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Listed
alphabetically by recipient
| Agriculture |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Agriculture |
| Project
Name: |
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South Dakota
AgPharma Feasibility Study |
| Amount: |
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$1.5 million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Northern State
University |
| Recipient
Address: |
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1200 S. Jay
St., Aberdeen, SD 57401 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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Northern State
University, in conjunction with IKOR, a South Dakota corporation,
is working to develop a plan which promises to substantially increase
the end value of cattle by the use of bovine derived blood products
to develop new pharmaceuticals to treat human disease. Currently,
the drug development process in biotechnology is expensive. The
significant cost savings derived from using bovine blood as a raw
material would allow for the development of new agents for both
the human and veterinary market. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Agriculture |
| Project
Name: |
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Biomass
Crop Production (SDSU-ARS-MBI Consortium) |
| Amount: |
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$1.7
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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South
Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station |
| Recipient
Address: |
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SDSU,
Ag Hall 135, Box 2207, Brookings, SD 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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SDSU, NCARL,
and MBI currently collaborate with the ethanol industry, capitalizing
on their synergistic strengths. These funds have permitted these
entities to expand their efforts into bioenergy research. Ethanol
production in South Dakota has greatly expanded in recent years
and this collaboration will result in new uses for co-products derived
from ethanol plants in South Dakota and elsewhere. This research
will support the development of the domestic fuel ethanol industry
by developing new biobased products which, in turn, can improve
the energy security of the U.S. The majority of ethanol production
facilities are currently built and operated by small companies or
farm-based cooperatives that have little or no budgets for research.
Thus, the successful completion of this research will directly benefit
ethanol producers, farmers, and the rural communities where these
industries are located. The consumer and general public will also
benefit from this research through the stabilization of fuel availability
as well as gasoline prices at the pump. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Agriculture |
| Project
Name: |
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Ruminant
Nutrition Research |
| Amount: |
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$434,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
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Ag
Hall 135, Box 2207, Brookings, SD 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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This project
is operated by the Four State Ruminant Consortium – South Dakota,
North Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. The objectives of this ongoing
research and extension program are to add value to common grain
and forage crops in the northern plains through ruminant livestock
(beef, sheep, bison and dairy). Topics to be addressed are production
and environmental aspects of the livestock industry, including integrating
rangeland, annual crops, and livestock resources that enhance economic
return and positively impact our environment. South Dakota State
University leads this collaborative program. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Agriculture |
| Project
Name: |
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Seed
Technology |
| Amount: |
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$375,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
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Ag
Hall 135, Box 2207, Brookings, SD 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The development
of seed science is essential as a mechanism for the delivery of
an ever-expanding set of traits and technologies for producers.
There is a growing void in the public seed technology and research
programs around the country, and a growing demand for graduates
in the industry. The Seed Development Center at South Dakota State
University provides training and the development of seed technology/biotechnology
to support the safe delivery of traits to producer while protecting
the traditional production systems. Seed will be the means for the
continued specialization of crops with traits that enhance the value
of our crops and the profitability for our producers. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Agriculture |
| Project
Name: |
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Crop
Integration and Production |
| Amount: |
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$408,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
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Ag
Hall 135, Box 2207, Brookings, SD 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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This program
works to integrate pulse crops such as field peas, beans, and lentils,
into northern plains production systems in order to diversify production
opportunities and economic options for producers, and reduce off-farm
nitrogen requirements thereby reducing production costs. This ongoing
program provides farmers in the northern Great Plains the tools
they need to diversify their production and grow profitable and
agronomically beneficial crops. SDSU leads this cooperative program
with North Dakota State University and the University of Nebraska.
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Agriculture |
| Project
Name: |
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International
Arid Lands Consortium |
| Amount: |
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$750,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
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Ag
Hall 135, Box 2207, Brookings, SD 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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This program
is a collaborative effort involving five US land-grant universities,
including South Dakota State University, and academic institutions
in Israel, Jordan and Egypt. Competitive research programs conducted
through the IALC focus on improving agricultural production and
safeguarding natural resources in dry environments like those found
in the western Great Plains. Cooperation among scientists and students
is the hallmark of this program and funds are distributed through
a competitive program. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Agriculture |
| Project
Name: |
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Sustainable
Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Dryland Agriculture |
| Amount: |
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$500,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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USDA/ARS/
North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory |
| Recipient
Address: |
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2923
Medary Avenue, Brookings, SD 57006 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The USDA/ARS
North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory Lab in Brookings,
SD will lead this research project to investigate and develop value-added
uses for byproduct streams resulting from the manufacture of lignocellulosic
ethanol, so that these byproducts will contribute to the success
of this new stage in biorefining. The research will directly benefit
ethanol producers that use lignocellulosic feedstocks such as corn
stover and switchgrass, farmers, and the rural communities where
these industries are located. The consumer and general public will
also benefit through the stabilization of fuel availability as well
as gasoline prices at the pump. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Agriculture |
| Project
Name: |
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Economically
and Environmentally Sustainable Production of Feedstocks for the
Biofuels Industry |
| Amount: |
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$500,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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USDA/ARS/
North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory |
| Recipient
Address: |
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2923
Medary Avenue, Brookings, SD 57006 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The long-term
success of the biofuels industry is only feasible if sustainable
cropping practices are followed. Producers need increased knowledge
in this area to produce the necessary feedstocks while maintaining
environmental quality to ensure that future generations can utilize
our natural resources. Additional research is needed to understand
how these new production systems will impact our natural resources.
The USDA/ARS North Central Agricultural Research Laboratory Lab
in Brookings, SD will conduct research focusing on developing agricultural
cropping systems that 1) conserve our natural resources 2) are economically
and environmentally sustainable and 3) ensure the production of
ample feedstocks required for the biofuels industry. |
| Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Charles
Mix County 911 System Upgrades |
| Amount: |
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$1,895,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Charles
Mix County |
| Recipient
Address: |
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501
J Street Lake Andes, SD 57356 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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Charles
Mix County is located in southeastern South Dakota, and the county
population is approximately 9,400 residents, including the Yankton
Sioux Indian Reservation. FY10 funds would provide new technology
and expand the dispatch center to properly house this equipment.
This equipment will include computer-aided dispatching programs
and new mapping technology. By increasing the capability of emergency
services in Charles Mix County, this project would be a good use
of taxpayer dollars. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe Justice System |
| Amount: |
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$2,850,000
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| Recipient
Name: |
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Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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P.O.
Box 590 Eagle Butte, SD 57625 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe Reservation spans over 1.4 million acres and is
home to over 8,000 enrolled members. This project would provide
for additional tribal law enforcement officers, equipment, training,
and tribal court support. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer
funds because, without supplemental operational funding, the Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe struggles to maintain officer and court personnel
levels high enough to serve their reservation. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe Wolakota Peacemaking Circle |
| Amount: |
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$250,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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P.O.
Box 590 Eagle Butte, SD |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The Wolakota
Peacemaking Circle intends to give formal support, structure, and
authority to enforce traditional Lakota practices of resolving disputes
with traditional ways without involving judges or lawyers. The FY10
funding would be used for personnel costs, equipment, and transportation.
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Lower
Brule Sioux Tribe Boys & Girls Club |
| Amount: |
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$300,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Lower
Brule Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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P.O.
Box 187 Lower Brule, SD 57548 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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Lower Brule
Boys & Girls Club would utilize FY10 funds for drug & alcohol
prevention, gang prevention, and community awareness activities.
Currently, the tribe serves a total of 215 youth from the ages of
6 through 18 years of age. Increased funding would enable the tribe
to reach more children and to better serve its current club members.
By funding prevention activities for youth, this project is a good
use of taxpayer dollars because it reduces crime and delinquency.
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Oglala
Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety |
| Amount: |
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$1,200,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Oglala
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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P.O.
Box 2070 Pine Ridge, SD 57770 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The Oglala
Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety is located on the Pine Ridge
reservation in southwestern South Dakota and is home to over 38,000
tribal members. FY10 funding would enable the Oglala Sioux Tribe
to maintain the current number of law enforcement officers by supporting
officer salaries, training, equipment, and related operations. This
project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will increase
safety and security of community members on the reservation. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Oglala
Sioux Tribe Justice System |
| Amount: |
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$3,150,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Oglala
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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P.O.
Box 2070 Pine Ridge, SD 57770 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The Oglala
Sioux Tribe operates its justice system on the Pine Ridge reservation
in southwestern South Dakota and is home to over 38,000 tribal members.
FY10 funding would provide additional law enforcement officers,
tribal prosecutor’s office operations, tribal defender’s office
operations, equipment, training, and tribal court system improvement.
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Rosebud
Sioux Tribe Justice System |
| Amount: |
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$2,603,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Rosebud
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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P.O.
Box 430 Rosebud, SD 57570 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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This project
would provide for law enforcement officers, equipment, training,
and tribal court support to address Rosebud’s urgent law enforcement
and tribal court system needs. The Rosebud Police Department receives
approximately 22,000 calls for emergency services each year, and
the Police Department is underfunded and understaffed. This lack
of officers impacts the Tribe’s ability to serve the community and
ensure public safety for the over 21,000 tribal members that reside
on the reservation, and thus, taxpayer dollars would be well-spent
to supplement their current resources. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Rosebud
Sioux Tribe Diversion Program |
| Amount: |
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$298,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Rosebud
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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P.O.
Box 430 Rosebud, SD 57570 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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This funding
would expand the Rosebud Sioux tribal youth diversion program. The
tribe’s diversion program is designed to create community youth
prevention/intervention outreach activities on the Rosebud Sioux
Tribe Indian Reservation. The tribe’s diversion program will work
to prevent youth bullying and suicide by using the American Indian
Life Skills Curriculum and providing positive community building
activities in outlying community centers. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Sisseton-Wahpeton
Oyate Transition Assistance |
| Amount: |
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$108,750 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Sisseton-Wahpeton
Oyate |
| Recipient
Address: |
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P.O.
Box 509 Agency Village, SD 57262 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate would use FY10 funding to develop policies
and procedures, materials, handbooks, and to train tribal detention
officers as they work to establish their Community Justice and Rehabilitation
Center (Oyate Woazani Yuteca Tipi). The Community Justice and Rehabilitation
Center’s mission is to provide a comprehensive program to help offenders
reach a “state of balance” prior to their release by co-locating
and integrating behavioral health services with the detention facility.
The facility is designed to build on the tribe’s existing restorative
justice, drug court, and three State Accredited treatment programs,
and would expand these current programs into a full continuum of
services consistent with correction and behavioral health “best
practices.” When complete, the center will serve both adult and
juvenile offenders. This project is a good use of taxpayer funds
because it will develop personnel and practices that would maximize
the success of the Community Justice and Rehabilitation Center.
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe Child Protection Services |
| Amount: |
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$350,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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P.O.
Box 640 Fort Yates, ND 58535 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe reservation straddles the North Dakota and South
Dakota border, and over 10,000 members live on the reservation.
The Standing Rock Child Protection Services provides foster care
and protective services to the Native residents of the reservation.
