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Half of all public comments on open federal rules are on one Alaska oil proposal

Published 2026-11-07 · By Pushbuild · Data: Regulations.gov Dockets & Public Comments Tracker

The Bureau of Land Management's proposal on production sites in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska had 72,576 public comments on November 7, 2026, 49.4% of the 147,045 comments on all 485 federal documents then open for comment on Regulations.gov. Its comment period closes November 9.

National Petroleum…72,576Eliminating the Di…28,282Federal Scholarshi…22,434Optional Practical…6,665Improving Patient …3,300Charter Amendments…3,143Petition: Bayer U.…3,000Small Business Siz…997Substances General…768Removing 30-Day Re…620

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DocumentAgencyTypeComments closeComments
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Production Site DevelopmentBLMProposed Rule2026-11-0972,576
Eliminating the Discretionary 60-Day Grace PeriodUSCISProposed Rule2026-11-1028,282
Federal Scholarship Tax CreditIRSProposed Rule2026-12-0122,434
Optional Practical Training FeesICEBProposed Rule2026-11-096,665
Improving Patient Access to Deceased Donor Islet Cells and Cell Products; Request for InformationFDANotice2026-11-093,300
Charter Amendments, Establishments, Renewals and Terminations: Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee for VeNHTSANotice2026-11-093,143
Petition: Bayer U.S.-Crop Science; Determination of Nonregulated Status and Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment fAPHISNotice2026-11-203,000
Small Business Size Standards: Revised Size Standards MethodologySBAProposed Rule2026-11-20997
Substances Generally Recognized as SafeFDAProposed Rule2026-12-09768
Removing 30-Day Refugee Termination NoticeUSCISRule2026-11-13620

The top three, the Alaska proposal, a USCIS proposal to eliminate a discretionary 60-day grace period and an IRS proposal on the federal scholarship tax credit, hold 123,292 comments between them, 83.8% of the total.

Caveats

A snapshot of documents open for comment on Regulations.gov on November 7, 2026, with comment counts as Regulations.gov reports them that day. Counts rise until a period closes, and agencies can post comments late or withhold duplicates from mass campaigns, so a count measures posted comments, not people.

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Data as of 2026-11-07. Every figure in this post is in the table above and the CSV below.

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