Instruction Memorandum

Bureau of Land Management instruction memorandum are directives that supplement the BLM manual sections and handbooks. Instruction memoranda or IMs contain new policy or procedures that must reach BLM employees quickly, interpret existing policies or provide one-time instructions.

The BLM publishes two types of IMs: permanent and temporary.

  • Permanent IMs provide lasting guidance that is short in scope. Permanent IMs remain in effect until superseded or deleted.   
  • Temporary IMs offer operational, incident-specific, project-related or one-time policy or guidance for evolving activities. Temporary IMs expire at the end of the third fiscal year following issuance.

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Policies

Fiscal Year: 2012

National Office

IM 2012-108 - Coordinating National Historic Preservation Act and National Environmental Policy Act Compliance
IM 2012-104 - The Bureau of Land Management's Environmental Management Systems Implementation Schedule 
IM 2012-096 - Implementing Grazing Provisions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Appropriations Act
IM 2012-095 - Cost Recovery of Cadastral Program Services in Commercial Projects
IM 2012-074 - Use of ePlanning to Support the National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy
IM 2012-072 - Bureau of Land Management 2012 Reclamation and Sustainable Mineral Development Awards Program Extension of Filing Deadline for Submitting Nominations
IM 2012-070 - 2012 Grazing Fee, Surcharge Rates, and Penalty for Unauthorized Grazing Use
IM 2012-067 - Clarification of Cultural Resource Considerations for Off-Highway Vehicle Designations and Travel Management 
IM 2012-065 - Fiscal Year 2014 Land and Water Conservation Fund Project Submissions
IM 2012-061 - Revised Programmatic Agreement Regarding the Manner in which the Bureau of Land Management will meet its Responsibilities under the National Historic Preservation Act; DD: August 9, 2012 and February 9, 2013
IM 2012-060 - Guidance for Use of Three New Action Codes in Legacy Rehost 2000 to Demonstrate Compliance with Instruction Memorandum No. 2011-122
IM 2012-059 - Real Property Additions to Capitalized Assets Timeliness of Additions
IM 2012-057 - Retirement of Certain Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Volunteer Program Forms - Inactive
IM 2012-056 - End-of-Year Volunteer Recordkeeping Reminder
IM 2012-055 - Visual Resource Inventory Data Standard
IM 2012-053 - Standardization of Bureau Timber Sale Contract Numbering
IM 2012-049 - Discontinued Use of the March 2004 Joint Counterpart Regulations Alternative Consultation Agreement for Conducting Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultations for National Fire Plan Projects
IM 2012-045 - New Program Measures and Elements
IM 2012-044 - BLM National Greater Sage-Grouse Land Use Planning Strategy
IM 2012-043 - Greater Sage-Grouse Interim Management Policies and Procedures
IM 2012-041 - Fiscal Year 2011 Endangered Species Act Annual Expenditure Report and Species of Management Concern Data Call; DD: 1/27/12
IM 2012-040 - Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act- A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), Travel and Transportation Planning Project Proposals
IM 2012-039 - Identification and Uniform Mapping of Wildlife Corridors and Crucial Habitat Pursuant to a Memorandum of Understanding with the Western Governors' Association
IM 2012-038 - Interim Guidance Relating to the Scope of a Railroad's Authority to Approve Uses within Railroad Rights-of-Way Granted under the Act of March 3, 1875
IM 2012-036 - WO Controlled Correspondence