[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E342-E344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

                                 ______
                                 

                          HON. JO ANN EMERSON

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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  Mrs. EMERSON. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information in 
regards to H.R. 1105, the Consolidated Appropriations for Fiscal Year 
2009.
  Project Name: Route 67 Poplar Bluff Industrial Park Bypass.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: Transportation & Community & System Preservation.
  Requesting Entity: Missouri Department of Transportation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 105 West Capitol, P.O. Box 270 
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0270.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $665,000 to construct 
of a new bypass and acquire right of way access to improve the roadway 
safety conditions and congestion at the Poplar Bluff Industrial Park on 
Route 67. The State of Missouri will provide a 20% match. All federal 
funds received will be spent on the Poplar Bluff Industrial Bypass and 
will not be transferred to another project.
  Project Name: Route 160 in Taney County, Missouri Safety 
Improvements.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: Transportation & Community & System Preservation.
  Requesting Entity: Missouri Department of Transportation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 105 West Capitol, P.O. Box 270 
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0270.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $665,000 for 
improvements to the design of Route 160 in Taney County, Missouri. The 
earmark will also address safety conditions along this dangerous 
stretch of roadway. The State of Missouri will provide 20% to match the 
federal contribution. All federal funds received will be spent on 
safety and roadway improvements on Route 160 in Taney County, Missouri 
and will not be transferred to another project.
  Project Name: Chester Bridge in Perry County, Missouri Bridge Repair.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: Transportation & Community & System Preservation.
  Requesting Entity: Missouri Department of Transportation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 105 West Capitol, P.O. Box 270 
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0270.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $475,000 to 
rehabilitate the Chester Bridge which traverses the Mississippi River 
from Perry County, Missouri to Randolph County, Illinois. The bridge is 
vital to the region's transportation needs. The State of Missouri will 
provide 20% to match the federal contribution. All federal funds 
received will be spent on rehabilitation of the Chester Bridge and will 
not be transferred to another project.
  Project Name: Farmington Airport Parallel Taxi-way.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: Airport Improvement Program.
  Requesting Entity: Missouri Department of Transportation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 105 West Capitol, P.O. Box 270 
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0270.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $855,000 for the 
construction of a taxi-way parallel to the main runway. The funds would 
also be used towards the reconstruction of the airport terminal to 
address the needs of general and corporate aviation. The State of 
Missouri will provide 10% to match the federal contribution. All 
federal funds received will be spent on the construction of a taxi-way 
and rebuilding a terminal. These funds will not be transferred to 
another project.
  Project Name: Route 63 Phelps, Maries, Osage Counties.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: Transportation, Community, and System Preservation.
  Requesting Entity: Missouri Department of Transportation.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 105 West Capitol, P.O. Box 270 
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0270.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $332,500 for right of 
way improvements and an environmental study to the narrow portion of 
Route 63 in Phelps, Maries, and Osage Counties. This project with 
improve the overall safety of the roadway. The State of Missouri will 
provide 20% to match the federal contribution. All federal funds 
received will be spent on right of way improvements and an 
environmental study. None of these funds will be transferred to another 
project.
  Project Name: BJC Mental Health for Youth Offenders.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: OJP--Juvenile Justice.
  Requesting Entity: BJC Behavioral Health.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1085 Maple Street, Farmington, Missouri 
63450.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $900,000 for a program 
that will target offenders under the age of 18 that are in need of 
mental health services. The program will serve the Missouri counties of 
St. Francois and Washington. The $900,000 will be used for operations 
cost to start up the program, including nurses, social workers, 
psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals. BJC will provide 
support to state and local governments, therefore no match is required.
  Project Name: Mineral Area Drug Task Force.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: COPS-Meth.
  Requesting Entity: City of Leadington, Missouri.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 12 Weir Street, Leadington, Missouri 
63601.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $205,000 to assist with 
funding Mineral Area Drug Task Force's enforcement efforts in locating, 
dismantling, and reducing the number of methamphetamine laboratories 
within the area of their operation. Approximately $93,800 is for the 
purchase of equipment to assist officers in their investigations, 
$60,600 is for overtime for officers assigned to methamphetamine 
investigations, $36,100 is for office and field supplies to assist 
officers in the preparation of reports and to provide supplies to 
facilitate the processing of clandestine labs, and $14,500 is for 
travel and training to equip officers with the knowledge to efficiently 
perform their duties.
  Project Name: Visual Intelligence Tool for Southern Missouri.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: COPS-Law Enforcement Technology.
  Requesting Entity: Ozark Foothills Regional Planning Council.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 3019 Fair Street, Poplar Bluff, 
Missouri 63901.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark for the Ozark Foothills 
Regional Planning Council for $1,030,000 project for the following 
counties of the 8th Congressional District to acquire and greatly 
benefit from availability of a Law Enforcement Visual Tool: Ripley, 
Wayne, Carter, Wright, and Texas. Federal, state, and local agencies 
will have a common tool to jointly manage emergencies. The project 
enhances public safety and officer safety by placing sophisticated 
geospatial intelligence information in the hands of emergency 
responders. The funding would be used as follows: $50,000 for project 
administration, $800,875 for image libraries, and $180,000 for 
installation, training and customer support.
  Project Name: South Central Drug Task Force.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: COPS-Meth.
  Requesting Entity: Howell County, Missouri.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1106 Missouri Avenue, West Plains, 
Missouri 65775.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $250,000 for the South 
Central Drug Task Force to enhance drug enforcement in project area. 
South Central Drug Task Force is a multi-jurisdictional drug 
enforcement task force comprised of federal, state, and local law 
enforcement officers. Funds will be spend as follows: approximately 
$50,000 in overtime funding for existing narcotics officers; $122,500 
for technical surveillance and reporting equipment; $65,000 for 
civilian personnel/Intel analyst; and $12,500 for supplies.

