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FY2023 APPROPRIATIONS COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS

Project Name:

1st Street Reconstruction

Recipient Address:

2135 S. Ammon Road

Project Sponsor:

City of Ammon

Request Amount :

Description:

The project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because 1st Street is a principal arterial that is vital to the economic development and quality of life for the region. The section of 1st Street that is proposed for reconstruction is in failing condition and unsafe. The current volume-to-capacity ratio is at 1.41, which means that it already is operating above its capacity. Existing farmlands along 1st Street and locations further east will continue to grow and 1st Street will see a steady growth rate for the next few years, making the need for this project even more pressing. The funding will be used to reconstruct 1st Street from Hitt (25th) to Ammon (35th). It will be widened to five lanes, with two lanes in each direction and a center two-way turn lane. A curb, gutter, and sidewalk will be added along the entire section. Sand Creek bridge will be widened to five lanes and will include sidewalks.

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Support Letters

Center Street Railroad Bridge Underpass

911 N. 7th Avenue

Pocatello, ID 83201

City of Pocatello

The funding is designated to repair the abutments, replace the fascia and portals to the sidewalks, and replace the retaining walls and sidewalks leading to the pedestrian tunnels. The existing roadway and pedestrian lighting will be upgraded, and the existing stormwater system will be modified or replaced to handle storm events and a pedestrian bridge more adequately across Center Street will be constructed. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars. The Center Street underpass is an essential element of Pocatello's transportation system and one of three principle arterial streets that cross the railroad connecting the downtown area to the rest of Pocatello. A repaired underpass will ensure the safety of the city's 10,000 drivers and pedestrians who use it every day. This project will also enhance business development and community redevelopment in Historic Downtown Pocatello.

Custer County Court Annex Building

801 E. Main Ave. PO Box 385

Challis, Idaho 83226

Custer County Commissioners

The funding will be used to construct a new court annex building in Custer County, Idaho. The current court building in Custer County is non-ADA compliant, is ageing, and has degraded as a result of two major earthquakes in the region. The funding will go towards the construction of a new building that will house the courtroom, judge's chambers, jury room, three court clerk offices, all required bathrooms, and two evidence vaults.

City of Grace STAG

108 E. Center St. PO Box 288

Grace, Idaho 83241

City of Grace

$2.65 million

The funding is designated to make improvements to the city's wastewater collection and treatment systems. The city has a critical need for electrical improvements at their treatment plants, replacement of their solids dewatering process, replacement of 2,000 feet of collection piping, and the installation of several new manholes. This project aims to address these needs and promote the community's health.

City of Roberts STAG

Roberts, Idaho 83444

City of Roberts

The funding is designated to the City of Roberts to make updates to their failing sewer lines. The City of Roberts' sewer collection system is made up of 2.7 miles of asbestos concrete pipe and was installed in 1969, however, some of the sewer lines are failing causing raw sewage to back up into residents' homes causing a critical public health concern. The city has developed a plan to make upgrades to their system and this funding will be used in construction of the improvements. The improvements to the city's sewer collection system will help ensure that sewage is not leaking into the ground water and will prevent the backups that are occurring in citizens' homes.

Family Health Services Helipad and Ambulance Bay

Recipient Location:

Near South Beverly Street and State Highway 24 in Shoshone, Idaho 83352

Project Recipient:

