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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG–2014–0911]
Recreational Boating Safety Grants for
Nonprofit Organizations
Coast Guard, DHS.
Notice; request for comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard proposes
several possible ‘‘areas of interest’’ for
which fiscal year (FY) 2015 national
nonprofit organization grants could be
awarded, and requests public comments
on which areas the Coast Guard should
select.
DATES: Comments must be submitted to
the online docket via https://
www.regulations.gov, or reach the
Docket Management Facility, on or
before October 28, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments using one
of the listed methods, and see
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• Online—https://www.regulations.gov
following Web site instructions.
• Fax—202–372–1932.
• Mail or hand deliver—Docket
Management Facility (CG–BSX–24),
U.S. Coast Guard, Room 4M24–14, 2703
Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. SE.,
Washington, DC 20593–7501. Hours for
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Monday through Friday, except Federal
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SUMMARY:
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email Carlin Hertz, Nonprofit Grants
Coordinator; 202–372–1060,
carlin.r.hertz@uscg.mil. For information
about viewing or submitting material to
the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program
Manager, Docket Operations, telephone
202–366–9826, toll free 1–800–647–
5527.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Public Participation and Comments
We encourage you to comment or
submit relevant material in response to
this notice. Submissions will be shared
with members of the National Boating
Safety Advisory Committee (NBSAC), a
group that consists of members of the
public who advise the Coast Guard on
boating safety, and who operate in
compliance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act. The next NBSAC
meeting will occur on November 6,
2014. NBSAC may recommend the areas
of interest that should be the focus of
Coast Guard boating safety grants to
nonprofit organizations in FY 2015.
Minutes of the November meeting will
be posted on NBSAC’s Web site, https://
homeport.uscg.mil/NBSAC.
Mark your submission with docket
number USCG–2014–0911 and explain
your reasons for any suggestion or
recommendation. Provide personal
contact information so that we can
contact you if we have questions
regarding your comments; but note that
all comments will be posted to the
online docket without change and that
any personal information you include
can be searchable online (see the
Federal Register Privacy Act notice
regarding our public dockets, 73 FR
3316, Jan. 17, 2008).
Mailed or hand-delivered comments
should be in an unbound 81⁄2 x 11 inch
format suitable for reproduction. The
Docket Management Facility will
acknowledge receipt of mailed
comments if you enclose a stamped,
self-addressed postcard or envelope
with your submission.
Documents mentioned in this notice
and all public comments, are in our
online docket at https://
www.regulations.gov and can be viewed
by following the Web site’s instructions.
You can also view the docket at the
Docket Management Facility (see the
mailing address under ADDRESSES)
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Discussion
This notice is issued under the
authority of, but is not required by, 46
U.S.C. 13102. It concerns the annual
recreational boating safety grants that
the Coast Guard issues to nonprofit
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organizations. We have not issued such
a notice in previous years, and,
depending on the public response to
this year’s notice, we may or may not
issue similar notices in future years.
The Coast Guard’s national
recreational boating safety program aims
to reduce accidents, injuries and deaths
on America’s waterways and to facilitate
safe enjoyable boating. It promotes
greater uniformity among States and
localities in boating safety laws,
enforcement, and administration. The
program also encourages boating safety
activity by nonprofit organizations, and
each year makes grants to such
organizations. This notice discusses
eight possible areas of interest for which
grants might be awarded in FY 2015. We
invite public comments on these eight
areas or others that the public feels we
should address. Comments can discuss
environmental or other concerns you
have about a possible area of interest,
and can include or cite relevant
information or data.
The following possible areas of
interest for FY 2015 are intended to
support boating safety outreach
strategies and goals that we have
developed in consultation with NBSAC.
For each possible area, grantees would
need to develop performance metrics to
demonstrate their success, and report to
the Coast Guard on their
accomplishments. For each area, we
may award grants to multiple
applicants. We invite your comments on
each of these, and to suggest other
possible areas of interest we should
consider.
1. Year-Round Safe Boating
Campaign. The campaign would
function nationally, throughout the
year, be coordinated with other safety
initiatives and media events, and
would—
• Align with the National
Recreational Boating Safety Strategic
Plan, particularly Objective 2: Boating
Safety Outreach
• Target specific boating safety topics
and specific boater market segments;
• Reach boaters at the local level;
• Promote the RBS Program’s ‘‘Boat
Responsibly’’ brand;
• Educate boaters about the
consequences of drinking alcohol,
taking drugs, or other irresponsible
behavior on the water;
• Educate boaters about reporting
boating accidents;
• Stress the importance of wearing
life jackets and getting boater safety
training; and
• Emphasize that boat operators are
responsible for their own safety and that
of their passengers.