In FY08, the program served 230 children in foster care per month
and 400 “Investigation of Reports of Child Abuse and Neglect” were
completed. There are four case managers and two social workers,
and the case load for these workers is about 25-30 cases each. The
national average caseload for social workers/case managers is 15
cases. FY10 funding would enable the tribe to hire 8 additional
positions and therefore increase the quality and quantity of services
provided. This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because
it will enable Standing Rock to serve more children in need throughout
its North Dakota and South Dakota communities. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe Justice System |
| Amount: |
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$750,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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P.O.
Box D Fort Yates, ND 58538 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe reservation straddles the North Dakota and South
Dakota border, and over 10,000 members live on the reservation.
FY10 funding for the justice system would supplement the tribe’s
violent crime prevention initiative, tribal court improvements,
and related justice activities. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Western
Dakota Technical Institute Safety & Security Project |
| Amount: |
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$495,000
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| Recipient
Name: |
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Western
Dakota Technical Institute
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| Recipient
Address: |
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800
Mickelson Drive Rapid City, SD 57703 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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FY10 funding
would purchase security camera systems, emergency telephones, additional
door security devices, a student and staff identification system,
the creation of a disaster plan, and training for security personnel.
The total project cost is estimated at $542,185. Western Dakota
Technical Institute will match 10 percent of funding through a combination
of staff and faculty labor to install devices, locks, and window
covering; and monetary contributions. This project is a good use
of taxpayer funds because it will help protect the over 1,000 students,
faculty, and staff that are part of Western Dakota Technical Institute. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Commerce,
Justice, Science and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
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Yankton
Sioux Tribe Justice System |
| Amount: |
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$25,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Yankton
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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P.O.
Box 248 Marty, SD 57361 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The
Yankton Sioux Tribe located in southeastern South Dakota is home
to approximately 3,500 tribal members. FY10 funding will be used
for the Victim Advocate Program which includes violence prevention
activities, tribal youth programs, and community healing programs
after a violent crime has occurred. |
| Defense |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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Gentle
Medical Tapes and Dressings for Fragile, Damaged or Sensitive Skin |
| Amount: |
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$1.5
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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3M |
| Recipient
Address: |
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3M
Center, Building 0224-2-S-25, Saint Paul, MN, 55144 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The project
will benefit both the military and the civilian population helping
to reduce infections, which in turn will decrease hospital stays
and decrease health care costs. Pilot runs and final commercial
product will be manufactured in 3M’s Brookings, South Dakota plant.
The primary development of the gentle tape/dressing will be conducted
in Saint Paul, MN with support from Brookings. This project will
add cutting-edge technology and maintain or add quality jobs with
excellent benefits. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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HiSentinel |
| Amount: |
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$1.5
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Aerostar,
Inc. |
| Recipient
Address: |
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1814
F Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD, 57104 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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This funding
will continue the HiSentinel program under development by the Army
Space & Missile Defense Command (SMDC) and meets a military
requirement for a low-cost lighter-then-air, high-altitude platform
operational by 2011. HiSentinel airships will provide a needed tactical,
mobile, quick response, low-cost 24/7 capability for surveillance,
communication and networking for military and national security
requirements. These airships will enhance our national security
by providing an unmanned platform capable of carrying different
payloads for durations greater than 30 days and providing station-keeping
within a two kilometer radius at greater than 60,000 feet altitude
and a direct field of view 600 miles in diameter. HiSentinel will
provide a mobile 24/7 persistence platform at a fraction of cost
as compared to other platforms, thus saving taxpayer money. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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MEMS
Microdetonator Packaging Technology for Advanced DOD Weapons |
| Amount: |
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$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Black
Hills Nanosystems |
| Recipient
Address: |
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1350
Concourse Drive, Suite A, Rapid City, SD, 57703 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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MEMS Safe &
Arm (S&A) devices ensure personnel safety by reducing the risk
of unintended detonation. However, these devices are expensive and
therefore, cost reduction is critical for insertion into low-cost
Navy munitions. This project aims to implement S&A technology
from the Navy into a low-cost fabrication process with integrated
packaging, providing more than an order-of-magnitude of reduction
in manufacturing cost. The requested funds will enable further ramp-up
of the technology into manufacturing, providing jobs and a high-tech
skill set to the local Black Hills region. The funds will enable
purchasing of manufacturing equipment, hiring of additional personnel
and development work for demonstration and insertion. Work will
focus on implementing the S&A device in the Black Hills Nanosystems
wafer scale fabrication process. Work will optimize device design
and demonstrate harsh environment compatibility. Additional follow-on
work will demonstrate in laboratory demonstrations and field demonstrations
for US Navy applications. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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Exploding
Foil Initiators with Nanomaterial-Based Circuits |
| Amount: |
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$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Black
Hills Nanosystems |
| Recipient
Address: |
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1350
Concourse Drive, Suite A, Rapid City, SD, 57703 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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Exploding
Foil Initiators (“EFI”) can save lives by reducing unintended
detonation, while their high reliability addresses the unexploded
munitions issue. The U.S. Army requires substantial cost reduction
to insert EFI’s into lower cost munitions. Our project aims to
reduce EFI cost by two orders of magnitude, enabling insertion
into a broader array of munitions.
The requested
funds will enable further ramp-up of the technology into manufacturing,
providing jobs and a high-tech skill set to the local region.
The funds will enable purchasing of manufacturing equipment, hiring
of additional personnel and development work for demonstration
and insertion. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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B-1
AESA Radar Operational Utility Evaluation |
| Amount: |
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$2
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Boeing |
| Recipient
Address: |
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The
Boeing Company, 1200 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22209 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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This request
supports an operational evaluation of an advanced targeting radar,
the Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, on the B-1
bomber. The AESA radar has the potential to significantly improve
the combat capability of the B-1 bomber to support the warfighter
on the modern battlefield. This technology is currently incorporated
in the latest fighters, and the next logical step is to include
the capability in the B-1, which has the ability to fly in vicinity
of the battlefield for long periods of time, ready to support the
warfighter when called upon. AESA radar technology has been developed
for fifth generation fighter and reconnaissance aircraft and would
be ideal to augment the B-1 targeting pod, affording the aircrews
an all weather positive target identification capability. Flying
a prototype installation of AESA radar on a B-1 would allow the
aircrews to evaluate the utility of this system. It would also provide
valuable insight into the integration complexity and allow Air Force
planners to more accurately estimate a full-scale integration program.
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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Next
Generation Lightweight Drive Systems for Army Weapon Systems |
| Amount: |
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$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Dakota
Power |
| Recipient
Address: |
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3111
Lien Street, Rapid City, SD, 57702 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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This request
will help advance a new technology to more efficiently power military
and civilian vehicles with significant reduction in the amount of
fuel required. Dakota Power developed a technology with potential
to significantly increase the efficiency of motors and generators
and reduce the cost of production of electric vehicles. The efficient
lightweight electric drive systems produced from this project are
ideal to power the next generation of electric vehicles and will
reduce America’s dependence on oil. These electric drive systems
will extend the use of battery power to provide increased range
of vehicle operations. This project will produce the electric drive
systems essential to the growth of electric vehicles by reducing
cost while improving performance. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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Optimization,
and Transfer of a Reliable Testing Technology for Materials Designed
to Protect War-fighters Against Toxic Chemical Warfare Agents” |
| Amount: |
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$650,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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EMCC |
| Recipient
Address: |
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525
University Loop, Suite 113, Rapid City, SD, 57701 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
In addition
to addressing this consequential war-fighter protective application
within the Department of Defense, the EMCC-developed testing technology
has similar utility for a) homeland defense of citizens against
potential CWA threats, b) design and characterization of better
protective suits for first responders to hazardous chemical and
industrial spills, c) evaluation of improved packaging materials
for food products and sensitive electronics, and d) development
and assessment of selective membranes for fuel cells and transducers.
EMCC is located
on the campus of the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
and has a formal partnership agreement with SDSM&T. This agreement
allows faculty and students from SDSM&T to participate collaboratively
with EMCC personnel in projects requiring creative solutions to
real-world problems. The EMCC-SDSM&T partnership can serve
as a leadership model for additional ways in which South Dakota
universities and businesses can work together more effectively
and productively to enhance their overall national and global
competitiveness. The funding being requested for the proposed
project will significantly stimulate the successful growth of
this partnership-based model in South Dakota |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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Airborne
Commercial IfSAR Mapping Production |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Fugro
Earth Data, Inc |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
3600
Jet Drive, Rapid City, SD, 57703 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The U.S. Military
Combatant Commanders and the intelligence community have unfunded,
high-priority geospatial mapping deficiencies that urgently need
to be addressed. They lack current, cloud-free imagery and adequate
geospatial products for many areas of interest within their areas
of responsibility. More than 60 percent of NGA’s high-priority geospatial
products contain only partial coverage, have void areas and gaps,
and some information is over 30 years old. Adequately modernizing
this information is essential to facilitate rapid military response
to complex and dangerous world events in these volatile times. IfSAR
systems have already proven extremely valuable in a series of mapping
missions conducted for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Administration
worldwide, particularly for operations in South America. These missions
demonstrated the ability to provide high-resolution maps of critical
areas that have traditionally been impossible to map using conventional
methodologies, due to triple-canopy vegetation and near-permanent
cloud cover. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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IVHMS
for UH-72A Lakota |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Goodrich
Corporation |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
100
Panton Road, Vergennes, VT 05491 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The Lakota
fleet performs critical multi-role missions including; medical
evacuation, transport, drug interdiction, homeland security and
support/logistics operations. The UH-72 Lakota was accepted into
service with US forces in late 2006 and will form a major portion
of the United States Army National Guard's air arm. National Guard
duties for the multi-role Lakota range from homeland security,
medical evacuation to drug interdiction, and support of logistics
operations.
Raven Industries
in Sioux Falls is a key sub-contractor for the Goodrich Corporation,
which is the main constructor of the helicopter. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
Preventative
Maintenance using Kinetic Particle Deposition Technology |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
H.F.
Webster, Inc. |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
4020
Jackson Boulevard, Suite 4, Rapid City, SD, 57702 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This funding
would develop and qualify specific repair procedures for military
equipment using kinetic particle deposition technology. Kinetic
particle deposition has been demonstrated to be an effective technology
for repairing corrosion and wear damage in many instances. Kinetic
particle deposition is a deployable technology, so applications
and procedures that are developed can be used for field repair or
depot level repair. This could potentially save millions of dollars
during the reset, refurbishment and reallocation of equipment from
Iraq to Afghanistan and/or back to the US. Specific applications
of this technology must be developed, qualified and implemented
to realize the savings. The Army is experiencing five-times the
normal wear and tear on their equipment. Many of these problems
are related to corrosion and excessive wear due to the harsh desert
environment. Army Materiel Command is searching for ways to reduce
the cost of equipment reset and refurbishment by 10-15%. This proposal
will support that goal by providing methods of conducting some of
the repair work in the field rather than shipping the equipment
back to the US. Additionally, the preventative maintenance measures
identified above will save an estimated $10 million annually through
cost avoidance of more extensive repair work resulting from component
failures. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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Aging
and Battle Damaged Weapon Systems Repair |
| Amount: |
|
$1.5
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
H.F.
