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2. Changes in Sub-criteria: ANA will
streamline the evaluation sub-criteria,
and reorganize specific elements, to
clarify instructions to panel reviewers:
(a) A new sub-criterion related to the
required Problem Statement will be
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Objectives and not overall for the
Outcomes Expected sections in the
Section IV.2. Project Description.
Therefore, project outcomes and the
impact indicator, which are also
elements of the Outcomes Expected subcriteria, are not required to be
S.M.A.R.T.
(c) A new sub-criterion on the Current
Status of Language will be added to the
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the Approach section of the Project
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Section VI.3.); 45 CFR 75.342
F. Relocation of ANA Offices
ANA has relocated its offices to the
Mary E. Switzer Memorial Building, 330
C Street SW., Washington, DC 20201.
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Native American Programs Act of 1974
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Lillian Sparks Robinson,
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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 Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century; Fiscal
Year 2015
Coast Guard, Homeland
Security.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In 1999, the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century made $5
million per year available for the
payment of Coast Guard expenses for
personnel and activities directly related
to coordinating and carrying out the
national recreational boating safety
program. In 2005, the law was amended,
and the amount was increased to $5.5
million. The Coast Guard is publishing
this notice 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. This notice specifies
the funding amounts the Coast Guard
has committed, obligated, or expended
during fiscal year 2015, as of September
30, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
questions on this notice, call Jeff
Ludwig, Regulations Development
Manager, telephone 202–372–1061.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
1. Annual Data Report: ANA intends
to add an Annual Data Report (ADR) to
the reporting requirements for all
funded projects. ANA has reduced its
reporting requirements to twice—semiannually and annually. ANA recently
streamlined the Objective Progress
Report (OPR), and determined that some
information previously collected on the
OPR is not necessary for project
monitoring; however is important when
analyzing project data. The ADR will
capture this project data throughout the
life of the project, versus just asking at
the end of the project. The ADR also
includes additional program-specific
and project assessment questions. The
report will supplement the annual OPR
and will not deviate from the annual
reporting cycle of the OPR, therefore
still requiring grantees only report twice
annually as stated previously. The
report will be due 30 days after the end
of each budget period and 90 days after
the end of the project period.
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Contact information in all FY 2016
FOAs will be updated to provide
mailing and physical location addresses
for the new building.
Background and Purpose
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
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recreational boating safety program each
year, $2 million shall be available only
to ensure compliance with Chapter 43 of
Title 46, U.S. Code. On September 29,
2005, the Sportfishing and Recreational
Boating Safety Amendments Act of 2005
was enacted (Public Law 109–74; 119
Stat. 2031). This Act increased the funds
available to the national recreational
boating safety program from $5 million
to $5.5 million annually, and stated that
‘‘not less than’’ $2 million shall be
available only to ensure compliance
with Chapter 43 of Title 46, U.S. Code.
These funds are available to the
Secretary from the Sport Fish
Restoration and Boating 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. Under 46 U.S.C. 13107(c), 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
under 46 U.S.C. 13107(c) 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
Sport Fish Restoration and Boating
Trust Fund and committed, obligated,
and/or expended during fiscal year 2015
for each activity is shown below.
Specific Accounting of Funds
Manufacturer Compliance Inspection
Program/Boat Testing Program: Funding
was provided to continue the national
recreational boat compliance inspection
program, initiated in January 2001.
During the Fiscal Year contracted
personnel, acting on behalf of the Coast
Guard, visit recreational boat
manufacturers, recreational boat dealers,
and recreational boat shows to inspect
for compliance with the Federal
regulations. During the 2015 reporting
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year, inspectors performed 350 factory
visits, 218 dealer visits, and 10 boat
show visits resulting in 2,800 boats
being inspected. Funding was also
provided for testing of certain associated
equipment and in-water testing of
atypical and used recreational boats for
compliance with capacity and flotation
standards. ($1,587,370). Additional
expenditures regarding this topic that
are accounted for in the topics below are
Contract Personnel Support ($103,253),
Reimbursable Salaries ($143,222) and
New Recreational Boating Safety
Associated Travel ($5,526). Collectively,
these expenditures, along with other
potential projects, are considered to be
applicable to the legal requirement that
‘‘not less than’’ $2 million be available
to ensure compliance with Chapter 43 of
Title 46, U.S. Code.
Boating Accident Report Database
(BARD) Web System: Funding was
allocated to continue providing the
BARD Web 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. The system also
enables the user community to generate
statistical reports that show the
frequency, nature, and severity of
boating accidents. Funds supported
system maintenance, development, and
technical (hotline) support. ($367,332).
Contract Personnel Support: Funding
was provided for contract personnel to
support the appropriate cost/benefit
analyses for potential new regulations
and to conduct general boating safetyrelated research and analysis and to
assist the manufacturer compliance
program. ($660,562).
