[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 15, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1796-E1797]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. GREG WALDEN

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 15, 2009

  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, consistent with the House Republican 
Leadership's policy

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on earmarks, to the best of my knowledge the requests I have detailed 
below are (1) not directed to an entity or program that will be named 
after a sitting Member of Congress; and (2) not intended to be used by 
an entity to secure funds for other entities unless the use of funding 
is consistent with the specified purpose of the earmark. As required by 
earmark standards adopted by the House Republican Conference, I submit 
the following information on projects I requested and were included in 
the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act of 2010 (H.R. 3183).
  Account: Bureau of Reclamation--Water and Related Resources
  Project Name: Deschutes Project
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Deschutes Basin Board of 
Control, PO Box 919, Madras, OR 97741
  Project Location: Deschutes County, Oregon
  Description of Project: H.R. 3183 appropriates $482,000 for the U.S. 
Bureau of Reclamation's Deschutes Project. According to the requesting 
entity, the appropriated funds for this project will be used by the 
Bureau of Reclamation in coordination with the Deschutes Basin Board of 
Control (consists of the seven primary irrigation districts in Central 
Oregon) to pursue water conservation, piping, lining and efficiency 
projects that will improve irrigation efficiencies, and result in 
increased in-stream flows benefiting federally-listed steelhead and 
bull trout in the Deschutes and Crooked Rivers and their tributaries. 
The Deschutes Basin Board of Control states in their request that these 
projects will provide a broad array of economic and environmental 
benefits to central Oregonians.
  Account: Bureau of Reclamation--Water and Related Resources
  Project Name: Savage Rapids Dam Removal
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Grants Pass Irrigation 
District, 200 Fruitdale Drive, Grants Pass, OR 97527
  Project Location: Savage Rapids Dam, Grants Pass, Oregon
  Description of Project: H.R. 3183 appropriates $1,160,000 for the 
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Savage Rapids Dam Removal project. 
According to the requesting entity, the appropriated funds for this 
project will be used by the Bureau of Reclamation to complete 
installation, testing, and operation of electric pumps and to complete 
removal of a major portion of the Savage Rapids Dam on the Rogue River, 
Oregon. The Grants Pass Irrigation District states that this project, 
which was authorized by P.L. 108-137, is a justified use of taxpayer 
funding because it will restore significant portions of the Rogue Wild 
and Scenic River to a free-flowing river by removing the dam as an 
impediment to passage of federally-listed fish species.
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Section 206
  Project Name: Camp Creek, Zumwalt Prairie Preserve, OR
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: The Nature Conservancy 
in Oregon, 821 SE 14th Avenue, Portland, OR 97214
  Project Location: Wallowa County, Oregon
  Description of Project: H.R. 3183 provides Corps of Engineers Section 
206 status for the Camp Creek, Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in Oregon. 
According to the requesting entity, the appropriated funds for this 
project will be used by the Corps of Engineers for site work on this 
ecosystem restoration project, including the removal of small push-up 
dams and to restore aquatic and riparian habitats within the upper Camp 
Creek watershed in The Nature Conservancy's Zumwalt Prairie Preserve in 
Wallowa County. The Nature Conservancy states in its request that this 
project is a justified use of taxpayer funding because it will create 
approximately 15 to 20 temporary and full-time jobs and support the 
restoration of aquatic and riparian habitat conditions along six miles 
of spawning habitat for Snake River Steelhead.
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Investigations
  Project Name: Walla Walla Watershed, OR & WA
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Confederated Tribes of 
the Umatilla Indian Reservation, PO Box 638, Pendleton, OR 97801
  Project Location: Umatilla, Wallowa, and Union Counties in Oregon, 
Walla Walla and Columbia County in Washington
  Description of Project: H.R. 3183 appropriates $203,000 for the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers to continue the general investigations of the 
Walla Walla Watershed project. According to the requesting entity, the 
appropriated funds for this project will be used by the Corps of 
Engineers for the feasibility report/environmental impact statement 
(FR/EIS) and to initiate pre-engineering and design based on findings 
and recommendations of the ER/EIS. Moreover, the project will provide 
restoration and management tools needed to help create a viable 
ecosystem within the Walla Walla River Basin for federally-listed bull 
trout and steelhead. The requesting entity states that this project is 
a justified use of taxpayer funding because the ER/EIS will promote the 
fulfillment of a Treaty reserved right of the Confederated Tribes of 
the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
  Account: Department of Energy--EERE
  Project Name: Christmas Valley Renewable Energy Development
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Oregon Department of 
Energy, 625 Marion St. NE, Salem, OR 97301
  Project Location: Christmas Valley, Oregon
  Description of Project: H.R. 3183 appropriates $410,000 for the 
Oregon Department of Energy's Christmas Valley Renewable Energy 
Development project. According to the requesting entity, the 
appropriated funds for this project will be used to conduct renewable 
energy assessments at the former site of the Air Combat Command Radar 
Transmitter located in Christmas Valley, Oregon. Specifically, the 
project will fund assessments of wind, solar and geothermal energy 
resources. Over the years, the US Air Force and Bureau of Land 
Management have left intact the mothballed facility's massive 
electrical transmission lines and support infrastructure that will 
someday allow for renewable energy development. The requesting entity 
states that this project is a justified use of taxpayer funding because 
it would advance the utilization of various renewable resources while 
providing a significant economic boost to the local economy of Lake 
County, Oregon which currently has a seasonably adjusted unemployment 
rate of 12.8 percent.
  Account: Department of Energy--EERE
  Project Name: Geothermal Power Generation Plant at Oregon Institute 
of Technology
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Oregon Institute of 
Technology, 3201 Campus Drive, Klamath Falls, Oregon 97601
  Project Location: Klamath Falls, Oregon
  Description of Project: H.R. 3183 appropriates $1,000,000 for Oregon 
Institute of Technology's Geothermal Power Generation Plant. According 
to the requesting entity, the appropriated funds for this project will 
be used to help construct a high-temperature geothermal power plant on 
the Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) campus. The plant will 
eventually provide 100 percent of the electricity demands and hot water 
supply to the campus and it would be the first flash steam geothermal 
power plant in Oregon. When the Geothermal Power Generation Plant is 
complete, OIT will be the only campus in the world to satisfy all of 
its electricity needs from an on-site geothermal energy source. The 
requesting entity states that this project is a justified use of 
taxpayer funding because it would serve as a demonstration tool and 
educational training facility for OIT students and faculty.

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