# 43 CFR § 2.254: Exemptions

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## Section

- **Citation:** 43 CFR § 2.254
- **Heading:** Exemptions
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 43—Public Lands: Interior > Subtitle A—Office of the Secretary of the Interior > PART 2—FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT › RECORDS AND TESTIMONY > Subpart K—Privacy Act

## Text

(a) Criminal law enforcement records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(j)(2) the following systems of records are exempted from all of the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the regulations in this subpart except paragraphs (b), (c)(1) and (2), (e)(4)(A) through (F), (e)(6), (7), (9), (10), (11), and (12), and (i) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the portions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
(1) INTERIOR/FWS-20, Investigative Case File System.
(2) INTERIOR/BIA-18, Law Enforcement Services System.
(3) INTERIOR/NPS-19, Law Enforcement Statistical Reporting System.
(4) INTERIOR/OIG-02, Investigative Records.
(5) INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).
(6) INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.
(b) Classified records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(1), the following systems of records have been exempted from paragraphs (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
(1) INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.
(2) INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.
(3) INTERIOR/OIG-02, Investigative Records.
(4) INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).
(c) Law enforcement records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(2), the following systems of records are exempted from paragraphs (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
(1) INTERIOR/OIG-2, Investigative Records.
(2) INTERIOR/FWS-21, Permits System.
(3) INTERIOR/BLM-18, Criminal Case Investigation System.
(4) INTERIOR/BLM-19, Civil Trespass Case Investigations.
(5) INTERIOR/BLM-20, Employee Conduct Investigations.
(6)-(7) [Reserved]
(8) INTERIOR/NPS-17, Employee Financial Irregularities.
(9) INTERIOR/Reclamation-37, Trespass Cases.
(10) INTERIOR/SOL-1, Litigation, Appeal and Case Files System, to the extent that it consists of investigatory material compiled for law enforcement purposes.
(11) INTERIOR/FWS-19, Endangered Species Licenses System.
(12) INTERIOR/FWS-20, Investigative Case File System.
(13) INTERIOR/BIA-24, Timber Cutting and Trespass Claims Files.
(14) INTERIOR/DOI-11, Debarment and Suspension Program.
(15) INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).
(16) INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.
(17) INTERIOR/DOI-24, Indian Arts and Crafts Board.
(18) INTERIOR/BSEE-01, Investigations Case Management System (CMS).
(19) INTERIOR/DOI-46, Physical Security Access Files.
(20) INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.
(d) Records maintained in connection with providing protective services exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(3). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(3), the following systems of records have been exempted from paragraphs (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I) and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
(1) INTERIOR/DOI-46, Physical Security Access Files.
(2) INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.
(3) INTERIOR/OIG-02, Investigative Records.
(4) INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).
(e) Investigatory records exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5). Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(5), the following systems of records have been exempted from paragraphs (c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H), and (I), and (f) of 5 U.S.C. 552a and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs:
(1) [Reserved]
(2) INTERIOR/GS-9, National Research Council Grants Program.
(3) INTERIOR/OS-68, Committee Management Files.
(4) INTERIOR/DOI-11, Debarment and Suspension Program.
(5) INTERIOR/DOI-46, Physical Security Access Files.
(6) INTERIOR/DOI-50, Insider Threat Program.
(7) INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.
(8) INTERIOR/OIG-02, Investigative Records.
(9) INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).
(f) Records maintained on testing and examination material exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552a(k)(6). Pursuant to U.S.C. 552a(k)(6), the following systems of records have been exempted from 5 U.S.C. 552a(c)(3), (d), (e)(1), (e)(4)(G), (H) and (I), and (f) and the provisions of the regulations in this subpart implementing these paragraphs.
(1) INTERIOR/DOI-45, Personnel Security Program Files.
(2) INTERIOR/DOI-10, DOI Law Enforcement Records Management System (LE RMS).
[86 FR 49928, Sept. 7, 2021, as amended at 87 FR 8428, Feb. 15, 2022; 88 FR 10480, Feb. 21, 2023; 89 FR 2148, Jan. 12, 2024; 89 FR 63830, Aug. 6, 2024]

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