[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1787-E1788]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. ANDER CRENSHAW

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 15, 2009

  Mr. CRENSHAW. Madam Speaker, I rise today to submit documentation 
consistent with the Republican Earmark Standards.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183--Energy & Water Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Construction
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Army Corps of Engineers
  Address of Receiving Entity: 701 San Marco Boulevard Jacksonville FL 
32207
  Description of Request: I have secured $1,000,000 in funding in H.R. 
3183 in the Construction Account for the Dredged Materials Disposal 
Facilities Program, Jacksonville Harbor, FL.
  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will contribute 
to the dredging improvements which will assure that commodities reach 
their destination efficiently and cleanly by ship rather than by 
surface transportation, which reduces air pollution, strain on our 
over-burdened highway system and traffic congestion.
  In addition, to continue JAXPORT's growth, the channel must be 
deepened so it can handle container ships with deeper drafts.
  There is a 25 percent non-Federal cost share required for this 
project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183--Energy & Water Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Construction
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Army Corps of Engineers
  Address of Receiving Entity: 701 San Marco Boulevard Jacksonville FL 
32207
  Description of Request: I have secured $1,000,000 in funding in H.R. 
3183 in the Construction Account for Jacksonville Harbor, FL.
  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because dredging 
improvements will assure that commodities reach their destination 
efficiently and cleanly by ship rather than by surface transportation, 
which reduces air pollution, strain on our over-burdened highway system 
and traffic congestion.
  In addition, to continue JAXPORT's growth, the channel must be 
deepened so it can handle container ships with deeper drafts.
  There is a 25 percent non-Federal cost share required for this 
project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183--Energy & Water Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Operations & Maintenance
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Army Corps of Engineers
  Address of Receiving Entity: 701 San Marco Boulevard Jacksonville FL 
32207
  Description of Request: I have secured $4,500,000 in funding in H.R. 
3183 in the Operations & Maintenance Account for the Intracoastal 
Waterway, Jacksonville to Miami, FL.
  The purpose of this funding is for the routine maintenance dredging 
of Reach 1 in Duval County at Nassau Sound and non-routine maintenance 
dredging in Reach 3 will remove 250,000 cyds. of material. The beach 
quality material will be placed on Amelia Island and the non-beach 
quality materials will be placed in DMMA DU-2.
  This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the operation and 
maintenance of the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida is a Federal 
responsibility.
  There are no matching funds required or allowed for this project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183--Energy & Water Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Operations & Maintenance
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Army Corps of Engineers
  Address of Receiving Entity: 701 San Marco Boulevard Jacksonville FL 
32207
  Description of Request: I have secured $6,035,000 in funding in H.R. 
3183 in the Operations & Maintenance Account for the Jacksonville 
Harbor, FL.
  The purpose of this funding is for the periodic dredging in the 20 
mile main federal ship channel.
  The Jacksonville Harbor project is an authorized federal project and 
has regularly received O&M funds which are necessary to retain the 
federal project depth. Pursuant to federal statute, the Army Corps of 
Engineers is responsible for maintenance of federal navigation 
channels.
  There are no matching funds required or allowed for this project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183--Energy & Water Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Section 206
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: Army Corps of Engineers
  Address of Receiving Entity: 701 San Marco Boulevard Jacksonville FL 
32207
  Description of Request: I have secured funding in H.R. 3183 in the 
Section 206 Account for the Big Fishweir Creek, FL.
  Big Fishweir Creek is a small tributary on the St. Johns River, a 
federally-designated American Heritage River, approximately 4 miles 
south of downtown Jacksonville. The contributing sub-basin to Big 
Fishweir Creek has been urbanized, predominantly with residential land 
use, which is encroaching along the creek's banks. Most of this 
urbanization occurred prior to the promulgation of storm water 
regulations. Consequently, only limited storm water management has been 
implemented in the sub-basin. Contaminated sediment from untreated 
storm water has been deposited in the creek over time, reducing natural 
habitat in the creek and along its banks.
  Under the authority provided by Section 206 of the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1996, the Corps may plan, design and build projects 
to restore aquatic ecosystems for fish and wildlife. Projects must be 
in the public interest and cost effective and are limited to $5 million 
in Federal cost.
  There is a 50 percent non-Federal matching requirement for this 
project.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Ander Crenshaw
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183--Energy & Water Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Electricity Efficiency and Renewable Energy
  Legal Name of Receiving Entity: City of Tallahassee, Florida
  Address of Receiving Entity: 300 S. Adams Street Tallahassee FL 32301
  Description of Request: I have secured $250,000 in funding in H.R. 
3186 in the Electricity Efficiency and Renewable Energy Account under 
the Department of Energy for the City of Tallahassee Innovative Energy 
Initiatives.
  The City of Tallahassee will provide $2,000,000 in matching funds for 
this project.

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