November 14, 2005
Smith, Wyden Announce Fundsfor Oregon Energy and Water Projects
Washington, DC Today, U.S. Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) announced Federal funding for Oregons critical infrastructure and environmental projects as part of the Fiscal 2006 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. The projects are pending final Senate passage on Monday November 14.Clean water and reliable energy sources are vital to Oregons economy, said Wyden. The projects that will now receive funding throughout the state will not only improve water availability and quality as a whole, but will also protect Oregon jobs and boost our high-tech sector at the same time.Protecting our environment and effectively managing our natural resources are vital to growing our economy and preserving Oregons pristine beauty, said Smith. These projects will help create jobs in many of our rural areas while helping to better manage our energy and infrastructure needs.The funding bill includes $15 million in funding to continue the Columbia River Channel Deepening Project, and provides $17 million for jetty repairs at the mouth of the Columbia. The Klamath Project is slated to receive $21.054 million; and $1.5 million is included for the removal of Savage Rapids Dam.Other projects approved for funding include: * Crooked River Project -- $1.060 million * Port of Gold Beach Dredging -- $355,000 * Umpqua River Dredging -- $611,000 * Coquille River Dredging -- $313,000 * Chetco River Dredging -- $313,000 * Port Orford Dredging -- $651,000 * Siuslaw River Dredging -- $404,000 * Deschutes Project -- $429,000 * Eastern Oregon Projects -- $867,000 * Fern Ridge Lake -- $869,000 * Oregon Investigations Program -- $431,000 * Rogue River Basin Project, Talent Division -- $959,000 * Tualatin Project -- $596,000 * Tualatin Valley Water Supply Feasibility -- $287,000 * Amazon Creek -- $250,000 * Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Restoration $150,000 * Willamette River Basin Review -- $50,000 * Willamette River Environmental Dredging -- $160,000 * Willamette River Floodplain Restoration -- $400,000 * Bonneville Powerhouse Phase II -- $5 million * Columbia River Treaty Fishing Access Sites -- $4 million * Elk Creek Lake -- $300,000 * Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Restorations -- $2 million * Willamette River Temperature Control -- $1 million * Arrowhead Creek -- $250,000 * Camp Creek-Zumwalt Prairie -- $118,000 * Applegate Late -- $536,000 * Advanced Metallurgical Process, Albany Research Center $1,300,000 * Blue River Lake -- $281,000 * Bonneville Lock and Dam -- $7.013 million * Columbia and Willamette River Below Vancouver and Portland -- $17.59 million ($750,000 for Astoria Boat Basin) * Columbia River at the Mouth -- $10.186 million * Columbia River between Vancouver, WA and The Dalles, OR -- $229,000 * Coos Bay Dredging -- $4.135 million * Cottage Grove Lake -- $702,000 * Cougar Lake -- $689,000 * Depoe Bay Landslide Stabilization Project $360,000 * Detroit Lake -- $656,000 * Dorena Lake -- $552,000 * Fall Creek Lake -- $500,000 * Green Peter- Foster Lakes -- $1.067 million * Hills Creek Lake -- $3.426 million * Inspection of Completed Lakes -- $150,000 * John Day Lock and Dam -- $4.223 million * Lookout Point Lake -- $1.145 million * Lost Creek Lake -- $4.586 million * McNary Lock and Dam -- $6.416 million * Project Condition Surveys -- $159,000 * Scheduling Reservoir Operations -- $56,000 * Tillamook Bay and Bar Jetties -- $1.35 million * Willamette River -- $65,000 * Willamette River Bank Protection -- $72,000 * Willow Creek Lake -- $484,000 * Newport Dredging -- $905,000 * The Dalles Lock and Dam -- $3.877 million * Oregon Nanoscience and Microbiologies Institute -- $400,000 * St. Johns Landfill Dike Stabilization -- $51,000 * Springwater/Johnson Creek -- $220,000 * Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute -- $1,500,000 * Portland Center Stage Armory Theater -- $500,000 * PSUs Solar Photovoltaic Test Facility -- $150,000 * Geoheat Center at OIT -- $500,000 * Survey of northern boundary waters -- $121,000 * Deschutes Ecosystem Restoration -- $1 million * Umatilla Basin Phase III feasibility study -- $191,000 * Umatilla Project -- $3.761 millionNext Article