Family Health Services Corporation: 794 Eastland Drive, Twin Falls, Idaho 83301

The funding will be used for an emergency services infrastructure project that includes a helipad and a 4-unit ambulance bay attached to the new Family Health Services (FHS) Community Health Center being constructed in rural Shoshone, Idaho – home to over 5,300 residents. This comprehensive emergency services infrastructure project will provide access to crucial emergency medical transport into and out of the rural community to generate favorable health outcomes. FHS is constructing a new Community Health Center in Shoshone, Idaho on land leased from Lincoln County to meet primary health care needs in a very rural part of Idaho serving as a conduit to the popular Sun Valley area. Emergencies occur often, ranging from vehicle accidents to agricultural-related injuries. The rural location limits quick response/transport in medical emergencies – with the nearest hospitals/ERs respectively 20 and 32 minutes away. The request for $1,547,000 will fund the construction of a helipad and a 4-unit ambulance bay attached to the new clinic that will be operated by County EMS services. The project is an appropriate use of taxpayer dollars and will create a robust health services network capable of expediting access to emergency care. The combined helipad and ambulance bay will yield more positive health outcomes and reduce health disparities often inherent in rural communities lacking comprehensive, high-quality emergency response infrastructure.

Little Wood River, ID

308 5th Avenue

Gooding, ID 83330

City of Gooding

The project is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because the project would replace the walls of the channel that flows through the city of Gooding, Idaho, which was constructed in the 1930's. Many sections of the wall have failed, leading to an increase in localized flood risk and threat to adjacent public infrastructure and private property. It is also leading to long-term undermining of the public roads along its corridor from subsurface erosion.

Healing Idaho Community Development Project

Fairfield, ID

Camp Rainbow Gold, Inc. - 1020 W. Main St. Boise, ID 83702

The project is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because Camp Rainbow Gold (CRG) is building Idaho's only medically designed, adaptive, and accessible camp to serve nonprofits across the state. The new camp, called Hidden Paradise, will work to serve thousands of children, adults, and veterans from across the state of Idaho and will bring back to life a once thriving and vibrant gathering place in rural Camas County. The scenic 172-acre parcel is nestled up against the mountains outside of Fairfield, ID. When Camp Rainbow Gold purchased the property in 2019, it had been sitting shuttered for nearly five years. Hidden Paradise will not only reinvigorate the Camas County economy, but it will also be available when camps are not in session to host various community events. This project will provide an essential service to children, families, and adults from across Idaho by creating an inclusive space where campers are able to participate in activities with their peers. Many of the campers Hidden Paradise will serve are children, adults, and veterans who have been marginalized or left out due to medical conditions, treatment, or disabilities and have insufficient access to outdoor recreation activities that every child (and adult) deserves. The funding will be used to install a Large Soil Absorption System, which the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has just approved. Funds would be used for new water lines, wells, repairs and for much needed power upgrades to create a safer environment for Hidden Paradise campers.

Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment

Kimberly, ID

University of Idaho – 875 Perimeter Dr MS 3010 Moscow, ID

$7.84 million

The funding is designated to support the collaboration between the University of Idaho and ARS Kimberly. Researchers at USDA ARS in Kimberly work closely with the University of Idaho faculty to protect the sustainability of agriculture, identify ways to reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses, improve the health of soil and quality of water, and increase the efficiency of irrigation while supporting the critical economic drive in Idaho, Agricultural production. Funding will be prioritized for facilities and equipment that will aid ARS scientists in determining the extent of the impact of dairy production on the environment such that solutions can be credibly developed.

Idaho Workforce and Public Safety Training Facility Improvements

6395 W. Gowen Rd

Boise, ID 83709

Idaho Rural Water Association, Inc.

This project is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it will be designated to develop indoor/outdoor labs and learning stations in Ada County, Idaho that will be utilized to educate water and wastewater operators across Idaho, including its most rural communities. Rural communities across Idaho and the United States are experiencing an increased demand for water and wastewater operators, and this project will play a crucial role in educating new and retaining current operators in Idaho. It will also help address community demands for stable, good paying jobs close to home by recruiting, educating, and retaining Idahoans in the industry and enhancing rural economies. The funding would specifically be used to provide site improvements, including the construction of curbs and a parking lot, loading dock, and storage facilities, to provide safer access to these education facilities. Additional resources will be designated to purchase and install the equipment necessary for indoor/outdoor labs to conduct real-world hands-on experience and training.

