[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 19305-19306]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          EARMARK DECLARATION

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                          HON. GARY G. MILLER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, July 24, 2009

  Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California. Madam Speaker, pursuant to the 
Republican Leadership standards on earmarks, I am submitting the 
following information regarding earmarks I received as part of the FY 
2010 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Gary G. Miller
  Bill Number: H.R. 3138
  Account: Army Corps of Engineers, Construction
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: County of Orange
  Address of Requesting Entity: 10 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, 
California 92701
  Funding Secured: $52,193,000
  Description of Request: The Santa Ana River Mainstream Project, 
including Prado Dam, provide urban flood protection to the growing 
communities in Los Angeles, Orange,

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and San Bernardino Counties, and has been a high priority project for 
the Army Corps of Engineers since it was first authorized in 1986. The 
Santa Ana River has been recognized as the worst flood threat west of 
the Mississippi River. The Army Corps of Engineers estimates if flood 
mitigation is not completed, a major storm event could flood over 
110,000 acres, kill 3,000 people, and destroy up to $15 billion worth 
of property in Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties. Floods 
from the Santa Ana River would destroy interstate transportation 
facilities, railroads and highways, and have long-term effects on 
business activities on a national level. The project, which extends 
some 75 miles along the Santa Ana River, will increase levels of flood 
protection to more than 3.35 million people in the area. Federal 
assistance for the start of construction was approved in the Fiscal 
Year 1990 federal budget and has been included in the federal budget 
every year since.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Gary G. Miller
  Bill Number: H.R. 3138
  Account: Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Orange County Water District
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 8300, Fountain Valley, 
California 92728
  Funding Secured: $100,000
  Description of Request: The Ground Water Replenishment (GWR) System 
Mid-Basin Injection Pilot Facilities Project will determine the 
feasibility, and the benefits and costs of constructing a full-scale 
project that would inject GWR System product water directly into the 
principal aquifer in an area of high volume groundwater pumping. The 
purpose of the GWR System Mid-Basin Injection Pilot Facilities Project 
is to reduce reliance on imported water by expanding local water 
supplies. This will be accomplished by increasing recharge of the 
Orange County groundwater basin through direct injection of purified, 
recycled water into the groundwater basin. This project will install 
one pilot test well and two monitoring wells, evaluating hydro-geologic 
data, and developing a preliminary plan for full-scale construction.
  Requesting Member: Congressman Gary G. Miller
  Bill Number: H.R. 3138
  Account: Bureau of Reclamation, Water and Related Resources
  Legal Name of Requesting Entity: Orange County Water District
  Address of Requesting Entity: P.O. Box 8300, Fountain Valley, 
California 92728
  Funding Secured: $100,000
  Description of Request: The Groundwater Replenishment System (GWR 
System) is a jointly funded project of the Orange County Water District 
(OCWD) and the Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) with OCWD 
serving as the lead or constructing agency. When complete, the GWR 
System will be the largest water recycling project of its kind in the 
world, reusing 140,000 acre feet per year (AFY) of advance treated 
wastewater (recycled water). The GWR System will supplement existing 
water supplies by providing a new, reliable, high-quality source of 
water to recharge the Orange County Groundwater Basin and protect the 
Basin from further degradation due to seawater intrusion. By treating 
excess storm flows along the Santa Ana River, the GWR System project 
also postpones the need for OCSD to construct a new ocean outfall in 
Huntington Beach.

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