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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Coast Guard
[CGD 94-116]

 

The Boat Safety Account of the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund: 
Fiscal Year 1995 Financial Assistance

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 for 
national boating safety activities. The Coast Guard has fiscal year 
1995 funds available to subsidize selected national boating safety 
activities. This announcement seeks proposals for all types of projects 
that will promote boating safety on a national level. In executing this 
responsibility, the Coast Guard is seeking to consolidate numerous 
individual initiatives, within several major focused areas of effort, 
that may be awarded to a single grantee. Applicants should understand 
this as a basic premise in responding. This approach is being taken to 
exploit project synergies in similar areas and to reduce management 
effort and costs.

DATES: Application packages may be obtained on or after January 16, 
1995. Proposals must be received by close of business, 5:00 p.m. 
eastern time April 30, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Application packages may be obtained from and proposals 
submitted to Commandant (G-NAB-5), U.S. Coast Guard, 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 1608), 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 for national boating 
safety activities. Up to $1,625,000 is available for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1995. Twenty-one awards totalling $1,987,500 were 
made in fiscal year 1994; awards ranged from $18,000 to $300,000. 
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 awards in several major areas of emphasis 
will be made by the Chief, Office of Navigation Safety and Waterway 
Services, U.S. Coast Guard. Applicants must be responsible, 
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 or FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT on or 
after January 16, 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, grant areas of emphasis, proposal 
requirements, award procedures, and financial administration procedures 
may be obtained by contacting the person listed in FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT.
    Work under these grants is intended to support the National 
Recreational Boating Safety Program (RBS) mission and goals:
    To minimize the loss of life, personal injury, property damage and 
environmental impact associated with the use of recreational boats, 
through preventive means, in order to maximize safe use and enjoyment 
of U.S. Waterways by the public.
    RBS Goal 1: Improve the demonstrated knowledge, skills, abilities 
and behaviors of boaters. (Boaters)
    RBS Goal 2: Improve the safety of boats and their associated 
equipment. (Boats)
    RBS Goal 3: Improve the physical and operational boating 
environment. (Boating)
    RBS Goal 4: Improve intermodal and interagency cooperation, 
coordination and assistance. (Brethren)
    Areas of particular interest for grant funding are:

Develop and Conduct a National Safe Boating Campaign

    Coast Guard seeks grantee to develop and conduct 1997 year-round 
National Safe Boating Campaign that targets boater market segments and 
issue-specific recreational boating safety topics. This year-round 
campaign must support the organizational objectives of the Recreational 
Boating Safety program, as well as the nationwide grassroots activity 
of the many volunteer groups who coordinate local media events, 
education programs and public awareness activities. Deliverable will 
include, but is not limited to: situation analysis, evaluation 
processes, measures of effectiveness, marketing strategy, and 
distribution plan. All print, audio and video material will be designed 
to emphasize multiple year-round boating safety and accident prevention 
messages. Highlights of the Calendar year 1996 national campaign, will 
be special select materials and activities to support National Safe 
Boating Week and the Summer Olympic games. A specific portion of 
allocated grant funds will support a National Boating Accident 
Reporting Awareness component designed to reach all boaters with a 
message on the importance of reporting all boating accidents. Efforts 
will be coordinated with other national transportation safety 
activities, in particular those which focus on operating under the 
influence of alcohol or drugs.

National Recreational Boater Survey

    Coast Guard seeks grantee to conduct initial states of a 
comprehensive National Boater Survey to determine boat occupant 
exposure hours and profile typical boater outings. Grantee will define 
required exposure data elements; determine existence, collection 
methods and status of data elements; identify missing data, and produce 
a data collection plan for needed data. The grantee will also recommend 
a plan of action in proceeding with the next stage of the survey.

Electronic Information Transfer Technology Applications

    Coast Guard seeks grantee to assess and integrate previous and 
ongoing efforts with recently developed technologies to allow receipt 
of information from our customers and to provide information to them 
via electronic mediums. Goal is to allow states, other Federal agencies 
and the public to access and interact with a relational database 
management system and to provide a standard format for converting 
current print literature into an electronic media format. Technology 
should allow the public to down load complete forms, publications, and 
manuals from an electronic bulletin board. Electronic information 
transfer and interaction will also permit transmission of data, 
correspondence, reports, and standardized forms.

Boating Risk Analysis Model

    The grantee will develop an appropriate computer based analytical 
model that can be used to analyze and manipulate boating accident data 
using accepted statistical methods to detect relationships between 
variables and important changes or trends in accident data.

Boat Accident Investigation Training and Field Manual

    Coast Guard seeks grantee to develop instructional materials and to 
conduct ten, forty hour, nationwide training courses for boat accident 
investigators. The grantee, after a thorough review of past and present 
problem areas, shall develop improved accident investigation 
procedures, techniques, and instructional materials for the following 
areas: (1) boat accident investigations, (2) analyzing and determining 
the cause of accidents, and (3) preparing thorough and complete 
accident reports. As part of the course instructional materials, the 
grantee shall develop and provide a stand alone boat accident 
investigation manual that contains essential information for guiding an 
investigator through different types of boating accident 
investigations.

Support Greater Participation and Uniformity in Boating Safety 
Efforts and Standards for Boat and Associate Equipment Construction 
and Performance

    Coast Guard seeks programs to support greater participation and 
uniformity in Federal and State boating safety efforts and development/
promotion of consensus standards for boat and associated equipment 
construction and performance. Applicants will provide a forum to work 
toward 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, or to ensure public interests 
are reflected in development of boat and equipment construction and 
safety standards through public participation.
    This list should not constrain submission of proposals addressing 
other boating safety concerns. Innovative approaches are welcome. More 
detailed discussions of specific projects of interest to the Coast 
Guard will be included in the application package which may be obtained 
as stated in ADDRESSES, above. The Boating Safety Financial Assistance 
Program is listed in section 20.005 of the Federal Domestic Assistance 
Catalog.

    Dated: December 27, 1994.
G.A. Remington,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard Chief, Office of Navigation Safety and 
Waterway Services.
[FR Doc. 94-32224 Filed 12-29-94; 8:45 am]
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