Jerome Education and Training Center

Jerome, Idaho

College of Southern Idaho – 315 Falls Ave, PO Box 1238 Twin Falls, ID 83303

The funding is designated to construct a new education and training facility to support regional needs for the College of Southern Idaho in Jerome, Idaho. The Jerome Education and Training Center would be a 20,000 square foot facility in downtown Jerome, Idaho. Jerome County has experienced record-setting growth in the food processing, dairy, and meat processing industries. The growth of the industry needs has guided the College to plan for an education and training facility to support regional workforce development. Beyond food processing related training and instruction, the College intends for the Jerome Center to also support healthcare training for high school students and other for CNA and Medical Assisting in support of regional needs the center will also serve as a community hub supporting CSI's role as a Hispanic Serving Institution.

McCammon Fire Station

McCammon, Idaho

City of McCammon – 802 Front St. McCammon, ID 83250

The funding is designated to construct a new fire station in McCammon, Idaho. The City of McCammon's current fire station was originally built to serve as a maintenance shed and currently has no running water and no insulation. Cramped quarters have limited the ability to upsize equipment and effectively deploy engines due to lack of maneuverability. The current station lacks space and function to meet the needs of the growing community safely and effectively. A new facility would allow for increased volunteerism, a site for an ambulance, and allow the city to recruit more firefighters and increase training for volunteers.

Mackay Dam Rehabilitation

801 E. Main Ave. PO Box 597

Challis, ID 83226

Custer County

This Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant CPF would designate funding to rehabilitate the Mackay Dam, a 100-year-old earthfill structure, constructed for irrigation purposes that currently serves 37,500 acres of farmland. The infrastructure of the dam is ageing and has degraded to the point of critical condition with high risk of failure in the event of flooding. The funding would go towards removing and replacing the primary spillway, relining the outlet tunnel, and moving controls downstream to prevent the dam from overtopping and mitigate the risk of damages from earthquake and flooding to the surrounding communities including Mackay, Arco, Custer, Butte, and the Idaho National Laboratory.

Rock Creek Conservation and Water Quality Enhancement Project

203 Main Ave E.

Twin Falls, ID 83301

City of Twin Falls

$15 million

The funding is designated to the Rock Creek Restoration and Water Quality Project to enhance water quality, fish and wildlife habitat, urban outdoor recreational opportunities, and to provide flood control benefits in the lower Rock Creek Watershed in Twin Falls County, Idaho. Through acquisition of property and construction of off-stream ponds, the project will help alleviate flooding while also providing sediment removal and total phosphorus reductions from agricultural runoff. the removal of sediment and the reduction in total phosphorus will further improve water quality in Rock Creek and also contribute to the reduction of nutrients in the Mid-Snake River. The project will connect city owned properties and preserve and provide greater public access to enhanced outdoor urban recreational experiences in the creek corridor.

Downtown Boise YMCA Catalytic Redevelopment Project

1177 W. State St.

Boise, ID 83702

Treasure Valley Family YMCA

$10,000,000

The project is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because the YMCA is planning the redevelopment of 2.5 city blocks located between State St/Jefferson St and 10th St/12th St in Boise. By co-locating and co-producing services, the YMCA, alongside their partners in healthcare, education, and the non-profit and government sectors, will provide comprehensive solutions for community challenges, in one of the nation’s fastest growing cities. This project will be a catalyst connecting community members to local businesses, hospitals, social, educational, and governmental services, resulting in a thriving economy, connected community, and increased wellbeing for youth, adults, and families. The Downtown Boise YMCA currently serves 17,000 members per year. With completion of the new facility, they anticipate serving 23,000 members, with 1.2 million visits per year. The project’s community-based approach will address a wide range of social determinants of health and community needs, such as housing, healthcare, early childhood education and childcare, workforce development, transportation and accessibility, and financial education.

