THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR FEDERAL POLICY RESEARCH 419 New Jersey Avenue, SE, Washington, D.C. 20003 202-546-3700 Fax: 202-546-2390 E-mail:ransdell@calinst.org Web:http://www.calinst.org SPECIAL REPORT: Energy & Water Development Appropriations and California Implications - June 29, 2000 The California Institute presents here a quick analysis of several of the California details of the House version of the FY 2001 Appropriations bill, which was passed June 12, 2000 by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water, by the full Appropriations Committee on June 20, and by the House of Representatives on June 27 (by a vote of 407-19). The bill is numbered H.R. 4733, and the corresponding committee report is House Report 106-693. We apologize for any errors or omissions in our discussion of these documents, and would appreciate any input/feedback on how to make improving corrections. The ordering of items generally reflects their presence in the bill does not mean to imply any relative importance. SUMMARY: $21.6 billion total - $546 M above amount appropriated in 2000 and $951.8 M above President s budget The Committee did not recommend or provide funds for reauthorization of the Bay-Delta ecosystem restoration. $38 M for the Central Valley Project - $3 M less than appropriated in 2000. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Corps of Engineers - General Investigations (in thousands) Project Title Pres. Budget: Investigations Pres. Budget: Planning Aliso Creek Mainstream 50 500 House: Investigations American River Watershed 3,285 3,285 Arroyo Pasajero 500 500 Bolinas Lagoon Ecosystem 300 300 City of San Bernardino 175 175 Coast of Calif.Storm and Tidal Wave Study Hamilton Airfield Wetlands Restoration Huntington Beach, Blufftop Park Laguna De Santa Rosa 200 200 500 211 House: Planning 200
California Institute Energy & Water Appropriations Special Report, June 29, 2000 Page 2 Llagas Creek 240 240 Los Angeles County 225 225 Los Angeles Harbor Main Channel Deepening 375 750 Lower Mission Creek 325 325 Malibu Creek 400 Mare Island 500 Marina Del Rey and Ballona Creek Matilija Dam 150 150 Middle Creek 160 160 Mojave River Forks Dam 200 200 Morro Bay Estuary 250 250 Mugu lagoon 250 250 Murrieta Creek 300 750 N Ca Streams Dry Creek 150 150 Lower Sacramento River Riparian Reveegetati 500 237 237 Middle Creek 90 90 Suisun Marsh 65 65 Napa River Salt Marsh Restoration Napa Valley Watershed Management NCS, Lower Cache Creek, Yolo County 300 300 50 50 300 500 Newport Bay, Harbor 350 350 Newport Bay (LA-site designation study) Newport Bay/San Diego Creek Watershed Orange County Coast Beach Erosion Orange County, Santa Ana River Basin 800 381 381 475 100 100 Pajaro River at Watsonville 600 600 Pajaro River Basin Study 50 50 Peninsula Beach (City of Long Beach) Pine Flat Dam, Fish and Wildlife Habitat 300 300 300 300 Port of Stockton 150 150 Poso Creek 150 500 Rancho Palos Verdes 200 200
California Institute Energy & Water Appropriations Special Report, June 29, 2000 Page 3 Redwood City Harbor 250 250 Russian River Ecosystem Restoration Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Sacramento and San Joaquin Comprehensive Basin Study 200 200 300 300 1,500 3,000 San Antonio Creek 125 125 San Bernardino County 100 100 San Diego County Shoreline 325 San Diego Harbor National City 125 125 San Francisco Bay 250 700 San Gabriel river to Newport Bay San Jacinto River 225 225 San Joaquin R Basin - Stockton Metro Arrea, Farmington D 150 150 150 100 100 - Consumnes & Mokelumne Rivers 150 150 - Corral Hollow Creek 65 65 - Frazier Creek 65 65 - Stockton Metro Area 180 180 - Tuolumne River 150 150 - West Stanislaus County San Juan Creek Watershed Management San Juan Creek, South Orange County 213 213 50 200 50 50 San Luis Obispo 170 170 San Pablo Bay Watershed 200 200 Santa Rosa Creek Watershed 300 300 Solana Beach 350 South Sacramento County Streams Southern California Special Area Management Plans Strong and Chicken Ranch Sloughs 200 200 1,882 150 300 Sutter Basin 150 150 Tahoe Basin 150 150