Webster, Inc. |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
4020
Jackson Boulevard, Suite 4, Rapid City, SD, 57702 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Repair requirements
for Army and Marine ground vehicles returning from Iraq and Afghanistan
are expected to exceed $100 billion over the next several years.
The Army is now facing five times the normal wear and tear on their
equipment in addition to large numbers of battle-damaged equipment
that requires refurbishment. Upgraded repair technology is desperately
needed to avert a looming crisis and save money during this equipment
reset process. Costs associated with this reset and on-going operations
are expected to put pressure on new weapon system acquisition programs,
forcing the DOD to maintain existing weapon systems longer. Advanced
repair technology is a key enabler needed to successfully execute
this strategy.
The purpose of this funding request is to identify opportunities
for cost savings associated with applying materials processing and
joining technologies to specific repair applications, develop the
repair techniques, and then qualify the repairs. Based on H.F. Webster’s
experience with its FY08 Aging Weapons Systems Repair Program, it
expects to see a return on investment on the order of $33 in repair/replacement
costs saved by the government for each $1 invested in the repair
application development and qualification. In most cases, the government
has already invested heavily in the development of these technologies
over many years. All that remains to reap immediate benefits from
that investment is the application to a specific repair requirement.
The anticipated high rate or return makes this project a very wise
use of taxpayer dollars. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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Stabilized
Hemoglobin Wound Healing Development Project |
| Amount: |
|
$1.5
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
IKOR |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
212
South Kline Street, 3rd Floor, Aberdeen, South Dakota, 57401 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This cutting
edge project holds potential not only as a wound-healing advancement
that can benefit the military, but also as a source of economic
development in rural America. The project has the potential for
significant job creation in South Dakota. It also represents a potential
economic boost for cattle farmers in the area, as cow blood that
was once disposed of will be sought after for this cutting-edge
research, thus increasing the value of the cattle. Additionally,
any wound-healing advancements from this project would enhance healthcare
for the general population. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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Advanced
Robot and Sensor Technology for Surveillance and Energy Efficiency
Applications |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Lloyd’s
Systems |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
2911
West Omaha Street, Rapid City, SD, 57702 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The Army has
identified among the top ten needs of the warfighter reducing the
energy footprint, battlespace awareness, and unmanned systems. This
program will make contributions in each of these areas. The Army
needs to improve its ability to obtain reliable surveillance and
reconnaissance information used for planning and execution of operations.
Furthermore the planned robotic propulsion system and the power
generation concepts for the Lloyd’s robots have many applications
beyond the scope of the autonomous in-situ building surveillance
robot. Lloyd’s technology can also help the Army to achieve its
goal of energy reduction by improving the efficiency of many HVAC
systems which likely never have been evaluated or improved for energy
efficiency since they were put into service. At the present time,
many Army buildings are not metered to measure the amount of energy
used in HVAC systems. A low-cost sensory grid can overcome this
deficiency with improved capability to measure and monitor the efficiency
of the system going forward. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
LITENING
Generation 4 Pod Kit Upgrades for Air National Guard |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Northrup
Grumman (for South Dakota Air Guard) |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
1201
West Algonquin Street, Sioux Falls, SD, 57104 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The LG4 Enhancement
kit provides a new 4th Generation Forward Looking Infrared sensor,
4th Generation Charged Coupled Device (CCD) camera that enable targeting
acquisition and identification. Additionally, it contains a C-Band
Video Downlink capability which will provide standoff capability
outside of most surface-to-air threats at twice the distance of
the LITENING AT targeting pod. The LG4 kit is also equipped with
a Laser Spot Tracker (LST), a Laser Target Imaging Processor (LTIP),
and superior capability for targeting at long ranges using Joint
weapons. The new LG4 has been demonstrated on F-16 and A-10 aircraft
and is capable of executing missions in an attack role, the Forward
Air Controller-Airborne mission, and as a conduit for Counter IED
detection and targeting. Air National Guard (ANG) F-16 and A-10
aircraft, including those planes stationed at Joe Foss Field in
Sioux Falls, require precision attack capability using a 4th Gen
CCD and FLIR as well as Laser Spot Track (LST), Beyond Line of Sight
video downlink, and Counter IED detection and targeting capability
to fulfill war-fighting requirements and Disaster Relief/Homeland
Security missions. Lack of funding will restrict the ANG from having
the best possible equipment to support mission taskings and forego
capitalizing on improved technology to ensure greater tactical standoff
range, combat lethality, and Counter IED detection and targeting
capability. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Defense |
| Project
Name: |
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All-Terrain
Ultra Lightweight Tactical Utility Vehicles |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Polaris |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
2100
Highway 55, Medina, MN, 55340 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The requested
action is an efficient use of taxpayer dollars because the product
that would be procured has utility for both Army Installations and
Tactical Organizations. This procurement is projected to maintain
jobs in South Dakota and other states. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
Advanced
Electronics Rosebud Integration (AERI) |
| Amount: |
|
$2.5
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
11
Legion Avenue, Rosebud, South Dakota, 57570 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Funding will
be used to build, test, demonstrate and conduct replicated field
trials of electronic circuitry for air and space systems with special
focus to aviation, both manned and unmanned platforms. Funding will
be used to transition and insert advanced circuitry technology and
products relating to missile defense and aviation systems, with
particular focus on the Army’s UH-72 Lakota Light Utility Helicopter.
Emphasis will be placed on prototyping, testing and developing manufacturing
technologies for non-hazardous electronic component materials, substrates
and soldering processes. The AERI program is being structured to
resolve a host of electronic circuitry production needs emanating
from the world-wide movement to non-hazardous materials and lead-free
circuitry as well as the explosive growth in USASMDC system complexity.
Most importantly, the AERI program provides a means to move away
from hazardous parts and leaded products. The AERI program will
ultimately provide significant technology advancements for the electronic
circuitry industrial base, and result in USASMDC leadership for
the Army and the Department of Defense as a Center of Excellence
in Non-hazardous Electronic Circuitry. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
Life
Extension of Navy Weapon System Structures Through Application of
Advanced Materials Processing Technologies |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota School of Mines & Technology |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
501
East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD, 57701 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The School
of Mines is the lead institution for one of the nation’s premier
NSF Industry/University Collaborative Research Centers (I/UCRC).
Repairing
and returning our military resources to service is a huge and
expensive challenge facing our country. It is in the process of
identifying, prototyping and qualifying specific repairs to military
components that creates the return on this investment for taxpayers
and creates more opportunities for technology based economic development
for South Dakota. An additional aspect of these combined efforts
is a possible role of Ellsworth Air Force Base as a site for this
expanding initiative. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
Smart
Integrated Systems (SIS): Materials, Manufacturing Methods, and
Structures (M3S) |
| Amount: |
|
$2
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota School of Mines & Technology |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
501
East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD, 57701 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The format
for this Department of Defense request is unique as it bundles six
topically related projects into a common thematic group called “Smart.”
This collection of projects represents University innovation with
breakthrough technologies providing the potential for great return
on the investment by taxpayers as well as creating additional opportunities
for technology based economic development in South Dakota. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
Energy
Efficiency, Recovery and Generation – ENERGy |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota School of Mines & Technology |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
501
East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD, 57701 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The ENERGy
project focuses on the primary Air Force energy demand, which is
fuel for jet engines. This request is to support and expand research
efforts on BioFuels for the Air Force. This ENERGy initiative is
a wise taxpayer investment because SDSM&T is uniquely situated
with state support, regional access to natural resources like the
Black Hills and the extremophile bacterias available at the former
Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota, and local scientific talent
to achieve momentous strides in BioEnergy research. |
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|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
Multi-Utility
Materials (MUM) for Army Future Combat |
| Amount: |
|
$1.5
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota School of Mines & Technology |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
501
East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD, 57701 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This request
supports the successful collaboration between Florida A&M, Iowa
State University and SDSM&T. The Army Research Lab (ARL) has
fostered these collaborations and provided support and guidance
in building the infrastructure (labs, equipment, staff) at each
University to support becoming experts in the area of Composite
and Polymer materials used as protective personal and vehicle armor.
Additionally, these new materials are lower cost, lighter weight
and functionally enhanced armor materials. Moreover, tax dollars
are leveraged optimally through these collaborations and the economic
development opportunities for each state abound.
For South Dakota specifically, the technologies involved in the
prototyping and manufacturing processes are perfectly suited for
technology based economic development. It is likely that this collaboration
will produce opportunities to spin off small manufacturing businesses
by the 2013 timeframe when transition to production is a stated
goal of the Future Combat Systems program. |
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|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
Alternative
Power Technology for Missile Defense |
| Amount: |
|
$2
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
PO
Box 2201, SAD 130, Brookings, SD, 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Critical need
exists for alternative power generation systems that are efficient,
environmentally clean, and affordable, without excessive logistics
support, and that can operate missile defense systems (radars, launchers,
command, control and communications equipment) to meet urgent U.S.
Army Space and Missile Defense Command worldwide battlefield requirements.
