[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 249 (Thursday, December 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67155-67157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31373]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Coast Guard
[CGD 95-087]
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 December 15,
1995. Proposals must be received before 4:30 p.m. eastern time March
18, 1996.
ADDRESSES: Application packages may be obtained from Coast Guard
Customer Infoline (800) 368-5647 or (202) 267-0780 and proposals
submitted to Commandant (G-NAB-5), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100
Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Betty Alley, Office of Navigation Safety and Waterway Services,
U.S. Coast Guard (G-NAB-5/room 1202), 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 $1,500,000 will be
available for fiscal year 1996. Seventeen awards totalling $1,625,000
were made in fiscal year 1995 ranging from $15,000 to $304,000. 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 Chief,
Office of Navigation Safety and Waterway Services, 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 December
15, 1995. 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.
Coast Guard seeks a grantee to develop and conduct the 1997 year-round
National Annual Safe Boating Campaign that targets boater market
segments and specific 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 and support the
nationwide grassroots activity of the many volunteer groups that
coordinate local media events, education programs, and public awareness
activities. Products must include, but are not limited to, situation
analysis, 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 1997 national campaign must be special select materials
and activities to support National Safe Boating Week and other selected
boating events. The major focus of the campaign must be to encourage
the use 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 has a message on the importance of
reporting all boating accidents. Efforts must also be coordinated with
other national transportation safety activities, in particular, those
which focus on the prevention of operating 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. 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 costs. The conference must be scheduled for the
spring of 1997 and be held concurrent or consecutively with a major
recreational boating safety aquatic symposium. 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 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. Market Multi-Use Waterway Guide. In September 1993, the National
Water Safety Congress (NWSC) was awarded a grant from the U.S. Coast
Guard for the development of a Comprehensive Guide for Multiple Use
Waterway Management. This guide is designed to assist government and
private waterway managers in the development of comprehensive boating
management plans to resolve multiple-use conflicts. It is to provide
the framework for balanced and defensible decisions in developing and
implementing plans, policies, and regulatory actions that result in
improved boating safety, quality of boating experience, and sustained
environmental quality. The guide is to be completed in 1996.
A grant application is solicited to disseminate the guide developed
by NWSC in the most efficient and effective formats (paper, electronic,
or other) and to have it marketed and made available in a manner that
would result in the most widespread and effective use of the guide.
Point of Contact: Mr. Jeff Hoedt, (202) 267-0978.
4. 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) identified the data needed to develop the project. The second
phase (FY 1996) would be contingent on the findings of the FY 1995
phase. If the FY95 grant determines 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 1996 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: Dr. Jerry Boden, (202) 267-0956.
5. Recreational Boating Accident Health Care Cost Model. The Coast
Guard seeks grantee to develop and design an injury cost model that
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used to determine the societal costs of recreational boating accidents.
The grant recipient would design a model that will enable the 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: Dr. Jerry Boden, (202) 267-0956.
6. Manufacturer's Compliance Improvement Project. The Coast Guard
seeks a grantee to plan and hold several public workshops throughout
the United States to identify existing and potential problems and to
propose solutions/approaches for the following areas: (1) Development
of boat construction and safety standards; and (2) the reporting of
defects by manufacturers, independent sources, and customer outreach
education programs. Point of Contact: Mr. Gary Larimer, (202) 267-0986.
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. Technology Comparison of Propellers, Propeller Guards, and Pump
Jets. The Coast Guard seeks a grantee to compile and analyze current
available research 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. Gary Larimer, (202) 267-
0986.
9. 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. Gary Larimer, (202) 267-0986.
10. 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.
Proposals addressing other boating safety concerns are welcome. A
more detailed discussion of specific projects of interest to the Coast
Guard is included in the application package obtained under ADDRESSES.
The Boating Safety Financial Assistance Program is listed in section
20.005 of the Federal Domestic Assistance Catalog.
Dated: December 21, 1995.
Rudy K. Peschel,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Chief, Office of Navigation Safety and
Waterway Services.
[FR Doc. 95-31373 Filed 12-27-95; 8:45 am]
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