FEDERAL FUNDING EXPECTED FOR AREA.Byline: David Greenberg The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Daily News Staff Writer Two bills expected to be signed by President Clinton soon will provide $10.3 million for enhancing flood control and protect the environment in Ventura County, as well as $6 million to upgrade aerial firefighting Aerial firefighting is a method to combat wildfires using aircraft. The types of aircraft used may be either fixed-wing or helicopters. Agents used to fight fires may be either water or specially-formulated fire retardants. efforts throughout the state. Appropriations bills for defense as well as energy and water contain allocations to replace up to four chemical-retardant tanks used to fight fires, and for flood control and dredging of waterways in the county, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Rep. Elton Gallegly Elton W. Gallegly (born March 7 1944), an American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1987, currently representing the 24th District of California (map). , R-Oxnard. The Air Force Reserve and National Guard need new modular airborne firefighting (MAFF MAFF [formerly] Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in the UK. See DEFRA. ) system tanks - carried in the back of C-130 planes - to replace the existing 26-year-old ones. ``This is obviously not just strictly a Ventura County issue,'' said Tom Pfeifer, Gallegly's press secretary. ``But Ventura County is susceptible to wildfire that require the MAFF units.'' The energy and water appropriations bill would provide: $4million for continuation of the Santa Paula Santa Paula (săn`tə pôl`ə), city (1990 pop. 25,062), Ventura co., S Calif., on the Santa Clara River in a fertile valley that yields citrus fruits, avocados, vegetables, flowers, nursery products, and walnuts; laid out 1875, inc. flood control project, which enhances the safety of the city and most of its schools. $3.2million to dredge the Channel Islands Harbor, using the excess sand to replenish the beaches south of Port Hueneme. $2.7million to continue dredging the entrance of Ventura Harbor. $250,000 for a feasibility study "A Feasibility Study" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 13 April, 1964, during the first season. It was remade in 1997 as part of the revived The Outer Limits series with a minor title change. to pump sand out of recreational harbors countywide, thereby reducing the need for future dredging. $100,000 for an environmental impact study of sediment in Mugu Lagoon and alternatives for restoring the estuary. ``The problem with sand and the need for dredging out on the coast has been a very sticky issue with the (Army) Corps of Engineers,'' Pfeifer said. ``It's been an ongoing problem. Hopefully this will start to address it in a meaningful way.'' A White House spokesman, who requested anonymity, said Clinton had not received the bills yet. But he added, ``There is no indication of a veto threat on either of those bills.'' |
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