FY2022 APPROPRIATIONS COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS

Medical Training Facility

Project Location:

Boise Air Terminal (Gowen Field), Idaho

124th Fighter Wing, Idaho Air National Guard

Request Amount:

The 124th Fighter Wing, Idaho Air National Guard, requested $6,500,000 for the construction of a 10,550 square foot Medical Training Facility to provide administrative area, classrooms, laboratories, exam rooms, record storage, and mobility training storage for the 124th Medical Group. The project entails construction of a new building with site improvements to include pavements, utilities, communication support, as well as demolition of 3 sub-standard buildings/7,951 square feet on the site. This project will provide a facility that complies with patient privacy requirements and space authorized for military medical and training functions.

Taxi-lane D Rehabilitation at Boise Airport

City of Boise

The funding is designated to rehabilitate the portion of taxi-lane D that leads onto the air carrier apron. This is the main taxi route to the terminal for air carrier operations that supports air transportation to the community. Taxi-lane D pavement has deteriorated to the point that the pavement surface needs to be removed and replaced.

Trade Up: Skilled Trades' Expansion, Advising, and Remediation at College of Eastern Idaho

Idaho Falls, ID

College of Eastern Idaho

CEI requests funding to strengthen workforce training programs in the fields of plumbing, welding, electrical and HVAC by equipping five classrooms for live teaching broadcast, hiring a one-year interim advisor to promote construction as entry to expansive college training or career, building badges in Skill Stack, inviting students to return for stackable credentials, shortening time to career, ensuring CEI's programs are tailored to local employer needs, and creating a free & immediate remediation system to help any fourth-year student retake and pass the journeyman exam. Eastern Idaho is growing at a rapid rate, and employers are in desperate need of skilled workers. This project will help employers find the workers they need, as well as prepare Idahoans for stable, good paying jobs close to home. The project also has the potential to increase local wages and stabilize rural economies throughout the region.

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Shoshone Bannock Tribe Fire Station

Fort Hall, ID

Shoshone Bannock Tribe

The funding is designated to address the inadequate facility needs of the Fort Hall Fire Department and EMS operations. Current facilities rely on antiquated equipment, decrepit structures, failing infrastructure and poor location and access. The project will provide high quality essential services to protect the lives and property of Reservation residents, employees, and visitors, as well as the surrounding communities.

U.S. Sheep Experiment Station (USSES) ARS Infrastructure Improvement

Sheep Experiment Station

The funding is designated to modernize a century-old critical research facility, the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station (USSES) and expansion of research-building capacity. The USSES is a USDA, Agriculture Research Service (ARS) unit near Dubois, Idaho. The USSES is an asset for grazing lands and sheep industry genetic research, and the repository of over five decades of sage grouse research. The century-old infrastructure is a limiting factor for the USSES to effectively accomplish its research agenda.

Rinker Rock Creek Ranch

University of Idaho

The University of Idaho requested funding to designated establish University of Idaho education and research training at the Rinker Rock Creek Ranch field station by expanding curricula in rangeland management and animal science. The project sponsor for this project is the Regents of the University of Idaho located at 875 Perimeter Dr., Moscow, ID 83844 and the project is located near Hailey, Idaho. Funding will result in a) hands-on learning for public, postsecondary and K-12 education groups; b) scientific equipment and space for research demonstrations on livestock grazing and sage grouse management, cattle management and wildlife friendly fencing, water quantity and quality conservation, and techniques to combat invasive annual grasses and associated wildfire; and c) upgraded telecommunications systems to facilitate classroom connectivity and research training. The project will enhance workforce training in Idaho by providing opportunities for high school and community college students to pursue postsecondary education. It will also provide demonstration of best practices for integrating working rangelands with conservation interests in the western United States.

Habitat's Communities of Hope – Step up to Home Ownership

Habitat for Humanity Idaho Falls Area, Inc.

