[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 25, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E377-E379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                             HON. TOM COLE

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 25, 2009

  Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the House Republican standards 
on earmarks, I am submitting the following information regarding 
earmarks I received as part of H.R. 1105, FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations 
Act:
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Higher Education (Includes FIPSE)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: East Central University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1100 East 14th Street; Ada Oklahoma 
74820
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $476,000 for 
curriculum development at the Economic Development Training and 
Education Center, including purchase of equipment. Of the $476,000, 15% 
will be used for curriculum development supplies, 20% will be used for 
personnel, and 65% for equipment and classroom needs.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Higher Education (Includes FIPSE)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Mid-America Christian University
  Address of Requesting Entity: 3500 West 119th Street; Oklahoma City, 
OK 73170
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $285,000 for a teacher 
training initiative at Mid-America Christian University. Of the 
$285,000, 9.5% will be used for program coordination, 43% will be used 
for personnel (faculty), 28% will be used for student support services, 
10.5% will be used for curriculum development/accelerated, and 9% for 
alternative certification development.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Health, Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)--Health 
Facilities and Services
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Norman Regional Health System
  Address of Requesting Entity: 901 North Porter Street; Norman, OK 
73071
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $381,000 for an 
electronic medical records initiative. Of the $381,000, $181,000 will 
be used for data set expansion and labor and data mining conversion, 
$66,000 for physician connection (hardware, software and training), 
$135,000 hospital interfaces.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Museums and Libraries
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Native American Cultural & 
Educational Authority
  Address of Requesting Entity: 900 North Stiles Avenue; Oklahoma City, 
OK 73104
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $285,000 to develop 
educational and cultural exhibits. Of the $285,000, 20% will be used 
for wayfinding, identity and graphics, 60% will be used for content 
development and exhibition design development, and 20% will be used for 
educational program development.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: COPS Law Enforcement Technology
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: ``Oklahoma Department of Safety''
  Address of Requesting Entity: PO Box 11415 Oklahoma City, OK USA
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $200,000 to replace 
the state's aging communication system and to provide comprehensive 
radio and data communications capabilities for all emergency response 
agency units in Oklahoma. Out of this $200,000, the amount of $150,000 
[75% of the total] will be used for the replacement of a 800 MHz base 
station and associated repeater equipment at a major transmission site 
in Chickasha, OK

