50 C.F.R. Subpart K—How States Will Complete Access Needs Surveys
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
The State survey determines the status of boating access facilities for all recreational boats in your State and your future boater access needs. The Act does not require surveys. They are voluntary. However, if you do a survey, you must complete it following the National Framework to receive funds. You must transmit the results to the Service Regional Offices in a common electronic format, such as Microsoft Word, Word Perfect, Excel or Quattro Pro. Surveys provide the information necessary to fully understand the needs of boaters in your State. Surveys allow you to develop a meaningful plan to provide better access to boaters. Use surveys to complete the plan. If the recent survey substantially answers the provisions in §86.118, the appropriate Service Regional Office will determine if it is sufficient to meet the needs of the program. If the Regional Office determines that the survey is not sufficient, you must complete that portion(s) or an entire new survey to receive credit for completing a recent survey. You need not conduct the survey if the appropriate Secretary of the Interior certifies that you have developed and are carrying out a State program plan, as described in Subpart M of this chapter, that ensures that public boat access exists and is adequate to meet the needs of recreational boaters on your waters. Use a consultant or university specializing in administration of such surveys. Use sample sizes large enough to achieve statistical accuracy so the estimate is within plus or minus 10 percent of the true number. (a) You may use a telephone, mail, or other type of survey for a sample population of boaters within the State. Costs for telephone and mail surveys are roughly similar. However, response rates for mail surveys are generally lower. (b) For boat access providers, we prefer that you survey all State agency and non-State providers, but you may survey a sample population. (c) You may develop your own methodology to collect data, which may include telephone, mail, fax, or other inventory means. We do not expect you to use automated, electronic, mechanical, or similar means of information collection. (d) Data collected are unique to each respondent. Data collection should use standard survey method criteria to gather information from each respondent. You must not change the questions because we need information that is comparable nationwide. We have developed a survey instrument for completing the surveys. We are seeking approval from OMB on the survey questions and the OMB approval does not extend to additional questions.
Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 86—BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT (BIG) PROGRAM
Subpart K—How States Will Complete Access Needs Surveys
§ 86.110 What does the State survey do?
§ 86.111 Must I do a survey?
§ 86.112 What are the advantages of doing a survey?
§ 86.113 What if I have recently completed a boat access survey?
§ 86.114 Do I need to conduct a survey if I already have a plan for installing tie-up facilities?
§ 86.115 How should I administer the survey?
§ 86.116 May I change the questions in the survey?
§ 86.117 [Reserved]
§ 86.118 What does this survey instrument include?
(a) We divided this survey into four parts. Part A being for transient nontrailerable boat owners. Part B is for trailerable or “car-top” boat owners. Part C is for State agency and non-State providers of facilities for nontrailerable recreational vessels in the State. Part D is for State and non-State providers of access sites for trailerable or “car-top” boats.
(b) Follow these instructions to complete Part A—BOAT OWNER SURVEY FOR TIE-UP FACILITIES FOR NONTRAILERABLE RECREATIONAL VESSELS:
(1) If the boater owns a nontrailerable recreational vessel, ask the boater to fill out Part A;
(2) If the boater owns more than one boat 26 feet or more in length, ask the boater to provide information for the boat he or she uses most often;
(3) If the boater owns at least one boat more than and at least one boat less than 26 feet in length, ask the boater to fill out both Parts A and B; and,
(4) You should use a sample size large enough to achieve statistical accuracy so the estimate is within 10 percent of the true number.
(c) Follow these instructions to complete Part B—BOAT OWNER SURVEY FOR TRAILERABLE OR “CAR-TOP” BOAT ACCESS SITES:
(1) If the boater owns a boat less than 26 feet long, ask the boater to fill out Part B;
(2) If the boater owns more than one boat less than 26 feet long, ask the boater to provide information for the boat he or she uses most;
(3) If the boater owns at least one boat more than and at least one boat less than 26 feet in length, ask the boater to complete both Parts A and B; and,
(4) You should use a sample size large enough to achieve statistical accuracy so the estimate is within 10 percent of the true number.
(d) Parts C and D are surveys for providers of tie-up facilities and boat access sites. Part C is for State agency and non-State providers of facilities for nontrailerable recreational vessels in the State. Part D is for State and non-State providers of boat access sites for boats less than 26 feet in length.
(e) Follow these instructions to complete Part C—STATE AGENCY AND NON-STATE PROVIDER SURVEY FOR TIE-UP FACILITIES:
(1) Ask State agency and non-State providers of tie-up facilities for nontrailerable recreational vessels to fill out Part C.
(2) If more than one State agency manages these facilities, send this survey to all of those agencies.
(3) If the State agency or non-State provider awards grants to others who provide facilities, ask these grantees to respond for these facilities instead of the State agency or non-State provider.
(4) If a State agency or non-State provider operates facilities and sites for both nontrailerable and trailerable boats, ask the provider to fill out both Parts C and D.
(5) Ask State agency and non-State providers to identify all tie-up facilities.
(6) For all questions, if you need additional space, make copies of the appropriate page.
(f) Follow these instructions to complete Part D—STATE AGENCY AND NON-STATE PROVIDER SURVEY FOR TRAILERABLE BOAT ACCESS SITES:
(1) Ask State agency and non-State providers of access sites for boats less than 26 feet long to fill out Part D.
(2) Non-State providers include the Federal Government, local government, corporations, private owners, and others.
(3) If more than one State agency manages these sites, send this survey to all of them.
(4) If the State agency or non-State provider awards grants to others who provide sites, ask these grantees to respond for these sites instead of the State agency or non-State provider.
(5) If a State agency or non-State provider operates facilities and sites for both nontrailerable and trailerable boats, ask the provider to fill out both Parts C and D.
(6) We prefer that the State agency or non-State provider identify all boat access sites and water-bodies, but if he or she has many sites and water-bodies, the provider may group the information together rather than identify each site individually.
(7) For all questions, if you need additional space, make copies of the appropriate page.
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