Summary

Requires the National Park Service to create a program to reduce disposable plastic products across National Park units and to implement it through regional directors within 180 days of enactment. The program must aim, where feasible, to eliminate the sale and distribution of disposable plastic water bottles and other single-use plastics, include visitor education, and be evaluated at least every two years while following the statute’s defined terms and decision factors.

Key Points

• Requires the NPS Director to establish a disposable-plastics reduction program within 180 days of enactment.
• Regional directors implement the program across National Park Service units.
• Program must aim, where feasible, to eliminate sales/distribution of disposable plastic water bottles and other disposable plastics.
• Program must include visitor education about plastics reduction and alternatives.
• Regional directors must evaluate the program at least once every two years and adjust as needed.
• Decisions must follow the law’s definitions and consider specified factors (feasibility, visitor access, alternatives, operational concerns).
• The text does not specify new funding; implementation may require resource reallocation or administrative action.
• Exceptions/intensity of action are guided by feasibility and other listed factors rather than an absolute prohibition.

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