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Policy Memoranda

Policy Memoranda are an option for creating policy within the National Park Service Directives System. Signed by the Director, their role is to accommodate simple, urgent, or interim policy needs. Unlike Director’s Orders, Policy Memoranda usually do not undergo extensive review. The content may be incorporated into existing or proposed Director’s Orders.

For further information on Policy Memoranda, please refer to Director’s Order #1, section 8. For more information on Director’s Orders, visit our Director’s Order webpage.

The listing below shows current Policy Memoranda and related documents.

Number	Title	Approval Date
PM 07-01	Authorizing Activities Through Leases vs. Concession Contracts	5/29/2007
PM 07-02	Policy on Use of Alcoholic Beverages in NPS Facilities	12/05/2007
PM 07-03	Interim Policy for Scientific and Scholarly Code of Conduct, Peer Review, and Information Quality	2/06/2008
	NPS Interim Guidance Document Governing Code of Conduct, Peer Review, and Information Quality Correction (2008)
PM 08-01	Review requirements for contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements	3/14/2008
PM 11-01	Minor employees in park housing	2/24/2011
PM 11-02	Social Media – Interim Policy	12/15/2011
PM 11-03	Disposable Plastic Water Bottle Recycling and Reduction	Rescinded 8/16/2017
PM 12-01	National Heritage Areas Program	3/14/2012
PM 12-02	Applying NPS Management Policies in the Context of Climate Change	3/06/2012
PM 13-01	Official Travel Driving Policy	4/03/2013
	Attachment #1- Fact Sheet
	Attachment #2- FAQs
PM 14-01	Interpretation of 36 CFR 2.52 – Free Distribution of Message-Bearing Items	1/28/2014
PM 14-02	Climate Change and Stewardship of Cultural Resources	2/10/2014
PM 14-03	Employee Fitness – Interim Policy	3/07/2014
PM 14-04	Developing a New Framework for National Park Service Partnerships and Philanthropic Stewardship in the 21st Century	Superseded by Director’s Order #21
PM 14-05	Unmanned Aircraft – Interim Policy	6/19/2014
	Reassignment of Approval Authority	4/05/2017
	Reassignment of Approval Authority for Wildland Fires	2/21/2018
	Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) Operations and Procurement Policy Update (restricted access)	11/1/2022
PM 15-01	Addressing Climate Change and Natural Hazards for Facilities	1/20/2015
PM 15-02	Employee and Volunteer Participation in Commercial Filming	8/31/2015
PM 15-03	Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems	9/10/2015
PM 16-01	Resource Stewardship for the 21st Century – Interim Policy	Superseded by Director’s Order #100
PM 16-02	Significant Use Restrictions or Closures of Park Areas to Accommodate Special Events	9/21/2016
PM 18-01	NPS Uniform Program – Amendments to Director’s Order #43	8/07/2018
PM 18-02	Use of Service Animals by Visitors with Disabilities	10/18/2018
PM 19-01	Electric Bicycles	Superseded by Final Rule published at 85 Fed. Reg. 69175
	FAQs
PM 20-01	Use of Prison Work Details in Units of the National Park System	7/09/2020
	Attachment #1 – (Federal) Interagency Agreement Template
	Attachment #2 – Guidance to NPS Employees Monitoring Federal Inmates
	Attachment #3 – (State, etc.) Cooperative Agreement Template
	Attachment #4 – (State, etc.) Task Agreement Template
PM 22-01	Managing Special Events and Demonstrations in National Cemeteries	8/15/2022
PM 22-02	Reporting Visitor Injuries and Deaths – Interim Policy	8/25/2022
PM 22-03	Fulfilling the National Park Service Trust Responsibility to Indian Tribes, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians in the Stewardship of Federal Lands and Waters	9/12/2022
PM 23-01	Adoption of Nationally Recognized Building Codes	5/9/2023

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