Senators Levin, Stabenow: Omnibus Bill Includes Millions for Michigan Projects

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December 18, 2007 -- WASHINGTON — Senator Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Senator Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., announced today that H.R. 2764, the Consolidated Appropriations Act – 2008, which the House passed last night and the Senate is expected to pass tomorrow, contains millions of dollars for projects across Michigan.

“Communities across our great state will benefit from the funding provided in this legislation,” Levin said. “This bill addresses some of Michigan’s crucial needs such as protecting the Great Lakes from invasive species, improving our transportation infrastructure, enhancing our health care system, and supporting our educational institutions. These projects contribute positively to the quality of life in Michigan.”

“This funding is an investment in our state’s continued and future success,” Stabenow said. “We are helping to serve and protect our communities, ensuring continued access to high-quality health care, supporting innovation and technological development in our industries, all while creating new jobs. This bill also includes language recognizing the importance of the Great Lakes and the unique role they play in Michigan, the nation’s economy, and our environment. I look forward to the President signing this legislation that is so critical for Michigan families.”

The Michigan projects listed below are organized by the individual funding bill under which each project will receive its funds. Some of the projects are subject to an across-the-board cut in funding, which is noted where applicable.

Agriculture

These project amounts are subject to a 0.7% across-the-board cut:

$30,657,000 – Emerald ash borer, National Program (Monitoring, Containment, Eradication)
$149,000 – Cormorant control
$371,000 – Apple fire blight, MI, NY
$264,000 – Bovine tuberculosis, MI
$285,000 – Sustainable agriculture, MI
$112,000 – Armillaria root rot
$158,000 – Improved fruit practices, MI
$371,000 – Phytophthora research, MI
$4,875,000 – Wood utilization (to be split among OR, MS, NC, MN, ME, MI, ID, TN, AK, WV)
$779,000 – Wolf predation management in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan
$139,795,000 – Commodity Supplemental Food Program (nationwide)
$433,000 – Great Lakes Basin soil and erosion control
$1,033,000 – Pasteurization of egg shells, MI
$5,600,000 – Viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) surveillance (nationwide)

Commerce-Justice-Science

$446,500 – Downriver Community Conference, Southgate, MI, for equipment upgrades for The Downriver Mutual Aid
$312,550 – Michigan State Police, Lansing, MI, for technology to compare the entire DNA from the participating states
$669,750 – Macomb County Emergency Management and Communications, Mt. Clemens, MI, for equipment purchases
$178,600 – St. Clair County, Port Huron, MI, for the purchase of mobile radios for public safety agencies
$1,786,000 – Thunder Bay NMS Exhibit, for the completion of permanent displays for the facility’s new visitor’s center
$446,500 – Upper Peninsula 15 County Consortium Interoperable Communications Proposal $223,250 – City of Detroit, Detroit, MI, for a program for parolees, technical parole violators and ex-offenders
$347,800 – Wayne County Department of Public Services Truancy Reduction Initiative
$178,600 – City of Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, MI, for a training program for law enforcement personnel
$178,600 – Grand Rapids Public Schools, Grand Rapids, MI, for an academic prevention workforce skills program
$352,500 – City of Grand Rapids, MI LOOP Programs
$223,250 – CLEMIS Consortium, Pontiac, MI, for equipment purchase
$133,950 – Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI, for the West Michigan Science and Technology Institute’s Biosciences Research and Commercialization Project
$188,000 – Detroit, MI, Bridge to Success
$705,000 – Center for Collaborative Network Security Development
$564,000 – Eastern Michigan University Services for Teen Parents and their families, Ypsilanti, MI
$314,900 – Midland County, Midland, MI
$94,000 – First Step SAFE Program for Wayne County
$423,000 – “Missing Persons” (Locating the Ones We Love) – Detroit, MI
$352,500 – Muskegon County, MI Alternatives to Incarceration Program
$634,500 – United Way of Southeastern Michigan Ex-Offender Reentry Program
$531,100 – CCE Central Dispatch Authority
$669,750 – City of Flint Police Department, Flint, MI, for in-car computers for parole vehicles
$779,000 – Flint, MI Police Department In-Car technology
$352,500 – Macomb County, MI
$651,420 – Oakland County Sheriff’s Department (CLEMIS)
$282,000 – Saginaw, MI Police Department Gunfire Detection System
$56,400 – Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Radio and Computer Technology
$987,000 – Southern Macomb County, MI Interoperable Communications
$188,000 – Southgate, MI, Downriver Community Conference Centralized Emergency Dispatch
$223,250 – Michigan Public Safety Communications, Lansing, MI, for the International Border Interoperability Communications Enhancement project
$211,500 – Wayne County, MI Radio Communications Interoperability
$493,500 – Detroit Rescue Missions Ministries, Wildwood Ranch Youth Programs
$188,000 – Detroit, MI Business to Youth Mentoring Project
$366,600 – Ruth Ellis Center Street Outreach Program, Highland Park, MI
$347,800 – Wayne County Department of Public Services, Detroit, MI, for a truancy intervention program
$376,000 – Truancy Reduction Initiative, Wayne County, MI
$376,000 – United Way for Southeastern Michigan Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Program
$188,000 – Wayne County, MI, Juvenile Reentry Initiative
$376,000 – Detroit, MI Drug Violence Enforcement
$590,320 – West Bloomfield, MI Police Department

