50 C.F.R. Subpart F—How the Service Selects Projects To Receive Grants
Title 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries
(a) We will rank all Tier Two proposals according to the criteria in paragraph (b) of this section and the attached chart, which sets forth points we will ascribe for various factors. (b) We will consider proposals that: The Service's Division of Federal Aid convenes a panel of professional staff to review, rank, and recommend funding to the Service Director. This panel will include representatives from the Service's Washington, DC, and Regional Offices. The Director may convene an advisory panel of nongovernmental organizations to advise and make recommendations to the Federal panel. The Service Director will select projects for grants by August 16, 2001, August 10, 2001, and August 10, 2002, for the three grant cycles. After we approve your award, we will notify you to work with the appropriate Service Regional Office to fulfill the grant documentation requirements and finalize the grant agreement. If you have a difference of opinion over the eligibility of proposed activities or differences arising over the conduct of work, you may appeal to the Director. Final determination rests with the Secretary of the Interior (50 CFR 80.7).
Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
PART 86—BOATING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT (BIG) PROGRAM
Subpart F—How the Service Selects Projects To Receive Grants
§ 86.60 What are the criteria used to select projects for grants?
(1) Plan to construct, renovate, and maintain 15 points. tie-up facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels following priorities identified in your State's program plan (see Subpart M for State program plan information) that the Secretary of the Interior has approved under section 7404(c) of the Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act.(2) Provide for public/private and public/ public partnership efforts to develop, renovate, and maintain tie-up facilities. These partners must be other than the Service and lead State agency: (i) One partner............................ 5 points. (ii) Two partners.......................... 10 points. (iii) Three or more partners............... 15 points.(3) Use innovative techniques to increase the 0-15 points. availability of tie-up facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels (includes education/information).(4) Include private, local, or other State funds in addition to the non-Federal match, described in § 86.42: (i) Twenty-six percent to thirty-five 5 points. percent. (ii) Between thirty-six and forty-nine 10 points. percent. (iii) Fifty percent and above.............. 15 points.(5) Are cost efficient. Proposals are cost 0-10 points. efficient when the tie-up facility or access site's features add a high value compared with the funds from the proposal, for example, where you construct a small feature such as a transient mooring dock within an existing harbor that adds high value and opportunity to existing features (restrooms, utilities, etc.). A proposal that requires installing all of the above features would add less value for the cost.(6) Provide a significant link to prominent 10 points. destination way points such as those near metropolitan population centers, cultural or natural areas, or that provide safe harbors from storms.(7) Provide access to recreational, historic, cultural, natural, or scenic opportunities of national, regional, or local significance. Projects that provide access to opportunities of national, regional, or local significance receive 5 points for each, for a maximum of 15 points(8) Provide significant positive economic 1-5 points. impacts to a community. For example, a project that costs $100,000 and attracts a number of boaters who altogether spend $1 million a year in the community.(9) Include multi-State efforts that result in 5 points. coordinating location of tie-up facilities.(10) Total possible points..................... 105 points.------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------ Criteria Points------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Construct Tie-up Facilities........................... 15(2) Provide Partnership Efforts........................... 5-15(3) Use Innovative Techniques............................. 0-15(4) Include Other Funding Sources......................... 5-15(5) Are Cost Efficient.................................... 0-10(6) Provide Way Point Linkage............................. 10(7) Provide Access to Opportunities....................... 5-15(8) Provide Significant Economic Impacts.................. 1-5(9) Include Multi-State Efforts........................... 5(10) Total Possible Points................................ 105------------------------------------------------------------------------
§ 86.61 What process does the Service use to select projects for grants?
§ 86.62 What must I do after my project has been selected?
§ 86.63 May I appeal if my project is not selected?
