The purpose of this program is to assist the states and U.S. Territories with programs to protect recreational boaters. Eligible projects include facilities, equipment, and supplies for boating safety education and law enforcement, training personnel in skills related to boating safety and enforcement, providing public boating safety education, acquiring, constructing or repairing public access sites used primarily by recreational boaters, conducting boating safety inspections, establishing and maintaining emergency or search and rescue facilities, and establishing and maintaining waterway markers. There are a number of state eligibility requirements, such as the requirement to have a vessel numbering system.
Marine Transportation System
The Marine Transportation System, or MTS, consists of waterways, ports and intermodal landside connections which allow the various modes of transportation to move people and goods to, from, and on the water. In 1998, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Maritime Administration, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency and nine other federal agencies agreed to expand the coordination of their efforts for furthering the goals and needs of the Marine Transportation System. The MTS process provides a way to bring all parties together to develop one voice for water transportation.
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