[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 107 (Thursday, July 16, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1822]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. JOHN FLEMING

                              of louisiana

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 16, 2009

  Mr. FLEMING. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding earmarks I received as part of H.R. 3183, the ``Fiscal Year 
2010 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act.'' I have requested funding for the following projects in Fiscal 
Year 2010:
  JBJ Johnston Waterway, Mississippi River to Shreveport, LA (CG). 
Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Vicksburg Civil Works District. 
Refinements to the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway channel alignment are 
necessary to improve the safety and reliability of the navigation 
channel as well as to reduce maintenance dredging costs, and include 
reinforcing or capping out existing revetments as well as adding 
additional contraction structures (dikes) to improve navigation 
conditions.
  JBJ Waterway, Mississippi River to Shreveport, LA. (O&M). Recipient: 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Vicksburg Civil Works District. FY10 
request would provide for basic operations and maintenance and 
maintenance dredging along the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway in 
northwest Louisiana. Any remaining funds will be used to address 
backlog maintenance projects along the waterway.
  Red River Below Denison Dam, AR, LA & TX, (CG). Recipient: U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers/Vicksburg Civil Works District. The levees in 
Louisiana associated with the Red River Waterway project have been 
incorporated into the Federal System; however, they are old and do not 
meet current construction standards. FY10 funding would be used to 
continue design and construction of the Red River Below Denison Dam 
project (LA, AR & TX), which includes the rehabilitation of levees and 
revetment reinforcements that threaten the integrity of the levee 
system. The overall project provides flood protection to about 1.7 
million acres, half of which are located behind levees.
  Red River Emergency Bank Protection, AR, LA, OK & TX, (CG). 
Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Vicksburg Civil Works District. 
This U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project is located in northwest 
Louisiana, southwest Arkansas, southeast Oklahoma, and northeast Texas. 
FY10 funds would provide for revetment, dikes, or cutoffs for 
protection of critical infrastructure and land along the Red and Old 
Rivers between the mouth of Old River at its juncture with the 
Mississippi River and Denison Dam, Texas.
  Bossier Parish Flood Protection Study. Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers/Vicksburg Civil Works District. Federal funds would be used 
to conduct a reconnaissance study investigating alternatives to address 
water resource problems and needs in Bossier Parish, LA. Funds would be 
used to complete the reconnaissance phase and prepare and negotiate the 
Project Management Plan and Feasibility Cost-Sharing Agreement. Project 
requires 50 percent local match. Local sponsors include; Bossier Levee 
District, Bossier Parish and Bossier City.
  Cross Lake, LA, Water Supply Improvements. Recipient: U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers/Vicksburg Civil Works District. Federal funds will be used 
to conduct a feasibility study that will evaluate options including 
additional pumping capacity on Cross Lake at lower elevations as well 
as new pumping stations and water treatment facilities on the Red 
River. The holding capacity of the already shallow lake (8.5 ft) is 
decreasing due to siltation, contributing to increasing difficulty in 
managing it as a water supply source. This study has been expanded into 
a regional water resource study to include all of Bossier and Caddo 
Parishes.
  Red River Navigation, Southwest Arkansas, AR (GI). Recipient: U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers/Vicksburg Civil Works District. Federal funds 
would be used to conduct a reconnaissance study along the Red River in 
northwest Louisiana, southwest Arkansas, northeast Texas and southeast 
Oklahoma to investigate the federal interest and possible alternatives 
for a project to extend navigation from Shreveport, LA, to Index, AR.
  Consistent with the Republican Leadership's policy on earmarks, I 
hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge, this request: 1) is 
not directed to an entity or program that will be named after a sitting 
Member of Congress, 2) is 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, and 3) meets or exceeds all 
statutory requirements for matching funds where applicable. I also 
hereby certify that neither I nor my spouse has any financial interest 
in this project.

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