(a) Eligible grant activities—coastal States:
(1) Eligible activities include identification in the coastal zone of all operational pumpout and dump stations, and surveys of recreational vessels in coastal waters with holding tanks or portable toilets, and the areas where those vessels congregate. Also eligible are costs of developing a list, including chart coordinates, of all operational pumpout and dump stations in the coastal zone of the State, for submission to the Fish and Wildlife Service.
(2) Plans for construction and renovation of pumpout and dump stations in the coastal zone of the State necessary to ensure that these stations are adequate and reasonably available to meet the needs of recreational vessels using the coastal waters of the State. Completed Stated-funded plans may be submitted after the technical guidelines appear in the Federal Register.
(b) Eligible grant activities—all States:
(1) Eligible grant activities include education/information program to educate/inform recreational boaters about the environmental pollution problems resulting from sewage discharges from vessels and to inform them of the location of pumpout and dump stations.
(2) Eligible grant activities include the construction, renovation, operation and maintenance of pumpout and dump stations, including floating restrooms in the water, not connected to land or structures connected to the land, used solely by boaters. Eligible grant activities also include any activity necessary to hold and transport sewage to sewage treatment plants, such as holding tanks, piping, haulage costs, and any activity necessary to get sewage treatment plants to accept sewage, such as installing bleed-in facilities.
(c) Ineligible activities:
(1) Activities that do not provide public benefits.
(2) Enforcement activities.
(3) Construction/renovation of upland restroom facilities.
(4) Construction, renovation, operation and maintenance of on-site sewage treatment plants, such as package treatment plants and septic systems, and of municipal sewage treatment plants for primary and secondary treatment.
(a) Eligible applicants will submit their proposals to the appropriate regional office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Coastal States submitting proposals for both the coastal zone and the inland portion of their States must submit two separate proposals. The regional office addresses are provided at 50 CFR 2.2. Telephone and fax numbers of the regional offices follow:
| Region
| Wildlife and sport fish restoration telephone number
| Wildlife and sport fish restoration fax number
|
|---|
| 1 | 503-231-6128 | 503-231-6996
|
| 2 | 505-248-7465 | 505-248-7471
|
| 3 | 612-713-5130 | 612-713-5290
|
| 4 | 404-679-4159 | 404-679-4160
|
| 5 | 413-253-8508 | 413-253-8487
|
| 6 | 303-236-4411 | 303-236-8192
|
| 7 | 907-786-3545 | 907-786-3575
|
| 8 | 916-414-6509 | 916-978-6155 |
(b) Proposals will be accepted for FY 1995 funds ($7.05 million) between the effective date and April 29, 1994. For FY 1996 and FY 1997, proposals will be due by May 1 of the year preceding that fiscal year (e.g., May 1, 1995 for FY 1996).
[59 FR 11206, Mar. 10, 1994, as amended at 62 FR 45348, Aug. 27, 1997; 78 FR 35153, June 12, 2013]
Grant proposals will consist of a narrative which identifies and describes the following:
(a) The need within the purposes of the Act (Coastal States with approved plans should indicate how the activities contained in the proposal implements the plan);
(b) Discrete objective(s) to be accomplished during a specified time period that address the need(s);
(c) Expected results or benefits from accomplishing the objectives, including the numbers of recreational vessels and people served;
(d) The approach to be used in meeting the objectives, including specific procedures, schedules, key personnel, cooperators, grant location, innovative approaches, public/private partnerships, education, sensitive waters, public access, and estimated costs;
(e) Amount and source of matching funds; and,
(f) Fees for use of facility.