[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 66 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E905-E906]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 1999

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                               speech of

                            HON. BUD SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 29, 1999

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1480) to 
     provide for the conservation and development of water and 
     related resources, to authorize the United States Army Corps 
     of Engineers to construct various projects for improvements 
     to rivers and harbors of the United States, and for other 
     purposes:

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Chairman, I wanted to take a moment to clarify the 
intent of a provision included in the Committee Amendment passed 
unanimously by the House to Sections 502 and 517 of H.R. 1480, The 
Water Resources Development Act of 1999. Sections 502 paragraph (17) 
and Section 517(b)(27) were added to the bill as part of the Managers 
Amendment. These provisions authorized $8 million for water related 
infrastructure in Lackawanna, Lycoming, Susquehanna, Wyoming, Pike, and 
Monroe Counties, Pennsylvania including assistance for the 
Montoursville Regional Sewer Authority, Lycoming County. This provision 
was included to direct the Army Corps of Engineers to provide waste 
water treatment and water supply infrastructure to several hardship 
communities in Northeastern Pennsylvania. More specifically, $4,986,500 
of the authorized funding under this provision was provided for four 
communities in Lycoming County with regard to public sanitary sewer 
improvements. These projects include, $1,815,000 for the design and 
construction of the Muncy Creek Township Sewer System; $990,000 for 
Montoursville Regional Sewer System (MRSS); $1818,500 to complete 
conveyance and treatment capacity for the Armstrong Township sewer 
collection project; and $2,000,000 for wastewater collection and 
conveyance capacity for the existing users of the Montoursville 
Regional Sewer System (MRSS).

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  Mr. Speaker, these projects are important components in Lycoming 
County's compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency and the 
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Clean Water 
Action Regulations. This authorization provides these communities with 
the resources to comply with these important environmental goals and 
meet Lycoming County's objective of providing public sanitary sewer 
service at affordable rates.

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