

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