Boating Accident News Clipping
Services: Funding was provided to
continue to gather daily news stories of
recreational boating accidents nationally
for more real time accident information
and to identify accidents that may
involve regulatory non-compliances or
safety defects. ($25,000).
New Recreational Boating Safety
Associated Travel: Funding was
provided to facilitate travel by
employees of the Boating Safety
Division to carry out additional
recreational boating safety actions and
to gather background and planning
information for new recreational boating
safety initiatives. ($17,564).
Recreational Boating Safety Outreach
Initiatives: Funding was provided to
produce signage promoting recreational
boating safety at the U.S. Coast Guard’s
Douglas A. Munro Headquarters
Building, and to provide appropriate
recognition to select individuals for
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outstanding achievements in promoting
boating safety. ($2,487).
Reimbursable Salaries: Funding was
provided to carry out the work as
prescribed in 46 U.S.C. 13107(c) and as
described herein. The first position was
that of a professional mathematician/
statistician to conduct necessary
national surveys and studies on
recreational boating activities as well as
to serve as a liaison to other Federal
agencies that are conducting boating
surveys so that we can pool our
resources and reduce costs. The second
position was that of a Recreational
Boating Safety Specialist/Marine
Investigator with responsibilities that
include overseeing and managing RBS
projects related to carbon monoxide
poisoning, propeller injury mitigation,
and manufacturer compliance
initiatives. The third position was that
of a Legislative and Strategic Planning
Manager, with responsibilities that
include analyzing proposed and enacted
legislation for RBS impacts, and
managing the development and
implementation of the National
Recreational Boating Safety Program’s
strategic plan. The fourth position was
that of a Division Administrative
Assistant, with responsibilities that
include providing administrative
support for the Boating Safety Division.
($513,045).
Technical Support and Analysis for
the Recreational Boating Safety
Program: The purpose of this contract is
to obtain Contractor professional,
technical, and management support for
services relating to the national survey
development, nonprofit grants grading
assessments, and other analysis as
needed for the enhancement of the
administration of the National
Recreational Boating Safety Program.
Projects covered by the contract include
statistical analyses of data collected in
the 2012 National Recreational Boating
Survey and research on the implications
of the findings relative to boating safety
and the National Recreational Boating
Safety Program; a review of scientific
literature covering various measures of
risk exposure in other transportation
related fields; support in designing the
next National Recreational Boating
Survey; and development of a webbased system for review of national
nonprofit organization grant
submissions. ($130,847).
Of the $5.5 million made available to
the Coast Guard in fiscal year 2015,
$2,120,466 has been committed,
obligated, or expended and an
additional $1,183,741 of prior fiscal year
funds have been committed, obligated,
or expended, as of September 30, 2015.
The remainder of the FY14 and FY15
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funds made available to the Coast Guard
(approximately $5,132,275) may be
retained for the allowable period for the
National Recreational Boating Survey 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).
Dated: December 2, 2015.
V.B. Gifford,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of
Inspections & Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–R–2015–N106;
FXRS85510445RG0–XXX–FF04R04000]
Draft Long Range Transportation Plan
for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lands in the Southeast Region
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of a draft long range
transportation plan for public review
and comment. The Draft Long Range
Transportation Plan outlines a strategy
for improving and maintaining
transportation assets that provide access
to Service-managed lands in the
Southeast Region (Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Puerto Rico, and
the Virgin Islands) over the next 20
years.
SUMMARY:
We must receive written
comments on or before January 7, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Document Review: If you
wish to review the draft plan, you may
obtain a copy by visiting our Web site
at https://www.fws.gov/southeast/
refuges/roads/pdf/southeast-regionlong-range-transportation-plan.pdf.
Alternatively, you may contact Jo Ann
Clark, Regional Transportation Program
Manager, Southeast Region, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, 1875 Century
Blvd., Atlanta, GA 30345 (404–679–
4114).
Submitting Comments: If you wish to
comment on the plan, you may submit
your comments in writing by any one of
the following methods:
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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 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century; Fiscal Year 2015
AGENCY: Coast Guard, Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In 1999, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
made $5 million per year available for the payment of Coast Guard
expenses for personnel and activities directly related to coordinating
and carrying out the national recreational boating safety program. In
2005, the law was amended, and the amount was increased to $5.5
million. The Coast Guard is publishing this notice 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. This notice specifies the funding amounts the Coast
Guard has committed, obligated, or expended during fiscal year 2015, as
of September 30, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For questions on this notice, call
Jeff Ludwig, Regulations Development Manager, telephone 202-372-1061.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background and Purpose
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. On September
29, 2005, the Sportfishing and Recreational Boating Safety Amendments
Act of 2005 was enacted (Public Law 109-74; 119 Stat. 2031). This Act
increased the funds available to the national recreational boating
safety program from $5 million to $5.5 million annually, and stated
that ``not less than'' $2 million shall be available only to ensure
compliance with Chapter 43 of Title 46, U.S. Code.
