[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 246 (Wednesday, December 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66291-66292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27843]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2010-1066]
Recreational Boating Safety Projects, Programs, and Activities
Funded Under Provisions of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation
Act; Fiscal Year 2018
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is publishing this notice to satisfy a
requirement of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act that a
detailed accounting of the projects, programs, and activities funded
under the national recreational boating safety program provision of the
Act be published annually in the Federal Register. This notice
specifies the funding amounts the Coast Guard has committed, obligated,
or expended during fiscal year 2018, as of September 30, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice please
contact Mr. Jeff Ludwig, U.S. Coast Guard, Regulations Development
Manager, (202) 372-1061.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
Since 1998, Congress has passed a series of laws providing funding
for projects, programs, and activities funded under the national
recreational boating safety program, which is administered by the U.S.
Coast Guard. For a detailed description of the legislative history,
please see the Recreational Boating Safety Projects, Programs, and
Activities Funded Under Provisions of the Fixing America's Surface
Transportation Act; Fiscal Year 2017 Notice published in the Federal
Register on November 24, 2017 (82 FR 17671).
These funds are available to the Secretary from the Sport Fish
Restoration and Boating Trust Fund (Trust Fund) established under 26
U.S.C. 9504(a) for payment of Coast Guard expenses for personnel and
activities directly related to coordinating and carrying out the
national recreational boating safety program. Amounts made available
under this subsection remain available during the two succeeding fiscal
years. Any amount that is unexpended or unobligated at the end of the
3-year period during which it is available, shall be withdrawn by the
Secretary and allocated to the States in addition to any other amounts
available for allocation in the fiscal year in which they are withdrawn
or the following fiscal year.
Use of these funds requires compliance with standard Federal
contracting rules with associated lead and processing times resulting
in a lag time between available funds and spending. The total amount of
funding transferred to the Coast Guard from the Trust Fund, and
committed, obligated, and/or expended during fiscal year 2018 for each
project is shown below.
Specific Accounting of Funds
The total amount of funding transferred to the Coast Guard from the
Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund and committed, obligated,
and/or expended during fiscal year 2018 for each project is shown in
the chart below.
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Project Description Cost
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46 U.S.C. 43 Compliance: Inspection Program/ Provided for continuance of the national $1,801,974
Boat Testing Program. recreational boat compliance inspection
program, which began in January 2001.
46 U.S.C. 43 Compliance: Staff Salaries and Provided for personnel to oversee manufacturer 538,685
Travel. compliance with 46 U.S.C. 43 requirements.
Administrative Overhead....................... Office supplies................................. 63,640
Boating Accident Report Database (BARD) Web Provided for maintaining the BARD Web System, 327,195
System. which enables reporting authorities in the 50
States, five U.S. Territories, and the District
of Columbia to submit their accident reports
electronically over a secure internet
connection.
Contract Personnel Support.................... Provided contract personnel to conduct boating 653,167
safety-related research and analysis.
Boating Accident News Clipping Services....... Provided for the collection of news stories of 25,000
recreational boating accidents for more real
time accident information and to identify
accidents that may involve regulatory non-
compliances or safety defects.
National Boating Safety Advisory Council...... Provided for member travel and meeting costs for 52,496
the 96th & 97th National Boating Safety
Advisory Council meetings.
Grant Management Training..................... Provided to facilitate staff training on new 121,770
grant management requirements.
Recreational Boating Safety Program Travel.... Provided for travel by employees of the Boating 182,164
Safety Division to gather background and
planning information for new recreational
boating safety initiatives.
Reimbursable Salaries......................... Provided for 18 personnel directly related to 2,429,557
coordinating and carrying out the national
recreational boating safety program.
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Of the $7.984 million made available to the Coast Guard in fiscal
year 2018, $2,696,985 has been committed, obligated, or expended and an
additional $3,498,663 of prior fiscal year funds have been committed,
obligated, or expended, as of September 30, 2018. The remainder of the
FY17 and FY18 funds made available to the Coast Guard (approximately
$5,329,880) may be retained for the allowable period for the National
Recreational Boating Survey, other projects, or transferred into the
pool of money available for allocation through the State grant program.
Authority
This notice is issued pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552 and 46 U.S.C.
13107(c)(4).
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Dated: December 19, 2018.
Jennifer F. Williams,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections & Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2018-27843 Filed 12-21-18; 8:45 am]
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