Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 5.djvu/1053

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PUBLIC LAW 103-434—OCT. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 4543 "(3) Such cooperative agreements may include purchase, improvement, and repair of existing water systems, including systems owned by individual tribal members and other residents located on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation. "(4) The Secretary may unilaterally terminate any cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to this section if the Secretary determines that the quality of construction does not meet all standards established for similar facilities constructed by the Secretary or that the operation and maintenance of the system does not meet conditions acceptable to the Secretary for fulfilling the obligations of the United States to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. "(5) Upon execution of any cooperative agreement authorized under this section, the Secretary is authorized to transfer ^ to the appropriate non-Federal entity, on a nonreimbursable basis, the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 10(a) for the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System. "(c) SERVICE AREA.— The service area of the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System shall be the boundaries of the Lower Brule Indian Reservation. "(d) CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS. —The pumping plants, pipelines, treatment facilities, and other appurtenant facilities for the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System shall be planned and constructed to a size sufficient to meet the municipal, rural, and industrial water supply requirements of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and the Lyman-Jones Rural Water System, as generally described in the Final Engineering Report of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, dated May 1993, taking into account the effects of the conservation plans described in section 5. The Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System and Lyman-Jones Rural Water System may be interconnected and provided with water service from common facilities. Any joint costs associated with common facilities shall be allocated to the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System. "(e) TITLE TO SYSTEM.— Title to the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System shall be held in trust for the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe by the United States and shall not be transferred or encumbered without a subsequent Act of Congress. "(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary is authorized and directed to provide such technical assistance as may be necessary to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe to plan, develop, construct, operate, maintain, and replace the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water System, including (but not limited to) operation and msinagement training. " (g) APPLICATION OF THE INDL\N SELF-DETERMINATION ACT. — Planning, design, construction, and operation of the Lower Brule 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. 807. WEST RIVER RURAL WATER SYSTEM AND LYMAN-JONES RURAL WATER SYSTEM. (a) SERVICE AREA.— Subsection (d) of section 4 (102 Stat. 2569) is amended by striking the period at the end thereof and inserting ", and Final Engineering Report dated May 1993.". (b) INTERCONNECTION OF FACILITIES AND WAIVER OF CHARGES.— Section 4 of the Act (102 Stat. 2568) is amended by