California Institute Energy & Water Appropriations Special Report, June 29, 2000 Page 4 Tijuana River Environmental Restoration 205 500 Tule River 400 400 Upper Guadelupe River 500 500 Upper Penitencia Creek 300 300 Upper Santa Ana River Watershed Ventura Harbor Sand Bypass 100 100 400 400 White River and Deer Creek 150 150 Whitewater River Basin 500 Yuba River Basin 400 400 Corps of Engineers - Construction General (in thousands) Project Title Total Federal Cost Budget Request House Allowance American River Watershed 72,200 10,000 10,000 - Folsom Dam Modifications 97,500 5,000 Berryessa Creek 1,000 Corte Madera Creek 21,900 100 100 Guadalupe River 78,500 3,500 3,500 Imperial Beach 800 Kaweah River 23,500 500 3,000 Los Angles County Drainage Area Lower Sacramento Area Levee Reconstruction Marysville/Yuba City Levee Reconstruction 150,000 9,821 9,821 4,810 1,485 1,485 32,550 760 760 Merced County Streams 91,800 500 500 Mid-Valley Area Levee Reconstruction 14,900 2,000 2,000 Napa River 91,000 4,000 4,000 Sacramento River Bank Protection Project Sacramento River, Glenn- Colusa Irrigation District San Francisco Bay to Stockton 179,900 3,300 5,000 20,000 4,100 4,100 San Lorenzo River 16,330 4,000 4,000 Santa Ana River Mainstem 883,000 18,000 23,000 Santa Barbara Harbor 5,450 5,000 5,000 Stockton Metro Area 5,000 Success Dam, Tule River 30,900 1,000 1,000 250
California Institute Energy & Water Appropriations Special Report, June 29, 2000 Page 5 Surfside-Sunset and Newport Beach Upper Sacramento Levee Reconstruction 5,000 5,720 1,665 1,665 West Sacramento 17,700 1,775 1,775 Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration- out of $14,500 allowed by the committee: -$500,000 for Clear Lake Basin Watershed Restoration -$300,000 for Delta Science Center -$500,000 for Lake Natoma Pond Study and Remediation -$300,000 for Pacific Flyway Center -$100,000 for ecosystem restoration report in Santa Clara River Basin -$203,000 for Upper Truckee River -$300,00 for Turtle Bay Museums, Redding Small Flood Control Projects - out of $30,000 provided by the committee: -$500,000 for Alhambra Valley Estates and Nancy Boyd Park Area Drainage and Flood Control -$203,000 for feasibility study for Coyote Creek at Rock Springs -funds to continue the Mission Zanja Creek -$600,000 for project report and initiate and complete plans for City of Folsom, Willow and Humbug Creek -$1,000,000 to initiate construction of Magpie Creek Sacramento -$500,000 for reevaluation report for Mare Island -$200,00 for report and plans on North Cache Creek Slide, Lake County -$260,000 for report on Westside Storm Water Retention Facility, Lancaster Small Navigation Projects - out of $9,000,000 provided by the committee: -$100,000 for Oyster Point Harbor -$2,700,000 for Port Hueneme -$600,000 for San Diego Harbor Project Modifications for the Improvement of the Environment -out of $18,000,000 provided by the committee: -$765,000 for Ballona Wetlands Tide Gate -$1,400,000 for Gunnerson Pond, Lake Elsinore -$2,000,000 for Pine Flat Turbine Bypass Snagging and Clearing - out of $600,000 provided for by the committee: -$500,000 for the San Joaquin River and Tributaries Corps of Engineers - Operation and Maintenance, General (in thousands) Project Title Budget Estimate House Allowance Black Butte Lake 1,854 1,854 Bodega Bay 200 Buchanan Dam, H V Eastman Lake 1,580 1,580 Channel Islands Harbor 3,000 3,000 Coyote Valley Dam 3,403 3,403 Crescent City Harbor 500 Dry Creek (Warm Springs) Lake and Channel 4,437 4,437 Farmington Dam 313 313 Hidden Dam, Hensley Lake 1,616 1,616 Humboldt Harbor and Bay 4,710 4,710 Inspection of Completed Works 843 843
