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<br />Preparedness Grants Manual <br />familiarize themselves with this National Strategy. Homeland Security Presidential Directive-13 (NSPD- <br />41/HSPD-13) (Maritime Security Policy, Dec. 21, 2004). According to the National Plan to Achieve <br />Maritime Domain Awareness for the National Strategy for Maritime Security (Oct. 2005), “Maritime <br />Domain Awareness (MDA) is the effective understanding of anything associated with the global <br />maritime domain that could impact the security, safety, economy, or environment of the United States. <br />MDA is a key component of an active, layered maritime defense in depth. It will be achieved by <br />improving our ability to collect, fuse, analyze, display, and disseminate actionable information and <br />intelligence to operational commanders.” Id. at ii. <br />11.2.3. CAPITAL (CONSTRUCTION) PROJECTS GUIDANCE <br />Recipients must obtain written approval from FEMA prior to the use of any PSGP funds for construction <br />or renovation projects. Additionally, PSGP funding may not be used to construct buildings or other <br />physical facilities that are not constructed under terms and conditions consistent with the <br />requirements of section 611(j)(9) of the Stafford Act (42 U.S.C. § 5196(j)(9))1 which requires <br />compliance with the Davis-Bacon Act (codified as amended at 40 U.S.C. §§ 3141 et seq.) for PSGP <br />funded projects. Grant recipients must ensure that their contractors or subcontractors for construction <br />projects pay workers no less than the prevailing wages for laborers and mechanics employed on <br />projects of a character similar to the contract work in the civil subdivision of the state in which the <br />work is to be performed. See Section 4.6 “Davis-Bacon Act Compliance” for more information. <br />The following types of construction and renovation projects are allowable under PSGP, provided they <br />address a specific vulnerability or need identified in an AMSP or otherwise support the <br />maintenance/sustainment of capabilities and equipment acquired through PSGP funding: <br />.Maritime Command and Control Centers; <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />. <br />Interagency Operations Centers (IOCs) for maritime security; <br />Port Security Emergency Communications Centers; <br />Buildings to house generators that support maritime security risk mitigation; <br />Maritime security risk mitigation facilities (e.g., dock house, ramps, and docks for existing port <br />security assets); <br />. <br />. <br />Hardened security fences/barriers at access points; <br />Any other building or physical facility that enhances access control to the port/Maritime <br />Transportation Security Act (MTSA) facility area; and <br />.PSGP funding may be used to purchase and/or upgrade a barge to support a staging area for <br />maritime/port security patrols or maritime security risk mitigation responses. (Certain areas <br />1 While the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, as amended at 46 U.S.C. § 70107(b)(2), requires that such <br />activities are carried out consistent with Section 611(j)(8) of the Stafford Act, a subsequent amendment to the Stafford Act by <br />section 3 of Pub. L. No. 109-308 in 2006 redesignated the text of Section 611(j)(8) to 611(j)(9). The cross reference in the <br />Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 has not been updated. <br />92