[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 23, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E67-E68]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING MR. STU PIKEN

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                           HON. MIKE FERGUSON

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 23, 2008

  Mr. FERGUSON. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor Mr. Stu Piken upon his 
retirement from civil service in February.
  For the past 10 years, Mr. Piken has served as Deputy District 
Engineer for Project Management in the New York District of the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers. He is the senior civilian responsible for more 
than $650 million in projects for civil works, military, hazardous and 
toxic waste remediation and interagency agreements.
  After my first election to the House in 2000, I have worked closely 
with him on a project of great importance to the 7th District that I 
represent, the Green Brook Flood Control Project.
  In September 1999, portions of my district were devastated by 
Hurricane Floyd. Among the areas hardest hit were the communities of 
Manville and Bound Brook, New Jersey. The flooding in these communities 
resulted in two deaths, the evacuation of thousands of citizens, 
damages exceeding $100 million, major disruption to municipal services, 
and disruption to the lives of thousands of my constituents.
  The Green Brook Flood Control Project began in response to Floyd and 
other storms.

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The Army Corps of Engineers is implementing the project--which includes 
a system of levees, flood walls, flood gates, pumping stations and 
retention basins--to protect low-lying communities along flood plains 
of the Raritan River and its tributaries. Green Brook has received more 
than $65 million in federal funding since 2001, and Mr. Piken has been 
instrumental in its progress.
  Before his current assignment, Mr. Piken served in the North Atlantic 
Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, on a special assignment as the 
Director of Programs. In that position, he was responsible for the 
development of the water resources program for the Northeast as well as 
the management of all military design and construction in the Northeast 
and Europe.
  I join the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in thanking Stu Piken for his 
dedicated service--especially to the constituents I represent--and I 
wish him the best in his future endeavors.

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