The funding is designated to create a lasting stock of affordable homes for low- to moderate-income families, creating a path for home ownership no matter the family's current financial circumstances. A variety of housing types – tiny, attached, and single-family - will be available. Families will build equity in all levels of home ownership. Families will meet financial and community service requirements. Mortgage payments will never exceed 30% of monthly income. If necessary, residents can provide sweat equity for partial mortgage payments. The property will remain in a land trust or cooperative ownership. Residents will pay small homeowner fees and be voting members of the HO association. To help families be successful homeowners, residents will be provided supportive services. Seven service providers and a shopping center are within one mile of a property identified as a desirable location for Habitat's pilot Community of Hope project.

Idaho Grain & Ag Center

Idaho Grain Producers Association

The funding is designated for a conference room, shared workspace, and technology in a new building project, the Idaho Grain & Ag Center at 821 W. State Street. An updated Idaho Grain & Ag Center would provide critical services to Idaho's agricultural industry, while offering innovative ways to engage with growers around the state. Entirely focused on Idaho agriculture, the building project would include a hub for research collaboration, a promotional component, sufficient meeting space to bring large groups together, and technology to connect with growers around the state and the nation. The Idaho Grain & Ag Center would not only link Idaho's rural and urban communities, but also serve as a bridge to the future of Idaho agriculture. An updated Idaho Grain & Ag Center, which will sit adjacent to the Idaho Statehouse, will solidify the importance of agriculture to the state, be a model of innovative public-private partnerships, and serve all rural Idaho.

FY25 Community Project Funding Requests

Thank you for your interest in submitting a Community Project Funding (CPF) request. The House Committee on Appropriations has not yet released guidance related to permissible projects in the Fiscal Year 2025 appropriations process. When this guidance is made available, my office will begin receiving applications and the CPF submission form will be available on this webpage.

While the guidance has changed each year since community projects returned in Fiscal Year 2022, it may be helpful to view the Appropriations Committee's  Fiscal Year 2024 guidance  as you begin to consider which projects you would like to submit for consideration by my office (please note that not all subcommittees allow for CPF requests.)

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As a member of the  House Committee on Appropriations , I am using my position to prioritize investments in innovation and Chicago-area infrastructure, which will grow the local economy and spur job creation. I'm also fighting to protect funding for vital housing and social services programs and am a leading voice for smarter defense spending and nuclear reduction. I currently serve on the  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies  (THUD). Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and the subcommittee on the Legislative Branch.

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Cardinals shuffle likely under House Appropriations shakeup

R ep. Tom Cole’s expected ascension to the full Appropriations Committee gavel next week would open up the coveted Transportation-HUD Subcommittee chairmanship, triggering a potential domino effect among the panel’s dozen cardinals, as subcommittee chairs are known.

The early betting among appropriations watchers is that Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., is favored to slide over into Cole’s seat — assuming the GOP conference ratifies the Oklahoma Republican, who is currently running unopposed, next week as full committee chairman.

No decisions have been made and Womack wasn’t commenting on his subcommittee intentions Thursday. But the “T-HUD” panel is an attractive perch.

The subcommittee controls one of the largest annual allocations of discretionary funds, doling out over $100 billion in this fiscal year’s final version enacted last month. The law included $6 billion in home-state earmarks for infrastructure and community development projects, by far the largest source of earmarks of any of the 12 spending bills.

If Womack were to move over to the Transportation-HUD panel, it would open up Financial Services, where Womack currently serves as cardinal. That could be a landing spot for Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., who is expected to vacate the Legislative Branch gavel and pass it to Rep. David Valadao, R-Calif., who would be a first-time cardinal.

Generally, any shuffling depends on the willingness of other cardinals to move.

The equation would change if Rep. Robert B. Aderholt, R-Ala., decides to challenge Cole as he has hinted, and somehow win despite broad backing for Cole. Aderholt, the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee chairman, on Wednesday requested that GOP leaders delay the vote next week, but there are no plans to do so , a source familiar with the decision said. 