APT develops alternative power sources with emphasis on solar, wind
and biofuel energy generation capabilities enabling light weight,
efficient, easily deployable, and environmentally friendly alternative
power products for urgent national, state and local security missions. |
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|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
Renewable
Jet Fuel from Lignocellulosic Feedstocks |
| Amount: |
|
$1.5
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
PO
Box 2201, SAD 130, Brookings, SD, 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The US Army
at Army Research Lab (ARL) is currently developing concepts for
the next generation of low cost and high efficiency Bio-based JP-8
fuel. The goal is to develop affordable alternative sources and
production technologies that can achieve high conversion efficiency
JP-8 for military applications. With the cost of JP-8 on the battlefield
well over $100 per gallon, other alternative fuel sources are potentially
becoming important solutions. Instability in the price and supply
of oil in the international market has prompted scientists and engineers
to focus on development of alternative energy technologies, renewable
sources, and bio-fuels. As a major consumer of heavy jet fuel, DOD
has experienced a 165% increase in spending on bulk jet fuel from
FY03 to FY05. DOD consumes about 15% of the kerosene-based jet fuel
produced by the US. There are currently no commercial processes
that can produce alternative fuels to meet the higher energy density
and wide operating temperature range necessary for military aviation
uses. This activity proposes to produce synthetic JP-8 fuel for
blending in a fast pyrolysis process using prairie cordgrass and
Cuphea. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
Accelerated
Materials Development and Characterization for Army Cannon Systems
|
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
PO
Box 2201, SAD 130, Brookings, SD, 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
In addition
to serving the Army’s goal of evaluating the next generation of
cannon systems, the added capability in fatigue testing and nondestructive
testing will allow SDSU to provide services to a wide range of regional
industries and business, testing components such as gun barrels,
engine shafts, and gear boxes, on equipment varying from bulldozers
to helicopters. In addition, this facility will provide training
grounds to fill the growing need for engineers schooled in nondestructive
evaluation and fatigue analysis as well as provide the required
expertise for development of industries that require these skills
in South Dakota and the midwestern U.S. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
Predicting
Bio-Agent Threat Profiles |
| Amount: |
|
$1 million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
PO
Box 2201, SAD 130, Brookings, SD, 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This program
develops a bio-agent prediction capability to forecast terrorist
threats. The release of deadly biological agents into the United
States by terrorist groups is a recognized weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) threat. To effectively counter this threat, this project will
develop methods that will accurately predict bio-threats when information
typically used to produce robust analyses are not available. Automated
Behavior Analysis has been successfully used in predicting terrorist
group behaviors in multiple applications. The approach would focus
on the extraction of relevant indicators and threat-based behavior
of specific terrorist groups from identified bio threats. The result
will be an automated tool that could predict the likelihood of various
bio-agent scenarios, their preconditions for such releases, and
some of the consequences of the releases. The program would be correlated
with other risk factors including physical risks at animal health
and production facilities, infrastructure improvements to modify
risks, operational methods/procedures, and employee biosecurity
training/hiring practices at such facilities. This program would
provide the military with a capability to understand and predict
the major behavioral factors that are related to the potential use
of bio-agents by terrorist groups. By identifying the predictive
drivers, both early warning and counter actions can be developed
to reduce or eliminate the threat. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense
|
| Project
Name: |
|
Underground
Mapping |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
PO
Box 2201, SAD 130, Brookings, SD, 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The Deep Underground
Science & Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL) comprises a complex
of shafts, tunnels, caverns and passages (to depths of more than
8000 feet). This facility provides an ideal environment for scientific
experimentation that benefit from the shielding characteristics
of the extensive Earth cover. The Underground Mapping project will
collaborate with DUSEL to identify a test site (ideally a high-priority,
limited subset of the complex), identify and categorize available
descriptive parameters to fully characterize the site, then design
and develop a web-based resource to illustrate the geography and
characteristics of the former mine. Web-based services will then
be employed to illustrate and inform scientific users and the public
regarding lab capabilities and their exploitation for scientific
research. Finally, lessons learned regarding data collection, validation,
management, presentation and user feedback will be documented. The
Underground Mapping project will provide an online “proof of concept”
browsing capability for accessing the characteristics, capabilities
and scientific projects of the designated DUSEL-designated test
site. More importantly, the project will 1) evaluate and document
the nominal set of data parameters necessary to characterize the
full extent of the DUSEL; 2) record the costs associated with data
compilation, manipulation and browse tools necessary for exploration
of the representative test site; and 3) provide sufficient cost
and schedule data necessary to develop the work breakdown structure
and time scale required to scale up the “proof of concept” to characterize
and illustrate the full scope of the DUSEL. Finally, an assessment
of technologies, obstacles and lessons learned that may apply to
other sites or laboratories of comparable characteristics will be
documented. SDSU expects the project to result in underground mapping-related
military applications. |
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|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
Center
for Engineered Biomedical Devices at the University of South Dakota |
| Amount: |
|
$395,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
University
of South Dakota |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
501
East Saint Joseph Street, Rapid City, SD, 57701 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The Center
for Engineered Biomedical Devices at The University of South Dakota
(CEBD) is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it directly benefits
the Department of Defense and the warfighter by supporting Department
medical research priorities in tissue generation, material design
and synthesis, and infection prevention. Funding for the Center
for Engineered Biomedical Devices will be used to develop materials
and devices that improve quality of life after loss of functionality
in tissues or limbs due to disease or trauma. Successful research
conducted at CEBD will materially advance medical offerings for
Service personnel and civilians, thus keeping them more independent,
self-sufficient and economically productive. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Defense |
| Project
Name: |
|
USD
Consortium on Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
University
of South Dakota |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
414
East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD, 57069 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The
University of South Dakota Consortium on Traumatic Brain Injury
and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a valuable use of taxpayer
funding because it will advance clinical research in support of
the Department of Defense and the warfighter. Funding will be used
to fully understand the mechanisms underlying neuropathology associated
with head trauma and stress exposure, and to identify potential
novel recovery mechanisms, contributing to recovery and independence
for soldiers. The creation of a regional consortium among researchers
studying neural injury or stress will provide a unique opportunity
to study these neurological disorders among a concentrated demographic
of Service members in rural and underserved areas. |
| Energy
& Water Projects, and Related Agencies |
| |
|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Energy
and Water Development, and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Black
Hills State University Wood-Fired Heating and Cooling Plant |
| Amount: |
|
$2,000,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Black
Hills State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
1200
University Blvd, Spearfish, SD 57799 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This funding
would support additional planning, engineering design and initial
construction for a new wood-fired boiler and steam absorption chiller
plant using woody biomass as an energy source. This funding would
enable the university to replace its gas boiler and chilled water
systems, which do not have sufficient capacity to meet projected
campus growth. Moreover, funding would enable BHSU to utilize woody
biomass, a renewable fuel that is amply available in the Black Hills
region. The use of woody biomass as a heating and cooling fuel is
expected to help BHSU reduce operating costs, support the local
economy, employ renewable energy technology, and incentivize sound
forestry practices and overall forest health. |
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|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Energy
and Water Development, and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Black
Hills State University Jonas Science Building Expansion and Modernization |
| Amount: |
|
$2,300,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Black
Hills State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
1200
University Blvd, Spearfish, SD 57799 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Renovation
of the Jonas Science Building will enable BHSU provide an upgraded
space for the science faculty, staff, and students. A high performance,
low energy consumption building will provide space for energy-related
science programs such as integrative genomics research for alternative
energy sources and build further toward joint work with the Sanford
Underground Science and Engineering Lab (SUSEL) and the Deep Underground
Science and Engineering Lab (DUSEL) in areas including microbiology
and chemistry. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Energy
and Water Development, and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Big
Sioux River Flood Control |
| Amount: |
|
$12,084,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
City
of Sioux Falls |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
224
West Ninth St., P.O. Box 7402, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This funding
would enable the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct remaining
Phase 2 project features and begin construction on Phase 3 of the
project. Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is under threat from flooding
from the Big Sioux River and Skunk Creek. This funding would enable
the US Army Corps of Engineers to strengthen and raise the levees
along Skunk Creek, and the Big Sioux River and its diversion channel
in Sioux Falls to protect nearly 1,600 hundred homes and businesses
from the threat of flood, and costly flood insurance. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Energy
and Water Development, and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Watertown
Flood Control |
| Amount: |
|
$450,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
City
of Watertown |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
23
2nd St NE, P.O. Box 910, Watertown, SD 57201 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The funding
is required for continuation of the General Reevaluation of flood
risk management alternatives for Watertown, South Dakota and the
vicinity. Watertown has suffered from damaging floods in recent
years and city officials have been working with the Army Corps of
Engineers to identify a cost-effective solution to protect lives
and property in the area. There are several proposed solutions.
The existing conditions portion of the study is complete, and the
additional funding is required to conduct alternatives analysis
to be used in identifying a recommended plan. Alternatives analysis
will address engineering, economic, environmental, cultural resources,
and other considerations of each alternative plan. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Energy
and Water Development, and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Lewis
and Clark Regional Water System |
| Amount: |
|
$35,000,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Lewis
and Clark Regional Water System |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
401
E. 8th St., Suite 306, Sioux Falls, SD 57103 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
When completed,
the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System 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. Due to inflation, however, the longer it takes to complete
this project, the more costly it becomes for taxpayers and the longer
critical water needs go unmet. The LCRWS estimates that, if $35
million were provided for the project each year, the project could
be completed by 2019 with an overall cost of $524.5 million. The
South Dakota, Iowa, and Minnesota state governments have paid approximately
$38 million to date. Additionally, the 20 local municipalities and
rural water systems participating in this project have already paid
almost $106.5 million towards the Lewis & Clark project and
this fulfills the local share of the cost more than a decade in
advance of the project’s anticipated completion. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Energy
and Water Development, and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Mni
Wiconi Rural Water Project |
| Amount: |
|
$41,953,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Mni Wiconi
Project Sponsors: Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System, Kyle,
SD; Rosebud Sioux Rural Water Supply System, Rosebud, SD; Lower
Brule Sioux Rural Water Supply System, Lower Brule, SD; West River/Lyman-Jones,
Murdo, SD. |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
Kyle,
SD; Rosebud, SD; Lower Brule SD; Murdo, SD. |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This funding
for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Project would consist of $31.427
million for construction and $10.526 million for operations, maintenance,
and replacement. Funding at an average level of $31.427 million
for construction in years 2010 through 2013 is necessary to complete
the project by its 2013 statutory completion date. The Mni Wiconi
Project will be approximately 83% complete by the end of Fiscal
Year 2009. When complete, it will distribute water across 12,500
square miles and will provide more than 52,000 beneficiaries on
three Indian reservations, and within a large non-Indian rural water
system embracing nine counties, with a clean, safe, adequate supply
of drinking water from the Missouri River. This clean water will
help prevent the many water-related health problems the beneficiaries
currently suffer and will spur economic development in a region
with high unemployment and great need. The plans for Fiscal Year
2010 will bring water to an estimated 10,000 persons through the
pipeline distribution system to be constructed. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Energy
and Water Development, and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Perkins
County Rural Water System |
| Amount: |
|
$6,000,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Perkins
County Rural Water System |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
POB
160, 104 West Main St., Bison, SD 57620 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This funding
would enable the Perkins County Rural Water System to continue with
the Phase V and VI construction completion. This project is critical
because much of the ground water quality in northwest South Dakota
is exceedingly poor-often to the point of being non-potable and
dangerous to human health-and extremely deep and expensive to reach.
Perkins’ County’s water quality and supply problems, often exacerbated
by droughts, have hindered economic growth in that region for decades.
The area is isolated from major water supplies and this project
is vital for the communities and animal agriculture in the region. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Energy
and Water Development, and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University -- Sun Grant Center |
| Amount: |
|
$4,000,000
|
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
Box
2201, SAD 130, Brookings, SD 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This funding
would support continued leadership by South Dakota State University
of the Sun Grant Initiative (SGI). The mission of the SGI is to:
(1) enhance America's national energy security through development,
distribution and implementation of biobased energy technologies,
(2) promote diversification and environmental sustainability of
America's agriculture, and (3) promote opportunities for biobased
economic diversification in America's rural communities. The Fiscal
Year 2010 funds will be implemented in the North Central region
consistent with the Sun Grant authorization in the 2008 Farm Bill.
Twenty-five percent of the funds will be used to enhance research,
development, and outreach efforts on biomass production and utilization
at South Dakota State University. Expenditures will include equipment,
research supplies, support for graduate students, and publications.
