[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 31 (Monday, February 23, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E305-E306]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 23, 2009

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Madam Speaker, pursuant to Republican 
earmark guidance, I am submitting the following: in regards to H.R. 
1105.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis.
  Project Name: Joshua Tree National Park Visitor's Center
  Account: National Park Service, Construction
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Twentynine Palms
  Address of Requesting Entity: 6136 Adobe Road, Twentynine Palms, 
California 92277
  Description of Request: The Joshua Tree National Park Visitors Center 
annually hosts nearly one and a half million visitors in a cramped, 
obsolete facility where it is impossible to display the cultural 
history of the area, provide needed community and informational 
services, or even provide appropriate information to visitors to the 
Park. These funds would allow for an improvement and expansion of the 
Center to provide the space to display the fabled Campbell Collection 
of Native American artifacts, as well as a wide array of other objects 
of interest to both the visiting public and to researchers.
  Amount: $300,000
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis.
  Project Name: Joshua Basin Water District Recharge
  Account: EPA State and Tribal Assistance Grants
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Joshua Basin Water District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 61750 Chollita Road, Joshua Tree, 
California 92252
  Description of Request: Joshua Basin Water District needs to develop 
a recharge system to import water from the California State Water 
Project to avoid overdraft conditions and septic system contamination 
of the aquifer. This project is an important component of a regional 
water management plan and over $2 million has already been committed 
locally. The system of underground storage facilities would accept and 
store water from the State Project in years when surpluses are 
available. There are currently no other recharge projects on going in 
the Joshua Tree basin.
  Amount: $300,000
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis.
  Project Name: Water System Infrastructure Improvements
  Account: EPA, State and Tribal Assistance Grants
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Big Bear Lake Department of Water 
and Power
  Address of Requesting Entity: 41972 Garstin Drive, Big Bear Lake, 
California 92315
  Description of Request: This project would provide improved water 
pressure at peak demand periods and improved water quality resulting 
from the replacement of steel pipes with PVC. Although the City of Big 
Bear is located in an area prone to wildfires, much of its water supply 
infrastructure is unable to even meet minimum requirements for fire 
flow. Engineering studies have identified 181,800 feet of pipeline that 
must be replaced to meet current standards.
  Amount: $500,000.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis.
  Project Name: Desert Hot Springs
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, General Investigations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Mission Springs Water District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 66575 2nd Street, Desert Hot Springs, 
California 92240
  Description of Request: This project will construct a municipal 
wastewater collection and treatment system that will eliminate 
individual wastewater disposal systems that overlie the Mission Creek 
and Desert Hot Springs aquifers. To accomplish this, the district needs 
to replace roughly 4000 individual sewage disposal systems that lie in 
a very concentrated area over the primary inflow of the groundwater 
that supplies nearly 400,000 people.
  Amount: $478,000
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis.
  Project Name: Hi-Desert Wastewater Collection and Reuse Account: 
Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Hi-Desert Water District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 55439 29 Palms Hwy, Yucca Valley, CA 
92284
  Description of Request: The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is 
to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an 
environmentally and economically sound manner. The Hi-Desert Wastewater 
Collection and Reuse Facility will protect the groundwater quality in 
the area and provide reclaimed

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water to be used directly for irrigation and commercial purposes that 
are normally supplied by potable water. Using reclaimed water to meet 
non-potable demand will off set the demands for potable water.
  Amount: $1,000,000
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis.
  Project Name: Seven Oaks Water Quality and Conservation
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, Construction
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: San Bernardino Valley Municipal 
Water District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 East Vanderbilt Way, San 
Bernardino, California 92408
  Description of Request: The rains of the winter of 2005 demonstrated 
beyond question that water conservation at Seven Oaks Dam can provide a 
major supplemental source of water for an increasingly water starved 
region. Unfortunately, by holding water behind the dam the water is 
degraded so far as to be unusable. Work is being done to determine the 
appropriate method to improve water quality while continuing to 
conserve behind the dam.
  Amount: $1,500,000
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis.
  Project Name: Santa Ana River and Tributaries
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, General Investigations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Yucaipa
  Address of Requesting Entity: 34272 Yucaipa Boulevard, Yucaipa, 
California 92399
  Description of Request: This project will study the feasibility of a 
flood control project in Yucaipa, California. This community is located 
just north of Interstate-10, a major transportation hub that is 
threatened by 100-year level flooding. The study will look at the 
viability of detention basins, flood channels, and habitat to reduce 
the threat downstream.
  Amount: $268,000
  Requesting Member: Congressman Jerry Lewis
  H.R. 1105 The Omnibus Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2009
  Project Name: Space Radiation Health Research Program
  Account: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Loma Linda University Medical Center
  Address of Requesting Entity: 11175 Campus Street, Loma Linda, CA 
92354
  Description of Request: Provide $2,800,000.00 to conduct 
investigations that clarify the space environment and how it will 
affect personnel and equipment. Funding will continue the 
implementation of the radioisotope laboratory for handling 
radioisotopes and tagging selected molecules for PET scanning and 
molecular imaging. This project will also enhance on-going core 
research activities including radiation protection, radioprotectants, 
and other site specific protection, immune interactions, nanodosimetry 
to explore radiation interactions on the DNA level, and other on-going 
joint research initiatives. This research will give support for on-
going core activities in both the histology laboratory and in the 
imaging laboratories.

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