Calendar No. 478 111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! 2d Session SENATE 111–228 ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2011 JULY 22, 2010.—Ordered to be printed Mr. DORGAN, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 3635] The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 3635) mak- ing appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes, favorably thereon and recommends that the bill do pass. Amount in new budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2011 Total of bill as reported to the Senate .................... $35,073,700,000 Amount of 2010 appropriations ............................... 33,978,000,000 Amount of 2011 budget estimate ............................ 35,878,274,000 Bill as recommended to Senate compared to— 2010 appropriations .......................................... ∂1,095,700,000 2011 budget estimate ........................................ ¥804,574,000 57–547 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 ....................................................................... 14 Construction, General ........................................................................ 29 Flood Control, Mississippi River, and Tributaries .......................... 41 Operation and Maintenance, General .............................................. 44 Regulatory Program ........................................................................... 66 Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program ......................... 66 Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies .......................................... 67 General Expenses ............................................................................... 67 Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) .......... 68 General Provisions—Corps of Engineers—Civil .............................. 68 Title II: Department of the Interior: Central Utah Project Completion Account .............................................. 70 Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources ........................................................... 72 Central Valley Project Restoration Fund ......................................... 80 California Bay-Delta Restoration ...................................................... 80 Policy and Administration ................................................................. 80 General Provisions—Department of the Interior .................................... 80 Title III: Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy ............................................... 83 Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability ..................................... 90 Nuclear Energy .................................................................................. 91 Fossil Energy Research and Development ....................................... 93 Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves ........................................ 95 Strategic Petroleum Reserve ............................................................. 95 Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve .............................................. 96 Energy Information Administration ................................................. 96 Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup ..................................................... 96 Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund .. 97 Science ........................................................................................................ 98 Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy ........................................ 103 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program .................................. 103 Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program ............. 104 Departmental Administration .................................................................. 104 Office of the Inspector General ................................................................ 105 Atomic Energy Defense Activities: National Nuclear Security Administration: Weapons Activities ...................................................................... 105 Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation ............................................. 112 Naval Reactors ............................................................................ 112 Office of the Administrator ........................................................ 116 Environmental and Other Defense Activities: Defense Environmental Cleanup ...................................................... 116 Other Defense Activities .................................................................... 119 Power Marketing Administrations: Operation and Maintenance, Southeastern Power Adminis- tration ....................................................................................... 119 (2) 3 Page Title III—Continued Department of Energy—Continued Environmental and Other Defense Activities—Continued Power Marketing Administrations—Continued Operation and Maintenance, Southwestern Power Adminis- tration ....................................................................................... 120 Construction, Rehabilitation, Operation and Maintenance, Western Area Power Administration ..................................... 120 Falcon and Amistad Operations and Maintenance Fund ........ 120 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Salaries and Expenses .. 120 General Provisions—Department of Energy ........................................... 143 Title IV: Independent Agencies: Appalachian Regional Commission .......................................................... 144 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board ................................................. 144 Delta Regional Authority .......................................................................... 145 Denali Commission ................................................................................... 145 Northern Border Regional Commission ................................................... 145 Southeast Crescent Regional Commission .............................................. 145 Nuclear Regulatory Commission .............................................................. 145 Office of Inspector General ................................................................ 146 Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board .................................................. 147 Office of the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transpor- tation Projects ........................................................................................ 147 Tennessee Valley Authority: Office of the Inspector General ................ 147 Title V: General Provisions ..................................................................................... 148 Compliance With Paragraph 7, Rule XVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 149 Compliance With Paragraph 7(c), Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 149 Compliance With Paragraph 12, Rule XXVI, of the Standing Rules of the Senate ................................................................................................................... 150 Budgetary Impact of Bill ......................................................................................... 158 Disclosure of Congressionally Directed Spending Items ...................................... 158 Comparative Statement of Budget Authority ........................................................ 212 PURPOSE The purpose of this bill is to provide appropriations for the fiscal year 2011 beginning October 1, 2010, and ending September 30, 2011, 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 2011 budget estimates for the bill total $35,878,274,000 in new budget (obligational) authority. The rec- ommendation of the Committee totals $35,073,700,000. This is $804,574,000 below the budget estimates and $1,095,700,000 above the enacted appropriation for the current fiscal year. SUBCOMMITTEE HEARINGS The Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water held three sessions in connection with the fiscal year 2011 appropriation bill. Witnesses included officials and representatives of the Federal agencies under the subcommittee’s jurisdiction. The recommendations for fiscal year 2011 therefore, have been developed after careful consideration of available