[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1778]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION-

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                         HON. THOMAS J. ROONEY

                              of florida-

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 15, 2009

  Mr. ROONEY. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 3183--Energy and Water 
Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
  Five of my requests were funded in this bill, and all are previously 
Congressionally authorized projects.
  $350,000: St. Lucie Inlet, Martin County, FL. The entity to receive 
the funds for the project is Martin County, FL located at 2401 S.E. 
Monterey Road, Stuart, FL 34996. The funding will go to a 
Congressionally authorized project to dredge the inlet. This project is 
funded through the Army Corps of Engineers Operations and Maintenance 
Account.
  $1,000,000: St. Lucie County, FL, Fort Pierce Beach. The entity to 
receive the funds for the project is St. Lucie County, FL located at 
2300 Virginia Ave, Fort Pierce, FL 34982. The funding will be used on a 
Congressionally authorized project to restore the beaches severally 
degraded by jetties which protect the federally-maintained inlet. This 
project is funded through the Army Corps of Engineers Investigations 
Account.
  $350,000: Martin County, FL. The entity to receive the funds for the 
project is Martin County, FL located at 2401 S.E. Monterey Road, 
Stuart, FL 34996. The funding will be used for the federally authorized 
Hutchinson Island Shore Protection Project that provides for a 
protective berm and storm dune and periodic nourishment of the restored 
beach. This project is funded through the Army Corps of Engineers 
Construction Account.
  $130,000,000: Herbert Hoover Dike. The entity to receive funding for 
the project is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 701 San Marco Blvd. 
Jacksonville, FL 32207. The Dike is a federally maintained structure 
that is currently undergoing rehabilitation to ensure the continued 
safety of the communities around the lake. This project is funded 
through the Army Corps of Engineers Construction Account.
  $210,239,000 South Florida Everglades Ecosystem Restoration, FL. Of 
this total, about $22,000,000 is for the Indian River Lagoon which 
Representative Rooney requested. The entity to receive funding for this 
project is the South Florida Water Management District located at 3301 
Gun Club Road, West Palm Beach, FL 33406. The Indian River Lagoon-South 
Project was authorized in WRDA 2007 as a component of the Comprehensive 
Everglades Restoration Plan. The project will help clean and restore 
the fragile ecosystem and is a 50/50 partnership with the state and 
local agencies. This project is funded through the Army Corps of 
Engineers Construction Account.
  All of my projects are Congressionally authorized and go only to 
public government agencies.

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