The U.S. Department of the Interior's (Department) Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program (Restoration Program) reports to the Deputy Assistant Secretary - Policy and International Affairs who reports to the Assistant Secretary - Policy, Management and Budget.

The Restoration Program itself consists of a Restoration Program Manager, an Assistant Program Manager-Operations, an Assistant Program Manager-Restoration, a Restoration Fund Manager, and a Restoration Support Unit.  A workgroup, technical support, and regional coordination made up of representatives from various Department bureaus and offices also make up the Restoration Program.

There is also a representative at the Assistant Director level for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Park Service; a Deputy Associate Solicitor; and the Director of the Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance that forms a Restoration Executive Board. The Restoration Executive Board is responsible for overseeing policy direction and approving allocations of resources.

For more information, please contact Frank M. DeLuise, Restoration Program Manager at <Frank_Deluise@ios.doi.gov>.

Further contact information for the Restoration Program Manager, as well as for all other Restoration Program contacts, is located in the "Address Book," which can be found via the link in the Library to the right of this page.