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2. Outreach and Awareness
Conference. This possible area of
interest would use a conference instead
of a year-round campaign to focus on
the topics discussed under the first
possible area of interest, in support of
the National Recreational Boating Safety
Strategic Plan’s Objective 2—Boating
Safety Outreach. Conference organizers
must focus on professional development
opportunities for conference
participants. The conference must
include a session for grant recipients to
give brief reports on completed grant
projects and on plans for using new
Coast Guard grants. Three to six months
after the conference, the organizers must
survey participants on the long term
impacts of the conference and include
survey results in their final report.
3. Standardize Statutes and
Regulations. In this possible area of
interest, the grantee would develop
programs to achieve measurable
standardization and reciprocity among
State boating safety statutes and
regulations and how they are
administered and enforced, especially
with respect to accident reporting,
boater education, and life jacket wear
requirements. This standardization
should be compatible with other State
boating safety efforts and promote RBS
program effectiveness, the use of Coast
Guard-approved boater education
programs, and improved administration
of Coast Guard-approved vessel
numbering and accident reporting
systems. The grantee’s final report must
include an updated comprehensive
guide to State recreational boating safety
laws and regulations.
4. Accident Investigation Seminars. In
this possible area of interest, the grantee
would develop a Coast Guard-approved
curriculum and materials for seminars
for Federal and State recreational
boating accident investigators in
support of the National Recreational
Boating Safety Strategic Plan’s Objective
9—Boating Accident Reporting. The
curriculum must cover the requirements
of 46 U.S.C. 6102 and 33 CFR parts 173
subpart C, part 174 subparts C & D (in
particular the accident-reporting system
administration requirements of 33 CFR
174.103), and part 179. Between four
and eight 60-student regional seminars
would be required, as well as between
two and four advanced courses at the
National Transportation Safety Board
Training Facility in Ashburn, Virginia,
or some other appropriate location.
Three 20-student regional train-thetrainer seminars would also be required.
Seminar locations must be approved by
the Coast Guard. Each seminar would
reserve at least four places for Coast
Guard marine investigators to be
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assigned by the Coast Guard. Each
regional seminar must cover an
overview of recreational boat accident
investigations, witness interviews,
collision dynamics, evidence collection
and preservation, diagramming, and
report writing with an emphasis on
adherence to definitions and detail in
the accident narrative. The advanced
seminars must include instruction in
the investigation of video-simulated
accidents with actual recreational boats
used as training aids.
5. Life Jacket Wear. The grantee in this
possible area of interest would provide
reliable estimates of nationwide
recreational boater life jacket wear rates.
This estimate will directly address the
National Recreational Boating Safety
Strategic Plan’s Strategy 4.1—Track and
Evaluate Life Jacket Wear Rates.
Estimates could be developed on an
annual or biennial basis, using paid or
volunteer observers, and must be based
on actual observation of a representative
sample of boaters on high-use lakes,
rivers, and bays. Methods for
developing estimates must be replicable
from year to year and must be able to
collect data by number, type, length,
operation, and activity of boats and by
boater age and gender.
6. Voluntary Standards Development.
The grantee in this possible area of
interest would develop and carry out a
program to promote the development of
technically sound voluntary standards
for building recreational boats.
Development of these standards will
address the National Recreational
Boating Safety Strategic Plan’s Strategy
7.3—Manufacturer Outreach. The
standards must help reduce accidents in
which stability, speed, operator
inattention, and navigation lights are
factors. For example, standards could be
developed for labeling flybridge
capacity or horsepower rating, or for
minimizing operator distraction, or for
determining the effects of underwater or
decorative lighting.
7. Safety Training for Urban Youth.
The grantee in this possible area of
interest would build a sustainable
network of training providers for urban
youth, who in the past 10 years,
according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, have been
involved in the most water-based
fatalities. This effort must support
Objectives 2 and 3 of the National
Recreational Boating Safety Program
Strategic Plan—Boating Safety Outreach
and Advanced and/or On the Water,
Skills Based Boating Education.
Training should provide structured,
engaging, in-depth opportunities for
learning basic boating safety and for
practicing on-the-water boating safety
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skills and must promote the ‘‘Boat
Responsibly’’ brand.
8. ‘‘Boating Under the Influence’’
(BUI) Detection and Enforcement. The
grantee in this possible area of interest
would develop and conduct train-thetrainer and BUI detection and
enforcement training courses for State
and local marine patrol officers, Coast
Guard boarding officers and others. The
goal of the training would be to give
students the knowledge and skills they
need to deter recreational boater alcohol
use and alcohol-related accidents. These
courses will directly address National
Recreational Boating Safety Strategic
Plan Strategy 6.2, Train marine law
enforcement officers in Boating Under
the Influence and Strategy 6.3, Expand
nationwide use of the validated
Standardized Field Sobriety Tests
(SFST).