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which is ten years old and is now frequently failing, creating a safety 
issue for the public safety personnel that depend on that location. 
Additionally, the amount of $50,000 [25% of the total] will be used to 
replace and upgrade a dispatcher console in Muskogee, OK in order that 
it can handle low band and 800 MHz radio frequencies. The current 
communications capabilities of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and other 
law enforcement agencies are inadequate, unsafe, and antiquated. 
Deployment of this communications system will patch geographical gaps 
in the state, link all the types of the first responders and support 
personnel and enable Oklahoma state and local public safety agencies to 
quickly transmit critical information on potential threats. A statewide 
800-megahertz communications system was approved in 1982 but has never 
been completed due to budget constraints.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: ``The University of Oklahoma''
  Address of Requesting Entity: 100 E. Boyd St, Room 1110, Norman, OK 
73019 USA
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $350,000 to support 
research and development of phased array weather radar technology using 
the National Weather Radar Testbed, which is operated by the National 
Severe Storms Labs in Norman, OK. Approximately, $100,000 is for dual-
polarimetric phased array studies; $150,000 is for adaptive algorithm 
development; $100,000 is for rapid scanning optimization. The Phased 
Array Radar Research, with its multi-function applications will allow 
potential savings to the taxpayer of $2 billion in acquisition costs 
and an additional $3 billion in operations and maintenance costs over a 
30-year period by utilizing one multi-function radar network that can 
provide the same coverage available today from several weather and 
aircraft surveillance networks, but with 40% fewer radars.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: COPS Law Enforcement Technology
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: ``City of Norman, Oklahoma''
  Address of Requesting Entity: 201 West Gray, PO Box 370, Norman OK 
USA
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $150,000 to replace 
the state's current networking system for Computer Aided Dispatch, 
record management, mobile data access, mapping, and other software 
tools critical to disaster response. All $150,000 would be used to 
replace the Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD). This replacement 
project includes the needed software, conversion of data, and training 
necessary to operate the new system. This system is needed to decrease 
response times and increase interoperable data sharing between local, 
state, and federal public safety responders. The City's present system 
does not provide effective integration of these services and causes 
critical delays in disaster response. The City of Norman will provide a 
minimum of a 50/50 cost share and this funding will come directly from 
the City.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Army Core of Engineers, Investigations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Army Core of Engineers, Tulsa 
District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1645 S. 101 E. Avenue Tulsa, OK 74128
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $311,000, of which 
100% of the appropriated funds will be used to conduct a multi-year 
study that identifies solutions to water resources problems with the 
study area, including a systems approach to collaboratively develop 
pertinent existing, forecasted and strategic information for the 
Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Army Core of Engineers, Investigations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma Water Resources Board
  Address of Requesting Entity: 3801 N. Classen Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 
73118
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $191,000, of which 
100% of the appropriated funds will be used for feasibility level 
studies to solve the water resource problems within the study area 
(including systems approach to collaboratively develop a Washita River 
Watershed management Plan that provides pertinent existing, forecasted, 
and strategic information) for the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water Plan 
(OCWP). The Oklahoma Water Resources Board is the non-Federal sponsor. 
Also collaborating on this effort are the Oklahoma Water Resources 
Research Institute, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Natural Resources Conservation Service 
and other stakeholders. Output will be a Watershed Management Plan 
which becomes an integral part of the Oklahoma Comprehensive Water 
Plan.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Army Core of Engineers, O & M
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Army Core of Engineers, Tulsa 
District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1645 S. 101 E. Avenue Tulsa, OK 74128
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $6,164,000 for Denison 
Dam which will be executed in the following way: 57% Recreation--Park 
Rangers, operating the recreation sites, general service items likes 
cutting grass, trash pick-up; 26% Flood Risk Management for maintaining 
the dam and outlet structures, for engineers to determine daily flows 
through the dam for hydropower, and managing the lake levels during 
high water levels, 17% Environmental Stewardship--for land management 
of the Federal property around the lake for ecosystem enhancement.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Army Core of Engineers, O & M
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Army Core of Engineers, Tulsa 
District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1645 S. 101 E. Avenue Tulsa, OK 74128
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $1,014,000 for Waurika 
Lake to be used in the following way: 55% Recreation--Park Rangers, 
operating the recreation sites, general service items likes cutting 
grass, trash pick-up; 35% Flood Risk Management for maintaining the dam 
and outlet structures, for engineers to determine daily flows through 
the dam for hydropower, and managing the lake levels during high water 
levels; 10% Environmental Stewardship for land management of the 
Federal property around the lake for ecosystem enhancement.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole 
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Bureau of Reclamation, Water & Related Resources
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Oklahoma Water Resources Board
  Address of Requesting Entity: 3801 N. Classen Blvd, Oklahoma City, OK 
73118
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $65,000 of which 100% 
will be used to assist the State of Oklahoma in updating the Oklahoma 
State Comprehensive Water Plan, including water management planning, 
implementation of conservation measures, acquisition of hydrologic 
data, modernization of the OWRB database management system and other 
water plan related projects.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: EPA, State and Tribal Assistance Grants, Infrastructure 
Grants
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: ``Ada Public Works Authority''
  Address of Requesting Entity: 231 S. Townsend, Ada, OK, 74820
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $500,000. Consistent 
with 33 U.S.C. 1301 and project authorization by Congress in P.L. 110-
114, I received an addition of $500,000 to help replace a failing 
wastewater lift station to meet the requirements of a new Indian 
Hospital and local business and residential expansion. Specifically, 
$350,000 will be used to purchase lift station equipment and $150,000 
will be used to improve the grit removal process at the treatment 
plant. This represents 26 percent of total project costs with 74 
percent to be provided by local, state and tribal funds.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Department of Transportation, Surface Transportation 
Priorities
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lawton Ft. Sill Chamber of Commerce 
and Industry
  Address of Requesting Entity: 629 SW C Avenue, Suite A, Lawton OK 
73501
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $95,000 of which 100% 
of the appropriated dollars for the Lawton Downtown Revitalization will 
be used for historic preservation.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Department of Transportation, Surface Transportation 
Priorities
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Midwest City, Oklahoma
  Address of Requesting Entity: 100 N. Midwest Blvd., Midwest City, OK 
73110
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $450,000 of which 53% 
will be used to construct masonry welcome signage and landscaping along 
Interstate 40 through Midwest City, 47% of the appropriation will be 
used for the replacement of a 17,231 foot deteriorating chain link 
fence in Midwest City.

