"...provides grant funding to port areas for the protection of critical port infrastructure from terrorism. PSGP funds are primarily intended to assist ports in enhancing port-wide risk management capabilities, enhanced domain awareness, capabilities to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from attacks involving improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other non-conventional weapons, as well as training and exercises. PSGP funds are allocated to the Nation's highest risk port areas to address priorities identified in NPG, the NIPP and the National Strategy for Maritime Security. The pool of eligible port applicants has been expanded to reflect the changes required by the SAFE Port Act, which states that all entities covered by an Area Maritime Security Plan may submit an application for consideration. PSGP funds support the development of an integrated risk-based decision-making process for each port area patterned after the risk management framework articulated in the NIPP. At the recommendation of the U.S. Coast Guard, in several cases, multiple port areas have been grouped together to reflect geographic proximity, shared risk and a common waterway". (FEMA, Statement of R. David Paulison, Administrator, on the Fiscal Year 2009 President's Budget Before the Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, U.S. House of Representatives. March 11, 2008, p. 5)