The Federal Boating Infrastructure Grant Program offers funding to states to develop and maintain facilities for transient, nontrailerable recreational vessels 26 feet or longer. Its purpose is to enhance infrastructure for the estimated 600,000 larger boats in the U.S., creating a network of accessible and safe facilities. Public access to all funded amenities is mandated. Eligible activities include constructing, renovating, and maintaining various boating infrastructure like mooring, docking, and navigational aids facilities. Essential shore-side services such as restrooms, utilities, pumpout stations, marine fueling, and one-time dredging are also covered.
Opportunity ID: 54634
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FWS-BIG-11-T1 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Boating Infrastructure Grant Program – Tier 1 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development Transportation |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 45 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.622 — Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | May 17, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | May 18, 2010 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 22, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 22, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 22, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $4,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $100,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | State governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | Recreational boating is a popular activity; there are approximately 13 million registered boats in the U.S. Of this total, an estimated 600,000 are 26 feet in length or longer and are considered nontrailerable. BIG provides Federal grant funds to States to assist in developing and maintaining facilities for transient use by these boats. Specifically, BIG provides funding to construct, renovate, and maintain either publicly or privately owned boating infrastructure facilities for transient, nontrailerable recreational vessels 26 feet in length or longer. States must provide public access to these federally funded facilities. Some examples of potentially eligible activities include:(a) Mooring buoys (permanently anchored floats designed to tie up eligible recreational vessels);(b) Day-docks (tie-up facilities that do not allow overnight use);(c) Navigational aids (e.g., channel markers, buoys, and directional information);(d) Transient slips (slips that boaters with eligible recreational vessels occupy for no more than 10 consecutive days);(e) Safe harbors (facilities protected from waves, wind, tides, ice, currents, etc., that provide a temporary safe anchorage point or harbor of refuge during storms);(f) Floating docks and fixed piers;(g) Floating and fixed breakwaters;(h) Dinghy docks (floating or fixed platforms that boaters with nontrailerable recreational vessels use for a temporary tie-up of their small boats to reach the shore);(i) Restrooms;(j) Retaining walls;(k) Bulkheads;(l) Dockside utilities;(m) Pumpout stations;(n) Recycling and trash receptacles;(o) Dockside electric service;(p) Dockside water supplies;(q) Dockside pay telephones;(r) Debris deflection booms; (s) Marine fueling stations; and(t) One time dredging (see pages 8-9, 14). Additional information on BIG, including application requirements, eligible activities, and grants, is in the BIG regulations (50 CFR 86). |
| Link to Additional Information: | BIG Tier 1 Request for Applications |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Christy Vigfusson
Biologist – Grants Phone 703-358-1748 Email:christy_vigfusson@fws.gov |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| The url for the full announcement was corrected. | May 18, 2010 | |
| May 18, 2010 |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 2
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FWS-BIG-11-T1 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Boating Infrastructure Grant Program – Tier 1 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development Transportation |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 45 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.622 — Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 2 |
| Posted Date: | May 17, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | May 18, 2010 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 22, 2010 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 22, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 22, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $4,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $100,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | State governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | Recreational boating is a popular activity; there are approximately 13 million registered boats in the U.S. Of this total, an estimated 600,000 are 26 feet in length or longer and are considered nontrailerable. BIG provides Federal grant funds to States to assist in developing and maintaining facilities for transient use by these boats. Specifically, BIG provides funding to construct, renovate, and maintain either publicly or privately owned boating infrastructure facilities for transient, nontrailerable recreational vessels 26 feet in length or longer. States must provide public access to these federally funded facilities. Some examples of potentially eligible activities include:(a) Mooring buoys (permanently anchored floats designed to tie up eligible recreational vessels);(b) Day-docks (tie-up facilities that do not allow overnight use);(c) Navigational aids (e.g., channel markers, buoys, and directional information);(d) Transient slips (slips that boaters with eligible recreational vessels occupy for no more than 10 consecutive days);(e) Safe harbors (facilities protected from waves, wind, tides, ice, currents, etc., that provide a temporary safe anchorage point or harbor of refuge during storms);(f) Floating docks and fixed piers;(g) Floating and fixed breakwaters;(h) Dinghy docks (floating or fixed platforms that boaters with nontrailerable recreational vessels use for a temporary tie-up of their small boats to reach the shore);(i) Restrooms;(j) Retaining walls;(k) Bulkheads;(l) Dockside utilities;(m) Pumpout stations;(n) Recycling and trash receptacles;(o) Dockside electric service;(p) Dockside water supplies;(q) Dockside pay telephones;(r) Debris deflection booms; (s) Marine fueling stations; and(t) One time dredging (see pages 8-9, 14). Additional information on BIG, including application requirements, eligible activities, and grants, is in the BIG regulations (50 CFR 86). |
| Link to Additional Information: | BIG Tier 1 Request for Applications |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Christy Vigfusson
Biologist – Grants Phone 703-358-1748 Email:christy_vigfusson@fws.gov |
DISPLAYING: Synopsis 1
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FWS-BIG-11-T1 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Boating Infrastructure Grant Program – Tier 1 |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development Transportation |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 45 |
| Assistance Listings: | 15.622 — Sportfishing and Boating Safety Act |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 18, 2010 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 22, 2010 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 22, 2010 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $4,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $100,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | State governments |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | – |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Description: | Recreational boating is a popular activity; there are approximately 13 million registered boats in the U.S. Of this total, an estimated 600,000 are 26 feet in length or longer and are considered nontrailerable. BIG provides Federal grant funds to States to assist in developing and maintaining facilities for transient use by these boats. Specifically, BIG provides funding to construct, renovate, and maintain either publicly or privately owned boating infrastructure facilities for transient, nontrailerable recreational vessels 26 feet in length or longer. States must provide public access to these federally funded facilities. Some examples of potentially eligible activities include: (a) Mooring buoys (permanently anchored floats designed to tie up eligible recreational vessels); (b) Day-docks (tie-up facilities that do not allow overnight use); (c) Navigational aids (e.g., channel markers, buoys, and directional information); (d) Transient slips (slips that boaters with eligible recreational vessels occupy for no more than 10 consecutive days); (e) Safe harbors (facilities protected from waves, wind, tides, ice, currents, etc., that provide a temporary safe anchorage point or harbor of refuge during storms); (f) Floating docks and fixed piers; (g) Floating and fixed breakwaters; (h) Dinghy docks (floating or fixed platforms that boaters with nontrailerable recreational vessels use for a temporary tie-up of their small boats to reach the shore); (i) Restrooms; (j) Retaining walls; (k) Bulkheads; (l) Dockside utilities; (m) Pumpout stations; (n) Recycling and trash receptacles; (o) Dockside electric service; (p) Dockside water supplies; (q) Dockside pay telephones; (r) Debris deflection booms; (s) Marine fueling stations; and (t) One time dredging (see pages 8-9, 14). Additional information on BIG, including application requirements, eligible activities, and grants, is in the BIG regulations (50 CFR 86). |
| Link to Additional Information: | The BIG RFA will be posted on the BIG website. |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Christy Vigfusson
Biologist – Grants Phone 703-358-1748 Email:christy_vigfusson@fws.gov |
Related Documents
Folder 54634 Full Announcement-1 -> big tier 1 fy 2011 rfa.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Christy Vigfusson Biologist – Grants Phone 703-358-1748 Email: christy_vigfusson@fws.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.622 | PKG00018733 | May 17, 2010 | Sep 22, 2010 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
54634 SF424-2.0.pdf
54634 SF424D-1.1.pdf
Optional forms
54634 SF424C-1.0.pdf
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