[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 105 (Tuesday, July 14, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1758-E1759]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                         HON. DANA ROHRABACHER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 14, 2009

  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the requirements of the 
Republican Conference of the House, I am submitting the following 
information regarding earmarks I received, which were included in the 
reported version of H.R. 3183, the ``Energy and Water Development and 
Related Agencies Act of 2010.''
  Requesting Member: Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (CA-46)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Name of Project: Long Beach Desalination Research and Development 
Project
  Account: Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Long Beach Board of Water 
Commissioners
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1800 E. Wardlow Road, Long Beach, CA 
90807
  Description of Request: I received $100,000 for Long Beach Water's 
Desalination Research and Development Project. Long Beach desalination 
represents the federal government's national interest in making 
desalination of seawater a viable, cost-effective and environmentally 
responsive option for supply reliability along the coast of California. 
Seawater desalination will not be seen by The Congress, the California 
State Legislature, regulatory agencies, private sector interests or the 
public as a viable, cost effective and environmentally responsive 
option for municipal water supply reliability in the United States 
until advances are made and existing processes optimized in on-going 
research and development, funded through programs like the Long Beach 
Desalination Project.
  The project is a constructed, large-scale, fully operational seawater 
desalination research and development facility located in urban/coastal 
Southern California. The research conducted at this facility is the 
most important and advanced analysis being conducted anywhere in the 
nation at this time, to include facility design and construction, 
permitting, operations, water quality, distribution system integration 
and alternative, sub-ocean floor intake and outfall systems. It is my 
understanding funds will be used for Ultra Violet & Chlorine Dioxide 
research; post-treatment corrosives testing and analysis; under ocean 
floor intake and discharge demonstration system research, and site 
restoration. It is my understanding a 50% match share will be provided 
by the board of water commissioners.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (CA-46)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Name of Project: Santa Ana River Mainstem, CA
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, Construction
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: County of Orange, CA
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 N. Flower St., Santa Ana, CA 92703
  Description of Request: I received $52,193,000 for Orange County's 
Santa Ana River Mainstem project. The Santa Ana River Mainstem Project 
including Prado Dam (Project) was authorized under the Water Resources 
Development Act (WRDA) of 1986,

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and Section 309 of WRDA, 1996. The Project involves construction, 
acquisition of property rights, relocations, environmental mitigation 
and enhancement in Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. The 
flood control districts of these counties are the Local Sponsors who 
are responsible, with the Department of the Army, for implementing the 
Project.
  The Corps considered the Santa Ana River as the worst flood threat 
west of the Mississippi River. In 1980s, the Corps estimated that 3 
million people and 110,000 acres would be impacted, with potential loss 
of 3,000 lives and $15 billion in economic losses (1987-8 price level). 
Estimated impacts and loss (without the Project being constructed) 
would be much greater with current population growth and value of land 
and structures. In addition to protecting a large, highly populated and 
rapidly growing area of Southern California, the Project has/will 
improve protection of major transportation corridors. It is my 
understanding the non-federal contribution will be 37.5% of the project 
cost.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (CA-46)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Name of Project: Orange County Regional Water Reclamation Project
  Account: Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Orange County Water District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 18700 Ward Street, Fountain Valley CA 
92708
  Description of Request: I received $100,000 for Orange County Water 
District's Regional Water Reclamation Project. This project will 
increase the region's water independence from expensive and declining 
imported water resources from the California Delta and Colorado Rivers 
and supplement the existing water supplies by providing a new, 
reliable, high-quality source of water. The GWR System is the largest 
water recycling project of its kind. The Enhancement Project would 
expand the capacity of the current plant by an additional 18 million 
gallons per day. With the enhancement, the Project would expand the 
capacity of the current plant to 88 million gallons per day for a total 
of approximately 32 billion gallons per year. It is my understanding 
matching funds have been provided by local grants and other funding 
sources.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (CA-46)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Name of Project: Westminster, East Garden Grove, CA
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, Investigations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: County of Orange, CA
  Address of Requesting Entity: 300 N. Flower St., Santa Ana, CA 92703
  Description of Request: I received $900,000 for Orange County's study 
of the Westminster, East Garden Grove channel. Flood damages along the 
East Garden Grove-Wintersburg Channel affect residential, commercial, 
and industrial development located in an 81 square mile watershed, 
impacting eleven cities in Orange County. Over 20,000 property owners 
are currently required to participate in the National Flood Insurance 
Program, while aging levees jeopardize thousands of additional property 
owners. The study will investigate innovative methods to provide flood 
protection in combination with improved ecosystem functioning and water 
quality. Over 20,000 property owners are currently mandated by the 
Federal government to pay flood insurance because of inadequate flood 
protection in this watershed. Taxpayer funds are used to rebuild 
private property and public infrastructure every year that flood 
damages occur. This comprehensive study is developing innovative, 
sustainable solutions to flooding, water quality, and environmental 
problems in this watershed. Those solutions will provide more cost-
effective approaches than currently exist, and contribute to the 
National Economic Development as well as National Ecosystem Restoration 
Plan. It is the mission of the Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to 
provide flood protection, navigation, and ecosystem restoration in 
meeting these criteria. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers found that 
there was federal interest in this project during their reconnaissance 
study. It is my understanding funding will be used for salaries and 
professional services for the army corps of engineers investigation.

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