[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 45 (Monday, March 16, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E668-E669]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATIONS

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                        HON. ROBERT B. ADERHOLT

                               of alabama

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, March 16, 2009

  Mr. ADERHOLT. 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, the Omnibus 
Appropriations Act, 2009.
  Project Name: Mobile Harbor Turning Basin.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Robert Aderholt.
  Bill Number: H.R. 1105.
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, Construction General Account.
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Alabama State Port Authority.
  Address of Requesting Entity: 250 North Water Street, Suite 300, 
Mobile, AL 36602.
  Description of Request: Provide $4.785 million to construct the 
Mobile Harbor Turning Basin project as authorized by the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 (PL99-662 Ninety-ninth Congress, 
Second Session) under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--Construction 
General Account. Initial project request anticipated expenditures of 
.04 percent will be used for land; .11 percent will be used for 
navigation aids; .11 percent for removal of existing concrete debris; 
3.97 percent for mobilization, preparation and demobilization of a 26 
CY Bucket Dredge; 4.20 percent for mobilization, preparation and 
demobilization of a 30 inch Pipeline Dredge; 67 percent for the removal 
of and placement in designated dredge disposal areas approx.

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2,699,232 cubic yards of dredged material; 5.32 percent for planning, 
engineering and design work; 2.42 percent for construction management; 
12.57 percent in project construction contingency; and 3.83 percent in 
project escalation. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted an 
Environmental Assessment in accordance with Engineer Regulation (ER) 
200-2-2, Procedures for Implementing the National Environmental Policy 
Act (NEPA) and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Regulations 
for Implementing Procedural Provisions of the National Environmental 
Policy Act (40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Pts. 1500-1508) 
resulting in a FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT (FONSI). Construction 
of the authorized turning basin has been evaluated by the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers through the Corps General Reevaluation Report (GRR) 
to alleviate harbor delays and improve safety conditions, and reflects 
a benefit-to-cost ratio of 3.46 to 1. This project is permitted. This 
request is consistent with the intended and authorized purpose of U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers General Construction account. The Alabama State 
Port Authority, the 10th largest port in the U.S., is the federally 
designated local sponsor for the Port of Mobile Harbor and will provide 
the 25 percent cost share for the Mobile Harbor Turning Basin project. 
The Alabama State Port Authority's 25 percent cost share funding is 
secured. Turning basin will help serve a new container terminal, coal 
terminal and two raw material terminals.

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