Dated: October 1, 2014.
Jonathan C. Burton,
Captain, Coast Guard, Director of Inspections
and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2014-0911]
Recreational Boating Safety Grants for Nonprofit Organizations
AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes several possible ``areas of
interest'' for which fiscal year (FY) 2015 national nonprofit
organization grants could be awarded, and requests public comments on
which areas the Coast Guard should select.
DATES: Comments must be submitted to the online docket via https://www.regulations.gov, or reach the Docket Management Facility, on or
before October 28, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Submit comments using one of the listed methods, and see
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for more information on public comments.
Online--https://www.regulations.gov following Web site
instructions.
Fax--202-372-1932.
Mail or hand deliver--Docket Management Facility (CG-BSX-
24), U.S. Coast Guard, Room 4M24-14, 2703 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave.
SE., Washington, DC 20593-7501. Hours for hand delivery are 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays (telephone 202-
372-1060). To be sure someone is there to help you, please call before
coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information about this document
call or
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email Carlin Hertz, Nonprofit Grants Coordinator; 202-372-1060,
carlin.r.hertz@uscg.mil. For information about viewing or submitting
material to the docket, call Cheryl Collins, Program Manager, Docket
Operations, telephone 202-366-9826, toll free 1-800-647-5527.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Public Participation and Comments
We encourage you to comment or submit relevant material in response
to this notice. Submissions will be shared with members of the National
Boating Safety Advisory Committee (NBSAC), a group that consists of
members of the public who advise the Coast Guard on boating safety, and
who operate in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The
next NBSAC meeting will occur on November 6, 2014. NBSAC may recommend
the areas of interest that should be the focus of Coast Guard boating
safety grants to nonprofit organizations in FY 2015. Minutes of the
November meeting will be posted on NBSAC's Web site, https://homeport.uscg.mil/NBSAC.
Mark your submission with docket number USCG-2014-0911 and explain
your reasons for any suggestion or recommendation. Provide personal
contact information so that we can contact you if we have questions
regarding your comments; but note that all comments will be posted to
the online docket without change and that any personal information you
include can be searchable online (see the Federal Register Privacy Act
notice regarding our public dockets, 73 FR 3316, Jan. 17, 2008).
Mailed or hand-delivered comments should be in an unbound 8\1/2\ x
11 inch format suitable for reproduction. The Docket Management
Facility will acknowledge receipt of mailed comments if you enclose a
stamped, self-addressed postcard or envelope with your submission.
Documents mentioned in this notice and all public comments, are in
our online docket at https://www.regulations.gov and can be viewed by
following the Web site's instructions. You can also view the docket at
the Docket Management Facility (see the mailing address under
ADDRESSES) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
Federal holidays.
Discussion
This notice is issued under the authority of, but is not required
by, 46 U.S.C. 13102. It concerns the annual recreational boating safety
grants that the Coast Guard issues to nonprofit organizations. We have
not issued such a notice in previous years, and, depending on the
public response to this year's notice, we may or may not issue similar
notices in future years.
The Coast Guard's national recreational boating safety program aims
to reduce accidents, injuries and deaths on America's waterways and to
facilitate safe enjoyable boating. It promotes greater uniformity among
States and localities in boating safety laws, enforcement, and
administration. The program also encourages boating safety activity by
nonprofit organizations, and each year makes grants to such
organizations. This notice discusses eight possible areas of interest
for which grants might be awarded in FY 2015. We invite public comments
on these eight areas or others that the public feels we should address.
Comments can discuss environmental or other concerns you have about a
possible area of interest, and can include or cite relevant information
or data.
The following possible areas of interest for FY 2015 are intended
to support boating safety outreach strategies and goals that we have
developed in consultation with NBSAC. For each possible area, grantees
would need to develop performance metrics to demonstrate their success,
and report to the Coast Guard on their accomplishments. For each area,
we may award grants to multiple applicants. We invite your comments on
each of these, and to suggest other possible areas of interest we
should consider.
1. Year-Round Safe Boating Campaign. The campaign would function
nationally, throughout the year, be coordinated with other safety
initiatives and media events, and would--
Align with the National Recreational Boating Safety
Strategic Plan, particularly Objective 2: Boating Safety Outreach
Target specific boating safety topics and specific boater
market segments;
Reach boaters at the local level;
Promote the RBS Program's ``Boat Responsibly'' brand;
Educate boaters about the consequences of drinking
alcohol, taking drugs, or other irresponsible behavior on the water;
Educate boaters about reporting boating accidents;
Stress the importance of wearing life jackets and getting
boater safety training; and
Emphasize that boat operators are responsible for their
own safety and that of their passengers.
