DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240 Phone, 202±208±3171 SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR BRUCE BABBITT Deputy Secretary JOHN R. GARAMENDI Chief of Staff ANNE H. SHIELDS Deputy Chief of Staff SUSAN K. RIEFF Special Trustee for American Indians PAUL N. HOMAN Director of Congressional Affairs MELANIE BELLER Special Assistants and Counselors to the JOHN J. DUFFY, JAMES H. PIPKIN Secretary Counselor to the Secretary for Policy JOSEPH L. SAX Special Assistant to the Secretary and White ROBERT K. HATTOY House Liaison Director, Office of Communications MICHAEL GAULDIN Director of External Affairs LUCIA A. WYMAN Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and LESLIE M. TURNER Counselor to the Secretary Special Assistant to the Secretary and NANCY K. HAYES Director, Executive Secretariat Director, Office of Regulatory Affairs JULIE FALKNER Special Assistant to the Secretary for Alaska DEBORAH L. WILLIAMS Special Assistant to the Secretary FAITH R. ROESSEL Solicitor JOHN D. LESHY Deputy Solicitor EDWARD B. COHEN Associate Solicitor (Administration) ROBERT S. MORE Associate Solicitor (Conservation and ROBERT L. BAUM Wildlife) Associate Solicitor (Energy and Resources) (VACANCY) Associate Solicitor (General Law) GLYNN D. KEY Associate Solicitor (Indian Affairs) ROBERT T. ANDERSON Associate Solicitor (Surface Mining) KAY HENRY Inspector General WILMA A. LEWIS Deputy Inspector General (VACANCY) Assistant Inspector General (Administration) SHARON D. ELLER Assistant Inspector General (Audits) JUDY R. HARRISON Assistant Inspector General (Investigations) JOHN R. SINCLAIR General Counsel RICHARD N. REBACK Assistant SecretaryÐWater and Science PATRICIA J. BENEKE Deputy Assistant Secretary MARK SCHAEFER Director, U.S. Geological Survey GORDON P. EATON Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation ELUID L. MARTINEZ Assistant SecretaryÐFish and Wildlife and GEORGE T. FRAMPTON, JR. Parks Deputy Assistant Secretary ROBERT P. DAVISON Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service MOLLIE BEATTIE Director, National Biological Service H. RONALD PULLIAM Director, National Park Service ROGER G. KENNEDY 308 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 309 Assistant SecretaryÐIndian Affairs ADA E. DEER Deputy Assistant Secretary MICHAEL J. ANDERSON Commissioner of Indian Affairs (VACANCY) Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs HILDA MANUEL Assistant SecretaryÐLand and Minerals ROBERT L. ARMSTRONG Management Deputy Assistant Secretary SYLVIA V. BACA Director, Minerals Management Service CYNTHIA L. QUARTERMAN Director, Bureau of Land Management (VACANCY) Director, Office of Surface Mining ROBERT URAM Reclamation and Enforcement Assistant SecretaryÐPolicy, Management, and BONNIE R. COHEN Budget Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals BARRY E. HILL Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged (VACANCY) Business Utilization Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human (VACANCY) Resources Director, Office for Equal Opportunity E. MELODEE STITH Director, Office of National Service and DOLORES L. CHACON Educational Partnerships Director, Office of Personnel WOODROW W. HOPPER, JR. Director, Ethics Staff GABRIELE J. PAONE Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy BROOKS B. YEAGER Director, Office of Environmental Policy and WILLIE R. TAYLOR Compliance Director, Office of Policy Analysis (VACANCY) Director, Office of Insular Affairs (VACANCY) Director, Office of Managing Risk and L. MICHAEL KAAS Public Safety Director of Planning and Performance JODY Z. KUSEK Management Director of Fiscal Resources ROBERT J. LAMB Director, Office of Acquisition and Property PAUL A. DENETT Management Director, Office of Budget MARY ANN LAWLER Director, Office of Financial Management R. SCHUYLER LESHER Director, Office of Information Resources (VACANCY) Management Director of Operations CLAUDIA P. SCHECHTER Director, Office of Aircraft Services ELMER J. HURD Director, Facilities Transition Project Staff (VACANCY) The mission of the Department of the Interior is to protect and provide access to our Nation's natural and cultural heritage and honor our trust responsibilities to tribes. This includes fostering sound use of our land and water resources; assessing and protecting our fish, wildlife, and biological diversity; preserving the environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places; and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. The Department assesses our mineral resources and works to ensure that their development is in the best interests of all our people by encouraging stewardship and citizen participation in their care. The Department also has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in insular areas under U.S. administration. 