Energy and Water

Army Corps Investigations
$787,000 – Great Lakes Navigational System Study
$430,000 – Great Lakes Remedial Action Plans (Michigan)

Army Corps Construction
$738,000 – Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal Dispersal Barrier (Asian Carp Barrier)
$7,872,000 – Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Second Barrier (Asian Carp Barrier)
$562,000 – Genesee County – sewer construction
$936,000 – Great Lakes Fishery and Ecosystem Restoration
$360,000 – Negaunee – wastewater treatment plant improvements
$1,968,000 – Sault Ste. Marie – replacement lock
$563,000 – Sea Lamprey Barrier Program, Michigan
$1,082,000 – Georgetown Harbor – Dredged Material Disposal Facility
$123,000 – Grand Haven Harbor - Dredged Material Disposal Facility
$123,000 – St. Clair River - Dredged Material Disposal Facility
Northwestern Michigan College, Harbor Renovation – named under the Continuing Authorities Program (Section 107, Navigation Program), but no amount specified
Ontonagon Channel Extension – named under the Continuing Authorities Program (Section 107, Navigation Program), but no amount specified

Army Corps Operations and Maintenance
$492,000 – Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (Asian Carp Barrier)
$148,000 – Arcadia Harbor
$98,000 – Au Sable
$252,000 – Bay Port Harbor
$177,000 – Bolles Harbor
$93,000 – Caseville Harbor
$93,000 – Channels in Lake St. Clair
$174,000 – Charlevoix Harbor
$460,000 – Clinton River
$171,000 – Crooked River Lock upgrades
$5,109,000 – Detroit River
$108,000 – Frankfort Harbor
$607,000 – Grand Haven Harbor
$935,000 – Grand Marais Harbor
$93,000 – Grays Reef Passage
$460,000 – Holland Harbor
$183,000 – Inland Route
$138,000 – Inspection of Completed Works in Michigan
$121,000 – Keweenaw Waterway
$176,000 – Leland Harbor
$162,000 – Lexington Harbor
$143,000 – Little Lake Harbor
$229,000 – Ludington Harbor
$935,000 – Manistee Harbor
$358,000 – Marquette Harbor
$935,000 – Menominee Harbor
$486,000 – Monroe Harbor
$523,000 – Muskegon Harbor
$93,000 – New Buffalo Harbor
$595,000 – Ontonagon Harbor
$151,000 – Pentwater Harbor
$2,989,000 – Petoskey Harbor
$139,000 – Port Sanilac Harbor
$226,000 – Portage Harbor
$147,000 – Presque Isle Harbor
$170,000 – Project Condition Surveys in Michigan
$412,000 – Rouge River
$2,806,000 – Saginaw River
$291,000 – Saugatuck Harbor
$154,000 – Sebewaing River
$279,000 – South Haven Harbor
$1,401,000 – St. Clair River
$804,000 – St. Joseph Harbor
$20,351,000 – St. Mary’s River (including the Soo Locks)
$2,596,000 – Surveillance of Northern Boundary Waters
$205,000 – White Lake Harbor
$841,000 – Great Lakes Sediment Transport Model

Energy Projects

These projects will be subject to an across-the-board 1.6% cut:

