[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 11, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E639-E640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. WALLY HERGER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 11, 2009

  Mr. HERGER. Madam Speaker, Pursuant to the House Republican standards 
on earmarks, I am submitting the follow information regarding earmarks 
I received as part of H.R. 1105, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009:


       Division A--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
     Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009

  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and 
Expenses
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: California Department of Food and 
Agriculture
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1220 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $581,000 in order to 
augment local and state contributions to the California County Pest 
Detection Augmentation Program, and would be used to establish dog 
teams at strategic locations throughout California. The dog, its 
handler, and support staff would perform inspection and investigation 
of incoming shipments, as well as the evaluation of the potential for 
broad infestation. The California County Pest Detection Augmentation 
Program is a locally-led inspection program that focuses on 
agricultural and plant material entering the state at its various 
points of entry.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Salaries and 
Expenses
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: California Department of Food and 
Agriculture
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1220 N Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $693,000 to help local 
and state officials detect dozens of threatening pest species, which if 
left unchecked, could result in an enormously costly and damaging 
agricultural infestation. Facilitating a vibrant trade in agricultural 
commodities is good for American farmers and consumers alike. But to 
maintain food security for the nation and to protect California's 
natural environment from infestation by invasive species, prudent 
investments in pest detection at all levels of government must 
continue.


     Division C--Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
                        Appropriations Acts 2009

  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, General Investigations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Reclamation District 2140
  Address of Requesting Entity: PO Box 758, Hamilton City, CA 95951
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $832,000 to enable the 
Corps of Engineers to complete Preconstruction Engineering and Design 
(PED) for this ecosystem restoration and flood control project. The 
Hamilton City, CA flood damage reduction and ecosystem restoration 
project (P.L. 110-114, Sec. 1001(8)) will provide significantly 
enhanced flood protection to 2,600 area residents and nearby 
agricultural lands, and will restore approximately 1500 acres of 
riparian habitat along the Sacramento River. Of the total cost 
($3,359,000), $840,000 will be borne by the non-federal sponsors.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, General Investigations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: State of California, Department of 
Water Resources
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1416 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $48,000 to investigate 
the feasibility of increasing the level of flood protection for the 
urbanized area in the City of Woodland, and possibly some nearby 
unincorporated lands in Yolo County, from a 1 in 10-year level of flood 
protection to greater than 1 in 100-year level of flood protection. The 
non-federal sponsors will share 50% of the total project cost.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, General Investigations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: State of California, Department of 
Water Resources
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1416 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $669,000 to enable the 
Corps to complete the Sutter feasibility study and allow state and 
local interests to initiate corrective work identified by the Corps' 
study using state and local funds. The non-federal share of the total 
project cost (estimated $8,258,000) is estimated to be $4,100,000.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, Construction General
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: State of California, Department of 
Water Resources
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1416 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,914,000 to be 
coupled with dedicated State of California funds and enable the Corps 
of Engineers to complete the project's Limited Reevaluation Report and 
continue construction and mitigation work for this flood protection 
effort. This important project includes levee repair and reconstruction 
along the Sacramento and Feather Rivers, specifically consisting of 
installation of landside berms with toe drains, ditch relocation, 
embankment modification, and slurry cut-off walls to address seepage 
and levee boil issues which threaten the performance of flood control 
structures that protect close to $100 million worth of public 
infrastructure and private property.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, Construction General
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: State of California, Department of 
Water Resources
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1416 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $22,967,000 for the 
Sacramento River Bank Protection Project. This project is located 
within the limits of the existing Sacramento River Flood Control 
Project (SRFCP) in Northern California. The integrity of various 
sections of Sacramento River and tributary levees has become seriously 
eroded, so much so that the State of California issued a statewide 
emergency declaration to address the levee deficiencies. Much progress 
has been made to correct the system's weak points, due to support from 
Congress, the Administration, and the State of California. Additional 
federal and state funding is required to continue corrective work 
throughout the Sacramento River system. $163,000,000 of the total 
project cost ($510,700,000) will be borne by the non-federal sponsors.