California Institute Energy & Water Appropriations Special Report, June 29, 2000 Page 6 Isabella Lake 793 793 Jack D. Maltester Channel (San Leandro Marina) Los Angles -Long Beach Harbor Model 1,500 170 170 - Long Beach Harbors 3,910 3,910 Los Angeles County Drainage Area 3,956 3,956 Marina Del Rey 5,335 5,335 Merced County Streams 288 288 Mojave River Dam 251 251 Morro Bay Harbor 170 170 Moss Landing Harbor 700 New Hogan Lake 1,778 1,778 New Melons Lake, Downstream Channel 1,135 1,135 Newport Bay Harbor 40 40 Oakland Harbor 8,118 8,118 Oceanside Harbor 1,535 2,035 Pine Flat Lake 2,248 2,248 Project Condition Surveys 1,256 1,256 Redwood City Harbor 400 Richmond Harbor 5,774 5,774 Sacramento River (30 ft. prjct) 2,037 2,037 Sacramento River and Tributaries (debris control) Sacramento River Shallow Draft Channel San Francisco Bay, Delta Model Structure San Francisco Bay, Long term management strategy 1,113 1,113 163 163 2,382 2,382 San Francisco Harbor and Bay 2,000 2,000 San Francisco Harbor 2,573 2,573 San Joaquin 2,028 2,028 Santa Ana River Basin 3,086 3,086 Santa Barbara Harbor 1,615 1,615 Scheduling Reservoir Operations 1,153 1,153 Success Lake 1,898 1,898 Suisun Bay Channel 3,117 3,117 Terminus Dam, Lake Kaweah 1,659 1,659 Ventura Harbor 2,240 2,240 Yuba River 74 74 200
California Institute Energy & Water Appropriations Special Report, June 29, 2000 Page 7 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Reclamation - Water and Related Project Title Pres. Budget: Resource Mgmt. Pres. Budget: Facilities OM&R House: Resource Mgmt. Cachuma Project 666 401 666 401 California Investigations Program Calleguas Municipal Waters District Recycling Proj. Central Valley Project American River Dam-Auburn Folsom South Unit 1,293 1,793 500 500 4,740 10,708 10,240 10,708 Delta Division 14,636 4,706 14,636 4,706 East Side Division 585 3,595 585 3,595 House: Facilities OM&R Friant Division 4,170 2,531 4,170 2,531 Misc. Project Programs Replacements, Additions, and Extraordinary Maint. Sacramento River Division 11,824 1,009 11,824 1,009 8,013 8,013 6,171 1,612 8,691 1,612 San Felipe Division 897 897 San Joaquin Division 2,608 2,608 Shasta Division 3,474 7,356 3,474 7,356 Trinity River Division Water and Power Operations West San Joaquin Division, San Luis Unit Yield Feasibility Investigation Long Beach Area Water Reclamation Project Los Angeles Area Water Reclamation Mission Basin Brackish Groundwater Desalting Demo 7,116 4,791 7,116 4,791 897 6,490 897 6,490 6,385 5,447 7,385 5,447 1,800 1,800 2,000 2,000 740 740 503
California Institute Energy & Water Appropriations Special Report, June 29, 2000 Page 8 North San Diego County Area water Recycling Proj. Orange County Regional water Reclamation Proj. 2,000 5,000 2,000 2,000 Orlando Proj. 617 617 Salton Sea Research Proj. San Diego Area Water Reclamation San Gabriel Basin Proj. San Jose Area Water Reclamation and Reuse Prog. 1,000 5,000 7,500 7,500 2,000 2,000 3,500 3,500 Solano Project 1,084 1,088 1,084 1,088 Southern California Investigations Progr. Ventura River Project, Casitas Dam 624 624 5,500 5,550 Bureau of Reclamation Loan Program Account Loan Program Total Federal Cost Budget Estimate House Allowance Castroville Irrigation Water Supply Project Salinas Valley Water Reclamation San Sevaine Creek Water Project 14,284 1,300 1,300 9,557 800 800 28,100 6,844 6,844 Total, Loan program 9,369 9,369 Central Valley Project Restoration Fund Appropriation, 200 $42,000,000 Budg. Est., 2001 $38,382,000 Recommended, 2001 $38,382,000 Comparison Appropriation 2000 $-3,618,000 Budg. Est. 2001 ------- California Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration Appropriation 2000 $60M Budget Est. 2001 $60 M Recommended 2001 ------- Comparison Appropriation 2000 -$60M Budg. Est. 2001 -$60 M Trinity County - the Secretary of the Interior will make an annual assessment upon the Central Valley Project water and power contractors in order to make a payment to the Trinity Public Utilities District Draininge - Language prohibits the use of funds to determine the point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until development by the Secretary of Interior and the State of California of a
