[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51312-51314]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24421]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD 96-048]
National Boating Safety Activities: Funding for National
Nonprofit Public Service Organizations
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DOT.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is seeking to enter into financial assistance
agreements with national nonprofit public service organizations to
promote boating safety on the national level. This announcement seeks
proposals for projects that might be eligible for this assistance.
DATES: Application packages may be obtained on or after October 1,
1996. Proposals must be received before 4:30 p.m. eastern time December
31, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Application packages may be obtained from Coast Guard
Customer Infoline (800) 368-5647 and proposals submitted to Commandant
(G-OPB-1g), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Room
3100, Washington, DC 20593-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Betty Alley, Office of Boating Safety, U.S. Coast Guard (G-OPB-1g/
room 3100), 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001; (202)
267-0954.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title 26, United States Code, section 9504,
establishes the Boat Safety Account of the Aquatic Resources Trust
Fund. The Coast Guard may award up to 5 percent of the available funds
to national, nonprofit, public service organizations to promote
national boating safety. It is anticipated that $2,250,000 will be
available for fiscal year 1997. Fifteen awards totalling $1,500,000
were made in fiscal year 1996 ranging from $10,000 to $396,286. Nothing
in this announcement should be construed as committing the Coast Guard
to dividing available funds among qualified applicants or awarding any
specified amount.
It is anticipated that several awards will be made by the Director,
Operations Policy, U.S. Coast Guard. Applicants must be
nongovernmental, nonprofit, public service organizations and must
establish that their activities are, in fact, national in scope. An
application package may be obtained by writing or calling the point of
contact listed in ADDRESSES on or after October 1, 1996. The
application package contains all necessary forms, an explanation of how
the grant program is administered, and a checklist for submitting a
grant application. Specific information on organization eligibility,
proposal requirements, award procedures, and financial administration
procedures may be obtained by contacting the person listed in FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
Some general areas of continuing and particular interest for grant
funding include the following:
1. Develop and Conduct a National Annual Safe Boating Campaign. The
Coast Guard seeks a grantee to develop and conduct the 1998 year-round
National Annual Safe Boating Campaign that targets specific boater
market segments and recreational boating safety topics. This year-round
campaign must support the organizational objectives of the Recreational
Boating Safety Program to save lives, reduce the number of boating
accidents and associated health care costs as well as support the
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nationwide grassroots activity of the many volunteer groups who
coordinate local media events, education programs, and public awareness
activities. Products must include, but are not limited to: situation
analysis, post campaign component evaluation processes, measures of
effectiveness, marketing strategy, distribution plan, and final report.
All print, audio and video material must be designed to emphasize
multiple year-round boating safety and accident prevention messages.
Highlights of the Calendar Year 1998 national campaign will be special
select materials and activities to support National Safe Boating Week
and other selected boating events. The major focus of the campaign will
be affecting the behavior of all boaters to increase wearability of
Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs), with special emphasis on use by
children. An established portion of allocated grant funds must support
a National Boating Accident Reporting Awareness Program that is
designed to reach all boaters and with a message on the importance of
reporting all boating accidents as well as a propeller injury
prevention awareness initiative. Efforts will also be coordinated, year
round, with other national transportation safety activities and special
media events, in particular those which focus on the prevention of
operating a boat under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Point of
Contact: Ms. Jo Calkin, (202) 267-0994.
2. Develop and Conduct a National Recreational Boating Safety
Outreach and Awareness Conference. The Coast Guard seeks a grantee to
plan, implement, and conduct a National Recreational Boating Safety
Outreach and Awareness Conference. This conference must support the
organizational objectives of the Recreational Boating Safety Program to
save lives, reduce the number of boating accidents, and lower
associated health care coasts. The conference should be scheduled for
the spring of 1998 and be held concurrent or consecutively with
additional major national recreational boating safety and aquatic
symposiums. The design of the conference should enhance the awareness
and development of paid and volunteer professionals; national, state,
and local boating safety program organization leaders; and industry
specialists. It should provide a unifying link between their programs
to those on the national level. The conference should be a
collaborative effort of national organizations interested in the
betterment of boating and aquatic safety and should include, but not be
limited to, plenary sessions, hands-on workshops, and the distribution
of a post conference report publication describing the activities of
the conference. Products should include, but are not limited to,
evaluation processes, measures of effectiveness, marketing strategy,
and final report. Point of Contact: Ms. Jo Calkin, (202) 267-0994.
