Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 5.djvu/1052

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108 STAT. 4542 PUBLIC LAW 103-434—OCT. 31, 1994 maintain, and replace the Rosebud Sioux Rural Water System, including (but not limited to) operation and management training. "(g) APPLICATION OF THE INDIAN SELF-DETERMINATION ACT. — Planning, design, construction, and operation of the Rosebud Sioux Rural Water System shall be subject to the provisions of the Indian Self-Determination Act (Public Law 93-638, 25 U.S.C. 450). "SEC. 3B. LOWER BRULE SIOUX RURAL WATER SYSTEM. "(a) AUTHORIZATION.— 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 Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System, as generally described in the Final Engineering Report for the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, dated May 1993. The Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System shall consist of— "(1) necessary pumping and treatment facilities; "(2) pipelines extending from the points of interconnections with the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System to the Lower Brule Indian Reservation; "(3) facilities to allow for interconnections with the Lyman- Jones Rural Water Supply System; "(4) distribution and treatment facilities to serve the needs of the Lower Brule Indian Reservation, including (but not limited to) the purchase, improvement and repair of existing water systems, including systems owned by individual tribal members and other residents of the Lower Brule Indian Reservation; "(5) appurtenant buildings and property rights; "(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 and 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 Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and reservation villages, towns and municipalities. "(b) AGREEMENT WITH NON-FEDERAL ENTITY TO PLAN, DESIGN, CONSTRUCT, OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE LOWER BRULE SIOUX RURAL WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM.— "(1) In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Council, shall enter into cooperative agreements with the appropriate non- Federal entity or entities for planning, designing, constructing, operating, msdntaining, and replacing the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System. "(2) Such cooperative agreements shall set forth, in a manner acceptable to the Secretary— "(A) the responsibihties 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.