California Institute Energy & Water Appropriations Special Report, June 29, 2000 Page 9 plan to minimize the impact of drainage waters, and directing the Secretary of Interior to classify the costs of the Kesterson Reservoir Cleanup Program and San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program as reimbursable or nonreimbursable. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Advanced Scientific Computing Research - $5 M for computer upgrades at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (in thousands) Program Title FY2000 Enacted Budget Estimate House Allowance Distributed information systems laboratory, SNL, Livermore Terascale simulation facility, Livermore Rehabilitation of maintenance facility, LLNL, Livermore Isotope science facilities, LLNL, Livermore Decontamination and waste treatment, LLNL, Livermore Intelligence - sensitive compartmented information facility, LLNL, Livermore 2,300 2,300 8,000 5,000 8,000 3,900 2,000 5,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 2,000 General Provisions -the Committee prohibits the use of fund to determine the point of discharge for the interceptor drain for the San Luis Unit until the development by the Sec. Of the Interior and California of a plan to minimize the impact of drainage waters. Other Department of Defense, Civil Corps of Engineers- Construction $5 M for San Timoteo Creek (Santa Ana River Mainstem) Central Valley Project - The Department of the Interior is authorized to collect $540,000 from CVP water and power contractors, and remit that amount annually to the Trinity Public Utilities District. The assessment is payable 70 percent by the CVP Preference Power Customers and 30 percent by CVP Water Contractors. SJVDP-The costs of the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Program will be classified as reimbursable or nonreimbursable by the Secretary of the Interior and collected until fully repaid pursuant to the SJVDP-Alternative Repayment Plan. Fusion Energy Sciences For fusion energy sciences, the House bill provides $255 million, a small increase over the $244 million that was appropriated in FY00 and the Administration FY01 budget request of $247.3 million. In addition to this amount, the bill also includes $25 million from defense funds for high average power lasers under the inertial confinement fusion (ICF) account, a boost of $15 million over the FY00 level. The proposed levels, while still an increase, are substantially below historical levels. If funding were adjusted for inflation, the FY 95 fusion energy sciences budget was $400 million. California wins a large share of federal fusion spending, which supports roughly 1,400 direct jobs in the state at companies such as General Atomics and SAIC, universities (including U.C. campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, San Diego and Santa Barbara, and others), and national laboratories at Livermore, Berkeley, and Sandia-Livermore.
California Institute Energy & Water Appropriations Special Report, June 29, 2000 Page 10 Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) The bill provides overall funding for ICF programs (including NIF) of $365 million as compared to the Administration's requested level of $340 million. For the National Ignition Facility (NIF), the bill provides the Administration's requested level of 74.1 million, with additional dollars postponed due to a lack of Administration budget specifics.