Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 6.djvu/103

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PUBLIC LAW 102-575—OCT. 30, 1992 106 STAT. 4661 TITLE X—SOUTH DAKOTA WATER PLANNING STUDIES SEC. 1001. AUTHORIZATION FOR SOUTH DAKOTA WATER PLANNING STUDIES. (a) The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, may perform the planning studies necessary (including a needs assessment) to determine the feasibility and estimated cost of incorporating all or portions of the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota into the service areas of the rural water systems authorized by the Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-516). (b) Section 3(f) of Public Law 100-516 is hereby amended 102 Stat. 2567. to insert a new subsection (3) as follows: "(3) Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2), the Secretary is authorized and directed to obligate up to $1,466 million of the funds appropriated under Public Law 100-516 to construct an interim water system for the White Clay and Wakpamni Districts of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation as soon as the final engineering report for that segment of the Oglala Rural Water Supply System has been completed and the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for that segment of the System have been met." TITLE XI—SALTON SEA RESEARCH PROJECT, CALIFORNIA SEC. 1101. RESEARCH PROJECT. (a) RESEARCH PROJECT. — The Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Biu'eau of Reclamation, shall conduct a research project for the development of a method or combination of methods to reduce and control salinity, provide endangered species habitat, enhance fisheries, and protect human recreational values in inland water bodies. Such research shall include testing an enhanced evaporation system for treatment of saline waters, and studies regarding in-water segregation of saline waters and of dilution from other sources, "me project shall be located in the area of the Salton Sea of Southern California. (b) COST SHARE.—The non-Federal share of the cost of the project referred to in subsection (a) shall be 50 percent of the cost of the project. (c) REPORT. —Not later than September 30, 1996, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House of Representatives regarding the results of the project referred to in subsection (a). (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— There is authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out the purposes of this title. TITLE Xn—AMENDMENT TO SABINE RIVER COMPACT SEC. 1201. CONSENT IX) AMENDMENT TO SABINE RIVER COMPACT. The consent of Congress is given to the amendment, described in section 1203, to the interstate compact, described in section 1202, relating to the waters of the Sabine River and its tributaries.