310 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SECRETARY DEPUTY SECRETARY U . S . GOVERNMENT MANUAL –– EXECUTIVE SECRETARIAT –– CONGRESSIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS SOLICITOR –– COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANT SECRETARY POLICY, MANAGEMENT, AND INSPECTOR GENERAL BUDGET AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OFFICE OF SPECIAL OFFICE OF SMALL TRUSTEE FOR OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND DISADVANTAGED AMERICAN INDIANS AND APPEALS BUSINESS UTILIZATION ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FISH AND WILDLIFE INDIAN AFFAIRS LAND AND MINERALS WATER AND SCIENCE AND PARKS MANAGEMENT U.S. FISH MINERALS NATIONAL BUREAU OF BUREAU OF U.S. GEOLOGICAL BUREAU OF AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PARK SERVICE INDIAN AFFAIRS LAND SURVEY RECLAMATION SERVICE MANAGEMENT SERVICE OFFICE OF NATIONAL SURFACE MINING BIOLOGICAL RECLAMATION SERVICE AND ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 311 The Department of the Interior was assist the development of economically created by act of March 3, 1849 (43 and environmentally sound resource U.S.C. 1451), which transferred to it the activities. The Assistant Secretary General Land Office, the Office of oversees the programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Pension Office, and Reclamation and the United States the Patent Office. It was reorganized by Geological Survey. Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950, as The Office of the Assistant Secretary amended (5 U.S.C. app.). provides advice on Earth science matters Over the years, other functions have to the Secretary and represents the been added and removed, so that its role Department of the Interior in interagency has changed from that of general efforts on a range of scientific issues. housekeeper for the Federal Government Land and Minerals Management The to that of custodian of the Nation's Assistant Secretary (Land and Minerals natural resources. Management) discharges the duties of the Secretary with the authority and Office of the Secretary direct responsibility for programs Secretary The Secretary of the Interior associated with public land reports directly to the President and is management; operations management responsible for the direction and and leasing for minerals on public lands, supervision of all operations and including the Outer Continental Shelf to activities of the Department. The Office the outer limits of the United States of the Secretary includes the offices of economic jurisdiction; minerals Deputy Secretary, the Assistant operations management on Indian lands; Secretaries, the Special Trustee for surface mining reclamation and American Indians, the Solicitor, and the enforcement functions; and management Inspector General. Some areas where of revenues from Federal and Indian public purposes are broadly applied mineral leases. include: The Assistant Secretary exercises Fish and Wildlife and Parks The Secretarial direction and supervision Assistant Secretary (Fish and Wildlife and over the Bureau of Land Management, Parks) discharges the duties of the the Minerals Management Service, and Secretary with the authority and direct the Office of Surface Mining responsibility for programs associated Reclamation and Enforcement. with conservation in the use of natural Indian Affairs The Assistant Secretary and cultural resources, and the (Indian Affairs) discharges the authority enhancement and protection of fish, and responsibility of the Secretary for wildlife, vegetation, and habitat. The activities pertaining to Indians and Assistant Secretary represents the Indian affairs. The Assistant Secretary is Department in the coordination of responsible for exercising Secretarial marine environmental quality and direction and supervision over the biological resources programs with other Bureau of Indian Affairs by: Ðproviding the Secretary with Federal agencies. The Assistant Secretary detailed and objective advice on matters also exercises Secretarial direction and involving Indians and Indian affairs; supervision over the United States Fish Ðidentifying and acting on issues and Wildlife Service, the National affecting Indian policy and programs; Biological Service, and the National Park Ðestablishing policy on Indian affairs; Service. Ðmaintaining liaison and Water and Science The Assistant coordination between the Department of Secretary (Water and Science) discharges the Interior and other Federal agencies the duties of the Secretary with the that provide services or funding to authority and direct responsibility to Indians; carry out the statutory mandate to Ðrepresenting the Department in manage and direct programs that support transactions with Congress; the development and implementation of Ðmonitoring and evaluating ongoing water, mineral, and science policies and activities related to Indian affairs; and 312 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL Ðundertaking or providing leadership for legal matters involving the programs