The remaining 75% of the funds will be used to operate and fund
a competitive research grant solicitation for Land Grant Universities
targeted at needs for the burgeoning cellulosic biofuels industry
in South Dakota and the North Central region. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Energy
and Water Development, and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University -- Solar Energy Research Laboratory |
| Amount: |
|
$2,000,000
|
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
Box
2201, SAD 130, Brookings, SD 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This funding
would support the development of laboratory space for solar energy
research. This space would be divided into cleanroom space and electro-chemistry
lab space. SDSU has procured all necessary equipment for the laboratory
and lacks only the finished cleanroom and electro-chemistry space
in which to place the equipment. This facility would provide capabilities
for alternative energy research at the nanoscale level as well as
unique capabilities in the state for chemical vapor deposition and
material testing. The infrastructure provided by this facility will
make SDSU a world-class locale that will attract the best scientists
and graduate students. Results from their research will lead to
technology that will be commercialized locally providing economic
growth and highly skilled job opportunities in South Dakota. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Energy
and Water Development, and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Mni
Waste Drinking Water Project |
| Amount: |
|
$2,040,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Tri-County/Mni
Waste Water Company |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
P.O.
Box 490, Eagle Butte, SD 57625 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This funding
would be used primarily to design and engineer a raw water pipeline.
The current state of the water system has resulted in water flow
restrictions; a moratorium on the construction of much-needed new
housing; and public health and fire safety emergencies, in several
cases resulting in kidney dialysis patients being transported long
distances to alternative treatment sites, due to local water shortages
and outages. The funds requested would be used for the first phase
of pre-construction engineering and design work on the Mni Waste
project, which will eventually serve approximately 14,000 residents
and the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, an area the size of the
State of Connecticut. This would be the first appropriation toward
addressing the tribe’s pressing water needs. |
| Financial
Services and General Government |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Financial
Services and General Government
|
| Project
Name: |
|
Prosperity
Through Innovation Initiative |
| Amount: |
|
$500,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Dr.
Denichiro Otsuga, SDSU Office of Technology Transfer |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
Box
2201, SAD 130, Brookings, SD 57007-0291 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Research-teaching
universities are among the most important engines that drive science
and technology-based economic development creating new jobs, new
wealth and prosperity through transferring research derived new
technologies, new know-how and innovations.
The Prosperity
Through Innovation Initiative at South Dakota State University
will stimulate the economy by developing standard operating procedures
to foster collaborative research with private industry and other
research institutions and to rapidly license research derived
technologies for their commercial development; educate faculty,
students, and entrepreneurs to enhance awareness of technology
transfer and commercialization processes through public lectures,
seminars and invited speakers, provide services to the SDSU Innovation
Campus; and assist both entrepreneurs and all SD BOR system schools
to work together to create new science and technology-based startup
companies.
This project
will effectively use taxpayer funds to drive science and technology-based
economic development that will create new jobs, new technology
based businesses, improved economic wellbeing and a more globally
competitive economy. |
| Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe Prairie Management Program |
| Amount: |
|
$990,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
P.O.
Box 590 Eagle Butte, SD |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This funding
would enable the tribe to implement its 1993 Prairie Management
Plan. To date, the program has succeeded in assisting sustainable
cattle production on the reservation. The Prairie Management Program
also enables the Tribe to protect endangered species on tribal land.
In FY10, the tribe would construct new dams, repair old dams, improve
fencing, and strengthen the staffing and administrative structure
of the program. This funding is a valuable use of taxpayer dollars
because it will create jobs and improve the quality of tribal land.
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Rapid
City Source Water Protection Initiative |
| Amount: |
|
$2,000,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
City
of Rapid City |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
300
6th Street Rapid City, SD 57701 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This project
consists of the installation of collector and interceptor wastewater
sewers in developed areas that overlay the sensitive Madison Aquifer.
These areas are currently served by septic systems, and there is
evidence that the effluent from these systems is adversely impacting
the groundwater in the aquifer. The Madison Aquifer is the primary
drinking water source for the communities of Rapid City, Rapid Valley,
and other adjacent unincorporated developments as well as Ellsworth
Air Force Base. The total population in these communities exceeds
75,000 persons. FY10 STAG funds would contribute to the construction
of the first phase of removal of over 2,400 septic tanks and the
subsequent residential connections and extensions of existing city
sanitary sewers. The total cost of this project is $36,000,000.
This project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will
prevent further contamination of the Black Hills regional water
supply. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Inter-Tribal
Bison Cooperative (ITBC) |
| Amount: |
|
$3,000,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Inter-Tribal
Bison Cooperative |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
2497
West Chicago Street Rapid City, SD 57702 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The Inter-Tribal
Bison Cooperative (ITBC) is a national organization comprised of
58 tribes in 19 states. Formed in 1990 and headquartered in Rapid
City, South Dakota, the ITBC assists native communities in many
ways, including working with tribes to reestablish and maintain
bison herds and through promoting their healthy diet initiative.
Faced with startling statistics regarding diabetes and obesity rates
among American Indians, the ITBC works to restore a natural, native
diet to tribal communities as an integral part of reducing the incidence
of preventable diseases among Native Americans. FY10 funding would
be used to increase the size of herds, add additional tribes to
the cooperative, provide technical assistance to member tribes,
and conduct related activities. This project is a good use of taxpayer
funds in part because it assists tribes in disease prevention by
providing resources for healthier diets. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Interior, Environment and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe Forestry Program |
| Amount: |
|
$200,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
11
Legion Avenue Rosebud, SD 57570 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The RST Forestry
Program manages over 44,328 acres of Ponderosa Pine and Woodlands
on the Rosebud Reservation. These acres are both Tribally-owned
and allotted lands. The recommended Annual Allowable Cut (AAC) is
377,600 board feet per year, plus over 500 cords per year from the
hardwood/woodland resource. The FY10 funding would be used acquire
equipment to continue the forestry program. In particular, the Tribe
and RST Forestry has been in serious discussions with the local
tribally-designated housing authority to use this local wood to
build houses for tribal members. It has been determined that the
AAC has the capacity to build as many as 50, 1000-square feet houses
per year. As such, this project is a valuable use of taxpayer funds
because it creates jobs and provides resources to improve the Tribe’s
housing stock. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Northern
Great Plains Dispatch Center |
| Amount: |
|
$4,000,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
State
of South Dakota |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
523
E. Capitol Avenue Pierre, SD 57501 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
FY10 funding
would build a building to house the dispatch center and related
functions, a small parking lot for employees, and related design
and engineering costs. The total cost of this project is $7 million,
and the construction will span two years. The FY10 funds would complete
the Phase I of II. This center is a valuable use of taxpayer funds
because by co-locating federal and state entities, the NGPDC recognizes
important time-saving and cost-saving efficiencies when battling
wildland fires throughout the Great Plains region. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
United
Sioux Tribes National Cultural Resources Database |
| Amount: |
|
$1,200,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
United
Sioux Tribes |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
P.O.
Box 1193 Pierre, SD 57501 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This project
would assist in the development and implementation of a national
database of tribal resources. Organized by the United Sioux Tribes,
the database utilizes remote sensing data or Digital Orthographic
Quadrangles (DOQ). DOQ data is aerial photography that undergoes
a mathematical process to adjust for tilt of the camera and topographical
variations in the surface of the earth. The data is public information.
However, cultural resource sites identified from the data are regulated
by tribal governments. This funding would be used to develop and
implement the National Tribal Cultural Resource Database. This database
is especially important because the Bureau of Indian Affairs dismantled
their Geographic Data Services Center in October 2007. This project
is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because the information collected
will provide tribes with more tools to manage resources. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
United
Sioux Tribes Employment Assistance Program |
| Amount: |
|
$1,200,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
United
Sioux Tribes |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
P.O.
Box 1193 Pierre, SD 57501 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This funding
would be used to combat unemployment among urban Indians in South
Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska. The United Sioux Tribe's Economic
Assistance Program provides job placement and job referral services
to urban areas in this three-state region, and, according to its
records, has served over 100,000 clients in its 30 year history.
FY10 funds will be used to continue the work of the Employment Assistance
Program administered by the United Sioux Tribes. The goals of this
program are good uses of taxpayer dollars and include increasing
employment placement for Native Americans and pooling resources
and expertise for research and economic development. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
University
of South Dakota Missouri River Institute |
| Amount: |
|
$300,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
University
of South Dakota |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
414
East Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This project
is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because monitoring the health
of our rivers is essential to protecting our nation's critical fresh
water resources. With funding for water quality monitoring stations,
the Missouri River Institute will monitor the 59-mile segment of
the Missouri National Recreational River to provide baseline and
historical data, analysis of temporal water quality changes, and
study of the impact of storms and tributaries. Complementary studies
will research the economic and cultural resources of the Missouri
River and interdisciplinary graduate education on river science
and culture will continue to be taught through Institute faculty. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies
|
| Project
Name: |
|
Lady
C Ranch/Wildcat Canyon Land Acquisition |
| Amount: |
|
$1,690,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
U.S.
Forest Service—Region II |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
P.O.
Box 25127 Lakewood, CO 80225 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This project
is a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will be used to complete
the acquisition of a 2,400 acre ranch and therefore preserve the
critical range habitat of wild elk, mule deer, white-tail deer,
coyotes, mountain lions, bobcats, and wild turkeys. The USFS in
Region II has named this acquisition their top priority acquisition
for multiple years. The land lies adjacent to both Wind Cave National
Park and the Black Hills National Forest in Custer County, South
Dakota. The owners are willing sellers who want to protect their
ranch from development. The FY10 funds would complete this multi-year
acquisition. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Interior,
Environment and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Dakota
Tallgrass Prairie Easements |
| Amount: |
|
$1,500,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
134
Union Blvd. Lakewood, CO 80228 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This project
would enable the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to continue
the purchase of perpetual conservation easements in North and South
Dakota for the purpose of protecting migratory bird habitat. Tallgrass
prairie once covered 90 percent of the Dakotas. Today, less than
3 percent of the native prairie remains in the 1.2 million acre
project area. Since 1991, the USFWS has purchased nearly 800,000
of grassland easements in North and South Dakota’s best waterfowl
production areas using Migratory Bird Conservation Fund money. Private
landowner demand vastly exceeds current funding and many landowners
are placed on waiting lists until further funding can be secured.
Under this program, the USFWS purchases perpetual grassland protection
easements from willing landowners. The land remains in private ownership,
and there is no loss of property tax revenues. In fact, this region
has benefited from increased tourism from hunting in part due to
this ongoing conservation effort. |
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and
Related Agencies |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Avera
McKennan Hospital -- Avera Reaching Kids Initiative |
| Amount: |
|
$300,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Avera
McKennan Hospital & University Health Center |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
800
E. 21st St., P.O. Box 5045, Sioux Falls, SD 57717 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The requested
funds will be used for programming costs for the Avera Reaching
Kids Initiative. The Avera Reaching Kids Initiative, in partnership
with the Sioux Falls Public School District, shifts treatment methods
for children’s emotional and behavioral disorders. The traditional
treatment approach has been to deliver interventions in clinic settings,
to children who are already suffering from severe psychopathology,
and to make the child the primary focus of treatment. Avera proposes
a family-based approach that brings the treatment from the clinic
to the community, integrates prevention with intervention, and delivers
treatment to families. Mental health disorders that occur before
the age of six can interfere with critical emotional, cognitive,
and physical development, and can lead to long-term challenges in
school, at home, and in the community. |
|
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe Youth Development Project |
| Amount: |
|
$92,500 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
P.O.
