PUBLIC LAW 100-516—OCT. 24, 1988
102 STAT. 2567
(4) provide certain benefits to fish, wildlife, and the natural environment of South Dakota, including the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; and (5) repeal the authorization of appropriations for the PollockHerreid Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program. SEC. 3. OGLALA SIOUX RURAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.
(a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of the Interior (hereafter in sections 1 through 12 referred to as the "Secretary") is authorized and directed to plan, design, construct, operate, maintain, and replace a municipal, rural, and industrial water system, to be known as the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System, as generally described in the report entitled "1988 Planning Report and Environmental Assessment" and dated February 1988. The Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System shall consist of— (1) pumping and treatment facilities located along the Missouri River near Fort Pierre, South Dakota; (2) pipelines extending from the Missouri River near Fort Pierre, South Dakota, to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; (3) facilities to allow for interconnections with the West River Rural Water System and Lyman-Jones Rural Water System; (4) distribution and treatment facilities to serve the needs of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, including but not limited to the purchase, improvement and repair of existing water systems, including systems owned by individual tribal members ^ind «ther residents on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation; (5) appurtenant buildings and access roads; (6) necessary property and property rights; (7) electrical power transmission and distribution facilities necessary for services to water systems facilities; and (8) such other pipelines, pumping plants, and facilities as the Secretary deems necessary or appropriate to meet the water supply, economic, public health, and environmental needs of the reservation, including (but not limited to) water storage tanks, water lines, and other facilities for the Oglala Sioux Tribe and reservation villages, towns, and municipalities. (b) AGREEMENT WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITY TO PLAN, CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE OGLALA SIOUX RURAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.—
(1) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, shall enter into agreements with the appropriate non-Federal entity or entities for planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and replacing the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System. (2) Such cooperative agreements shall set forth, in a manner acceptable to the Secretary— (A) the responsibilities of the parties for needs assessment, feasibility, and environmental studies; engineering and design; construction; water conservation measures; and administration of any contracts with respect to this subparagraph; (B) the procedures and requirements for approval and acceptance of such design and construction; and (C) the rights, responsibilities, and liabilities of each party to the agreement. (3) Such cooperative sigreements may include purchase, improvement, and repair of existing water systems, including
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