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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG–2005–20753]
Recreational Boating Safety Projects,
Programs and Activities Funded Under
Provisions of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century;
Accounting of
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: For each of 6 fiscal years
starting in 1999, the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century has
made $5 million available to the
Secretary of Transportation for payment
of Coast Guard expenses for personnel
and activities directly related to
coordinating and carrying out the
national recreational boating safety
program. This notice is being published
to satisfy a requirement of the 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. In this notice we have
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specified the amount of monies the
Coast Guard has committed, obligated or
expended during fiscal year 2004, as of
September 30, 2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jeffrey N. Hoedt, Chief, Office of Boating
Safety, telephone 202–267–1077, fax
202–267–4285, or Mr. Phil Cappel,
Chief, Program Management Division,
telephone 202–267–0988, fax 202–267–
4285.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century became law on June 9, 1998
(Pub. L. 105–178; 112 Stat. 107). The
Act required that of the $5 million made
available to carry out the national
recreational boating safety program each
year, $2 million shall be available only
to ensure compliance with Chapter 43 of
title 46, U.S. Code—Recreational
Vessels. The responsibility to
administer these funds was delegated to
the Commandant of the United States
Coast Guard. Subsection (c) of section
7405 of the Act directs that no funds
available to the Secretary under this
subsection may be used to replace
funding traditionally provided through
general appropriations, nor for any
purposes except those purposes
authorized; namely, for personnel and
activities directly related to
coordinating and carrying out the
national recreational boating safety
program. Amounts made available each
fiscal year 1999 through 2004 shall
remain available until expended.
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 cumulative amount
of fiscal year 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and
2003 funding committed, obligated and/
or expended for each activity was
shown in our notice published in the
Federal Register (68 FR 74625) on
December 24, 2003. The total amount of
funding, transferred to the Coast Guard
from the Aquatic Resources (WallopBreaux) Trust Fund, committed,
obligated and/or expended during fiscal
year 2004 for each activity is shown
below.
Factory Visit Program: Funding was
provided to continue the national
recreational boat factory visit program,
initiated in January 2001. The factory
visit program currently allows
contractor personnel, acting on behalf of
the Coast Guard, to visit approximately
2,000 recreational boat manufacturers
each year to inspect for compliance with
the Federal regulations, communicate
with the manufacturers as to why they
need to comply with the Federal
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regulations, and educate them, as
necessary, on how to comply with the
Federal regulations. ($1,875,826)
Boat Compliance Testing: Funding
was provided for expansion of the boat
compliance testing program whereby
new manually propelled and outboard
recreational boats are purchased in the
open market and tested for compliance
with the Federal flotation standards.
The expanded program includes
inboard/sterndrive boats and used boats.
($100,000)
Associated Equipment Compliance
Testing: A contract was awarded to buy
recreational boat ‘‘associated
equipment’’ (e.g., starters, alternators,
fuel pumps, and bilge pumps) and test
this equipment for compliance with
Federal safety regulations. This new
initiative complements the boat
compliance testing program. ($150,000)
New Recreational Boating Safety
Associated Travel: Travel by employees
of the Office of Boating Safety was
performed to carry out additional
recreational boating safety actions and
to gather background and planning
information for new recreational boating
safety initiatives. ($5,404)
New Boat Manufacturer Handbook: A
contract was awarded to reprint a
comprehensive and user-friendly
handbook for distribution to new
recreational boat manufacturers.
Included in the handbook are the
Federal regulations and plain language
guidelines that help clarify Federal
requirements. The handbook is aimed at
increasing the level of new recreational
boat manufacturer compliance with
applicable Federal regulations.
($26,220)
Articulated Mannequins/Computer
Simulation Model: The objective of this
contracted program is to improve the
safety of recreational boaters by
fostering developmental technology for
improved personal flotation devices
(PFDs). This program is furthering
development of flotation mannequins
and a water forces computer simulation
program to promote the rapid, objective
evaluation of different PFD designs on
various body types that are
representative of the recreational
boating population. The computer
simulation program will be validated
through the use of a family of
anthropomorphic, articulated
mannequins. Under the contract to
develop the articulated mannequins and
computer simulation model, a male
model has been built and is almost
perfected. Currently, a female and a
child mannequin are being developed.