3. Information Resources Management: Recreational Boating Safety
Measures of Effectiveness Data Capture Project Phase II. The Coast
Guard seeks a grantee to conduct the second phase of a Recreational
Boating Safety Measures of Effectiveness (MOE) project. The first phase
(FY 1995 grant) identified data elements and data sources needed to
develop risk based measures of program effectiveness. The second phase
(FY 1997 phase) would be contingent on the findings of the first phase
regarding the need for and extent of data collection. If it is
determined that the second phase of the project is necessary, the
grantee would collect the data elements identified under the FY95
project. The overall goal of the 1997 project would be to determine
boat occupant exposure hours for developing risk-based measures of
effectiveness for the Recreational Boating Safety Program. Point of
Contact: Mr. Bruce Schmidt, (202) 267-0955.
4. Recreational Boating Accident Health Care Cost Model. The Coast
Guard seeks a grantee to evaluate and modify existing transportation
injury cost models that will be used to determine the societal costs of
recreational boating accidents. The grant recipient would adapt
existing models to enable U.S. Coast Guard to perform analyses of
boating injuries using a sufficient and statistically valid sample of
injury data. The injury cost model would be used to categorize
different types of injuries, their severity, and their associated
health care costs, medical costs, legal costs, and administrative costs
for comparison across various modes of transportation. Point of
Contact: Mr. Bruce Schmidt, (202) 267-0955.
5. Evaluative Study of Learning/Behavioral Objectives in Boating
Safety Education. The Coast Guard seeks a grantee to conduct an
evaluative study of the existing recreational boating safety course
material and assist Coast Guard with establishing minimum, individual
subject specific, `Standards of Care' for the Recreational Boating
Safety Program. These ``standards'' (the by-products of various
objectives) will be utilized in educating and training future
recreational boaters; while establishing the national standards for
RBS. The establishment of these ``Standards of Care'' must support the
organizational objectives, as well as state oriented objectives of safe
boat handling and prudent operator care while on the water.
In addition, Coast Guard seeks grantee to conduct a study to
evaluate the existing mandatory boating education programs to determine
if they contribute significantly to the prevention of boating accidents
and whether or not such programs help reduce complaints about unsafe
and discourteous boat operation. Point of Contact: Mr. John Malatak,
(202) 267-6286.
6. State/Federal/Boating Organizations Cooperative Partnering
Efforts. The Coast Guard seeks grantees to provide programs to
encourage greater participation and uniformity in boating safety
efforts. Applicants would provide a forum to encourage greater
uniformity of boating laws and regulations, reciprocity among
jurisdictions, and closer cooperation and assistance in developing,
administering, and enforcing Federal and State laws and regulations
pertaining to boating safety. Point of Contact: Ms. Jeanne Timmons,
(202) 267-0857.
7. Develop and Conduct Boating Accident Seminars. The Coast Guard
seeks a grantee to develop and provide instructional materials and
conduct training courses nationwide for boating accident investigators,
including three courses at the Coast Guard Reserve Training Center in
Yorktown, Virginia. Point of Contact: Mr. Gary Larimer, (202) 267-0986.
8. Voluntary Standards Development Support. The Coast Guard seeks a
grantee to carry out a program to encourage active participation by
members of the public and other qualified persons, in the development
of technically sound voluntary boating safety standards. Point of
Contact: Mr. Peter Eikenberry, (202) 267-6894.
9. Recreational Boat Hazard Analysis Methodology. The Coast Guard
seeks a grantee to identify, characterize, and prioritize hazards
aboard recreational boats that could lead to mishaps of concern. By
applying hazard analysis methodology, decision makers would be able to
determine what resources and intervention are necessary to eliminate,
mitigate or monitor the risk of various hazards. The grantee shall
develop a methodology for performing hazard analysis and risk
assessment on recreational boats. Point of Contact: Mr. Rick Gipe,
(202) 267-0985.
10. Technology Comparison of Propellers, Propeller Guards, and Pump
Jets. The Coast Guard seeks a grantee to
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conduct tests comparing the operating efficiency, maneuverability
characteristics, and protection factors of propeller/propeller guard
combinations, pump jets, after-market pump jet installations, and
conventional propellers. Point of Contact: Mr. Jay Doubt, (202) 267-
6810.
11. Boat Occupant Protection. The Coast Guard seeks a grantee to
develop recommendations for reducing recreational boating fatalities
and injuries on boats less than 26 feet regarding capsizings,
swampings, sinkings, and falls overboard, through analysis of such
things as boat construction/design, stability, operating
characteristics, and human factors engineering. Point of Contact: Mr.
Rick Gipe, (202) 267-0985.
Proposals addressing other boating safety concerns are welcome. A
more detailed discussion of specific projects of interests to the Coast
Guard may be obtained by contacting the Boating Safety Infoline at
(800) 368-5647 and requesting a copy of a specific proposal. The
Boating Safety Financial Assistance Program is listed in section 20.005
of the Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog.
Dated: September 17, 1996.
Michael F. McCormack,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Acting Director, Operations Policy.
[FR Doc. 96-24421 Filed 9-30-96; 8:45 am]
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