  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger

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  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, Construction General
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 344 East Laurel Street, Willows, CA
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $600,000 to accelerate 
work on correcting deficiencies in the Gradient Facility and to 
initiate bank stabilization work in the vicinity of River Mile 208. The 
Corps of Engineers was a critical project participant in the 
construction of a large, state-of-the-art fish screen and pumping 
facility along the Sacramento River at Hamilton City, CA. Specifically, 
the Corps constructed a ``Gradient Facility'' within the mainstem of 
the river in order to stabilize the river's surface level and ensure 
optimal effectiveness of the new screened diversion. Recent surveys 
have uncovered various deficiencies at the project area during low 
river flows. As many as 298 ``high spots'' have been identified where 
the Gradient Facility breaks the surface of the water and creates a 
hazard for boaters. In addition, significant bank erosion is also 
occurring within the vicinity of the fish screen project. Left 
unchecked, this erosion could jeopardize the operability of the pumping 
station.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, Construction General
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Yuba County Water Agency
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1220 F Street, Marysville, CA 95901
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $3,110,000 to 
strengthen the federal levee system up to a 200-year level flood 
protection for communities in Yuba County, California. To date, local 
interests and the State of California have invested $145,000,000 in the 
project, and anticipate an additional expenditure of up to 
$215,000,000. With total project costs estimated to be approximately 
$400,000,000, the only anticipated federal construction contribution 
will be $33,000,000 for improvements to the Marysville ring levee, a 
figure that is well below the authorized 65-35 percent cost-share 
ratio. When completed, the Yuba River project will provide the highest 
levee of flood protection for any community in California's Central 
Valley.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Bureau of Reclamation, California Bay Delta Ecosystem 
Restoration Project
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Family Water Alliance
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 365, Maxwell, CA 95955
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $2,000,000 to 
facilitate the screening of small water diversions (fewer than 100 
cubic feet per second) throughout the Sacramento Valley. Section 
103(d)(6)(iii) of the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental 
Improvement Act (P.L. 108-361) authorizes the Secretary to participate 
in fish screen and fish passage improvement projects as part of the 
larger Ecosystem Restoration program established under the CALFED 
program.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Northern California Water 
Association
  Address of Requesting Entity: 455 Capitol Mall, Suite 335, 
Sacramento, CA 95814
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $4,000,000 for 
additional screening of large agricultural diversions. Section 3406 
(b)(21) of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (P.L. 102-575) 
requires the Bureau of Reclamation to work with state and local 
partners to protect federally protected aquatic species through the 
screening of major water diversions throughout the CVP system. USBR and 
its local partners have achieved considerable accomplishments under 
this program in recent years. The Meridian Farms Water Company and the 
Natomas Mutual Water Company in Northern California are each working to 
consolidate and screen major water diversion facilities on the 
Sacramento River in order to preserve reliable water supplies for 
agriculture and managed wetlands and remain in compliance with the 
federal Endangered Species Act.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources, Central 
Valley Project, Sacramento River Division
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Northern California Water 
Association; Tehama-Colusa Canal Authority; Glenn-Colusa Irrigation 
District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 455 Capitol Mall, Suite 335, 
Sacramento, CA 95814 (NCWA); PO Box 1025, Willows, CA 95988 (TCCA); 344 
East Laurel Street, Willows, CA (GCID)
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $6,449,000, which of 
the funds provided: $1,200,000 is to be coupled with state and local 
investments for the Sacramento Valley Integrated Plan in order to seek 
a better understanding of the process for groundwater recharge and 
production from the main aquifer system in the area; and $2,900,000 is 
for the Red Bluff Diversion Dam to ensure reliable water deliveries for 
over 120,000 acres of mostly small and mid-sized farms, and will 
greatly complement other restoration projects throughout the CVP aimed 
at improving anadromous fish populations. Funding is also provided for 
the Hamilton city pumping plant and other programmatic purposes.


Division I--Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
                   Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009

  Requesting Member: Congressman Wally Herger
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105
  Account: Department of Transportation, Federal Lands (Public Lands 
Highways)
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Butte County Association of 
Governments
  Address of Requesting Entity: 2580 Sierra Sunrise Terrace, Suite 100, 
Chico, CA 95928
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $998,450 to upgrade a 
9.6 mile section of roadway that crosses federal lands between 
communities of Inskip and Butte Meadows from a one-lane gravel road to 
a paved two-lane route. Fire danger in this area is extremely high with 
high volumes of very dense fuel sources. These improvements are 
necessary to provide Upper Ridge residents, recreational visitors, and 
emergency vehicles with an emergency evacuation route in the event of a 
catastrophic wildfire. It will also increase the chances for effective 
efforts to control instances of wildfire by cutting in half the 
response time for fire backup support services. The project is 
estimated to cost $19,000,000 over the next three construction seasons. 
The county is using its State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) 
dollars (approximately $1,892,000) for funding environmental, design, 
and right of way construction and support. The project has received 
$5,000,000 from the Federal Highway Administration's Federal Lands 
Highway Program. It has also received $5,800,000 in SAFETEA-LU, and 
$980,000 in last year's appropriations bill for Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies.

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