These funds are available to the Secretary from the Sport Fish
Restoration and Boating 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. Under 46 U.S.C. 13107(c), 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
under 46 U.S.C. 13107(c) 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 Sport Fish Restoration
and Boating Trust Fund and committed, obligated, and/or expended during
fiscal year 2015 for each activity is shown below.
Specific Accounting of Funds
Manufacturer Compliance Inspection Program/Boat Testing Program:
Funding was provided to continue the national recreational boat
compliance inspection program, initiated in January 2001. During the
Fiscal Year contracted personnel, acting on behalf of the Coast Guard,
visit recreational boat manufacturers, recreational boat dealers, and
recreational boat shows to inspect for compliance with the Federal
regulations. During the 2015 reporting
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year, inspectors performed 350 factory visits, 218 dealer visits, and
10 boat show visits resulting in 2,800 boats being inspected. Funding
was also provided for testing of certain associated equipment and in-
water testing of atypical and used recreational boats for compliance
with capacity and flotation standards. ($1,587,370). Additional
expenditures regarding this topic that are accounted for in the topics
below are Contract Personnel Support ($103,253), Reimbursable Salaries
($143,222) and New Recreational Boating Safety Associated Travel
($5,526). Collectively, these expenditures, along with other potential
projects, are considered to be applicable to the legal requirement that
``not less than'' $2 million be available to ensure compliance with
Chapter 43 of Title 46, U.S. Code.
Boating Accident Report Database (BARD) Web System: Funding was
allocated to continue providing the BARD Web 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. The system also enables the user
community to generate statistical reports that show the frequency,
nature, and severity of boating accidents. Funds supported system
maintenance, development, and technical (hotline) support. ($367,332).
Contract Personnel Support: Funding was provided for contract
personnel to support the appropriate cost/benefit analyses for
potential new regulations and to conduct general boating safety-related
research and analysis and to assist the manufacturer compliance
program. ($660,562).
Boating Accident News Clipping Services: Funding was provided to
continue to gather daily news stories of recreational boating accidents
nationally for more real time accident information and to identify
accidents that may involve regulatory non-compliances or safety
defects. ($25,000).
New Recreational Boating Safety Associated Travel: Funding was
provided to facilitate travel by employees of the Boating Safety
Division to carry out additional recreational boating safety actions
and to gather background and planning information for new recreational
boating safety initiatives. ($17,564).
Recreational Boating Safety Outreach Initiatives: Funding was
provided to produce signage promoting recreational boating safety at
the U.S. Coast Guard's Douglas A. Munro Headquarters Building, and to
provide appropriate recognition to select individuals for outstanding
achievements in promoting boating safety. ($2,487).
Reimbursable Salaries: Funding was provided to carry out the work
as prescribed in 46 U.S.C. 13107(c) and as described herein. The first
position was that of a professional mathematician/statistician to
conduct necessary national surveys and studies on recreational boating
activities as well as to serve as a liaison to other Federal agencies
that are conducting boating surveys so that we can pool our resources
and reduce costs. The second position was that of a Recreational
Boating Safety Specialist/Marine Investigator with responsibilities
that include overseeing and managing RBS projects related to carbon
monoxide poisoning, propeller injury mitigation, and manufacturer
compliance initiatives. The third position was that of a Legislative
and Strategic Planning Manager, with responsibilities that include
analyzing proposed and enacted legislation for RBS impacts, and
managing the development and implementation of the National
Recreational Boating Safety Program's strategic plan. The fourth
position was that of a Division Administrative Assistant, with
responsibilities that include providing administrative support for the
Boating Safety Division. ($513,045).
Technical Support and Analysis for the Recreational Boating Safety
Program: The purpose of this contract is to obtain Contractor
professional, technical, and management support for services relating
to the national survey development, nonprofit grants grading
assessments, and other analysis as needed for the enhancement of the
administration of the National Recreational Boating Safety Program.
Projects covered by the contract include statistical analyses of data
collected in the 2012 National Recreational Boating Survey and research
on the implications of the findings relative to boating safety and the
National Recreational Boating Safety Program; a review of scientific
literature covering various measures of risk exposure in other
transportation related fields; support in designing the next National
Recreational Boating Survey; and development of a web-based system for
review of national nonprofit organization grant submissions.
($130,847).
Of the $5.5 million made available to the Coast Guard in fiscal
year 2015, $2,120,466 has been committed, obligated, or expended and an
additional $1,183,741 of prior fiscal year funds have been committed,
obligated, or expended, as of September 30, 2015. The remainder of the
FY14 and FY15 funds made available to the Coast Guard (approximately
$5,132,275) may be retained for the allowable period for the National
Recreational Boating Survey 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).
Dated: December 2, 2015.
V.B. Gifford,
Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Inspections & Compliance.
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