Box 590, Eagle Butte, SD 57625 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The funds requested
would be used by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe to address alcohol
and drug awareness and youth suicide, among other issues, for youths
ages 7 to 18, numbering about 4,000. There are nineteen communities
that are located from 19 to 100 miles from the tribal headquarters
of Eagle Butte, South Dakota and five schools located within the
boundaries of the Reservation. Each school would receive the benefit
of the funding. |
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|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Lake
Area Technical Institute Energy Technology Program |
| Amount: |
|
$354,500 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Lake
Area Technical Institute |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
230
11th St. NE P.O. Box 730, Watertown, SD 57201 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The funds requested
would be used to purchase laboratory equipment enabling the expansion
of the institute’s energy-related workforce development programs.
With important developments taking place in the energy sector in
South Dakota, both in renewable and other energy sectors, the institute
established its Energy Technology program in 2006 to meet identified
industry needs, and will soon graduate its first class of Associate
of Applied Science degree students in Energy Technology. It is also
developing a program in Energy Operations. It wishes to meet expanding
needs for skilled plant operators and maintenance crew members in
South Dakota’s energy sector by rapidly expanding its capacity to
produce qualified technicians. The State of South Dakota bonded
construction of Energy Technology lab and classrooms, and funds
are needed to secure training aids, equipment, and technology, including
plant operations simulators and control panel mock-ups. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Native
Women’s Health Care - Ultrasound Machine |
| Amount: |
|
$60,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Native
Women’s Health Care |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
640
Flormann St., Suite 400, Rapid City, SD 57701 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Native Women’s
Health Care, located in Rapid City, South Dakota, seeks funding
to replace its ultrasound machine. NWHC provides health care services
to approximately 600 women per month and over 7,500 women per year.
It operates pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, and three
sovereign South Dakota tribes are stakeholders: the Oglala Sioux
Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe.
The current ultrasound machine is old and breaks down. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Oglala
Sioux Tribe Health Administration Management Services |
| Amount: |
|
$300,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Oglala
Sioux Tribe Health Administration |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
P.O.
Box 5011, Pine Ridge, SD 57772 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The requested
funds would be used by the Oglala Sioux Tribe Health Administration
for review and approval of a third-party billing system. The Oglala
Sioux Tribe Health Administration is located on the Pine Ridge Indian
Reservation. The creation and enhancement of the billing system
would better enable the administration’s management of programs,
services, functions and activities. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe Piya Mani Otipi |
| Amount: |
|
$774,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
11
Legion Ave., Rosebud, SD 57570 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The requested
funds would be used by Piya Mani Otipi (PMO) to expand its services.
PMO is an innovative residential and outpatient substance abuse
service provider to Native American youth ages 13-17 on the Rosebud
Reservation based on traditional Lakota values. With the residential
and outpatient therapeutic service based on traditional Lakota values,
every opportunity will be given to the youth to excel in all areas
of development. |
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|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe Ambulance Facility |
| Amount: |
|
$700,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
11
Legion Ave., Rosebud, SD 57570 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The requested
funds would be used for construction of a new ambulance facility.
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe Ambulance Service is a 24/7 emergency
medical service. The RST Ambulance Service area includes Todd,
Tripp, Jackson, Bennett, and Mellette counties in South Dakota,
averaging more than 5,000 call responses each year. The current
building is in dire need of repairs and has not had any major
renovation since it was built in 1990. In addition, the original
facility was not designed to accommodate the increase in the number
of vehicles, equipment, supplies and EMS staff needed to accommodate
current demand for emergency services in the communities serviced,
or to accommodate two additional programs -- the Mini-Bus Transportation
Program and the Dialysis Transportation Program – that come within
its purview. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe Ambulance Service Diabetes Transportation Program |
| Amount: |
|
$69,000
|
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
11 Legion Ave., Rosebud, SD 57570 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The funds requested
would be used to purchase supplies and four vehicles for the Rosebud
Ambulance Service Diabetes Transportation Program: 3 minivans, and
1 van equipped with a wheelchair lift. The program will perform
a vital service for the residents of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Reservation
by providing transportation to and from dialysis. The dialysis building
is located in the community of Rosebud, and patients travel anywhere
from 14 miles to 120 miles round trip from outlying communities.
This program will also be responsible for the transportation to
and from renal-failure-related emergency appointments in other communities,
when care is not available at the Rosebud Indian Health Service
facility, and the patient does not require an ambulance for transport.
Approximately 110 transports are made each year (2 per week) to
Sioux Falls (530 miles round trip) and Rapid City (380 miles round
trip) for emergency shunt care and these patients must dialyze at
an alternative facility before returning home. |
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|
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Wiconi
Wakan Health & Healing Center |
| Amount: |
|
$500,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
11
Legion Ave., Rosebud, SD 57570 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The Wiconi
Wakan Health and Healing Center seeks funding to further establish
the center, a place to implement the Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention
and Early Intervention Project Plan targeting Rosebud Sioux children
and youth (ages 10-24) on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation. Rosebud
would like to fully implement the Tribal Youth Suicide Prevention
and Early Prevention Project Plan to meet the major need on the
Reservation for youth suicide prevention and healing resources. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe Ambulance Service |
| Amount: |
|
$392,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Rosebud
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
11
Legion Ave., Rosebud, SD 57570 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The requested
funding would be used by Rosebud Ambulance Service Program to retain
more Emergency Medical Technicians and EMT-Paramedics and to purchase
medical equipment and supplies. The service can improve the quality
of health care on the Rosebud Reservation by retaining more emergency
medical personnel, and acquiring more supplies and equipment. This
will allow the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Ambulance Service to transport
more patients without delay due to staff shortages. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Sisseton-Wahpeton
Oyate Community Justice and Rehabilitation Center |
| Amount: |
|
$315,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Sisseton-Wahpeton
Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
P.O.
Box 509 Agency Village, SD 57262 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The funds would
be used to conclude design and begin construction of health care-related
space to support substance abuse treatment for the adult and juvenile
residential treatment components of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
of the Lake Traverse Reservation Community Justice and Rehabilitation
Center (Oyate Woazani Yuteca Tipi). The mission of the center is
to return offenders to a state of balance and harmony with the community
using the resources of the Tribe’s public safety and behavioral
health programs and systems. The center will build on the Tribe’s
existing restorative justice, drug court and state accredited treatment
programs, and fill in gaps in the continuum of services of services. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
South
Dakota School of Mines & Technology Fossils Collection |
| Amount: |
|
$1,000,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota School of Mines & Technology |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
501
E. St. Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The funding
would be used to safely, securely, and accessibly shelve one of
the largest and most significant collections of fossil vertebrates
in the United States. These scientific resources are the basis for
education, research, and public interface for scholars and the public
in South Dakota and throughout the nation. A major component of
the new building housing the collection remains to be funded: compactors
for storage of the collections. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University-University of South Dakota Health Sciences
Initiative |
| Amount: |
|
$500,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
Box
2201, SAD 130, Brookings, SD 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The requested
funds would be used by SDSU in partnership with USD to support multidisciplinary
research focused initially on health promotion and chronic disease
prevention. The initiative will combine SDSU and USD strengths and
talents in pharmaceutical sciences, human nutrition, obesity prevention,
behavioral health, chronic disease prevention, nursing, food science,
exercise science, and other allied health areas. Competitively awarded
funds will go toward research that will especially benefit South
Dakotans because of its focus on the health of rural, aging and
Native American populations. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University Transportation Infrastructure Engineering |
| Amount: |
|
$1,500,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
Box
2219, CEH 118, Brookings, SD 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The primary
objective of this funding is to upgrade existing South Dakota State
University facilities for research and transportation systems engineering,
through the purchase of modern laboratory equipment, and hardware
and software for advanced transportation and water resources modeling.
Research conducted includes the fields of structures, transportation,
geotechnical, and water resources within the Civil Engineering Program
at SDSU, with a focus on research and evaluation of the impact of
water on transportation facilities, and research and evaluation
of intelligent transportation systems. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University -- Avera Health and Science Center |
| Amount: |
|
$4,500,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
South
Dakota State University |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
Box
2202 C, PHA 125, Brookings, SD 57007 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The requested
funding would be used for new fixtures and equipment for the new
Avera Health and Science Center to enable cutting-edge research
in the areas of pharmacy, chemistry and biochemistry and build upon
early collaborative work at SDSU and Avera in behavioral genetics,
genomics, biomedical engineering, vaccinology and gene therapy applications.
The renovated space also will serve students in Pharmacy, Nursing,
Clinical Laboratory Sciences and several pre-professional health-care
options. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
University
of South Dakota– Fides Program |
| Amount: |
|
$428,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
University
of South Dakota |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
414
E. Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The requested
funds would be used by the university to assist disabled veterans
returning to college campuses. Campus personnel have little training
to recognize and meet the needs of veterans. The requested funds
will identify the educational needs for veterans with disabilities,
develop a set of best practices for offering services while respecting
privacy, and create comprehensive training programs that provide
faculty, staff and administrators the knowledge, skills, and resources
they need to ensure that student veterans with disabilities have
full access to a quality post-secondary education. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
University
of South Dakota – Student-Run Health Clinic |
| Amount: |
|
$500,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
University
of South Dakota |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
414
E. Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The requested
funds would be used by the university for construction and remodeling
funds to develop suitable physical space for a clinic, equipment
and supplies including capital expenditures for major pieces of
equipment, and start-up salary for non-volunteer faculty and other
employees. The clinic would provide medical and dental care to the
underserved, including in rural areas. Student-run clinics provide
basic medical services under the supervision of a physician. Building
upon the early success of medical and dental clinics, this project
will include other Health Science programs, including physical and
occupational therapy, social work, physician assistant, alcohol
and drug studies, clinical laboratory science, and nursing. |
|
|
|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
University
of South Dakota – Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Amount: |
|
$2,000,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
University
of South Dakota |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
414 E. Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The requested
funds would be used by the University of South Dakota, Sanford School
of Medicine of The University of South Dakota, in conjunction with
Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, South Dakota to upgrade
the existing MRI instrumentation to achieve greater resolution and
establish state-of-the-art FMRI facilities. The outcome will be
improved diagnostic and research capabilities aimed at better treatment
for those in underserved rural areas suffering from diseases including
stroke, and physical injury. |
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|
|
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|
|
National
Project Requests
Note: The Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and
Related Agencies bill has provided funds for several programs that
directed funding to specific entities for nationally authorized
activities. Accordingly, funds have been distributed to an agency
or national organization, and then redistributed to hundreds of
communities across the nation. Each of the national projects listed
below serves many communities in South Dakota. |
| |
|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Education
for Democracy |
| Amount: |
|
$35,000,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Center
for Civic Education |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
5145
Douglas Fir Road, Calabassas, CA 91302 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The Education
for Democracy Act programs are among the most cost effective programs
supported by the federal government. They effectively promote
among students a profound understanding of and commitment to the
fundamental values and principles of American constitutional democracy
as expressed in such seminal documents as the Declaration of Independence,
the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and the Gettysburg Address.
