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PUBLIC LAW 99-294—MAY 12, 1986

interest at the rate specified in section 4(b) of this Act beginning on the date of any such reallocation without retroactive interest. Nothing in this Act shall alter or affect in any way the current repayment methodology for other features of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program.". SEC. 5. MUNICIPAL. RURAL. AND INDUSTRIAL WATER SERVICE.

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The Act of August 5, 1965 (Public Law 89-108, 79 Stat. 433) is amended by adding the following new section at the end thereof: "SEC. 7. (a)(1) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to construct municipal, rural, and industrial water systems to serve areas throughout the State of North Dakota. "(2) All planning, design, construction and operation of the municipal, rural, and industrial water systems authorized by this section shall be undertaken in accordance with a cooperative agreement between the Secretary and the State of North Dakota. Such cooperative agreement shall set forth in a manner acceptable to the Secretary the responsibilities of the State for: "(A) needs assessments; "(B) feasibility studies; , ^ ';. . ^ "(C) engineering and design; • ' irii-- "(D) construction; "(E) operation and maintenance; and "(F) the administration of contracts pertaining to any of the foregoing. "(3) Upon execution of the cooperative agreement required under this subsection, the Secretary is authorized to convey to the State of North Dakota, on a nonreimbursable basis, the funds authorized in section 10(b)(1) of this Act. The non-Federal share of the total cost of construction of each water system for which the State of North Dakota receives funding pursuant to this section shall be 25 percent, committed prior to the initiation of construction. The non-Federal share of the cost of operation, maintenance, and replacement of each municipal, rural, and industrial water system funded by this section shall be 100 percent. The Southwest Pipeline Project shall be deemed to be eligible for funding under the terms of this section. "(h) The Secretary is authorized and directed to construct, operate, and maintain a Sheyenne River water supply and release feature (including a water treatment plant) capable of delivering 100 cubic feet per second of water for the cities of Fargo and Grand Forks and surrounding communities. The costs of the construction, operation, maintenance, and replacement of this feature, exclusive of conveyance, shall be nonreimbursable and deemed attributable to meeting requirements of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. "(c) The Secretary is authorized and directed to construct, operate, and maintain such municipal, rural, and industrial water systems as he deems necessary to meet the economic, public health and environmental needs of the Fort Berthold, Standing Rock, and Fort Totten Indian Reservations. "(d) Municipal, rural, and industrial water systems constructed with funds authorized under this Act may deliver Missouri River water into the Hudson Bay drainage only after the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has determined that adequate treatment has been provided to meet the requirements of the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909.".

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