Senate Committee Approves Funding for Oregon Energy and Water Projects
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Gordon Smith and Ron Wyden today announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee passed the FY2006 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill. The bill contains over $60 million in funding for Oregon's critical infrastructure and environmental projects. The legislation now awaits approval by the full Senate. "Oregon's future is dependent upon finding innovative opportunities for economic growth while taking a responsible approach to managing our natural resources. This bill accomplishes both," said Smith. "This legislation funds a number of important Oregon initiatives, from promoting nanotechnology to maintaining our longstanding marine trade," said Wyden. "Oregon can leverage these federal dollars for energy and water projects into economic prosperity across the state." The 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. $2.1 million is also included for emergency repairs to Fern Ridge Dam. The Klamath Project is slated to receive $22 million; and $2 million is included for the removal of Savage Rapids Dam. Other projects approved for funding include: Crooked River Project -- $1.1 million Port of Gold Beach Dredging -- $394,000 Umpqua River Dredging -- $679,000 Coquille River Dredging -- $348,000 Chetco River Dredging -- $348,000 Port Orford Dredging -- $723,000 Siuslaw River Dredging - $449,000 Deschutes Project -- $448,000 Eastern Oregon Projects -- $906,000 Oregon Investigations Program -- $450,000 Rogue River Basin Project, Talent Division -- $1.003 million Tualatin Project -- $622,000 Tualitan Valley Water Supply Feasibility -- $300,000 Amazon Creek - $264,000 Lower Columbia River Ecosystem Restoration - $300,000 Willamette River Basin Review -- $100,000 Willamette River Environmental Dredging -- $325,000 Willamette River Floodplain Restoration -- $436,000 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 Stayton Riverfront Park Bank Stabilization -- $250,000 Arrowhead Creek -- $250,000 Camp Creek-Zumwalt Prairie -- $333,000 Coffee Lake -- $250,000 Applegate Late -- $595,000 Blue River Lake -- $312,000 Bonneville Lock and Dam -- $7.792 million Columbia and Willamette River Below Vancouver and Portland -- $18.25 million Columbia River at the Mouth -- $10.186 million Columbia River between Vancouver, WA and The Dalles, OR -- $254,000 Coos Bay Dredging -- $4.594 million Cottage Grove Lake -- $780,000 Cougar Lake -- $766,000 Depoe Bay Landslide Stabilization Project $400,000 Detroit Lake -- $729,000 Dorena Lake -- $613,000 Fall Creek Lake -- $555,000 Green Peter- Foster Lakes - $1.186 million Hills Creek Lake -- $3.807 million Inspection of Completed Lakes -- $167,000 John Day Lock and Dam -- $4.692 million Lookout Point Lake -- $1.272 million Lost Creek Lake -- $5.096 million McNary Lock and Dam -- $7.129 million Project Condition Surveys -- $177,000 Scheduling Reservoir Operations -- $62,000 Tillamook Bay and Bar Jetties -- $1.5 million Willamette River -- $72,000 Willamette River Bank Protection -- $80,000 Willow Creek Lake -- $538,000 Newport Dredging -- $1.006 million The Dalles Lock and Dam -- $210,000 Oregon Nanoscience and Microbiologies Institute -- $500,000 Portland Center Stage Armory Theater -- $500,000 PSU's Solar Photovoltaic Test Facility -- $300,000 Geoheat Center at OIT -- $500,000 Survey of northern boundary waters -- $134,000 Deschutes Ecosystem Restoration -- $2 million Umatilla Basin Phase III feasibility study -- $200,000 Umatilla Project -- $3.93 million
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