Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project (15.522)
Program
15.522 Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project
Federal Agency
Agency: Department of the Interior
Office: Bureau of Reclamation
Authorization
Mni Wiconi Rural Project Act of 1988, Public Law 100-516, as amended; Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 1994, Title VIII, Mni Wiconi Act Amendments of 1994, Public Law 103-434.; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5.
Program Number
15.522
Last Known Status
Active
Objectives
To ensure a safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supply for the residents of the Pine Ridge Indian, Rosebud Indian, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations in South Dakota; to assist the citizens of Haakon, Jackson, Jones, Lyman, Mellette, Pennington, and Stanley Counties, South Dakota, to develop safe and adequate municipal, rural, and industrial water supplies; to promote the implementation of water conservation programs at these locations; to provide certain benefits to fish, wildlife, and the natural environment of South Dakota; and in consultation with the Oglala, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Sioux Tribes, to conduct feasibility studies on the need to develop water disposal facilities and systems and rehabilitate existing waste water disposal facilities and systems on the Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations.
For Recovery Act funded projects and in addition to the program objectives stated above, Section 3 of the Act states the following objectives: (1) To preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery; (2) To assist those most impacted by the recession; (3) To provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health; (4) To invest in transportation, environmental protection and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits; and (5) To stabilize State and local government budgets, in order to minimize and avoid reductions in essential services and counterproductive state and local tax increases.
Types of Assistance
Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements or Contracts)
Uses and Use Restrictions
Agreements are limited to planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and replacing the Oglala Sioux, the Rosebud, and the Lower Brule Sioux Rural Water Supply Systems; and for planning and construction of the West River Rural Water System and the Lyman-Jones Rural Water System. At the present time, no new project awards are being made under this authority. Funding is only available for continuation of existing agreements.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant Eligibility
West River/Lyman-Jones Water Systems and the Oglala, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Sioux tribes.
Beneficiary Eligibility
The citizens of the southwest quarter of the State of South Dakota, including the Oglala, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations.
Credentials/Documentation
Cooperative agreements for construction of projects entered into for the Lyman-Jones Rural Water System must be in accordance with the final engineering reports submitted by each project applicant. OMB Circular No. A-87 applies to this program.
Application and Award Process
Preapplication Coordination
Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact statement is required for this program. An environmental impact assessment is required for this program. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure
OMB Circular No. A-102 applies to this program. This program is excluded from coverage under OMB Circular No. A-110. At the present time, program funding is limited to amendments of existing agreements. Amendments to incorporate annual work plans and budgets are negotiated annually.
Award Procedure
Once the parties agree with their respective annual scopes of work and budgets, the Bureau of Reclamation's Great Plains Region finalizes the modifications. Responsibilities for needs assessments, feasibility and environmental studies, design, conservation measures and administration are to be included in agreements negotiated under this authority.
Deadlines
Not Applicable.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time
Not Applicable.
Appeals
Not Applicable.
Renewals
Funding is available until all currently appropriated funds have been expended for this program. Additional funding for the program is at the discretion of Congress. Any request for a time extension must be in writing in accordance with the provisions stated in the agreement.
Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
Statutory formulas are not applicable to this program.
Matching Requirements: The Federal share of tribal projects is 100 percent. The Federal share of the West River/Lyman Jones projects is 80 percent. (Public Law 103-434, Section 805).
MOE requirements are not applicable to this program.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance
There is no time restriction placed on the use of the funds. A schedule will be established between the Bureau of Reclamation and the recipients at the time of award. Any request for a time extension must be in writing in accordance with the provisions stated in the agreement. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Information not available.
Post Assistance Requirements
Reports
Draft and final technical reports; progress reports (quarterly); annual report; and reports on significant developments (as necessary). Recovery Act recipients are required to submit quarterly program reports in www.FederalReporting.gov. Cash reports are not applicable. Progress reports are not applicable. Quarterly and final Federal Financial Report SF 425. Performance monitoring is not applicable.
Audits
In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 27, 2003), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $500,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $500,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133.
Records
State, local and Indian Tribal governments shall maintain project records in accordance with 43 CFR 12.82. All other recipients shall maintain project records in accordance with 43 CFR 12.953.
Program Accomplishments
Fiscal Year 2008: Required technical and environmental reports for the construction of municipal, rural, and industrial systems; and construction of the systems. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available
Financial Information
Account Identification
14-0681-0-1-301 - Recovery Act; 14-0680-0-1-301.
Obligations
(Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements or Contracts)) FY 08 $42,492,000; FY 09 est $32,770,000; FY 10 est $30,000,000. (Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements or Contracts)) FY 08 $0; FY 09 est $20,000,000; FY 10 est $0
Range and Average of Financial Assistance
Range is $50,000 to $20,000,000; Average $41,754,000.
Regulations, Guidelines and Literature
43 CFR 12, http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfr-table-search.html#page1/; OMB Circulars, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/grants/grants_circulars.html/. These documents may also be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Reclamation Office listed below.
Related Programs
Not Applicable.
Information Contacts
Regional or Local Office
See Regional Agency Offices. Dakotas Area Office: Mr. Denny Breitzman, Area Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, Address: PO Box 1017, Bismarck, ND 58501, Telephone: (701) 250-4242, E-mail: dbreitzman@gp.usbr.gov/.
Headquarters Office
Terry Zontek Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Region Office , P.O. Box 36900, 316 North 26th Street , Billings, Montana 59101 Email: tzontek@usbr.gov Phone: (406)247-7606 Fax: (406)247-7604
Web Site Address
http://www.usbr.gov/gp/ or http://www.wrlj.com/.
Examples of Funded Projects
Fiscal Year 2008: The tribal municipal, rural and industrial projects; the tribal operation and maintenance activities; the West River/Lyman-Jones System municipal, rural and industrial water system. Fiscal Year 2009: No Current Data Available Fiscal Year 2010: No Current Data Available
Criteria for Selecting Proposals
The scopes of work must address and be responsive to the authorizing legislation, the final engineering reports, and the appropriation ceiling.
For Recovery Act projects: The purposes are among others, to quickly and prudently commence activities that preserve and create jobs and to promote economic recovery, and to invest in transportation, environmental protection, and other infrastructure that will provide long-term economic benefits. To meet these purposes, Reclamation will allocate funds based on the criteria set forth in the Recovery Act and the accompanying conference report, and will target activities that quickly infuse money into the economy.