  Project Name: City of East Prairie, Missouri Stormwater and Sewer 
Infrastructure.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Project.
  Requesting Entity: City of East Prairie, Missouri.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 219 N. Washington St., East Prairie, 
Missouri, 63845-1141.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark in the amount of $200,000 
to rebuild East Prairie, Missouri's wastewater and storm water 
infrastructure. The existing 83-year-old water infrastructure is 
crumbling under the streets due to sinkholes which have plagued the 
community. The sinkholes are destroying box culverts, which is posing a 
threat to streets and houses in East Prairie. The money procured will 
pay for engineering design and engineering inspection for new storm 
water sewers. A minimum of 45% of the total project cost will come 
directly from the City of East Prairie, Missouri.
  Project Name: City of Hartville Water and Wastewater repairs.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Project.
  Requesting Entity: City of Hartville, Missouri.
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 37, Hartville, Missouri, 
65667.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $138,000 to make public 
health related improvements to the city's wastewater collection system. 
The existing water infrastructure in Hartville is aging and too small 
to address the needs of the community. The funds will pay for a new 
force main and bore, new gravity sewer piping, and a new duplex lift 
station with redundant power. A minimum of 45% of the total project 
cost will come directly from the City of Hartville.

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  Project Name: Mark Twain National Forest Meth Prevention.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: National Forest System.
  Requesting Entity: Howell County, Missouri.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1106 Missouri Avenue, West Plains, 
Missouri 65775.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $492,000 to enhance 
methamphetamine prevention and enforcement efforts on Mark Twain 
National Forest. Approximately $300,000 directed toward cooperative law 
enforcement (CLE) agreements; $125,000 for assigned Forest Service 
salary/fringe; and $67,000 for vehicle, travel, supply, and support of 
assigned Forest Service personnel. Cooperative law enforcement 
agreements allow for needed funding and resources required of rural 
Missouri law enforcement agencies for improved communication, 
intelligence sharing, and interagency coordination regarding drug 
prevention and enforcement efforts within the proclamation boundaries 
of the Mark Twain National Forest. Cooperative efforts with the 
following counties agencies have proven successful in the past and 
remain a high priority for drug enforcement efforts in the Mark Twain 
National Forest: Barry, Carter, Christian, Douglas, Iron, Madison, 
Oregon, Ozark, Phelps, Reynolds, Ripley, Shannon, Stone, Taney, Texas, 
Washington, and Wayne Counties; and South Central Drug Task Force, a 
multi-jurisdictional drug task force covering roughly the same area.
  Project Name: Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, Portageville, MO 
for the Fatherhood First program.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Missouri Bootheel Regional 
Consortium.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 46 State Hwy. 162 East, Portageville, 
MO 63873.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $476,000 for the 
expansion of The Fatherhood First Program to allow additional families 
in the Missouri Bootheel region access to important services for 
fathers and families. Education and Intervention activities will focus 
on many areas of skill development, job readiness, communication, 
conflict management, child abuse and neglect, and substance abuse.
  Project Name: SEMO University Entrepreneurship Training and Workforce 
Development.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Southeast Missouri State University.
  Address of Requesting Entity: One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, 
MO 63701.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $500,000 for 
Entrepreneurship Training Workforce Development and to expand programs 
that will finance training exercises and conferences coordinated and 
executed by new economic and workforce development specialists.
  Project Name: Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 
for technology upgrades.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Southeast Missouri State University.
  Address of Requesting Entity: One University Plaza, Cape Girardeau, 
MO 63701.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $333,000 to expand the 
services of Kent Library into a modem Information Commons concept and 
to link the same technical and support services that this renovation 
will provide to the students, faculty, and staff on the main campus to 
the students and faculty on the River Campus, four regional campuses 
and the community within the University's service region.
  Project Name: Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau, MO 
for a mobile health unit initiative.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Southeast Missouri State University.
  Address of Requesting Entity: One University Plaza, MS 1900: Cape 
Girardeau, MO 63701.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $381,000 for the 
Southeast Health on Wheels (SHOW) Mobile Program. The SHOW Mobile 
initiative is a health literacy, health promotional and disease 
prevention, and primary health and dental care program designed to 
serve Southeast Missouri. The program is administered by the College of 
Health and Human Services of Southeast Missouri State University.
  Project Name: Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center, East Prairie, MO 
for programs to assist at-risk youth and their families.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Susanna Wesley Family Learning 
Center, Inc.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 207 N. Washington St., Box 249, East 
Prairie, MO 63845.
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $238,000 for the 
Susanna Wesley Family Learning Center's Positive Alternative System 
Strategies to Work, or ``Pass to Work,'' program will provide families 
with activities designed to emphasize good academic and healthy 
physical performance for at-risk children. In addition, this program 
will offer employment training, career counseling, and health behavior 
advice.