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  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Economic 
Development Initiatives
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Ada Public Works Authority
  Address of Requesting Entity: 231 S. Townsend, Ada, OK 74820
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $190,000. Consistent 
with 33 USC 1301 and project authorization by Congress in P.L. 110-114, 
I received an addition of $190,000 to construct a water tower to 
satisfy fire flow requirements and improve business opportunities in 
this community with a poverty rate 5 percent higher than the national 
average. Specifically, $190,000 will be used for construction of the 
water tower. This represents less than 10 percent of total project 
costs with a cumulative non-federal match of 78 percent.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Economic 
Development Initiatives
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Ardmore Development Authority
  Address of Requesting Entity: 410 West Main, Ardmore, OK, 73401
  Description of Request: Provide an addition of $190,000. Consistent 
with 33 USC 1301 and project authorization by Congress in P.L. 110-114, 
I received an addition of $190,000 for infrastructure improvements 
necessary to develop the Ardmore Technology Park and improve business 
opportunities in this community with a poverty rate 4 percent higher 
than the national average. Specifically, $190,000 will be used to 
install an 8-inch water main, 10-inch sewer line, and 7 manholes. This 
represents less than 10 percent of total Ardmore Technology Park 
construction costs with a non-federal match in excess of 90 percent.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Department of Energy, EERE
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of Oklahoma, College of 
Engineering
  Address of Requesting Entity: 202 W. Boyd St., Room 107, Norman OK 
73019
  Description of Request: I obtained an addition of $713,625 to be used 
as follows: approximately $170,615 for catalyst synthesis, 
characterization and activity measurement for conversion of pyrolysis 
oil intermediates into fungible fuel compounds; $110,000 for studies of 
emulsion processing for energy-efficient and selective conversion of 
pyrolysis oil and/or solvolysis oil fractions; $105,000 for pyrolysis/
fractionation of switchgrass and other lignocellulosic materials; 
$93,000 for catalyst synthesis, characterization and activity 
measurement for conversion of algae- or vegetable oil-based fatty acid 
methyl esters to fungible fuels and chemicals; $60,000 for development 
of quantitative structure-property relationships to enable prediction 
of fuel properties for biomass-based components and mixtures; $175,000 
for combustion and engine studies to characterize new biomass-based 
fuel components and blends.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Tom Cole
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Department of Energy, Science
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of Oklahoma
  Address of Requesting Entity: 660 Parrington Oval, Norman OK 73019
  Description of Request: I obtained an addition of $951,500 to be used 
as follows: approximately $131,500 for production of single-walled 
carbon nanotubes meeting quality and quantity requirements of projects; 
$490,000 for studies, analysis and characterization testing of 
properties for priority applications; $105,000 for photodynamic cancer 
therapies; $120,000 for enzymatic biofuels cells; $105,000 for 
fundamental studies of applications in polymers.

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