The development of a computer
simulation program will facilitate
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evaluation of the effectiveness of new
and unique PFD designs. ($495,034)
Carbon Monoxide Research: Under a
Memorandum of Agreement between
the Office of Boating Safety and the
Department of Health and Human
Services, U.S. Public Health Service,
Federal Occupational Health Program,
funding was provided to continue
investigation into identifying and
classifying additional recreational
boating carbon monoxide related deaths
and injuries. ($100,000)
Fuel Cell Development: Funding was
provided to explore the possibility of
transferring fuel cell technology from
land based units to marine propulsion
use. ($225,000)
Recreational Boating Safety (RBS)
Outreach Program: Funding was
provided for this program which
provides full marketing, media, public
information, and program strategy
support to the RBS effort. The goal is to
coordinate the RBS outreach campaigns
some of which include: National
Boating Under the Influence Campaign
(BUI), You’re in Command, PFD Wear,
Vessel Safety Check Program (VSC),
Boating Safety Education Courses, and
other recreational boating safety issues
on an as needed basis. ($1,640,000)
Personnel Support: Funding was
provided for personnel to support the
development of new regulations, to
support new contracting activities
associated with the additional funding,
and to monitor and manage the
contracts awarded. ($437,769)
A total of $20,844,160 of the
$25,000,000 made available to the Coast
Guard through annual transfers of $5
million in fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001,
2002 and 2003 has been committed,
obligated or expended as of September
30, 2003. Of the $5 million made
available to the Coast Guard in fiscal
year 2004, $3,618,119 has been
committed, obligated or expended and
an additional $1,437,134 of prior fiscal
year funds has been committed,
obligated or expended, as of September
30, 2004. Therefore, a total of
$25,899,413 of the $30,000,000 made
available to the Coast Guard through
annual transfers of $5 million in fiscal
years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and
2004 has been committed, obligated or
expended as of September 30, 2004.
Dated: March 24, 2005.
James W. Underwood,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of
Operations Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Transportation Security Administration
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping
Requirements: Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review;
Flight Training for Aliens and Other
Designated Individuals; Security
Awareness Training for Flight School
Employees
Transportation Security
Administration (TSA), DHS.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces that
TSA has forwarded the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and clearance
of an extension of the currently
approved collection under the
Paperwork Reduction Act. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. TSA
published a Federal Register notice,
with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments, of the following collection of
information on November 26, 2004, 69
FR 68952.
DATES: Send your comments by April
29, 2005. A comment to OMB is most
effective if OMB receives it within 30
days of publication.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be faxed to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, Attention: DHS–TSA Desk
Officer, at (202) 395–5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katrina Wawer, Information Collection
Specialist, Office of Transportation
Security Policy, TSA–9, Transportation
Security Administration, 601 South
12th Street, Arlington, VA 22202–4220;
telephone (571) 227–1995; facsimile
(571) 227–2594.
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Transportation Security Administration
(TSA)
Title: Flight Training for Aliens and
Other Designated Individuals; Security
Awareness Training for Flight School
Employees.
Type of Request: Extension of a
currently approved collection.
OMB Control Number: 1652–0021.
Forms(s): NA.
Affected Public: Flight Schools,
Candidates for Flight Training, and
Flight School Employees.
Abstract: TSA requires FAA-endorsed
flight schools to notify TSA when aliens
or other individuals designated by TSA
apply for flight training, and to provide
certain identifying and training
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information to TSA when for aliens and
other individuals designated by TSA
who apply for recurrent training, in
accordance with 49 CFR part 1552 (69
FR 56324, September 20, 2004). TSA
also has established standards relating
to the security threat assessments TSA
will conduct to determine whether such
individuals are a threat to aviation or
national security, and thus prohibited
from receiving flight training. Finally,
TSA has established standards relating
to security awareness training for
certain flight school employees, to
include keeping records of all such
training.
Number of Respondents: 23,000.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: An
estimated 342,000 hours annually.
TSA is soliciting comments to—
(1) Evaluate whether the proposed
information requirement is necessary for
the proper performance of the functions
of the agency, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the
agency’s estimate of the burden;
(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and
(4) Minimize the burden of the
collection of information on those who
are to respond, including through the
use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Issued in Arlington, Virginia, on March 24,
2005.
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Privacy Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[USCG-2005-20753]
Recreational Boating Safety Projects, Programs and Activities
Funded Under Provisions of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century; Accounting of
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: For each of 6 fiscal years starting in 1999, the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century has made $5 million
available to the Secretary of Transportation for payment of Coast Guard
expenses for personnel and activities directly related to coordinating
and carrying out the national recreational boating safety program. This
notice is being published to satisfy a requirement of the 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. In this notice we
have specified the amount of monies the Coast Guard has committed,
obligated or expended during fiscal year 2004, as of September 30,
2004.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey N. Hoedt, Chief, Office of
Boating Safety, telephone 202-267-1077, fax 202-267-4285, or Mr. Phil
Cappel, Chief, Program Management Division, telephone 202-267-0988, fax
202-267-4285.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century became law on June 9, 1998 (Pub. L. 105-178; 112 Stat. 107).
