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450.1 - Legal Advice and Assistance

6/30/90

OPR: Admin/Office of Facilities and Management Services

1. Purpose. This chapter lists the Office of the Solicitor's Regional and Field Office locations where legal assistance is available for resolving matters involving USGS programs and activities.

2. Locations of Offices (111 DM 2).

A. Washington, D.C. The Office of the Solicitor provides assistance in legal matters occurring in the national capital area and in places where no Regional or Field Solicitor is available.

B. Northeast Regional Office provides assistance in legal matters occurring in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland (except locations in the national capital area), Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia (except locations in the national capital area), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

Office of the Regional Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

Suite 612, One Gateway Center

Newton Corner, Massachusetts 02158

C. Southeast Regional Office provides assistance in legal matters occurring in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. However, the Southwest Regional Office handles surface mining in Arkansas and Louisiana.

Office of the Regional Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

Richard B. Russell Federal Building

75 Spring Street, SW - Suite 1328

Atlanta, Georgia 30303

D. Southwest Regional Office provides assistance in legal matters occurring in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. This office is also responsible for legal matters pertaining to surface mining in Arkansas and Louisiana, and for legal matters occurring in Window Rock, Arizona.

Field Offices are located at Window Rock, Arizona; Pawhuska, Oklahoma; and Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Office of the Regional Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

P.O. Box 3156

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74101

Office of the Field Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

P.O. Box M

Window Rock, Arizona 86515-0714

Office of the Field Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

Osage Agency, Grandview Avenue

Pawhuska, Oklahoma 74506

Office of the Field Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

P.O. Box 1042

Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1042

E. Rocky Mountain Regional Office provides assistance in legal matters occurring in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Wyoming.

Office of the Regional Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

P.O. Box 25007

Denver, Colorado 80225

F. Intermountain Regional Office provides assistance in legal matters occurring in Arizona (except Window Rock), Idaho, and Utah.

Office of the Regional Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

6201 Federal Building

125 South State Street

Salt Lake City, Utah 84138-1180

Office of the Field Solicitor

U.S Department of the Interior

505 North Second Street, Suite 150

Phoenix, Arizona 85004-3904

Office of the Field Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

P.O. Box 020

Federal Building, U.S. Courthouse

550 West Fort Street

Boise, Idaho 83724

G. Pacific Southwest Regional Office provides assistance in legal matters occurring in California, Hawaii, Nevada and the Pacific territories. A Field Office is located at San Francisco, California.

Office of the Regional Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

2800 Cottage Way, Room E-2753

Sacramento, California 95825

Office of the Field Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

P.O. Box 36064

450 Golden Gate Avenue

San Francisco, California 94102

H. Pacific Northwest Regional Office provides assistance in legal matters occurring in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota and Washington. Field Offices are located at Billings, Montana, and Twin Cities, Minnesota.

Office of the Regional Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

500 N.E. Multnomah, Suite 607

Portland, Oregon 97232

Office of the Field Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

P.O. Box 31394

Billings, Montana 59107-1394

Office of the Field Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

686 Federal Building, Fort Snelling

Twin Cities, Minnesota 55111

I. Alaska Regional Office provides assistance in legal matters occurring in Alaska.

Office of the Regional Solicitor

U.S. Department of the Interior

P.O. Box 34

701 C Street

Anchorage, Alaska 99513


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