[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17922-17923]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                            HON. STEVE KING

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, July 15, 2009

  Mr. KING of Iowa. 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 
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2010.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Steve King
  Bill Number H.R. 3183, the Energy and Water Development and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources
  Amount: $6,000,000
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Lewis and Clark Regional Water 
System
  Address of Requesting Entity: 401 E. 8th St., Suite 306, Sioux Falls, 
SD 57103
  Description of Request: This funding will be used to continue 
construction of the The Lewis and Clark Regional Water System, the 
objective of which is to build and operate a tri-state water system 
that will provide high quality water to the region it will serve, which 
will improve the quality of life and expand economic development 
opportunities.
  When completed, the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System will be a 
wholesale supplier of treated water to 20 cities and rural water 
systems in northwest Iowa, southeast South Dakota, and southwest 
Minnesota.
  Lewis & Clark represents a unique regional approach by the three 
states and the 20 local sponsors to address common problems with area 
water resources in a more effective and cost-efficient way than each 
state, town, or rural water system could do alone. Regional water 
problems include shallow wells and aquifers prone to contamination and 
drought, compliance with new federal drinking water standards, and 
increasing water demand due to population growth and economic 
expansion. Indeed, recently a cheese factory, which created many jobs, 
opened in Hull, Iowa, which many have suggested would not have been 
possible without the emergency connection built to the town to support 
their recent growth.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Steve King
  Bill Number H.R. 3183, the Energy and Water Development and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Corps of Engineers, Section 206
  Amount: $0--It is a named project
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  Address of Requesting Entity: 205 E. 9th St., Des Moines, IA 50319-
  Description of Request: Any funding secured will be used to continue 
the joint project between the Storm Lake Improvement Group, The U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers and the Iowa Department of Natural Resources to 
improve the aquatic species habitat in the Storm Lake watershed and to 
restore the wetland function of Little Storm Lake.
  The 190 acre Little Storm Lake is located in the northwest corner of 
Storm Lake in Storm Lake, Iowa. Little Storm Lake originally had the 
ability to remove much of the sediment from incoming waters. 
Unfortunately, the ability to accomplish these tasks has dwindled due 
to the reduced vegetative diversity. Rehabilitating the ecosystem will 
require addressing loss of native plant communities, nutrient and 
sediment loading, and resuspension.
  Restoration of the wetland function of the Little Storm Lake is an 
essential component of the Storm Lake restoration project, which has 
been undertaken to improve the water quality of Storm Lake. The water 
quality of Storm Lake is vital to the local community as annual 
visitors to the lake spent an average of $10.14 million annually that 
in turn supports 728 jobs and $9.79 million of labor income in the 
region.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Steve King
  Bill Number H.R. 3183, the Energy and Water Development and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
  Account: Department of Energy, EERE
  Amount: $500,000
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Western Iowa Tech Community College
  Address of Requesting Entity: 4647 Stone Avenue, Sioux City, IA 
51106-
  Description of Request: These funds will be used to help develop the 
Wind Energy program of study at Western Iowa Tech Community College, 
including the acquisition of equipment and technology for the design of 
the wind power engineering curriculum at the College. Federal funds 
will be used to purchase a wind turbine and laboratory equipment for 
technician skills training. The funding will help to provide an 
enhanced training program designed to attract, retain, and develop 
skills and competencies at the technician level to maintain and grow 
the economic competitiveness of the wind energy industries.
  Training will encompass understanding the design of a wind farm and 
the electricity power grid; the erection of wind turbines; wiring the 
turbines to the electric power grid; and scheduling and performing 
routine maintenance on the turbines' electrical components and columns.
  This project will build Western Iowa Tech Community College's 
capacity to increase the pipeline of workers for the Wind Energy 
industry. As a result of this project, the College will have the 
ability to prepare up to 33 degree-seeking workers annually for 
employment in the industry. The overarching impact is to increase the 
educational attainment and skills levels of area residents by 
positioning them for careers as technicians in the Wind Energy 
industry.

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  The development of this program at WIT will also add to local 
economic development efforts to continue to attract additional 
employers within the wind energy industry to the region.

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