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coverage from 2026-08-12

What that date means

Coverage begins on 2026-08-12, 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.

12 August 2026 1 document

The National Park Service finalized a rule establishing management guidelines for powered micromobility devices in national park units.

Rule Powered Micromobility Devices 2026-16388

13 August 2026 22 documents

The National Park Service published 22 notices on August 13, 2026, regarding Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act inventories and repatriations.

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 2 documents

The National Park Service published notices soliciting comments on properties nominated for National Register of Historic Places listing, with comments closing August 31, 2026.

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

20 August 2026 1 document

The National Park Service solicited comments on properties nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, with comments closing September 4, 2026.

Notice National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions 2026-16972

The National Park Service published a notice of inventory completion for human remains at California State University, Chico and a notice of a proposed plan of operations for mining access at Joshua Tree National Park.

Notice Notice of Inventory Completion: California State University, Chico, CA 2026-17167
Notice Proposed Plan of Operations; Joshua Tree National Park, CA 2026-17052

24 August 2026 21 documents

The National Park Service published a rule revising personal watercraft regulations at Gulf Islands National Seashore, effective September 23, 2026.

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

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 applications for National Recreation Trail or National Water Trail designation.

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

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 21 documents

The National Park Service published twenty-one notices on August 31, 2026, primarily regarding Native American repatriation inventories and intended repatriations under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

Notice Notice of Public Meetings for the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission 2026-17751
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 1 document

The National Park Service proposed modifying procedural requirements for designating roads and trails for bicycle use in park areas.

Proposed Rule Bicycle Use in Park Areas 2026-17902

2 September 2026 2 documents

The National Park Service published notices requesting extension of an information collection and soliciting comments on historic properties nominated for National Register listing.

Notice Agency Information Collection Activities; Office of Public Health Disease Reporting and Surveillance Forms 2026-17956
Notice National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions 2026-17937

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