FY10 WRDA Requests

Consistent with the requirements of the House, this page contains all requests made in a timely and documented manner to Congressman Denny Rehberg for federal funding in Fiscal Year 2010. These requests and descriptions were submitted to the office of Congressman Rehberg and are presented primarily as they were submitted. No certification is made as to the accuracy of the project descriptions submitted to Congressman Rehberg's office and no responsibility is assured for grammatical or spelling errors contained in the submission.

The requests have been forwarded to the appropriate Committee of the House and will be considered in the course of the legislative process. It is important to note that no request will be funded until it has been adopted by Congress and signed by the President of the United States. The legislative process ordinarily includes consideration by the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, the full Transportation Committee, the comparable Committees in the Senate, and the full membership of both chambers of the Congress. Each request is competing on its own merits with others on the list and with requests from other Congressional Districts and States. Consequently, only a very limited number of requests on this list will be funded. Moreover, it is also important to note that as bills go through the various stages of the legislative process, they may become unacceptable to Congressman Rehberg as a result of amendments that add unworthy, wasteful or low-priority funding, or include objectionable modifications of federal law or policies, or cause the bill's total funding level to become excessive. If you wish to comment on any of the requests, please contact Congressman Rehberg at (888) 232-2626.

• Town of Stevensville Water Improvement Project, which is sponsored by the Ravalli County Economic Development Authority.  I request the authorization of $500,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Stevensville, Ravalli County, Montana, for water supply purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would be used to construct a new, consolidated groundwater source, in addition to decommissioning the outdated infiltration gallery and surface water treatment plant.
• Siphon #1 project, which is sponsored by the Bitter Root Irrigation District.  I request the authorization of $9,000,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Hamilton, Corvallis and Stevensville, Ravalli County, Montana, for water supply purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would replace Siphon #1, a 5,654-foot steel pipeline constructed in 1909 for irrigation purposes.
• Big Hole River Diversion Dam and Transmission Pipeline replacement project, which is sponsored by the City and County of Butte-Silver Bow.  I request the authorization of $29,360,765 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Butte, Butte-Silver Bow County, Montana, for water supply purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would replace the Big Hole River Diversion Dam and Transmission Pipeline, which were constructed between 1927 and 1932.
• Sprole Irrigation Project, which is sponsored by the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes.  I request the authorization of $68,000,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Brockton and Fort Kipp, Roosevelt County, Montana, for water supply purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would be used to irrigate for agriculture purposes.
• Fort Peck Water District system loop (Loop) project, which is sponsored by the Fort Peck Rural County Water District.  I request the authorization of $735,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Duck Creek, Park Grove, Fort Peck Cabin Area, Idlewild, Montana and surrounding areas for water supply purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would replace the original water system loop (Loop) of the Fort Peck Rural County Water District.
• Whitmore Ravine Erosion Control Project, which is sponsored by the Cascade County Conservation District.  I request the authorization of $500,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, for environmental protection and restoration purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would be used for stormwater control and slope stabilization to alleviate erosion caused by improper stormwater management near Malmstrom Air Force Base and surrounding areas.
• 07 WRDA Sect. 5018, Par. 5 amendment to allow funding for travel expenses.  The amended language, which is sponsored by the Saint Mary Rehabilitation Working Group, would pertain to projects located in Roosevelt, Valley, McCone, Petroleum, Fergus, Blaine, Chouteau, Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Broadwater, Gallatin, Madison and Jefferson Counties, Montana, for environmental protection and restoration purposes.  If amended, this language would allow funding for related travel expenses.
• Spring Meadows Addition Sewer project, which is sponsored by Missoula County.  I request the authorization of $780,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, for environmental infrastructure purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would extend public sewer service and abandon drainfields in areas where groundwater exceeds federal water quality contamination levels.
• Water System Pump Improvement Project, which is sponsored by the City of Glasgow.  I request the authorization of $63,611 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Glasgow, Valley County, Montana, for water supply purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would be used to replace and upgrade the existing water pump and related equipment in the City’s aging water treatment plant facility.
• Phase 2 design engineering and construction project, which is sponsored by the Lockwood Water and Sewer District.  I request the authorization of $32,000,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Lockwood, Yellowstone County, Montana, for environmental protection and restoration purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would be used to support the engineering and construction of a public sewer collection system for the remaining 1,900 households needing access to the system.
• Drinking water treatment plant construction project, which is sponsored by the Crow Tribe of Indians.  I request the authorization of $18,000,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Crow Agency, Big Horn County, Montana, for environmental protection and restoration purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would be used to construct a new drinking water treatment plant.
• Collection system and sewer treatment plant construction project, which is sponsored by the Seeley Lake-Missoula County Sewer District.  I request the authorization of $20,000,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Seeley Lake, Missoula County, Montana, for environmental protection and restoration purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would be used to construct a collection system and sewer treatment plant.
• Wye Regional Water System project, which is sponsored by Missoula County.  I request the authorization of $1,500,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, for water supply purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would be used to design and construct a new public water system serving an area where individual wells have elevated nitrate levels.
• Water Expansion and Upgrade Project, which is sponsored by the Town of Eureka.  I request the authorization of $300,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Eureka, Lincoln County, Montana, for water supply purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would be used to upgrade water quality, expand access and improve flows for fire protection.
• Turbine placement project, which is sponsored by the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes.  I request the authorization of $20,000,000 in appropriations for the project, which is located in Wolf Point, Poplar, Brockton, Fort Kipp, Oswego and Frazier, Roosevelt and Valley Counties, Montana, for hydroelectric power purposes.  If authorized and appropriated, funds would be used to place run-of-the-river turbines along the Reservation’s southern border.