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GLTF FYI - Appropriation
The following contains the numbers for the Agriculture
Appropriations Bill; VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Bill; and the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill in both the House
and Senate after the respective committee markups.
Jason Capizzi
Intern, Great Lakes Task Force
Rochelle Sturtevant
Coordinator, Senate Great Lakes Task Force
Agriculture Appropriations Bill
The following appropriations reflect the full committee markup in both
the House and Senate. (Funding in millions of dollars) - Floor Votes on
Both the House and Senate bills are expected this week.
GLTF Request House Senate
Conservation operations --- 641 638
Great Lakes Basin Program for
Soil Erosion and Sediment Control 0.5 0.5 0.35
Conservation Reserve Program --- 1,694 1,694
Wetland Reserve Program --- 124 124
Environmental Quality Incentives --- 174 200
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Bill
The following appropriations reflect the subcommittee markup in the
House and the full committee markup in the Senate. (Funding in
millions of dollars) Full Committee Markup of the House VA-HUD bill is
expected this week.
GLTF Request House Senate
Clean Water SRF NE-MW letter 1,250 1,400
Sec.106, Water Quality Grants --- 115.5 100.5
Sec.319, Nonpoint Source Grants 195+language 200+lang. 155
House: Language indicates that activities under the Clean
Lakes Program can be funded under Sec.319, Nonpoint Source
Grants.
Clean Lakes Program --- in sec.319 not specified
Great Lakes National
Program Office 14.7 14.7 14.7
Great Lakes Fish Consumption
Study 3 2.5 2
Pollution Prevention State Grants NE-MW letter 6 6
Drinking Water SRF NE-MW letter 775 800
Great Waters Program 3.5 at least 3 ?
Dispersal Containment Analysis
(NISA Sec.1202) 0.5 0 0
Energy and Water Appropriations Bill
The following appropriations reflect the full committee markup in the
House and the floor in the Senate. (Funding in millions of dollars). The
House floor vote occured 6/22. No Great Lakes amendments were offered, but
the number below have not yet been checked against all passed floor
amendments.
GLTF Request House Senate
Restoration of Environmental
Quality, WRDA Sec.1135 --- 4.1 15
Senate: Section 1135 appropriation includes a $0.5 million
earmark for sediment remediation technology demonstrations.
Sediment Remediation Tech.
Demonstration (ARCS II),
WRDA Sec.515 2 0 0.5
Duluth Alternative Technology
Project, WRDA Sec.541 0.5 0.5 0
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration
WRDA Sec.206 6+language 11.2 6
Senate: Includes $0.2 million for sea lamprey barrier
construction.
Beneficial Use of Dredged
Materials, WRDA Sec.204 2 0.5 0.2
Dredging Operations
Environmental Research 8+language 4+language 8
House language (DOER): "...The Committee has provided
$4,000,000 for the Corps of Engineers to continue
its research effort on contaminated sediments and
dredged material management. The Committee expects
the Corps to focus its efforts principally on the
area of contaminated sediment characterization, management
and treatment."
Sediment Transport Models &
Sediment Management
Planning, WRDA Sec.516 1 0.5 0.5
Assessment of Existing CDFs
Study/Report, WRDA Sec.234 language language 0
House language (CDF study): Report language directs,
"...urges the Corps of Engineers to initiate its assessment of
the general conditions of confined disposal facilities in the
Great Lakes, using available funds."
Planning Assistance to States
WRDA Sec.221 --- 5.3 7.5
Senate: Levin floor statement indicates that a portion of
the increase to Planning Assistance to States may be used to
fund Remedial Action Planning Assistance activities under
WRDA Sec.401.
RAP Assistance, WRDA Sec.401 0.5 0.5 0
Interagency and International
Support 1 0.3 0.3
Improvement of the Soo lock
system, Sault Ste. Marie 0.5 0.5 0.5
Lake MI Deversion
Accounting-Chicago separate letter: 1.6 1.037 0.537
Public Facility R&D,
NISA Sec.1202
Zebra Mussel NISA letter: 2 1.5 1.5
Dispersal Barrier Demonstration,
NISA Sec.1202 0.5 0.5 0
Aquatic Nuisance Plant Control
Research NISA letter: 5 2.5 4
Senate: Report language indicates that actual control
rather than research should take priority within this
account.