$4,000,000 – Consortium for Plant Biotechnology (Several companies and universities across the country are included in this consortium, including Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, and the University of Michigan)
$2,000,000 – National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Lightweight Materials, Ann Arbor
$1,250,000 – Michigan Tech Fuel Cell Research, Center for Nanostructured and Lightweight Materials, Houghton
$500,000 – Great Lakes Energy Research Park, Alma
$400,000 – Michigan State Advanced Hybrid Vehicle Research, Lansing
$250,000 – Intermediary BioChemicals
$500,000 – MBI International Biomass Research, Lansing
$1,200,000 – Modular Energy Storage System for Fuel Cells, Rochester Hills
$1,000,000 – Sustainable Energy Center Biodiesel from Algae
$600,000 – Sustainable LED Fluorescent Light Replacement Technology, Troy
$1,000,000 –Green Windpower on Brownfields Project, Wyandotte
$400,000 – Lapeer Regional Medical Center CT Simulator

Homeland Security

$1,600,000 – City of Detroit for infrastructure improvements, analysis, and other FEMA pre-disaster mitigation activities
$485,000 – City of Detroit for emergency alert and notification systems

Interior

These projects will be subject to an across-the-board 1.56% cut:

$200,000 – Keweenaw National Historic Park Advisory Commission
$300,000 – Marquette Harbor Lighthouse
$504,000 – Keweenaw NHP (Union building renovation)
$350,000 – Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore – land acquisition
$525,000 – Consortium for Plant Biotech Research (Several companies and universities across the country are included in this consortium, including Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, and the University of Michigan)
$300,000 – City of Saint Louis for water supply improvements
$500,000 – Office of the Genesee County Drain Commissioner for the North-East Relief Sewer
$165,000 – City of Brighton for the Mill Pond Lane Bypass Sanitary Sewer Improvements
$1,000,000 – City of Detroit, Charter County of Wayne for the Rouge River National Wet Weather Demonstration Project
$500,000 – Township of Waterford, Oakland County Drain Commission for the Evergreen-Farmington Sanitary Sewer Overflow Control Demonstration Project
$2,000,000 – Northern Great Lakes Forest (Kamehameha) - Forest Legacy Program
$990,000 – Houghton Forestry Sciences Lab Mesocosm
$215,000 – Huron-Manistee National Forest land acquisition
$1,000,000 – Ottawa National Forest land acquisition

Labor-HHS-Education

These project amounts are subject to a 1.7% across-the-board cut:

Department of Labor
$331,000 – Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, for re-training of displaced workers
$195,000 – International Fellowship of Chaplains, Inc., Saginaw, MI for the Road to Hope training program
$585,000 – Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, MI to lead a consortium on workforce development for emerging business sectors

These project amounts are subject to a 1.7% across-the-board cut:

Department of Health and Human Services
$487,000 – Adrian College, Adrian, MI for nurse training programs, including facilities and equipment
$487,000 – Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI for a Core Molecular Laboratory, including facilities and equipment
$195,000 – Cherry Street Health Services, Grand Rapids, MI for an electronic health records initiative, including equipment
$365,000 – Detroit Primary Care Access, Detroit, MI for health care information technology
$312,000 – Hamilton Community Health Network, Flint, MI for health care information technology
$97,000 – Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI for facilities and equipment
$287,000 – Henry Ford Health System, Flint, MI, for training in advanced techniques
$312,000 – Hurley Medical Center, Flint, MI for health information systems
$341,000 – Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, MI for purchase of equipment
$438,000 – Marquette General Hospital, Marquette, MI for facilities and equipment
$121,000 – Mercy Hospital Grayling, Grayling, MI for facilities and equipment
$195,000 – Mercy Memorial Hospital, Monroe, MI for facilities and equipment
$341,000 – Oakland University School of Nursing, Rochester, MI for facilities and equipment
$195,000 – Oakwood Healthcare System Foundation, Dearborn, MI for facilities and equipment for the Western Wayne Family Health Center
$158,000 – ProMedica Continuing Care Service Corporation, Adrian, MI for a telemedicine initiative
$248,000 – St. Francis Hospital, Escanaba, MI, for construction, renovation and equipment
$146,000 – Saint Mary’s Health Care, Grand Rapids, MI for an electronic health records initiative, including equipment
$195,000 – Tomorrow’s Child/Michigan SIDS, Lansing, MI for facilities and equipment
$438,000 – University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI for facilities and equipment for the C.S. Mott Children’s and Women’s Hospitals
$146,000 – West Shore Medical Center, Manistee, MI for facilities and equipment
$195,000 – Charter County of Wayne, Michigan, Detroit, MI for Infant Mortality Prevention services
$580,000 – Kids Kicking Cancer, Inc., Detroit, MI, for cancer treatment support activities
$414,000 – Michigan Health and Hospital Association, Lansing, MI, to improve quality of care and patient safety in hospital surgery settings
$292,000 – Wayne County Department of Public Health, Detroit, MI for a lead poisoning assessment, prevention, and intervention program
$292,000 – Jewish Association for Residential Care, Farmington Hills, MI for the Lifelines project
$341,000 – City of Detroit, MI for the Detroit Primary Care Access Project
$390,000 – City of Detroit, MI for an Individual Development Account initiative
$97,000 – L.I.F.T. Women’s Resource Center, Detroit, MI for services to improve self-sufficiency and life skills of women transitioning from substance abuse, domestic violence, or homelessness
$204,000 – Northeast Guidance Center, Detroit, Mi, for the Family Life Center project
$292,000 – United Way Southeastern Michigan, Detroit, MI for the Communities of Early Learning initiative
$195,000 – Access Health, Inc., Muskegon, MI, for a small business health coverage program
$341,000 – Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, for purchase of equipment
$121,000 – St. Francis Hospital, Escanaba
$175,000 – St. John’s North Shore Hospital, Harrison Township, for facilities and equipment

