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101 STAT. 78 33 USC 1281. Regulations.

PUBLIC LAW 100-4—FEB. 4, 1987 with the Director of the Indian Health Service, is authorized to make grants under title II of this Act in an amount not to exceed 100 percent of the cost of a project. Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Administrator shall, in consultation with Indian tribes, promulgate final regulations which specify how Indian tribes shall be treated as States for purposes of this Act. The Administrator shall, in promulgating such regulations, consult affected States sharing common water bodies and provide a mechanism for the resolution of any unreasonable consequences that may arise as a result of differing water quality standards that may be set by States and Indian tribes located on common bodies of water. Such mechanism shall provide for explicit consideration of relevant factors including, but not limited to, the effects of differing water quality permit requirements on upstream and downstream dischargers, economic impacts, and present and historical uses and quality of the waters subject to such standards. Such mechanism should provide for the avoidance of such unreasonable consequences in a manner consistent with the objective of this Act. "(f) GRANTS FOR NONPOINT SOURCE PROGRAMS.—The Adminis-

Ante, p. 52.

25 USC 476.

33 USC 1362 note. 33 USC 1251 note.

trator shall make grants to an Indian tribe under section 319 of this Act as though such tribe was a State. Not more than one-third of one percent of the amount appropriated for any fiscal year under section 319 may be used to make grants under this subsection. In addition to the requirements of section 319, an Indian tribe shall be required to meet the requirements of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (d) of this section in order to receive such a grant. "(g) ALASKA NATIVE ORGANIZATIONS.—No provision of this Act shall be construed to— "(1) grant, enlarge, or diminish, or in any way affect the scope of the governmental authority, if any, of any Alaska Native organization, including any federally-recognized tribe, traditional Alaska Native council, or Native council organized pursu" ant to the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Stat. 987), over lands or persons in Alaska; "(2) create or validate any assertion by such organization or any form of governmental authority over lands or persons in • Alaska; or "(3) in any way affect any assertion that Indian country, as defined in section 1151 of title 18, United States Code, exists or does not exist in Alaska. "(h) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the term— "(1) 'Federal Indian reservation' means all land within the limits of any Indian reservation under the jurisdiction of the United States Government, notwithstanding the issuance of any patent, and including rights-of-way running through the reservation; and r*: "(2) 'Indian tribe' means any Indian tribe, band, group, or ..* r. community recognized by the Secretary of the Interior and exercising governmental authority over a Federal Indian reservation.". SEC. 507. DEFINITION OF POINT SOURCE.

For purposes of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the term "point source" includes a landfill leachate collection system.