The House Republican Steering Committee is set to meet Tuesday to vote on the chairmanship, followed by GOP conference ratification the next day. Cole has secured the support of nearly every other subcommittee chairman, with the exception of Aderholt and Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Andy Harris, R-Md., a member of the House Freedom Caucus.

If Aderholt were to leave Labor-HHS-Education, Harris would be more than happy to take his place; according to sources familiar at the time, Harris had wanted Labor-HHS-Education at the beginning of last year when Republicans were organizing for the 118th Congress. Other, more senior appropriators would likely be interested as well.

The full committee chairman cannot serve as a subcommittee chairman under House Republican Conference rules. The chairman is responsible for proposing a “slate” of  subcommittee chairs, which then must be approved by the Steering Committee.

But the committee chairman usually grants cardinals the subcommittees they want in order of seniority, at least until those members are term-limited out after six years as the top Republican on a subcommittee. 

The current Appropriations Chairwoman, Kay Granger, R-Texas, announced last month that she would be stepping down and into a “chairwoman emeritus” role.

While former full committee chairman Harold Rogers, R-Ky., has remained a subcommittee chairman and currently leads the Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations panel, Granger does not plan on heading a subcommittee this year, a source close to Granger said. 

This will allow Valadao, who represents a district President Joe Biden carried in 2020, to step up into a cardinal role. Valadao’s race is rated Tilt Republican by Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales.

‘Pulling on the rope’

Five current cardinals are ahead of Cole in seniority, and are leading Appropriations subcommittees they are likely to stick with instead of shifting to Transportation-HUD: Rogers; Aderholt; Interior-Environment Chairman Mike Simpson, R-Idaho; Military Construction-VA Chairman John Carter, R-Texas; and Defense Chairman Ken Calvert, R-Calif. 

Next in seniority after Cole is State-Foreign Operations Chairman Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., who said in a statement that he will be staying with that panel. He would be term-limited out of leading Transportation-HUD, regardless.

Womack said Thursday that he wasn’t commenting at this stage of the process.

“I’m focused on ensuring Congressman Tom Cole becomes the new Chairman of the Appropriations Committee,” Womack said in a statement. “As a team player, I recognize the importance of everyone pulling on the rope in the same direction and that starts at the very top.” 

Energy-Water Chairman Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tenn., is expected to stay with his current role, which oversees the country’s nuclear programs. The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory facility is located in his district, and Fleischmann is the co-chairman of Congress’ Advanced Nuclear Caucus and Fusion Energy Caucus.

Barring the chance to move to Labor-HHS-Education, Harris is another cardinal who is likely happy with his current job. Harris represents a rural Maryland district and likely wants to continue pushing for a pilot program for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that would require benefits only be used to purchase healthy food. He was unsuccessful in getting that program included in the final fiscal 2024 appropriations package. 

Less clear is whether Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman David Joyce, R-Ohio, would stay in that challenging role or if he would jump ship to the Financial Services panel. Amodei would be expected to shift to either Financial Services or Homeland Security, depending on Joyce. 

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Kaptur Applauds DOE’s Final Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers

New rule will lower energy costs while protecting national security, domestic manufacturing, and critical supply chains.

Toledo, OH — Today, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) released a final rule promulgating Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformers. Incorporating feedback from consumers, producers, non-governmental organizations, and industry leaders, the final rule will increase distribution transformer efficiency and lower energy costs while supporting domestic steel manufacturing, preserving distribution transformer supply chains, and avoiding impacts to national security and electrical grid resilience and reliability.

“I appreciated Secretary Granholm speaking with me about this issue when she came before the House Appropriations Committee last month and applaud DOE for hearing the concerns I and others voiced about the proposed rule’s impact on domestic manufacturing and distribution transformer supply chains,” said Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. “The final rule strikes the appropriate balance between lowering energy costs for consumers, protecting national security, and supporting electrical grid resiliency and reliability improvements. This decision will help protect Ohio jobs and consumers and ensure a domestic supply of transformers built in the Heartland.”

