[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 169 (Monday, November 16, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2765]
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                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. GREG WALDEN

                               of oregon

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, November 16, 2009

  Mr. WALDEN. Madam Speaker, consistent with the House Republican 
Leadership's policy on earmarks, to the best of my knowledge the 
request I have detailed below is (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 a project 
I requested and was included in the Conference Report for H.R. 2996, 
the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010.
  Account: EPA--STAG Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Project
  Project Name: Umatilla County for Milton-Freewater Stormwater System 
Improvements
  Legal Name and Address of Requesting Entity: Umatilla County, 216 SE 
4th Street, Pendleton, OR 97801
  Project Location: The City of Milton-Freewater, Oregon
  Description of Project: The Conference Report for H.R. 2996 
appropriates $300,000 for the Milton-Freewater Stormwater System 
project. According to the requesting entity, this funding will be used 
by Umatilla County to assist in the development of a stormwater 
treatment system for the city of Milton-Freewater, Oregon. This is a 
beneficial use of taxpayer funding because it will enable the community 
to construct a holding pond to catch silt-laden storm and winter water 
runoff which currently clogs the drainage system and deposits silt into 
drinking water wells.

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