Request for Fiscal Year 2019 Accessibility Corrective Action Proposals
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20240
http://www.blm.gov
March 29, 2018
In Reply Refer To:
8330 (250) P
EMS TRANSMISSION 04/20/2018
Information Bulletin No. 2018-046
To: All Field Office Officials
Attn: State Accessibility Coordinators, State Recreation Leads, State Engineers, and National Conservation Lands (NCL) Leads
From: Assistant Director, Resources and Planning
Subject: Request for Fiscal Year 2019 Accessibility Corrective Action Proposals DD: 04/30/2018; 05/14/2018
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is committed to ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy their public lands by providing facilities, programs, services and activities that meet federal accessibility standards. Each year the Washington Office requests project proposals to correct or remove barriers at recreation sites and facilities to improve access for people with disabilities. The Information Bulletin is a request for states to submit accessibility corrective action projects for the Fiscal Year 2019 Planning Target Allocation (PTA). Removing access barriers and expanding access for people with disabilities meets the purposes of Secretarial Order 3356, Hunting, Fishing, Recreational Shooting, and Wildlife Conservation Opportunities and Coordination with States, Tribes, and Territories, which directs Interior agencies to increase outdoor recreation opportunities for all Americans, with a special emphasis on hunting and fishing.
Field offices should use the attached accessibility corrective action proposal sheet to describe each project in enough detail for a complete understanding of the work to be done. Each proposal should explain how the project corrects an accessibility deficiency, whether it is a stand-alone project or part of a multi-phase project, and details of the project costs.
If an office wishes to resubmit an unfunded Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 project for FY 2019, a new project proposal is not necessary. Simply notify your state lead that you wish to have the previous year project resubmitted.
Field offices should submit completed project proposals to their state office corrective actions lead by the due date of April 30, 2018, in order for each state lead to evaluate and rank the projects. Proposals will then be submitted to the WO by the due date of May 14, 2018.
Listed below are the primary state accessibility contacts.
Alaska – Curt Fortenberry; cfortenb@blm.gov; 907-474-2206
Arizona – Garry Jaggers; gjaggers@blm.gov; 602-417-9348
California – Brian Bellew; bbellew@blm.gov; 916-978-4653
Colorado – Tim Finger; tfinger@blm.gov; 303-239-3732
Eastern States – Tim Hough: though@blm.gov: 703-339-8473
Idaho – Cindy Kowalczyk; ckowalczyk@blm.gov; 208-3733952
Montana/Dakotas – Jaime Tompkins; jtompkins@blm.gov; 406-896-5037 or
Lance Brady; lbrady@blm.gov; 406-896-5339
New Mexico – Mike Williams; wwilliams@blm.gov; 575-525-4404
Nevada – June Loreman; jloreman@blm.gov
Oregon/Washington – Tsering Wangden; twangden@blm.gov; 503-808-6330
Utah – Matt Blocker; mblocker@blm.gov; 801-539-4021
Wyoming – Brian Davis; bdavis@blm.gov; 307-775-6236
Federal facilities must comply with standards issued under the Architectural Barriers Act (ABA). The ABA applies to facilities designed, built, altered, or leased with federal funds. The ABA standard and technical requirements may be found at: http://www.access-board.gov/aba. The standards for Outdoor Developed Areas are found at: http://www.access-board.gov/guidelines-and-standards/recreation-facilities/outdoor-developed-areas.
In past years, states have submitted small accessibility corrective action projects to be included into the Deferred Maintenance 1653 PTA budget. Most states submit several small projects usually ranging from $4,000 to $10,000, with a cap of $25,000, per project.
The Washington Office Division of Recreation and Visitor Services (WO-250) and Division of Business Resources, Engineering and Asset Management Policy Branch (WO-854) will review and rank proposals. The number of projects funded is dependent on available dollars. Attachment 1 is the 2019 Accessibility Corrective Action Proposal Sheet and Attachment 2 lists the DOI Asset Codes.
If you have questions about the FY2019 corrective action proposals or submissions, please contact Larry Ridenhour, National Accessibility Coordinator at 202-912-7255 or lridenhour@blm.gov.
Signed by: Authenticated by:
Kristin Bail Robert M. Williams
Assistant Director Division of IT Policy and Planning, WO-870
Resources and Planning
2 Attachments
1 – 2019 Accessibility-Corrective-Action-Proposal-Sheet.docx (2 pp)
2 – DOI-Asset-Codes-2016.pdf (8 pp)