[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 107 (Thursday, July 16, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1805]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. GEOFF DAVIS

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 16, 2009

  Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding earmarks I secured as part of H.R. 3183, the 
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Geoff Davis
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Investigations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--
Huntington District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 502 Eighth Street, Huntington, WV 25701
  Description of Request: Appropriate $1,000,000 for Greenup Locks and 
Dam. Greenup Locks and Dam is the eighth busiest of the Corps of 
Engineers' 230 locks and dam projects. Closure of either lock, for 
maintenance or in the event of an accident, generates massive delays 
and associated increased costs to industry. Traffic delays due to 
closures of the main lock chamber are increasing in frequency and 
duration. Investigations (GI) funds would allow for completion of the 
preconstruction engineering and design phase. This is a valuable use of 
taxpayer funds because keeping our nation's inland waterways 
functioning is essential to our economy.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Geoff Davis
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Construction
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--
Louisville District
  Address of Requesting Entity: 600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Place, 
Louisville, KY 40202
  Description of Request: Appropriate $1,000,000 for Markland Locks and 
Dam. Funds will allow for the award of the assembly pier contract, the 
fabrication and installation of the culvert valves, and the award of 
the embedded metals contract. This is a valuable use of taxpayer funds 
because keeping our nation's inland waterways functioning is essential 
to our economy.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Geoff Davis
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Corps of Engineers--Investigations
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Southbank Partners
  Address of Requesting Entity: 421 Monmouth Street, Newport, KY 41071
  Description of Request: Appropriate $279,000 for Northern Kentucky 
Riverfront Commons. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed a 
Master Plan and Reconnaissance Report for the Northern Kentucky 
Riverfront Commons Project. This request for funding is intended to 
continue the feasibility study, preliminary design and engineering for 
the entire length of the riverfront project area. These funds are 
needed to move the Northern Kentucky Riverfront Project forward in 
order to eventually stabilize the river bank area. This is a valuable 
use of taxpayer funds because stabilizing the riverbank is important to 
river commerce, economic development and flood protection.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Geoff Davis
  Bill Number: H.R. 3183
  Account: Fossil Energy R&D
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: University of Kentucky Research 
Foundation
  Address of Requesting Entity: Room 1 Kinkead Hall, Lexington, KY 
40506
  Description of Request: Appropriate $2,000,000 for the University of 
Kentucky Strategic Liquid Transportation Fuels Derived from Coal 
project. Funding will continue the expansion of capabilities at the 
University of Kentucky directed toward research and labor force 
development and training related to the production of liquid 
transportation fuels (diesel, aviation fuel, etc.) derived from coal. 
Project will continue development of an integrated, continuous ``mini 
Fischer-Tropsch'' refinery at UK. The facility is intended to produce 
research quantities of FT liquids and finished transportation fuels for 
testing, evaluation and certification by researchers and companies. 
This project will supply DOD with alternatives to petroleum for 
reliable supplies of battlefield fuels. The FY2010 funds would be used 
to begin fitting up the facility with the fabrication and installation 
of certain refinery process units. This is a valuable use of taxpayer 
funds because it pursues a national priority to develop alternative 
fuels and increase our energy independence.

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