95-31373. National Boating Safety Activities: Funding for National Nonprofit Public Service Organizations  

  • [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 
    will be 
    
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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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Document Information

Published:
12/28/1995
Department:
Coast Guard
Entry Type:
Notice
Action:
Notice of availability.
Document Number:
95-31373
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.
Pages:
67155-67157 (3 pages)
Docket Numbers:
CGD 95-087
PDF File:
95-31373.pdf