[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 113 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1969-E1970]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. WALTER B. JONES

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 23, 2009

  Mr. JONES. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican Leadership 
standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following information 
regarding project funding I received as part of H.R. 3183, the Energy 
and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2010:
  Rep. Walter B. Jones
  Project: Beaufort Harbor, NC
  Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--Wilmington District
  Account: Operations and Maintenance
  Amount: $250,000
  Explanation: The funding will allow for maintenance dredging of 
Bulkhead Channel, which is the main waterway entrance to the Town of 
Beaufort from the Morehead City Harbor Federal Navigation Project and 
the Atlantic Ocean. The Harbor is used annually by thousands of 
commercial fishing vessels, sport fishing vessels and recreational 
boaters, and its continued operation is critical to the regional 
economy.
  Rep. Walter B. Jones
  Project: Bogue Inlet, NC
  Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--Wilmington District
  Account: Operations and Maintenance
  Amount: $325,000
  Explanation: The funding will allow for maintenance dredging of Bogue 
Inlet. The inlet is used by commercial and charter fishing vessels, 
recreational boaters and the U.S. Coast Guard. Without dredging, the 
inlet will shoal up and become impassable, with dangerous consequences 
for the local economy and the safety of watermen.
  Rep. Walter B. Jones
  Project: Manteo (Shallowbag Bay), NC
  Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--Wilmington District
  Account: Operations and Maintenance
  Amount: $3,945,000
  Explanation: The funding will provide continued maintenance dredging 
of Oregon Inlet. Without dredging, the inlet channel would quickly 
become impassable to many of the Coast Guard and commercial and 
recreational fishing vessels that depend on it for access to the 
Atlantic Ocean, and the local economy would be hurt severely.
  Rep. Walter B. Jones
  Project: Morehead City Harbor, NC
  Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers--Wilmington District
  Account: Operations and Maintenance
  Amount: $9,500,000
  Explanation: The funding will be used to perform maintenance dredging 
to the minimum width within the entrance channel, which is critical for 
maintaining safe navigation for the commercial and recreational vessels 
that use the channel to access Morehead City Port. Dredged material 
would be placed along the adjacent shorelines of Ft. Macon St. Park and 
Atlantic Beach, which would protect communities from future storm 
events. The funds would also be used to continue the Dredged Material 
Management Plan, which is necessary in light of new information 
concerning the harbor maintenance project's impacts to adjacent coastal 
environments articulated in

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the Corps' Section 111 report (2001) and a separate report prepared for 
Carteret County by an independent coastal engineering firm.
  Rep. Walter B. Jones
  Project: New River Inlet, NC
  Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District
  Account: Operations and Maintenance
  Amount: $700,000
  Explanation: The funding will be used to provide for continued 
maintenance dredging of New River Inlet, whish is the only waterway 
connecting New River to the Atlantic Ocean. The inlet is in the heart 
of Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, and proper maintenance of the 
channel is essential to Marine Corps training and operations. It is 
also important to Eastern North Carolina's commercial fishermen and 
recreational boaters.

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