In January 2023, DOE released proposed efficiency standards for distribution transformers that would have required all distribution transformers to shift from grain-oriented electrical steel (GOES) to amorphous metal cores by 2027. Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., the country’s largest flat-rolled steel producer and the sole manufacturer of both GOES and the non-oriented electrical steel (NOES) used in EV production, indicated that it would have to close its Butler, Pennsylvania, and Zanesville, Ohio, facilities if the proposed rule were finalized without significant changes. Closure of the plants would cost 1,300 UAW workers their livelihoods and undermine domestic supply chains for both GOES and NOES, raising national security risks as materials critical to the maintenance and modernization of the electrical grid and to the expansion of EV production are outsourced.

Congresswoman Kaptur and other members of Congress, including Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) , wrote to DOE to register these concerns in June 2023. Months of work on the proposed rule followed. At the March 21st, 2024 DOE budget hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Congresswoman Kaptur asked Secretary Granholm if she could commit to ensuring that the final rule does not adversely impact domestic production of GOES and NOES and preserves the use of GOES for distribution transformers. In response, the Secretary advised that the proposed rule had undergone significant revisions to address stakeholder concerns.

The final rule delivers on the Secretary’s promise by preserving use of GOES in single-phase transformers and in 3-phase transformers with a kVA of 500 and above, and by lowering the estimated cost of compliance from $684.5 Million to $228.8 Million. While the proposed rule would likely have represented about a 90% market shift to amorphous alloy, under today’s final rule about 85% of the market will be able to achieve the standards through use of GOES. The final rule also extends the compliance timeframe from three years to five years. These changes are responsive to stakeholder concerns about feasibility challenges presented by the proposed efficiency levels, including the magnitude of anticipated workforce reskilling and transformer redesigns. Today’s final rule gives manufacturers more flexibility to meet modest efficiency increases as they prepare existing and develop new manufacturing lines to increase the nation’s total distribution transformer manufacturing capacity. By incorporating feedback from a broad spectrum of stakeholders, this final rule will be a piece of the solution, rather than a barrier, to resolve the ongoing distribution transformer shortage while providing more American jobs.

Distribution transformers convert high-voltage electricity from power generation sources to levels safe enough to be utilized by homes and businesses. Over 50 million distribution transformers are mounted on utility poles and pads across the nation — operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and remaining in use for many decades. Improvements to their efficiency will reduce energy waste in the power grid and provide significant energy savings to the nation. Over 30 years, the new standards are expected to save Americans over $14 Billion in energy costs, while also reducing nearly 85 million metric tons of dangerous carbon dioxide emissions — equivalent to the combined annual emissions of nearly 11 million homes.

Republican Calls for Delay in Naming New House Appropriations Chair

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A top Republican appropriator has called for a delay in picking who will succeed Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) as House Appropriations chair.

In a letter to colleagues, Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), who is the chairman of the House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Subcommittee, lamented the budget process, criticizing the most recent government funding packages that Congress passed last month, as opposed to passing the 12 appropriations bills individually.

“The real problem is that the underlying process to produce the bills is fundamentally flawed,” he wrote.

“This Congress has proven reforms to our appropriations process are needed and cannot be delayed any longer,” he added. “Our well-intentioned goals of passing appropriations bills through regular order and on schedule, while also preventing divisive provisions from finding their way into the bills, have thus far failed.”

Before the long-term bills to fund the government for the 2024 fiscal year were passed, the government was funded at 2023 fiscal year levels through what are called continuing resolutions, thereby avoiding government shutdowns.

“A change in the Appropriations Committee leadership, however, presents a perfect opportunity to change the process,” wrote Mr. Aderholt, who has been in Congress since 1997.

“The bottom line? We cannot continue to go down the same path and expect a different outcome,” he continued. “The Appropriations process must change. It starts with transparency and trust.”

