[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 165 (Friday, November 6, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2736]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                           HON. DOC HASTINGS

                             of washington

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, November 6, 2009

  Mr. HASTINGS of Washington. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the Republican 
Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the following 
information regarding an earmark I received as part of H.R. 2996, the 
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agency 
Appropriations Act of 2010. This earmark in the Environmental 
Protection Agency's State and Tribal Assistance Grant Program is for 
$500,000 to the City of Rock Island, P.O. Box 99, Rock Island, WA 
98850.
  This project would construct a wastewater collection and treatment 
system for the City of Rock Island and a portion of the unincorporated 
area of Douglas County. More than five years of technical study have 
demonstrated the need for a central sewer system to address the high 
risk of drinking water contamination that exists as a result of failing 
on-site septic systems, inadequate soils and a high water table. Design 
of the system is complete, and the project is ready for construction.

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