These project amounts are subject to a 1.7% across-the-board cut:

Department of Education
$248,000 – Alpena Community College, Alpena, MI, for curriculum development for the Rural Communications Initiative
$414,000 – Mott Community College Center for Advanced Manufacturing (CAM), Flint, MI, for a clearinghouse and pilot program for new technologies
$331,000 – Oakland Community College, Bloomfield Hills, MI for international education programs
$146,000 – St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron, MI for purchase of equipment $390,000 – University of Michigan Depression Center, Ann Arbor, MI for the Postsecondary Education Campus Support project
$146,000 – Impression 5 Science Center, Lansing, MI for exhibits
$165,000 – Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program for student tracking and curriculum development
$73,000 – Detroit Youth Foundation, Detroit, MI for comprehensive educational and enrichment activities for middle and high school youth
$585,000 – Focus: HOPE, Detroit, MI for an experiential learning laboratory and related equipment and technology to support undergraduate education and training
$263,000 – Madonna University, Livonia, MI for curriculum development for a disaster relief and recovery program
$195,000 – Siena Heights University, Adrian, MI for nursing programs

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs

$18,500,000 million – construction of a new Ground Systems Power and Energy Laboratory at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren
$4,300,000 million – continue renovations of a warehouse facility in Lansing for a new U.S. Property and Fiscal Office
$4,000,000 million – Marine Corps Reserve Training Center at Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Mt. Clemens
$2,500,000 million – construction of a new infantry and convoy training course at Camp Grayling

State and Foreign Operations

The omnibus bill includes $10,000,000 for a competitive grant program within the Department of State. The following programs are two of many listed under this provision that are recommended for consideration:

* Peace, Health, Communications, Cooperation in the Middle East, supported by St. John’s Health Network of Southfield; and,
* Wayne State University program to support exchanges between the U.S. and China, Detroit

Transportation-Housing & Urban Development

These project amounts are subject to a 2% across-the-board cut:

