Calendar No. 504 109TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 2d Session SENATE 109–274 ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2007 JUNE 29, 2006.—Ordered to be printed Mr. DOMENICI, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 5427] The Committee on Appropriations, to which was referred the bill (H.R. 5427) making appropriations for energy and water develop- ment for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes, reports the same to the Senate with an amendment, and an amendment to the title, and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. Amount in new budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2007 Total of bill as reported to the Senate .................... $31,238,000,000 Amount of 2006 appropriations ............................... 1 37,299,714,000 Amount of 2007 budget estimate ............................ 29,980,227,000 Amount of House allowance .................................... 30,526,000,000 Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 2006 appropriations .......................................... ¥6,061,714,000 2007 budget estimate ........................................ ∂1,257,773,000 House allowance ................................................ ∂712,000,000 1 Includes Emergency Appropriations of $6,600,473,000. 28–409 PDF CONTENTS Page Purpose ..................................................................................................................... 4 Summary of Estimates and Recommendations ..................................................... 4 Title I: Department of Defense—Civil: Department of the Army: Corps of Engineers—Civil: General Investigations ....................................................................... 24 Construction, General ........................................................................ 44 Flood Control, Mississippi River and Tributaries ........................... 64 Operation and Maintenance, General .............................................. 67 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies .......................................... 89 Regulatory Program ........................................................................... 89 Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program ......................... 90 General Expenses ............................................................................... 91 General Provisions—Corps of Engineers—Civil .............................. 94 Title II: Department of the Interior: Central Utah Project Completion Account .............................................. 97 Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources ........................................................... 97 Central Valley Project Restoration Fund ......................................... 109 California Bay-Delta Restoration ...................................................... 110 Policy and Administration ................................................................. 110 General Provisions—Department of the Interior .................................... 110 Title III: Department of Energy: Energy Supply and Conservation ............................................................ 114 Office of Electricity Delivery Energy Reliability ............................. 122 Nuclear Energy Programs ................................................................. 123 Environment, Safety, and Health ..................................................... 128 Fossil Energy Research and Development ....................................... 129 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves ........................................ 131 Elk Hills School Lands Fund ............................................................ 132 Strategic Petroleum Reserve ............................................................. 132 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve .............................................. 132 Energy Information Administration ................................................. 132 Non-defense Environmental Cleanup ...................................................... 133 Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund .. 133 Science ........................................................................................................ 134 High Energy Physics .......................................................................... 135 Nuclear Physics .................................................................................. 138 Biological and Environmental Research .......................................... 138 Basic Energy Sciences ....................................................................... 140 Nuclear Waste Disposal Fund .................................................................. 143 Departmental Administration .................................................................. 144 Office of Inspector General ....................................................................... 145 Atomic Energy Defense Activities: National Nuclear Security Administration: Weapons Activities ...................................................................... 145 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ............................................. 157 Naval Reactors ............................................................................ 160 Office of the Administrator ........................................................ 161 Environmental and Other Defense Activities: Defense Environmental Cleanup ...................................................... 162 Other Defense Activities .................................................................... 167 (2) 3 Page Title III—Continued Department of Energy—Continued Environmental and Other Defense Activities—Continued Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal ...................................................... 168 Power Marketing Administrations: Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Adminis- tration ....................................................................................... 168 Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Adminis- tration ....................................................................................... 169 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration ..................................... 169 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Salaries and Expenses .. 170 General Provisions—Department of Energy ........................................... 195 Title IV: Independent Agencies: Appalachian Regional Commission .......................................................... 197 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board ................................................. 198 Delta Regional Authority .......................................................................... 198 Denali Commission ................................................................................... 198 Nuclear Regulatory Commission .............................................................. 198 Office of Inspector General ................................................................ 199 Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board .................................................. 200 Tennessee Valley Authority Office of the Inspector General ................. 200 Title V: General Provisions ..................................................................................... 201 Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 202 Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 202 Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 203 Budgetary Impact Statement ................................................................................. 212 PURPOSE The purpose of this bill is to provide appropriations for the fiscal year 2007 beginning October 1, 2006, and ending September 30, 2007, for energy and water development, and for other related pur- poses. It supplies funds for water resources development programs and related activities of the Department of the Army, Civil Func- tions—U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program in title I; for the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation in title II; for the Department of Energy’s energy research activities, including environmental restoration and waste management, and atomic energy defense activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration in title III; and for related independent agencies and commissions, including the Appalachian Regional Commission, Delta Regional Authority, Denali Commission, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in title IV. SUMMARY OF ESTIMATES AND RECOMMENDATIONS The fiscal year 2007 budget estimates for the bill total $31,238,000,000 in new budget (obligational) authority. The rec- ommendation of the Committee totals $31,238,000,000. This is $1,257,773,000 above the budget estimates and $6,061,714,000 under the enacted appropriation for the current fiscal year. SUBCOMMITTEE HEARINGS The Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water held four sessions in connection with the fiscal year 2007 appropriation bill. Witnesses included officials and representatives of the Federal agencies under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction. The subcommittee received numerous statements and