They also promote students' capacities to participate competently
and responsibility in the political life of their communities
and the nation.
For example,
through the We the People programs every congressional district
receives free sets of specialized textbooks for their schools
at the upper elementary, middle and high school levels. Teachers
benefit from professional development seminars and institutes
to improve their content knowledge and teaching methods. A network
of dedicated volunteers administers each program locally, adapting
the program to their local needs and leveraging the federal funding
with additional amounts at the state and local level in support
of the program. |
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|
|
|
Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor, Health
and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
|
Project
Name: |
|
Reach
Out and Read |
|
Amount: |
|
$10,000,000 |
|
Recipient
Name: |
|
Reach
Out and Read National Center |
|
Recipient
Address: |
|
56
Roland St., Boston, MA 02129 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Reach Out and
Read is a national program that promotes literacy and language development
in infants and young children, targeting disadvantage and poor children
and families. Through fifteen years of peer-reviewed and published
research, an extensive body of documentation now clearly demonstrates
the importance of promoting early language and literacy skills so
that children have the essential reading skills to begin school
successfully. Yet today, a large number of children do not receive
the necessary support and assistance to develop these skills and
begin kindergarten read to learn. Currently, nearly 50,000 doctors
and nurses have been trained in ROR’s proven strategies, and more
than 3,500 clinics and hospitals nationwide are implementing the
program, reaching more than 25% of America’s at-risk-children. Funding
provided by Congress through the U.S. Department of Education has
been matched by tens of millions of dollars from the private sector
and state governments. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
| Project
Name: |
|
Reading
is Fundamental |
| Amount: |
|
$28,000,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Reading
is Fundamental |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
1825
Connecticut Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20009 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Reading is
Fundamental enhances child literacy by providing millions of underserved
children with free books for personal ownership and reading encouragement
from the more than 18,000 locations throughout all fifty states,
Washington, D.C., Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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|
|
|
Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor,
Health and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
|
Project
Name: |
|
Teach
for America |
|
Amount: |
|
$25,000,000 |
|
Recipient
Name: |
|
Teach
for America |
|
Recipient
Address: |
|
315
West 36th St., NY, NY 10018 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Teach for America
is an authorized federal program under P.L. 110-315. The purpose
of the funding is to go towards the recruitment, selection, placement
and professional development of an estimated 8200 first- and second-year
teachers in 39 low-income regions across the nation. These teachers
will reach an estimated 525,000 underserved students. The $25 million
in federal funds will leverage roughly $160 million in corporate,
foundation and individual dollars and will make up an estimated
13 percent of Teach For America's anticipated 2010 operating revenue
of $190 million. This is a valuable investment of federal funds
as this national corps of outstanding college graduates and young
professionals of all academic majors, career interests and backgrounds
commit at least two years to teach in urban and rural public schools
in our nation's lowest-income communities and become lifelong leaders
for expanding educational opportunity. Teach For America is a non-profit
with a mission of enlisting our nation's most promising future leaders
in the movement to eliminate educational inequality. This is accomplished
by building a diverse, highly selective national teacher corps,
ensuring that corps members are highly effective classroom teachers
in the highest-need classrooms across the country, and supporting
the corps members beyond their two-year commitment to ensure their
lifelong engagement. |
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|
|
|
Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Labor, Health
and Human Services, Education
and Related Agencies |
|
Project
Name: |
|
Arts
in Education |
|
Amount: |
|
$53,000,000 |
|
Recipient
Name: |
|
U.S.
Department of Education |
|
Recipient
Address: |
|
400
Maryland Ave. SW, Room 4W343, LBJ, Washington, DC 20202 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The Arts in
Education program at the U.S. Department of Education funds model
arts education programs in schools in communities throughout the
country, the professional development of arts educators, and the
ongoing national arts education initiatives of the John F. Kennedy
Center for the Performing Arts, and VSA arts, a program which ensures
that people with disabilities can participate in the arts. This
use of taxpayer funding is necessary to continue to improve the
education and lives of our nation's children. Studies continually
show a significant link between arts education and students' academic
performance, as well as their social development, motivations, attitudes,
and disposition toward learning. |
| Military
Construction / Veterans Affairs |
| |
|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Military
Construction/Veterans Affairs |
| Project
Name: |
|
JFHQ
Readiness Center Supplement |
| Amount: |
|
$7.89 million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Camp
Rapid (South Dakota National Guard) |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
2823
West Main Street, Rapid City, SD, 57702 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This facility
will complete the construction of the Camp Rapid JFHQ which will
begin in 2009 and will provide modern facilities for soldiers and
employees working within the Construction and Facilities Management
Office (CFMO) and South Dakota Army National Guard Medical Command.
Currently the CFMO occupies seven separate facilities on Camp Rapid
that were built in the 1930s. These buildings are inadequate and
unsuitable for rehabilitation. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Military
Construction/Veterans Affairs |
| Project
Name: |
|
Camp
Rapid Troop Medical Clinic Addition and Alteration |
| Amount: |
|
$1.95
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Camp
Rapid |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
2823
West Main Street, Rapid City, SD, 57702 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The proposed
addition and alteration of the Troop Medical Clinic (TMC) will provide
additional patient bays, exam rooms and administrative space which
will relieve a serious overcrowding issue within the current facility.
This facility upgrade will provide support for the state Medical
Command in conducting annual Periodic Health Assessments (PHA) and
flight physicals which will in turn improve the readiness of the
units in the South Dakota Army National Guard (SDARNG). The existing
space will be altered to maximize the use of the current building.
Alternate buildings were looked at to move the TMC into Camp Rapid,
but are not fit for rehabilitation. This alteration of existing
space and addition of new space fit into the master plan of Camp
Rapid and the goals of the National Guard Leadership. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Military Construction/Veterans Affairs |
| Project
Name: |
|
ADAL
Deployment Center |
| Amount: |
|
$14.5
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Ellsworth
Air Force Base |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
1958
Scott Drive, Ellsworth, SD, 57706 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The new deployment
center will consolidate passenger briefing/holding areas, counseling
rooms, deployment control center, supply, cargo storage, cargo processing
and administrative areas. It will store all mobility bags and also
provide a weapons storage area. The deployment center will minimize
bag drag and distance to aircraft while improving process flow. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Military
Construction/Veterans Affairs |
| Project
Name: |
|
Add
and Alter Munitions Maintenance Complex |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Joe
Foss Field (South Dakota Air National Guard) |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
1201
West Algonquin Street, Sioux Falls, SD, 57104 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This
appropriation will benefit the munitions storage area at Joe Foss
Field, which is currently undersized and inadequate. It is 16% short
of the minimum required space and lacks adequate space for two authorized
missle bays, 20 MM gun ammunition storage, a practice chaff/flares
buildup area, and a paint bay. There is insufficient pavement to
park the munitions trailers. The munitions storage area is located
approximately two miles from the base and does not have a loading
dock for loading/unloading munitions loaded trucks. Munitions maintenance
personnel continue to experience overcrowding, and lack of quality
work and storage space directly impacts the training and actual
munitions maintenance. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Military
Construction/Veterans Affairs |
| Project
Name: |
|
Addition
to Above Ground Multi-Cubicle Magazine Storage |
| Amount: |
|
$1.1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Joe
Foss Field (South Dakota Air National Guard) |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
1201
West Algonquin Street, Sioux Falls, SD, 57104 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The base requires
an adequately sized and properly configured munitions area multi-cubicle
magazine storage area in support of F-16 aircraft. This storage
area is undersized by 64%. The above ground magazine storage building
does not have sufficient space to store either the required combined
storage munitions, rockets and training missile storage. These items
are currently stored in another building or are not kept in sufficient
required inventory. The base will continue to lack the required
quantity of munitions on-hand due to the shortage of storage space.
This reduces the ability of the Wing to get all of the training
required to maintain weapons proficiency. |
| Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| |
|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
Aberdeen
Family YMCA Day Care Center |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Aberdeen
Family YMCA |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
5
South State Street, Aberdeen, SD 57401 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Funds
will be used for merger and creation of new Aberdeen Family YMCA
and Avera St. Luke's day care center. With increased jobs being
created in Aberdeen, the need is for additional availability of
quality childcare to ensure employees have a place for their children
to be cared for. Priority will be placed on low-income families.
This project will be eco-friendly and emphasize healthy families
for up to 200 children. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
American
Indian Institute for Innovation |
| Amount: |
|
$99,140
|
| Recipient
Name: |
|
American
Indian Institute for Innovation |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
PO
Box 9764, Rapid City, SD 57709 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The
American Indian Institute for Innovation (AIII) proposes to develop
a pre-eminent residential, Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) based training and enrichment center for American
Indian youth. The initial effort is Phase I, which is part of a
larger overall vision to develop a comprehensive, year-round STEM
residential educational and training model for American Indians
in Rapid City, South Dakota. Funding will be used for further site
development planning. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
Surface
upgrades on BIA Route 3 (Moreau River Road) |
| Amount: |
|
$16,029,644 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
PO
Box 590, Eagle Butte, SD 57625 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
BIA
Route 3, Moreau River Road, provides access that links the Communities
of White Horse and Promise to centralized K-12 Tiospaye Topa School
in LaPlant, SD and Tribal Headquarters in Eagle Butte, SD. It will
also be the only BIA route that is hard surfaced between US Highway
212 and State Hwy 20. It is the link between the residents of Cheyenne
River Reservation and the cities of Mobridge, SD and Bismark, ND.
The 8-mile stretch of road requires grading, drainage structures,
gravel base course and asphalt surface. The 7 miles are necessary
to ensure safety of students on the bus route, timely response times
for emergency medical technicians, ambulances, and other emergency
equipment. |
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|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
BIA
Route 12 (Annis Road), Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation |
| Amount: |
|
$10,065,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
PO
Box 590, Eagle Butte, SD 57625 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Funding is
needed for shoulder widening and improvements on BIA #12. This road
serves as primary access to Cherry Creek, the largest rural community
on the Reservation. It provides the only direct access to State
Hwy 63 and Eagle Butte, the Agency Headquarters. It is the quickest
route for police protection, fire protection, and medical service.
