[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1566]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. KEVIN McCARTHY

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 24, 2009

  Mr. McCARTHY of California. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership guidelines on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding earmarks I requested that were included as part 
of H.R. 2996, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Kevin McCarthy 
  Bill Number: H.R. 2996
  Account: Environmental Protection Agency, STAG Water and Wastewater 
Infrastructure
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: City of Ridgecrest, California
  Address of Requesting Entity: 100 West California Avenue, Ridgecrest, 
California 93555
  Description of Request: $400,000 is included for the City of 
Ridgecrest, California, to help fund Phase I (planning, environmental 
studies, engineering design and construction monitoring, and legal and 
administrative issues) of the city's new wastewater treatment facility. 
Ridgecrest, located in northeast Kern County, serves as a support 
community to the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at China 
Lake (NAWCWD), and receives and treats all of the base's wastewater, 
which accounts for more than one-third of the water treated at the 
existing facility. As the existing plant has limited capacity and with 
additional personnel expected on the naval base in the future, the 
current wastewater treatment facility will reach and exceed its 
capacity requiring another treatment plant in the next few years. The 
city recognizes the challenges it faces on this front and is 
proactively working to address this issue before acceptable discharge 
limitations are exceeded at the current plant.

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