Tuesday,
June 26, 2007
INL, Water Projects Receive
Senate Support
Source: US Senator Larry Craig
As its name implies, the bill funds programs related to energy and water development, and is therefore an especially important bill for Idaho. Included in the bill are a number of initiatives for the Idaho National Laboratory in addition to water infrastructure projects around Idaho.
Craig, a member of the subcommittee that wrote the bill, said, "The INL is the nation's premier nuclear power research laboratory, and this bill reflects that important mission. This bill provides strong support to construct the nuclear power plant of the future at INL and, just as important, over $500 million for continued cleanup activities at the Site. Nuclear power is reemerging as a vital part of our energy mix in the future. It is a proven technology that can meet our demands without emissions."
Listed below are the projects included for Idaho. Please call Senator Craig's office for specific details about any project.
Idaho National Laboratory
* Next Generation Nuclear Plant
-- $45 million
* Infrastructure for the Advanced Test Reactor -- $16 million
* Idaho Cleanup Project -- $532.9 million
Water Projects
* Rural Idaho Environmental
Infrastructure, various projects - $5 million total
* Paradise Creek in Moscow - no specific dollar amount
* Salmon River in Challis - no specific dollar amount
* Columbia River Fish Mitigation (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) -- $83.5
million
* Columbia and Snake River Salmon Recovery (Idaho, Oregon, and Washington)
-- $15 million
* Operations and Maintenance at Albeni Falls Dam -- $1.614 million
* Operations and Maintenance at Dworshak Dam -- $4.073 million
* Operations and Maintenance at Lucky Peak Lake -- $1.741 million
* Resource Management, Operations, and Maintenance at Lewiston Orchards --
$603,000
The bill now goes to the full Appropriations Committee and then the full Senate for approval.
Contact:
Dan Whiting (202)224-8078
Sid Smith (208)342-7985