Office of the Solicitor Systems of Records Notices

• INTERIOR/SOL-1, Litigation, Appeal and Case Files - 46 FR 12146 (February 12, 1981); modification published 86 FR 50156 (September 7, 2021)

  Categories of individuals covered by the system: Individuals involved in litigation with the United States, or the Department of the Interior, officials or constituent units thereof; individuals involved in administrative proceedings before the Department, to which the Department is a party or in which it has an interest; individuals suspected of violations of criminal and civil statutes or regulations or orders the violation of which carries criminal penalties; individuals who have applied to the Department for permits, grants or loans; individuals who have appealed to the Office of the Solicitor from the decisions of other constituent units of the Department; individuals involved in negotiations, claims or disputes with the Department; individuals for whom the Department has performed legal services.

• INTERIOR/SOL-2, Claims Files - 46 FR 12146 (February 12, 1981); modification published 86 FR 50156 (September 7, 2021)

  Categories of individuals covered by the system: Individuals who have filed Tort, Federal Employee, Admiralty or Irrigation claims.

• INTERIOR/SOL-3, Patent Files - 42 FR 18968 (April 11, 1977); modification published 86 FR 50156 (September 7, 2021)

  Categories of individuals covered by the system: Inventors of Inventions arising from Government research and development programs; and applicants for Patents, Trademark Registrations, and Copyright Registrations.

• INTERIOR/SOL-5, SMCRA Litigation Tracking System (LTS) - 54 FR 7485 (February 21, 1989); modification published 86 FR 50156 (September 7, 2021) 

  Categories of individuals covered by the system: The system contains the names of individuals and entities responsible for unabated federal violations, unpaid federal civil penalties, or outstanding abandoned mine land reclamation fees (AML fees) arising under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977, 30 U.S.C. 1201 et seq. (SMCRA), where the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) has referred the outstanding violation or debt to the Solicitor's Office for litigation, and the names of individuals or entities who own or control entities responsible for such unabated federal violations, unpaid federal civil penalties, or outstanding AML fees arising under SMCRA. Although the system of records contains information about individuals and entities, only the records about individuals are subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act.

Rescindment Notices

• INTERIOR/SOL-4, Workload Analysis - 87 FR 50350 (August 16, 2022)