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Title 50: Wildlife and Fisheries
CHAPTER I: UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (CONTINUED)
SUBCHAPTER F: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE-WILDLIFE SPORT FISH RESTORATION PROGRAM
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
(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:
| (1) Plan to construct, renovate, and maintain 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 | 15 points. |
| (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 availability of tie-up facilities for transient nontrailerable recreational vessels (includes education/information) | 0-15 points. |
| (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 percent | 5 points. |
| (ii) Between thirty-six and forty-nine percent | 10 points. |
| (iii) Fifty percent and above | 15 points. |
| (5) Are cost efficient. Proposals are cost 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 | 0-10 points. |
| (6) Provide a significant link to prominent destination way points such as those near metropolitan population centers, cultural or natural areas, or that provide safe harbors from storms | 10 points. |
| (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 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 | 1-5 points. |
| (9) Include multi-State efforts that result in coordinating location of tie-up facilities | 5 points. |
| (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 |
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