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DOI/NPS RIN: 1024-AE81 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Filming, Still Photography, and Audio Recording  
Abstract:

This rule would revise NPS regulations governing filming, still photography, and audio recording activities in park areas to implement Section 125 of the EXPLORE Act, now codified at 54 U.S.C. 100905. Section 125 created exemptions from permit and fee requirements for filming, still photography, and audio recording activities in certain circumstances. 

 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Deregulatory 
CFR Citation: 36 CFR 5.5   
Legal Authority: 54 U.S.C. 100751    54 U.S.C. 100905   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  01/00/2026 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Jay Calhoun
Regulations Program Manager
Department of the Interior
National Park Service
1849 C Street NW,
Washington, DC 20240
Phone:202 281-0734
Email: waso_regulations@nps.gov