“Instead of hastily selecting a new Appropriations chair, I believe that now is the time to focus on correcting the process and developing our theory of government on how we will manage our responsibilities,” added Mr. Aderholt. “Our conference must work together to define a clear direction forward before choosing a chairman to lead us there.”

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), the chairman of the powerful House Rules Committee, is running to succeed Ms. Granger. He has been on the House Appropriations Committee since January 2009.

In a March statement announcing his candidacy, Mr. Cole seemed to address some of Mr. Aderholt’s concerns.

“You should not make appropriations deals without including appropriators. I have seen this happen and unfortunately, every time, it has led to a disaster,” he wrote.

Mr. Cole also stressed the need for fiscal responsibility.

“You cannot solve the U.S. deficit problem exclusively in the Appropriations Committee, as discretionary spending only amounts to roughly 28 percent of U.S. expenditures. If we are going to produce a balanced budget, which I strongly believe we should be striving to do, we should be having serious discussions on how to fund and reform our entitlement programs, which makes up approximately 60 percent of all spending,” he added.

“I am a budget hawk. I believe in stretching our budget’s dollars as far as we can, but I also recognize there are critical needs and challenges that must be funded if our great nation is going to be protected, preserved, and improved,” Mr. Cole continued. “However, as chairman, I will ensure that, in doing this, we are not wasting and abusing.”

The House GOP Steering Committee and Conference, which determines committee assignments, will ultimately decide who will succeed Ms. Granger.

“Despite Republicans having a very slim majority, today marks the completion in the House of the second spending agreement this month that prioritizes our nation’s security and represents the first overall cut to non-defense, non-veterans spending, in almost a decade,” she continued.

Ms. Granger, who has represented Texas’ 12th Congressional District since 1997, is not running for re-election.

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Title : Active carbons as nanoporous materials for solving of environmental problems

However, up to now, the main carriers of catalytic additives have been mineral sorbents: silica gels, alumogels. This is obviously due to the fact that they consist of pure homogeneous components SiO2 and Al2O3, respectively. It is generally known that impurities, especially the ash elements, are catalytic poisons that reduce the effectiveness of the catalyst. Therefore, carbon sorbents with 5-15% by weight of ash elements in their composition are not used in the above mentioned technologies. However, in such an important field as a gas-mask technique, carbon sorbents (active carbons) are carriers of catalytic additives, providing effective protection of a person against any types of potent poisonous substances (PPS). In ESPE “JSC "Neorganika" there has been developed the technology of unique ashless spherical carbon carrier-catalysts by the method of liquid forming of furfural copolymers with subsequent gas-vapor activation, brand PAC. Active carbons PAC have 100% qualitative characteristics of the three main properties of carbon sorbents: strength - 100%, the proportion of sorbing pores in the pore space – 100%, purity - 100% (ash content is close to zero). A particularly outstanding feature of active PAC carbons is their uniquely high mechanical compressive strength of 740 ± 40 MPa, which is 3-7 times larger than that of  such materials as granite, quartzite, electric coal, and is comparable to the value for cast iron - 400-1000 MPa. This allows the PAC to operate under severe conditions in moving and fluidized beds.  Obviously, it is time to actively develop catalysts based on PAC sorbents for oil refining, petrochemicals, gas processing and various technologies of organic synthesis.

Victor M. Mukhin was born in 1946 in the town of Orsk, Russia. In 1970 he graduated the Technological Institute in Leningrad. Victor M. Mukhin was directed to work to the scientific-industrial organization "Neorganika" (Elektrostal, Moscow region) where he is working during 47 years, at present as the head of the laboratory of carbon sorbents.     Victor M. Mukhin defended a Ph. D. thesis and a doctoral thesis at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (in 1979 and 1997 accordingly). Professor of Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. Scientific interests: production, investigation and application of active carbons, technological and ecological carbon-adsorptive processes, environmental protection, production of ecologically clean food.   

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