It is the bus route for Cheyenne Eagle Butte School system. The
road is also major route used in transportation of livestock and
agricultural products. The road is very narrow with only 1-foot
shoulders, very steep in-slopes, and a failing asphalt surface that
has large pot holes which have caused fatal traffic accidents. Funding
will go to shoulder-widening, base course, and seal coat. |
| |
|
|
| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
Skyline
Drive Restoration Project |
| Amount: |
|
$1.26
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
City
of Rapid City |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
300
Sixth Street, Rapid City, SD 57701 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This
project will encompass the complete reconstruction of Skyline Drive
from Tower Road to West Boulevard (3.6 miles). This is a historic
roadway and tourist destination that was originally built in the
1930's by the Work's Progress Administration. In 2008 the roadway
was closed for several weeks due to slope instability issues. The
historic retaining walls are rapidly deteriorating and further failures
could lead to permanent closure of the roadway. General alignment
of the road will follow the existing path. There is a strong desire
to incorporate pedestrian and bicycle modes of transportation into
the design. Total cost is estimated to be $11,844,831, which includes
both construction and design services. The funding requested in
FY10 will be used for final engineering design services. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
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Canyon
Lake Dam Restoration Project |
| Amount: |
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$4,279,861 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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City
of Rapid City |
| Recipient
Address: |
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300
6th Street, Rapid City, SD 57701 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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Funding
for the final design and reconstruction of the Canyon Lake Dam and
shoreline. Replacement of this dam is necessary to protect the welfare
of those individuals living along Rapid Creek. Replacement of the
dam is also crucial to improving the quality of water downstream
of the dam which ensures the survival of the cold water fish who
inhabit the stream. Finally, replacement of the dam is necessary
to ensure that Canyon Lake Park, primary park facility in Rapid
City, is a viable property for recreation. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
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Construction
of SD 100 from 1000’ South of 26th Street to 57th Street, Sioux
Falls |
| Amount: |
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$7
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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City
of Sioux Falls |
| Recipient
Address: |
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PO
Box 7402, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
This six-lane divided highway in our state's largest city, Sioux
Falls, will alleviate congestion on existing state highways and
local roads. The east side of Sioux Falls is truly poised for excellent
growth and development; however, this transportation corridor is
needed to make it happen. Total project length is 18 miles. To date
about one mile has been constructed. This funding will help build
one additional mile. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
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85th
Street and I-29 Interchange, Sioux Falls |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million for design work |
| Recipient
Name: |
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City
of Sioux Falls |
| Recipient
Address: |
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PO
Box 7402, Sioux Falls, SD 57117 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
When
completed, the interchange will provide access to more than 200
acres of land planned for a new medical/office/retail center. The
city estimates this development will include the creation of more
than 8,000 new jobs for the region. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
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Asphalt
paving on road to new gym and parking area, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe |
| Amount: |
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$600,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Crow
Creek Tribal Schools |
| Recipient
Address: |
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101
Crow Creek Loop, Stephan, SD 57436 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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A long awaited and much needed new gym has been built on ground
of Crow Creek Tribal Schools Stephan Campus. Funding is needed for
asphalt paving on the road to the new gym and parking area. Stephan
is located in a very rural area with no paved roads and little other
infrastructure. The current gym is in a field where it gets muddy
when it rains and snow melts. Asphalt paving would add to the safety,
usefulness, and aesthetics of the gymnasium. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
Science
center renovation/expansion at Dakota Wesleyan University |
| Amount: |
|
$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Dakota
Wesleyan University |
| Recipient
Address: |
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1200
West University Avenue, Mitchell, SD 57301 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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The new science
education facility would enable the school to increase enrollment
and strengthen its growing focus on rural and Indian healthcare.
At present, nearly 47% (or 299 students) are enrolled in the College
of Healthcare, Fitness and Sciences. The current facility, built
in 1911, is grossly inadequate in terms of both size and environmental
conditions. Ventilation, plumbing, windows, and other core structures
are outdated. The impact of this outdated facility limits the number
of students who can be accepted into the allied health and nursing
programs which serve to meet a healthcare professional shortage
throughout the region. The requested funds include money for renovation
of the current structure and expansion of the current structure
to include a 28,680 square foot addition. Science center renovation/expansion
at Dakota Wesleyan University is projected to immediately generate
hundreds of jobs and will have a positive long-term economic impact
due to the increased ability of DWU to educate its students in the
sciences, particularly nursing. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
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Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
Lower
Brule Community Center Repairs |
| Amount: |
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$500,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Lower
Brule Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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187
Oyate Circle, Lower Brule, SD 57548 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The Community
Center was built in 2001, located in the heart of the community
and a serves as a vital part of many lives. The Center is where
the swimming pool, diabetes prevention offices, wellness center,
and gym are located. It has become a place where families and churches
host events, reunions, wake and funeral services, and community
feeds. Funds would be used to replace the roof, repair the pump
house and pool, repave the parking lot, and for other minor repairs. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
Lower
Brule Tribal Day Care |
| Amount: |
|
$300,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Lower
Brule Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
|
187
Oyate Street, Lower Brule, SD 57548 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Funding is
needed to purchase new playground equipment and upgrade kitchen
and learning areas of current daycare to improve safety for children. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
Project
Safe Home, Sioux Falls |
| Amount: |
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$3.5
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Minnehaha
County |
| Recipient
Address: |
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415
North Dakota Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57501 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Funding
would support construction of Project Safe Home, a 32 unit Housing
First project that will provide permanent housing to chronically
homeless individuals with severe alcohol addictions. As the first
barrier-free, Housing First program for chronically addicted individuals
in South Dakota, Project Safe Home would help care for the indigent
poor. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
Crack
sealing and chip seal on BIA #1 Rosebud to Highway 18 Junction |
| Amount: |
|
$171,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Rosebud
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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PO
Box 430, Rosebud, SD 57570 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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BIA
Route 1 from Rosebud to US Highway 18 consists of 9 miles of paved
road that is showing wear of cracks, chips of concrete, potholes.
Crack Sealing and Chip Seal will be preventive measures taken to
ensure longevity of existing road. The road serves multiple vital
roles for communities, including the local school bus route, transit
for employees that are employed in the surrounding areas, and is
one of the routes that the tribal membership uses to travel to other
communities surrounding the capital of the reservation. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
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BIA
#1 St. Francis to Nebraska State Line, Rosebud Reservation |
| Amount: |
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$1
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Rosebud
Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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PO
Box 430, Rosebud, SD 57570 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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Funding for
milling and overlay of BIA #1 from St. Francis to the Nebraska State
Line, which consists of 10.1 miles of paved road that is over 20
years old. The existing road has not been properly maintained throughout
the years due to lack of funding. The road has large potholes and
pavement separation causing erosion to the road and shoulder. Preventive
measures will be taken to ensure longevity of the existing road.
The road serves as a vital route for seven communities, including
as a local school bus route and for employees that are employed
in surrounding areas. This is also one of the routes that people
use to travel to nearby cities in Nebraska. In February 2006 Average
Daily Traffic was 3,297. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
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Connector
and access roads to Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate Community Justice and
Rehabilitation Center |
| Amount: |
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$350,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Sisseton-Wahpeton
Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation |
| Recipient
Address: |
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PO
Box 590, Agency Village, SD 57262 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Sisseton-Wahpeton
Oyate Community Justice and Rehabilitation Center is a comprehensive
program to return offenders to state and balance or harmony with
community using resources of Tribe's public safety and behavioral
health programs and systems. Funding will be used for improvements
of connecting access roads and provide associated improvements from
existing highways onto the site in Agency Village where this project
will be located. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
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SD
Highway 34 four-lane expansion from Madison east to I-29, Lake and
Moody Counties |
| Amount: |
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$1.1
million for rights-of-way and utility line relocation |
| Recipient
Name: |
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South
Dakota Department of Transportation |
| Recipient
Address: |
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700
East Broadway Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
When complete,
the 13.3 mile upgrade will not only bring safety to the public,
but economic development opportunities for existing and future development
and diversification of the economic base. With the strong growth
of our largest city, Sioux Falls, and average daily traffic counts
close to 3,500, expansion of Highway 34 will allow for continued
growth and enhance road safety. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
Rural
Traffic and Maintenance Management System |
| Amount: |
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$400,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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South
Dakota Department of Transportation |
| Recipient
Address: |
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700
East Broadway Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Funding will
be used to install roadside and central sensors and communications
to manage traffic and provide travel information on major transportation
corridors for snow events and traffic incidents across the State. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
Infrastructure
Improvements at the Homestake Mine – Deep Underground Science and
Engineering Laboratory |
| Amount: |
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$1,500,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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South
Dakota Science and Technology Authority |
| Recipient
Address: |
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630
East Summit Street, Lead, SD 57754 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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Funding would
be used for infrastructure improvements at the Homestake mine for
the purpose of reopening the mine down to the 4,850-foot level as
the Sanford Underground Laboratory and ultimately demonstrating
the feasibility of a bigger, deeper laboratory at the Homestake-
Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory (DUSEL). Infrastructure
projects at the Homestake facility are needed to continue development
of the DUSEL and will have positive impact on South Dakota and the
nation at large by facilitating creation of jobs, fueling education,
and spurring US scientific competitiveness. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
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Community
Streets Project, Bullhead, SD, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe |
| Amount: |
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$495,044 |
| Recipient
Name: |
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Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe |
| Recipient
Address: |
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Standing
Rock Avenue, Bldg. 1, PO Box D, Fort Yates, ND 58538 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
Funding will
be for street paving project and safety enhancements on Community
Streets project in Bullhead, SD. Community Street Project compliments
the construction of new homes by the Tribe's Housing Authority in
Tribal districts. Roadwork will entail earthwork, sub-grade improvements,
sub-base, new pavement surface, curbs and gutters, storm sewer,
traffic signs, sidewalks, street lighting, and safety items needed
in new housing clusters. Road infrastructure required to ensure
safe, year-round access by residents to new homes which cannot be
met with Indian Reservation Roads Program, HUD, and Tribal funds
alone. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
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Oscar
Howe Museum and Native American Research Center, University of South
Dakota |
| Amount: |
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$2,261,000 |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
University
of South Dakota |
| Recipient
Address: |
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414
East Clark Street, Vermillion, SD 57069 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
|
The Oscar Howe
Museum will create a Native American arts and academic research
center housing the largest collection of the internationally acclaimed
Yanktonais Nakota artist Oscar Howe, and will include internet-accessible
resources of Native American art and culture and the priceless collection
of digitized oral histories of the Northern Great Plains. Additionally,
the facilities will expand exhibition, work, and storage spaces
to create an integrated professional center for the collection,
study, interpretation, preservation, and exhibition of the best
of contemporary Northern Plains Indian art. With many existing resources
on Northern Plains Indian culture already in place at the museum,
the University is uniquely positioned to play a leadership role
in this new bold plan to advance Northern Plains Indian art, culture
and research. The Oscar Howe Museum and Center for Northern Plains
Art would provide for a regional arts center that will contribute
to the economic vitality of Vermillion and support the programs
that expand career development and employment opportunities for
underserved populations. |
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| Appropriation
Bill: |
|
Transportation,
Housing and Urban Development |
| Project
Name: |
|
Wakpa
Sica Reconciliation Place |
| Amount: |
|
$2
million |
| Recipient
Name: |
|
Wakpa
Sica Reconciliation Place |
| Recipient
Address: |
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PO Box 1, 709 West Fort Chouteau Road, Fort Pierre, SD 57532 |
| Explanation
of Request: |
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Funding will
be used to finish construction on the Cultural Interpretive Center.
Once completed, Wakpa will be an important element in the economic
recovery and development of South Dakota’s Tribes. One of Wakpa’s
two major goals is to assist Tribal courts in stabilizing the judicial
systems of the Reservations. With a reliable judicial system, the
Tribes will be in a stronger position to attract capital and investments
from off the Reservation. The other goal of Wakpa is to serve as
a Cultural Interpretive Center for the Great Sioux Nation cultivating
a strong bond between the individual Tribes and with the non-Tribal
community. |
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