The Act required that of the $5 million made available to carry out the
national recreational boating safety program each year, $2 million
shall be available only to ensure compliance with Chapter 43 of title
46, U.S. Code--Recreational Vessels. The responsibility to administer
these funds was delegated to the Commandant of the United States Coast
Guard. Subsection (c) of section 7405 of the Act directs that no funds
available to the Secretary under this subsection may be used to replace
funding traditionally provided through general appropriations, nor for
any purposes except those purposes authorized; namely, for personnel
and activities directly related to coordinating and carrying out the
national recreational boating safety program. Amounts made available
each fiscal year 1999 through 2004 shall remain available until
expended.
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
cumulative amount of fiscal year 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003
funding committed, obligated and/or expended for each activity was
shown in our notice published in the Federal Register (68 FR 74625) on
December 24, 2003. The total amount of funding, transferred to the
Coast Guard from the Aquatic Resources (Wallop-Breaux) Trust Fund,
committed, obligated and/or expended during fiscal year 2004 for each
activity is shown below.
Factory Visit Program: Funding was provided to continue the
national recreational boat factory visit program, initiated in January
2001. The factory visit program currently allows contractor personnel,
acting on behalf of the Coast Guard, to visit approximately 2,000
recreational boat manufacturers each year to inspect for compliance
with the Federal regulations, communicate with the manufacturers as to
why they need to comply with the Federal regulations, and educate them,
as necessary, on how to comply with the Federal regulations.
($1,875,826)
Boat Compliance Testing: Funding was provided for expansion of the
boat compliance testing program whereby new manually propelled and
outboard recreational boats are purchased in the open market and tested
for compliance with the Federal flotation standards. The expanded
program includes inboard/sterndrive boats and used boats. ($100,000)
Associated Equipment Compliance Testing: A contract was awarded to
buy recreational boat ``associated equipment'' (e.g., starters,
alternators, fuel pumps, and bilge pumps) and test this equipment for
compliance with Federal safety regulations. This new initiative
complements the boat compliance testing program. ($150,000)
New Recreational Boating Safety Associated Travel: Travel by
employees of the Office of Boating Safety was performed to carry out
additional recreational boating safety actions and to gather background
and planning information for new recreational boating safety
initiatives. ($5,404)
New Boat Manufacturer Handbook: A contract was awarded to reprint a
comprehensive and user-friendly handbook for distribution to new
recreational boat manufacturers. Included in the handbook are the
Federal regulations and plain language guidelines that help clarify
Federal requirements. The handbook is aimed at increasing the level of
new recreational boat manufacturer compliance with applicable Federal
regulations. ($26,220)
Articulated Mannequins/Computer Simulation Model: The objective of
this contracted program is to improve the safety of recreational
boaters by fostering developmental technology for improved personal
flotation devices (PFDs). This program is furthering development of
flotation mannequins and a water forces computer simulation program to
promote the rapid, objective evaluation of different PFD designs on
various body types that are representative of the recreational boating
population. The computer simulation program will be validated through
the use of a family of anthropomorphic, articulated mannequins. Under
the contract to develop the articulated mannequins and computer
simulation model, a male model has been built and is almost perfected.
Currently, a female and a child mannequin are being developed. The
development of a computer simulation program will facilitate
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evaluation of the effectiveness of new and unique PFD designs.
($495,034)
Carbon Monoxide Research: Under a Memorandum of Agreement between
the Office of Boating Safety and the Department of Health and Human
Services, U.S. Public Health Service, Federal Occupational Health
Program, funding was provided to continue investigation into
identifying and classifying additional recreational boating carbon
monoxide related deaths and injuries. ($100,000)
Fuel Cell Development: Funding was provided to explore the
possibility of transferring fuel cell technology from land based units
to marine propulsion use. ($225,000)
Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) Outreach Program: Funding was
provided for this program which provides full marketing, media, public
information, and program strategy support to the RBS effort. The goal
is to coordinate the RBS outreach campaigns some of which include:
National Boating Under the Influence Campaign (BUI), You're in Command,
PFD Wear, Vessel Safety Check Program (VSC), Boating Safety Education
Courses, and other recreational boating safety issues on an as needed
basis. ($1,640,000)
Personnel Support: Funding was provided for personnel to support
the development of new regulations, to support new contracting
activities associated with the additional funding, and to monitor and
manage the contracts awarded. ($437,769)
A total of $20,844,160 of the $25,000,000 made available to the
Coast Guard through annual transfers of $5 million in fiscal years
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 has been committed, obligated or
expended as of September 30, 2003. Of the $5 million made available to
the Coast Guard in fiscal year 2004, $3,618,119 has been committed,
obligated or expended and an additional $1,437,134 of prior fiscal year
funds has been committed, obligated or expended, as of September 30,
2004. Therefore, a total of $25,899,413 of the $30,000,000 made
available to the Coast Guard through annual transfers of $5 million in
fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 has been committed,
obligated or expended as of September 30, 2004.
Dated: March 24, 2005.
James W. Underwood,
Rear Admiral, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Operations Policy.
[FR Doc. 05-6308 Filed 3-29-05; 8:45 am]
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