Even with hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed due to the ongoing shutdown, the administration has approved hundreds of drilling permits.

The Hill reported that as of Oct. 29, the Bureau of Land Management had approved 474 permits to drill on public lands, a similar volume compared to before the shutdown began Oct. 1. The bureau approved 494 permits in August and 505 in September.

During a recent event, Interior Secretary Doug Bergum said the agency is finding funding wherever it can to pay employees to keep approving permits, according to The Hill.

“We’re grabbing any cash that was laying in any drawer to try to pay those essential people, including the people that can do the permitting, so that we can keep going,” Burgum said last week during an event at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the outlet reported.