[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 25, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E408-E409]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. ADAM H. PUTNAM

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 25, 2009

  Mr. PUTNAM. Madam Speaker, I submit the following:
  Requesting Member: Representative Adam H. Putnam
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
  Account: Buses and Bus Facilities
  Project Funding Amount: $285,000
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Polk County Transit System
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 West Church Street, Bartow, FL 
33831
  Description of Request: To continue to provide vital transportation 
bus service to several regional locations, funding is needed to 
replace, update and repair outdated buses, as well provide for facility 
upgrades and maintenance services.
  Requesting Member: Representative Adam H. Putnam
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
  Account: The Cooperative State Research Extension and Education 
Service (CSREES)
  Project Funding Amount: $6,677,000
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of Florida
  Address of Requesting Entity: University of Florida, Institute for 
Food and Agriculture Sciences, Post Office Box 110180, Gainesville, FL 
32611-0180
  Description of Request: The T-STAR program conducts research and 
education for interdiction, eradication, and suppression of invasive 
plants, animals, insects and disease. The objective of this critical 
initiative is to develop strategies and tactics to stem the influx of 
invasive species into the United States to protect American 
agriculture.
  To more effectively safeguard the U. S. agricultural industry, there 
is an urgent need to undertake research on the most pressing and 
destructive invasives pests and disease to 1) determine common avenues 
of introduction, 2) develop techniques for early detection, and 3) 
identify effective economic and environmentally acceptable methods for 
eradication, containment and regulatory protocols.
  The T-STAR is administered by the University of Florida and the 
University of Hawaii, authorized by P.L. 89-106 and is funded as a 
special research initiative within the Cooperative State Research, 
Education and Extension Service (CSREES) of the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture.
  Requesting Member: Representative Adam H. Putnam
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
  Account:
  Project Funding Amount: $285,000
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Polk County, Florida
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 West Church Street, Bartow, FL 
33831
  Description of Request: Funding is requested for needed renovation 
improvements to the Polk County Agricultural Center. Originally 
constructed in 1948, the facility plays a central role in the Polk 
County community at large. It provides a central meeting and event 
location for a wide range of activities important to the community, 
contributing to the region's economic strength and well-being. 
Renovations are needed to the Polk County Agricultural Center to meet 
fire and safety standards, enabling its continued benefit to the area.
  Requesting Member: Representative Adam H. Putnam
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
  Account: State and Tribal Assistance Grant
  Project Funding Amount: $500,000
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Southwest Florida Water Management
  Address of Requesting Entity: 2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, FL 
34604-6899
  Description of Request: To restore minimum flows and water quality to 
the upper Peace River and Lake Wales Ridge. Includes water resource 
development projects, such as restoring storage in headwater lakes in 
the Peace River watershed, are underway and will result in perennial 
flow to the upper Peace River.
  The project includes Ridge Lakes Restoration Initiative to treat 
storm water runoff in lakes in Highlands and Polk counties; the Upper 
Peace River and Peace Creek Canal projects to restore surface water 
storage and flows and water quality and meet the long-term needs of 
Polk County and the surrounding area.
  Requesting Member: Representative Adam H. Putnam
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
  Account: The Cooperative State Research Extension and Education 
Service (CSREES)
  Project Funding Amount: $1,217,000
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of Florida
  Address of Requesting Entity: University of Florida, Institute for 
Food and Agriculture Sciences, Post Office Box 110180, Gainesville, FL 
32611-0180
  Description of Request: Citrus Canker and Citrus Greening pose severe 
threats to the future of the citrus industry, in Florida and other 
citrus-growing regions of the nation. Citrus Greening, recently 
manifested widely within the state of Florida, is a particularly 
devastating disease which can cause the death of a healthy citrus tree 
within months of infestation. According to U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, scientific research on this deadly disease is at the 
present time extremely minimal and preliminary. In addition, continued 
research is needed on Citrus Canker to preserve the capacity to market 
and ship fruit domestically and for export. Scientific research is 
essential on both of these diseases in order to prevent their spread to 
other citrus growing regions of the country.
  For the critical continuation and expansion of vital Citrus Canker 
and Greening research by the University of Florida (UF) Institute of 
Food and Agriculture Sciences (IFAS), through the Cooperative State 
Research Extension and Education Service (CSREES) to improve 
technologies for treatment and detection, methods of movement and 
containment, and means to control and eliminate these devastating 
diseases.
  Requesting Member: Representative Adam H. Putnam
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
  Account: Buses and Bus Facilities
  Project Funding Amount: $285,000
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lakeland Area Mass Transit Authority 
Address of Requesting Entity: 1248 George Jenkins Blvd., Lakeland, FL 
33815.
  Description of Request: To continue to provide vital transportation 
bus service to several regional locations, funding is needed to 
replace, update and repair outdated buses, as well provide for facility 
upgrades and maintenance services.

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  Requesting Member: Representative Adam H. Putnam
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
  Account:
  Project Funding Amount: $4,224,000
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Army Corps of Engineers
  Address of Requesting Entity: 701 San Marco Blvd, Jacksonville, FL.
  Description of Request: Army Corps of Engineers, annual Operation and 
Maintenance (O&M) funds are needed for periodic dredging in the 70 
miles of federal channels in the Tampa Harbor.
  The Tampa Harbor is a major shipping channel both for domestic and 
international trade, and of importance to national commerce. As 
Florida's largest cargo port, the Port of Tampa handles approximately 
50 million tons of cargo per year. The Port of Tampa is also the 
largest economic engine in West Central Florida and the nation's 14th 
largest port in terms of short tons.
  For FY 2009, the Army Corps estimated capability is $4.5 million to 
maintain various sections of the Tampa Harbor project, with an emphasis 
on the upper harbor. The Fiscal Year 2009 Army Corps of Engineers 
budget includes O&M for Tampa Harbor within the Eastern Gulf Coast 
System.
  The Tampa Harbor is a federally authorized channel and the statutory 
authorization for requested project is Section 4 of the Rivers and 
Harbors Act of 1922.
  Requesting Member: Representative Adam H. Putnam
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
  Account: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Biomass Account
  Project Funding Amount: $713,625
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of Florida
  Address of Requesting Entity: Institute for Food and Agriculture 
Sciences, Post Office Box 110180, Gainesville, FL 32611-0180
  Description of Request: Promotes the development of new energy 
technologies, bioenergy fuel sources, and improvement of existing 
energy efficiencies. Will decrease U.S. dependence on imported energy 
through the creation of new renewable energy technologies coordinated 
by the University of Florida's Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals 
and Fuel.
  The University of Florida, Renewable Energy Program promotes the 
development and production of bioenergy fuel sources to assist in the 
development of new energy technologies and improve existing energy 
efficiencies, through the Department of Energy's Energy Efficiency and 
Renewable Energy, Biomass Account. The overall goal of this project is 
to decrease U.S. dependence on imported energy through the creation of 
renweable fuel sources, and is coordinated by the University of 
Florida's Florida Center for Renewable Chemicals and Fuel.

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