[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1791-E1792]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                       HON. CHRISTOPHER JOHN LEE

                              of new york-

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 15, 2009

  Mr. LEE of New York. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding earmarks I received as part of the FY10 Energy & 
Water Appropriations bill.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Christopher Lee (NY-26)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Department of Energy--Biomass and Biorefinery Systems R&D
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: County of Monroe NY Department of 
Environmental Services
  Address of Requesting Entity: 50 West Main Street, Suite 7100, 
Rochester, NY 14614
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $1,000,000 for the 
continued transformation of the Mill Seat Landfill in Riga in to a very 
efficient bioreactor through innovative harnessing of methane to create 
energy with large and/or small generating system. This second power 
plant will result in increased Methane production to produce up to 12.8 
Megawatts of Renewable Green power and associated Thermal Load. The 
project will allow the County to utilize the thermal output to spur 
economic development adjacent to the Landfill and sell the electricity 
and related green benefits to offset utility costs.
  Of the total amount, 100 percent is for purchase and installation of 
equipment.
  This state of the art process would provide many environmentally 
friendly results: eliminates the need for incinerating sludge at the 
wastewater treatment plant saving non-renewable energy; reduces the use 
of non-renewable fuel and emissions; and improves the decomposition 
process via the use of the ``chemically treated biosolids''. This is 
the first use of chemically treated biosolids from a Waste Water 
Treatment Plant to increase the decomposition of Municipal solid waste 
resulting in increased Methane production while extending the life of 
the landfill by 30-50 percent. Also, Monroe County will use the free 
thermal associated with the project to entice companies to relocate to 
the eight 25-acre economic development parcels adjacent to the 
landfill.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Christopher Lee (NY-26)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Department of Energy--Science
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: State University of New York at 
Geneseo
  Address of Requesting Entity: Erwin 218, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY 
14454
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $500,000 for the 
purchase of a Fourier Transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer 
for SUNY Geneseo's Integrated Science Center.
  Of the total amount, 100 percent is for purchase and installation of 
equipment.
  This instrument will replace an aging spectrometer at the College 
thus allowing Geneseo to continue attracting competitive research 
grants, training students in critical fields of science and technology, 
and contribute to economic development efforts in the region.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Christopher Lee (NY-26)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Operations and Maintenance
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Army Corps of Engineers Buffalo 
District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 1776 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 14207
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $2,696,000 for the 
routine operations and

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maintenance of Mount Morris Dam, NY. Failure to fund could result in 
operating systems failures and structural degradation.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Christopher Lee (NY-26)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Department of Energy--EERE--Geothermal Technology
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Daemen College
  Address of Requesting Entity: 4380 Main Street, Amherst, NY 14226
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $950,000 to implement a 
heating and cooling system in Daemen College's largest building, 
housing many administrative, faculty, and staff offices and many 
classrooms and laboratories.
  Of the total amount, $25,650 (2.7 percent) is for personnel; $875,900 
(92.2 percent) is for construction; and $48,450 (5.1 percent) is for 
equipment.
  Funds will be used to implement the heating and cooling system. The 
project will create jobs and educate people on energy efficiency.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Christopher Lee (NY-26)
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Department of Energy--EERE--Other
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Rochester Institute of Technology
  Address of Requesting Entity: 30 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 
14623
  Description of Request: Provide an earmark of $250,000 to fund 
research to address a critical technology gap impeding the deployment 
and optimization of next generation autonomous microsystems--the 
ability to effectively and efficiently power these devices. The focus 
of this research program to date has been to use the facilities and 
expertise of the NanoPower Research Labs (NPRL) at the Rochester 
Institute of Technology (RIT) in power conversion and storage using new 
materials such as carbon nanotubes and quantum dots to develop and 
commercialize the next generation of autonomous power solutions.
  Of the total amount, approximately $50,000 (20 percent) is for 
faculty and staff; $32,000 (12.8 percent) is for materials; $48,000 
(19.2 percent) is for services; $3,000 (1.2 percent) is for travel; and 
$120,000 (48 percent) is for equipment.
  The federal investment will enable the NPRL at RIT to accelerate the 
translation of its fundamental research into a wide range of 
applications, particularly for terrestrial solar energy systems. The 
economic opportunities of this research initiative are also significant 
for the upstate New York region, which is at a critical juncture in the 
need to jumpstart and capitalize on emerging industries.

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