# 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](https://pushbuild.com/apis/regulations-gov-dockets.html)

**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.

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| Document | Agency | Type | Comments close | Comments |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Production Site Development | BLM | Proposed Rule | 2026-11-09 | 72,576 |
| Eliminating the Discretionary 60-Day Grace Period | USCIS | Proposed Rule | 2026-11-10 | 28,282 |
| Federal Scholarship Tax Credit | IRS | Proposed Rule | 2026-12-01 | 22,434 |
| Optional Practical Training Fees | ICEB | Proposed Rule | 2026-11-09 | 6,665 |
| Improving Patient Access to Deceased Donor Islet Cells and Cell Products; Request for Information | FDA | Notice | 2026-11-09 | 3,300 |
| Charter Amendments, Establishments, Renewals and Terminations: Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee for Ve | NHTSA | Notice | 2026-11-09 | 3,143 |
| Petition: Bayer U.S.-Crop Science; Determination of Nonregulated Status and Draft Plant Pest Risk Assessment f | APHIS | Notice | 2026-11-20 | 3,000 |
| Small Business Size Standards: Revised Size Standards Methodology | SBA | Proposed Rule | 2026-11-20 | 997 |
| Substances Generally Recognized as Safe | FDA | Proposed Rule | 2026-12-09 | 768 |
| Removing 30-Day Refugee Termination Notice | USCIS | Rule | 2026-11-13 | 620 |

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.

## Sources

- [GSA, Regulations.gov API](https://open.gsa.gov/api/regulationsgov/), read through the Pushbuild [Regulations.gov Dockets & Public Comments Tracker API](https://pushbuild.com/apis/regulations-gov-dockets.html) on 2026-11-07

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