[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 98 (Friday, June 26, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1586]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                        HON. DONALD A. MANZULLO

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 25, 2009

  Mr. MANZULLO. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding the earmark I secured as part of H.R. 2996, Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
  My request, totaling $280,000, will come from the Surveys, 
Investigations & Research account at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 
for the Groundwater and Stormwater Protection program in McHenry 
County, Illinois. The funding would be used to accelerate work on 
studies associated with the implementation of McHenry County's 
Groundwater Protection Program. McHenry County is continuing to 
experience rapid population growth and there is a critical need to plan 
for the future. The county's program is working to address the 
protection of groundwater resources, stormwater drainage and detention, 
stream and wetland protection, and sustainable growth all into a single 
program. Ongoing and future development poses serious challenges 
because of the reduction of the land's ability to absorb precipitation 
and the continuing pressure to develop flood prone areas. The McHenry 
County government has already invested over $615,000 of local resources 
in studying local groundwater resources and stormwater investigations. 
The local USGS entity to receive funding for this request is the 
Illinois Water Science Center at 1201 West University Avenue, Suite 
100, in Urbana, Illinois 61801, who will work in partnership with 
McHenry County to implement this initiative.
  Madam Speaker, I want to take this opportunity to thank the Chairman 
of the House Appropriations Committee, Representative David Obey, and 
the Ranking Minority Member, Representative Jerry Lewis, and the 
Chairman of the Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee, 
Representative Norm Dicks, and the Ranking Minority Member, 
Representative Mike Simpson, for working with me in a bipartisan manner 
to include this critical request in this spending bill.

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