[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 89 (Monday, June 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1403]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 15, 2009

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding earmarks I received as part of the FY 2010 
Homeland Security Appropriations Act.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Lamar Smith
  Bill Number: FY2010 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act
  Account: EPA--STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Project
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Austin
  Address of Requesting Entity: 301 West 2nd Street, Austin, TX 78701
  Description of Request: I have secured $500,000 for the City of 
Austin for sanitary sewer overflow prevention. These funds will be used 
for the Non-Structural SSO Prevention Project in association with our 
partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This past 
fall, EPA released the City's first Special Appropriations Grant XP-
97677204 to allow expenditures on the City's ongoing ``cured-in-place'' 
sewer main slip lining contracts. This trenchless sewer rehabilitation 
technique eliminates infiltration and replaces the structural integrity 
of sewer mains without extensive excavation. Having EPA grant funds 
targeted to this activity frees up existing City financial resources to 
(1) expand sanitary sewer monitoring, cleaning and maintenance, (2) 
address both grease control and permanent root elimination from the 
sewer system and (3) expand use of trenchless sanitary sewer 
rehabilitation techniques to other areas of the sewer system. The 
requested funds will be used for a non-structural (trenchless) sanitary 
sewer overflow prevention project. The project will reduce sanitary 
sewer overflows that threaten the Colorado River watershed and the 
Edwards Aquifer. It will also demonstrate a non-structural approach to 
addressing sanitary sewer overflows that can be replicated nationally. 
I certify that neither I nor my spouse has any financial interest in 
this project.

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