2. Outreach and Awareness Conference. This possible area of
interest would use a conference instead of a year-round campaign to
focus on the topics discussed under the first possible area of
interest, in support of the National Recreational Boating Safety
Strategic Plan's Objective 2--Boating Safety Outreach. Conference
organizers must focus on professional development opportunities for
conference participants. The conference must include a session for
grant recipients to give brief reports on completed grant projects and
on plans for using new Coast Guard grants. Three to six months after
the conference, the organizers must survey participants on the long
term impacts of the conference and include survey results in their
final report.
3. Standardize Statutes and Regulations. In this possible area of
interest, the grantee would develop programs to achieve measurable
standardization and reciprocity among State boating safety statutes and
regulations and how they are administered and enforced, especially with
respect to accident reporting, boater education, and life jacket wear
requirements. This standardization should be compatible with other
State boating safety efforts and promote RBS program effectiveness, the
use of Coast Guard-approved boater education programs, and improved
administration of Coast Guard-approved vessel numbering and accident
reporting systems. The grantee's final report must include an updated
comprehensive guide to State recreational boating safety laws and
regulations.
4. Accident Investigation Seminars. In this possible area of
interest, the grantee would develop a Coast Guard-approved curriculum
and materials for seminars for Federal and State recreational boating
accident investigators in support of the National Recreational Boating
Safety Strategic Plan's Objective 9--Boating Accident Reporting. The
curriculum must cover the requirements of 46 U.S.C. 6102 and 33 CFR
parts 173 subpart C, part 174 subparts C & D (in particular the
accident-reporting system administration requirements of 33 CFR
174.103), and part 179. Between four and eight 60-student regional
seminars would be required, as well as between two and four advanced
courses at the National Transportation Safety Board Training Facility
in Ashburn, Virginia, or some other appropriate location. Three 20-
student regional train-the-trainer seminars would also be required.
Seminar locations must be approved by the Coast Guard. Each seminar
would reserve at least four places for Coast Guard marine investigators
to be
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assigned by the Coast Guard. Each regional seminar must cover an
overview of recreational boat accident investigations, witness
interviews, collision dynamics, evidence collection and preservation,
diagramming, and report writing with an emphasis on adherence to
definitions and detail in the accident narrative. The advanced seminars
must include instruction in the investigation of video-simulated
accidents with actual recreational boats used as training aids.
5. Life Jacket Wear. The grantee in this possible area of interest
would provide reliable estimates of nationwide recreational boater life
jacket wear rates. This estimate will directly address the National
Recreational Boating Safety Strategic Plan's Strategy 4.1--Track and
Evaluate Life Jacket Wear Rates. Estimates could be developed on an
annual or biennial basis, using paid or volunteer observers, and must
be based on actual observation of a representative sample of boaters on
high-use lakes, rivers, and bays. Methods for developing estimates must
be replicable from year to year and must be able to collect data by
number, type, length, operation, and activity of boats and by boater
age and gender.
6. Voluntary Standards Development. The grantee in this possible
area of interest would develop and carry out a program to promote the
development of technically sound voluntary standards for building
recreational boats. Development of these standards will address the
National Recreational Boating Safety Strategic Plan's Strategy 7.3--
Manufacturer Outreach. The standards must help reduce accidents in
which stability, speed, operator inattention, and navigation lights are
factors. For example, standards could be developed for labeling
flybridge capacity or horsepower rating, or for minimizing operator
distraction, or for determining the effects of underwater or decorative
lighting.
7. Safety Training for Urban Youth. The grantee in this possible
area of interest would build a sustainable network of training
providers for urban youth, who in the past 10 years, according to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have been involved in the
most water-based fatalities. This effort must support Objectives 2 and
3 of the National Recreational Boating Safety Program Strategic Plan--
Boating Safety Outreach and Advanced and/or On the Water, Skills Based
Boating Education. Training should provide structured, engaging, in-
depth opportunities for learning basic boating safety and for
practicing on-the-water boating safety skills and must promote the
``Boat Responsibly'' brand.
8. ``Boating Under the Influence'' (BUI) Detection and Enforcement.
The grantee in this possible area of interest would develop and conduct
train-the-trainer and BUI detection and enforcement training courses
for State and local marine patrol officers, Coast Guard boarding
officers and others. The goal of the training would be to give students
the knowledge and skills they need to deter recreational boater alcohol
use and alcohol-related accidents. These courses will directly address
National Recreational Boating Safety Strategic Plan Strategy 6.2, Train
marine law enforcement officers in Boating Under the Influence and
Strategy 6.3, Expand nationwide use of the validated Standardized Field
Sobriety Tests (SFST).
Dated: October 1, 2014.
Jonathan C. Burton,
Captain, Coast Guard, Director of Inspections and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-23807 Filed 10-6-14; 8:45 am]
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