Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Biomass boiler and steam absorption chiller plant

Amount:

 $2,000,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Black Hills State University

Recipient Address:

 1200 University Blvd, Spearfish, SD 57799-9502

Explanation of Request:

 Funding will allow for additional planning, engineering design and initial construction of a new biomass-fired boiler and steam absorption chiller plant.  The objective for this project is to replace the existing gas/oil boilers and electric chillers with a co-generation system that will use locally available woody biomass to fire a steam generating boiler for heating in the winter and to provide chilled water in the summer. 

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Jonas Science Building

Amount:

 $2,300,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Black Hills State University

Recipient Address:

 1200 University Blvd, Spearfish, SD 57799-9502

Explanation of Request:

 Funding will allow for renovation of the Jonas Science Building.  The new Jonas Science Building will be a high performance, low energy consumption building designed for LEED Silver Certification.  The Jonas Building will provide space for important energy-related science programs such as integrative genomics research for alternative energy sources. 

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Canyon Lake Dam

Amount:

 $4,279,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 City of Rapid City

Recipient Address:

 300 Sixth St. Rapid City, SD 57701-2724

Explanation of Request:

 Improvement to existing structure through a combination of seepage cutoffs, support grouting and filtered drains to prove an adequate safety for seepage or a new spillway structure. 

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Big Sioux River Flood Control Project  

Amount:

 $16,584,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 City of Sioux Falls

Recipient Address:

 224 West Ninth Street Sioux Falls, SD 57104-6407

Explanation of Request:

 The Big Sioux Flood Control Project provides 100-year flood protection on the Big Sioux and Skunk Creek for the Sioux Falls, SD metropolitan area.  The flood problem is severe under the present stage of urban development.  P.L. 104-303 authorizes the Corps of Engineers to construct spillway improvements, raising levees, and raising existing diversion channel levees along the Big Sioux River.

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Watertown Flood Control; General Reevaluation Report and Environmental Impact Statement

Amount:

 $448,000     

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 City of Watertown

Recipient Address:

 23 Second St. NE, PO Box 910, Watertown, SD 57201-0910

Explanation of Request:

 Funding would support continued evaluation and identification of a preferred alternative to reduce the flood threat to the community of Watertown.   Funds would be used to complete the General Revaluation Report (GRR) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). 

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Lewis and Clark Regional Water System

Amount:

 $35,000,000     

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Lewis & Clark Regional Water System

Recipient Address:

 401 E. 8th St., Suite 306, Sioux Falls, SD, 57103

Explanation of Request:

 Lewis and Clark Regional Water System is constructing a water pipeline that, when completed, will provide treated water from the Missouri River to over 300,000 people in South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota through its 20 member cities and rural water systems.

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development              

Project Name:

 Mni Waste Rural Water System  

Amount:

 $2,030,000     

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Mni Waste Water Company

Recipient Address:

 P.O. Box 490, Eagle Butte, SD 57625

Explanation of Request:

 Funds support execution of the first phase of pre-construction engineering & design work on the Mni Waste’ drinking water project, as authorized  in the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-114).  The current water delivery system is inadequate to meet the basic public health requirements of its citizens, while supporting economic development opportunities for the residents of north central South Dakota. 

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Mni Wiconi Rural Water System - Construction

Amount:

 $31,437,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Oglala Sioux Tribe Rural Water

Recipient Address:

 PO Box 2070 Pine Ridge, SD 57770

Explanation of Request:

 Funding will continue the construction of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water supply project, which was authorized in 1988 (amended in 2002 and 2007) and is currently more than 83 percent complete.  Mni Wiconi will serve more than 50,000 residents in South Dakota, including three American Indian reservations that include some of the poorest counties in the United States. 

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Mni Wiconi Rural Water System – Operations and Maintenance

Amount:

$10,526,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Oglala Sioux Tribe Rural Water

Recipient Address:

 PO Box 2070 Pine Ridge, SD 57770

Explanation of Request:

 Funding is required to comply with requirements of P.L. 100-516 as amended to support federal share of operation and maintenance costs for components of the system operated and maintained by the three Tribal sponsors.

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Perkins County Rural Water System

Amount:

 $5,200,000     

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 Perkins County Rural Water System

Recipient Address:

 PO Box 431, 104 W Main Street, Bison, SD 57620

Explanation of Request:

 The Perkins County Rural Water system was authorized in 1999 and is an extension of an existing authorized Bureau of Reclamation rural drinking water system in North Dakota – Southwest Pipeline.  Perkins County is situated in a portion of South Dakota hardest hit by a eight-year drought, and communities in Perkins County struggle with water supplies that are contaminated with high levels of sulfates and sodium.     

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 South Dakota Catalysis Group (SDCG) for Alternative Energy  

Amount:

 $1,100,000     

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 South Dakota Catalysis Group (SDCG) for Alternative Energy

Recipient Address:

 Slagle Hall 105, 414 East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069

Explanation of Request:

 Funding will support research on advanced catalytic materials for solar energy utilization, specifically, hydrogen production and hydrogen fuel cells.  

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, State of South Dakota

Amount:

 $4,270,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks

Recipient Address:

 523 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, S.D. 57501

Explanation of Request:

 Title VI of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999 (P.L. 106-53) authorizes the State of South Dakota, the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to undertake terrestrial wildlife, recreation and cultural enhancement and mitigation projects to compensate for flooded lands as a result of the Pick-Sloan Flood Control Act and construction of the Missouri River mainstem dams.   

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Sun Grant Initiative, South Dakota State University

Amount:

 $4,000,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 South Dakota State University

Recipient Address:

 Box 2201, Brookings, SD 57007

Explanation of Request:

 South Dakota State University is recognized as the primary national leader for the Sun Grant Initiative (SGI).  SGI is working with the US Department of Energy through regional research efforts on feedstock production and sustainability.  Funds will be implemented in the North Central region consistent with the Sun Grant authorization in the 2008 Farm Bill (section 7526, 7 U.S.C. 8701).  

Appropriation Bill:

 Energy and Water Development             

Project Name:

 Missouri River Fish and Wildlife Recovery Program  

Amount:

 $105,000,000

Applicant / Recipient Name:

 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Recipient Address:

 Omaha District

Explanation of Request:

 The project includes areas along the Missouri River and is designed to recover Missouri River species protected under the Federal Endangered Species Act and the ecosystem on which they depend.  It also implements Fish and Wildlife Mitigation for the Bank Stabilization and Navigation Project.