Department of Transportation:
$22,500,000 – Kalamazoo, MI for terminal air traffic control facilities replacement
$1,150,000 – Traverse City, MI for terminal air traffic control facilities replacement
$3,600,000 – Capital City Airport Phase II Runway Extension (Relocation of DeWitt Road and purchase of land)
$1,000,000 – Detroit-Metro-Wayne County Airport Taxiway Kilo Rehabilitation
$500,000 – Kalamazoo Battle Creek Airport Terminal
$1,340,000 – MBS International Airport, New Terminal Building
$1,000,000 – Oakland County International Airport, improvement and noise mitigation programs
$600,000 – Pellston Regional Airport Improvements
$300,000 – St. Clair County Airport Improvements
$500,000 – W.K. Kellogg, Battle Creek Runway
$300,000 – Landing Craft for Mackinac Island
$2,345,000 – Port of Detroit Public Dock and Terminal Project
$500,000 – 75 at M-21/Corunna Rd bridge replacement, Flint, MI
$1,000,000 – 94/I275 Interchange Ramp Reconstruction
$500,000 – Latson Road interchange at I-96 in Livingston City, MI
$500,000 – Rehabilitation of I-696 from M-53 to I-94
$750,000 – Belleville Road/Ecorse Road Intersection, Wayne County, MI
$250,000 – Greenway Path and Bridge, Southgate, Wayne County, MI
$1,000,000 – Maple Rd. SCATS signals; Bloomfield Twp. 6 miles
$500,000 – Maple Rd. widening; 1.5 Miles; Walled Lake City, MI
$1,000,000 – Northwestern Corridor Roundabouts; ROW and Construction, MI
$670,000 – Pinnacle Aeropark, Wayne County, MI
$670,000 – Port Huron, NAFTA Corridor Congestion Mitigation Project, Phase I
$500,000 – Walton Boulevard Bridge widening
$4,020,000 – 1st District Bus Replacement and Facilities
$300,000 – Alma Dial-a-Ride (Gratiot County)
$750,000 – Ann Arbor Transportation Authority Transit Center
$48,000 – Belding Dial-A-Ride vehicle, equipment acquisition
$100,000 – Berrien County Transit
$250,000 – Bus Component Overhaul, Detroit, MI
$750,000 – Bus Maintenance Facility, Detroit, MI
$502,500 – Clare County Transit Corporation/Harrison Airport Facility
$200,000 – Greater Lapeer Transportation Authority
$250,000 – Harbor Transit
$392,000 – Ionia Dial-A-Ride vehicle, equipment acquisition
$500,000 – Isabella County Transportation Commission
$350,000 – JTA bus replacement, Jackson, MI
$250,000 – Kalamazoo Metro Transit
$2,680,000 – Mass Transportation Authority, Flint, MI FY08 Bus and Bus Facilities Program $179,000 – Midland Dial-a-Ride (Midland County, MI)
$250,000 – Muskegon Area Transit System
$250,000 – Replacement Buses, Detroit, MI
$400,000 – Sanilac Transportation Authority, Carsonville, MI
$500,000 – STARS Operations Center and Fare Boxes, Saginaw, MI
$250,000 – Yates Dial-A-Ride
$500,000 – The Rapid Feasibility Study

These project amounts are subject to a 2% across-the-board cut:

Department of Housing & Urban Development
$100,000 – Calvin College, for renovation of a historic building in downtown Grand Rapids, MI
$150,000 – Charter Township of White Lake, MI for land purchases, roadway improvements, public spaces, streetscape and pathways
$300,000 – City of Detroit, MI for demolition of abandoned properties as part of a redevelopment plan
$150,000 – City of Wakefield for renovation, construction and build-out of the historic Wakefield Memorial Community Building
$100,000 – Crystal Lake Center in Frankfort, MI for improvements to the former Frankfort Coast Guard Station
$750,000 – Detroit Science Center for construction of the Michigan Careers in Engineering Theater
$150,000 – Genesee County Land Bank Authority in Flint, MI for the renovation and construction of the historic Durant Hotel as part of a redevelopment plan
$500,000 – Michigan Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, MI for construction of the Children’s Gallery exhibit
$300,000 – Office of Economic Development, Detroit, MI for demolition of vacant buildings as part of a redevelopment plan
$100,000 – Rehabilitation of Matthew Street in Westland, MI
$150,000 – Southfield Youth Center Committee in Southfield, MI for construction, renovation and build-out of the Southfield Youth Center
$350,000 – Troy Chamber of Commerce in Troy, MI for purchase of a solar green house from Lawrence Tech University
$750,000 – Walsh College, Troy, MI for completion of construction of the Walsh College Library
$150,000 – Ypsilanti Housing Commission for the acquisition of the Parkview Apartments for low-income housing
$200,000 – City of Detroit, MI for infrastructure improvements to continue the revitalization of the Brush Park Historic District neighborhood
$670,000 – City of Saginaw, MI for acquisition and development of the Saginaw riverfront site
$200,000 – Muskegon Heights Housing Commission for community networking
$670,000 – New Center Council Inc., Detroit MI for infrastructure improvements to enhance the economic viability of the Historic New Center
$670,000 – Saginaw Depot Preservation Corporation, Saginaw, MI to restore the historic Potter Street storefronts and add street enhancements
$200,000 – TechTown, Detroit, MI for renovations to historic structures for economic development
$268,000 – United Way for Southeastern Michigan, Detroit, MI to construct a training center for non-profit social service providers

These three transportation projects are not further reduced by the across-the-board cuts:

$735,000 – National Center for Manufacturing Sciences for transportation planning and research
$686,000 – BuSolutions advanced Transit research, MI
$980,000 – Commercial Vehicle Rollover Prevention Technology Demonstration

Source: Senator Carl Levin