[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1796]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 15, 2009

  Mr. SIMPSON. Madam Speaker, in accordance with the policies and 
standards put forth by the House Appropriations Committee and the GOP 
Leadership, I would like to place in the Record a listing of the 
congressionally-directed projects I have requested in my home state of 
Idaho that are contained in the report of HR 3183, the FY2010 Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations Bill.
  Project Name: City of Boise Geothermal Expansion to Boise State 
University
  Amount Received: $1,000,000
  Account: DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Geothermal 
Technology
  Recipient: City of Boise
  Recipient's Street Address: 150 N Capitol Boulevard, Third Floor, 
Boise, Idaho 83702 Description: The Boise City geothermal system 
currently provides a low cost, environmentally sound, sustainable, 
locally provided heat source to commercial and publicly owned buildings 
in downtown Boise. Geothermal heat is considered a renewable source of 
energy and does not rely on fossil fuels, nuclear power, mining or 
damming of rivers and emits zero emissions into the atmosphere. This 
project will extend the City of Boise geothermal pipeline system to 
Boise State University and would have the capacity to heat almost two 
million square feet on the campus. As global energy costs increase, the 
expansion to increased facilities will provide significant cost 
savings.
  Project Name: Idaho Accelerator Center Production of Medical Isotopes
  Amount Received: $1,500,000
  Account: DOE Office of Science
  Recipient: Idaho State University
  Recipient's Street Address: 921 South 8th Avenue, Pocatello, ID 83209
  Description: The National Academy of Sciences recently issued a 
report recommending that the federal government increase support to 
radionuclide production, distribution and basic research in production 
mechanisms; increase the domestic production of medical radionuclides 
through dedicated accelerators and reactors; and educate the next 
generation of medically-related nuclear scientists. The Idaho 
Accelerator Center (IAC) will develop a medical isotope production 
facility that will serve regional isotope needs, conduct basic research 
in isotope production, educate the next generation of medically-related 
nuclear scientists, and partner with regional and national entities in 
medical isotope distribution and use. This program will meet regional 
and national needs in education and isotope production and provide new 
isotopes that are not currently part of the national isotope portfolio. 
IAC will complement, supplement and enhance DOE's National Isotope 
Program.
  Project Name: Idaho National Laboratory Center for Advanced Energy 
Studies (CAES)
  Amount Received: $1,000,000
  Account: DOE Office of Science
  Recipient: Idaho National Laboratory
  Recipient's Street Address: 2525 North Freemont St., Idaho Falls, 
Idaho 83415
  Description: CAES is a partnership between the State of Idaho and its 
academic research institutions, the federal government through the U.S. 
Department of Energy and the Idaho National Laboratory managed by the 
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC. Through its collaborative structure, 
CAES combines the efforts of these institutions to provide timely 
energy research on both technical and policy issues. The funds provided 
will procure world-class computation and visualization research 
equipment to be located in the CAES research laboratory. These research 
tools will enable both critical-path scientific research and graduate 
education programs focused on such twenty-first century energy 
challenges as the availability of carbon-neutral renewable energy, such 
as biofuels for transportation; the stewardship of the environment 
including water resource management through energy efficiency; the 
management of fossil fuel energy systems; and the expansion of energy 
production from commercial nuclear power while educating the next 
generation of scientists, engineers, policy makers and the public.
  Project Name: Little Wood River Ecosystem Restoration
  Amount Received: $100,000
  Account: Corps of Engineers
  Recipient: City of Gooding, Idaho
  Recipient's Street Address: 308 5th Ave. West, Gooding, ID 83330
  Description: This funding was authorized in the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2007 and would be used to repair and replace an 
aging WPA/CCC project that channeled the Little Wood River through the 
City of Gooding, Idaho. The project will remove and replace the 
existing rock wall and the boxed culverts that severely restrict the 
stream channel flow. Approximately 1.5 miles of the Little Wood River 
flow within Gooding city limits. Over the years, aging along with high 
water and ice jam events have caused severe deterioration of the 
masonry rock walls constructed in the 1930s and 40s in order to protect 
the city from floods. Large portions of the existing lava rock walls 
that line the Little Wood River through the city are structurally 
unserviceable and many have failed and fallen into the channel. This 
deterioration has increased at an alarming rate. The Corps of Engineers 
and the City of Gooding have been working on a solution for this rock 
wall failure for the past 20 years. The Army Corps has completed the 
Reconnaissance Study and the General Investigation Study, but the 
project has been on hold due to a lack of funding.
  Project Name: Rural Idaho Section 595
  Amount Received: $5,000,000
  Account: Corps of Engineers
  Recipient: Walla Walla District Corps of Engineers
  Recipient's Street Address: Boise Field Office, 304 8th St., Rm. 140, 
Boise, ID 83702-5802
  Description: The funding was authorized in the Water Resources 
Development Act of 2007. This funding is critical to assisting rural 
Idaho communities in upgrading their water and wastewater treatment 
facilities. In many cases, this funding is required to comply with 
unfunded mandates passed down by this Congress and federal agencies. In 
addition, these funds help rural communities in Idaho trying to attract 
new businesses and spur economic development. The vital water funding 
in this bill will assist rural communities in job creation and 
affordable housing by offering improved services at lower costs than 
would otherwise be possible. This request is consistent with the 
intended purpose of this account. Funding will be directed primarily to 
the Eastern Idaho Regional Wastewater Authority in Shelley, Idaho.
  I appreciate the opportunity to provide a list of Congressionally-
directed projects in the report accompanying the FY2010 Energy and 
Water Development Appropriations bill on behalf of Idaho and provide an 
explanation of my support for them.

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