Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project

 

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.

Active 15.522 Bureau of Reclamation, Department of The Interior B - Project Grants Fiscal Year 2017 Information is not available. Construction of pipeline distribution systems on the Pine Ridge Reservation and Rosebud Reservation were substantially completed in 2016. The operation, maintenance and replacement of the three tribal rural water systems continued through fiscal year 2018.
Fiscal Year 2018 No Information Available.
Fiscal Year 2019 Construction of pipeline distribution systems on the Pine Ridge Reservation and Rosebud Reservation were substantially completed in 2016. The operation, maintenance and replacement of the three tribal rural water systems continued through fiscal year 2018. Small maintenance and replacement projects include realignments, leak repairs, and water tower construction.
Fiscal Year 2020 Construction of pipeline distribution systems on the Pine Ridge Reservation and Rosebud Reservation were substantially completed in 2016. The operation, maintenance and replacement of the three tribal rural water systems continued through fiscal year 2018. Small maintenance and replacement projects include realignments, leak repairs, and water tower construction.
Fiscal Year 2021 No information to report; all current agreements under this program completed FY 2020.
Fiscal Year 2022 Projects funded in the last 2 completed years include the Operation and Maintenance programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Tribe BIL Funding – No BIL funding received
Fiscal Year 2023 Projects funded in the last 2 completed years include the Operation and Maintenance programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Tribe 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
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Title 117, Part 58 West River/Lyman-Jones Water Systems; the Oglala, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Sioux Tribes; and non-Federal entity or entities. Section 3(b) of Public Law 100-516 states "the Secretary, with the concurrence of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council, shall enter into agreements with the appropriate non-Federal entity or entities for planning, designing, constructing, operating, maintaining and replacing the Oglala Sioux Rural Water Supply System." The citizens of the southwest quarter of the State of South Dakota, including the Oglala, Rosebud, and Lower Brule Indian Reservations. Not applicable. Preapplication coordination is required. An environmental impact statement is required for this listing. An environmental impact assessment is required for this listing. Depending on the project, an environmental impact assessment or statement may be required. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. At the present time, program funding is limited to amendments of existing agreements. Amendments to incorporate annual work plans and budgets are negotiated annually. Once the parties agree with their respective annual scopes of work and budgets, the Bureau of Reclamation's Missouri Basin 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. Not applicable. Not applicable. Not applicable. 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. The scopes of work must address and be responsive to the authorizing legislation, the final engineering reports, and the appropriation ceiling. 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/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. Performance Reports: Unless otherwise stated in the agreement document, recipients shall submit on an annual basis Program Performance Reports. Upon completion of the agreement, recipients shall submit a final Program Performance Report. Not applicable. All recipients of Federal awards shall maintain project records in accordance with 2 CFR 200.333 Retention requirements for records. Financial records, supporting documents, statistical records, and all other non-Federal entity records pertinent to a Federal award must be retained for a period of three years from the date of submission of the final expenditure report or, for Federal awards that are renewed quarterly or annually, from the date of the submission of the quarterly or annual financial report, respectively, as reported to the Federal awarding agency or pass-through entity in the case of a subrecipient. Federal awarding agencies and pass-through entities must not impose any other record retention requirements upon non-Federal entities, except as noted in 2 CFR 200.333. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching is mandatory. 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 assistance listing. The current sunset date for the Mni Wiconi Project is September 30, 2020. Payment terms vary by agreement awarded under this program. Dakotas Area Office: Mr. Joe Hall, Area Manager, Bureau of Reclamation, Address: PO Box 1017, Bismarck, ND 58501, Telephone: 701.250.1200, E-mail: jhall@usbr.gov Anita Lopez
Bureau of Reclamation, 2021 4th Avenue North, PO Box 36900,
Billings, MT 59107-6900 US
amlopez@usbr.gov
Phone: 406.447.7619 14-0680-0-1-301 (Project Grants (Cooperative Agreements or Contracts)) FY 22$22,574,438.00; FY 23 est $20,097,000.00; FY 24 est $17,524,000.00; FY 21$17,516,456.00; FY 20$13,155,000.00; FY 19$13,475,000.00; FY 18$13,874,999.00; FY 17$0.00; - (Cooperative Agreements (Discretionary Grants)) FY 22$0.00; FY 23 est $500,000.00; FY 24 est $21,670,000.00; - BIL Funding Range $ 50,000 to $ 20,000,000 Average $ 12,000,000 2 CFR 200 UNIFORM ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS, COST PRINCIPLES, AND AUDIT REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL AWARDS and the applicable OMB Circulars. These documents may also be obtained by contacting the Bureau of Reclamation Office listed below. Fiscal Year 2017 Information not available. The Mni Wiconi Project constructed primarily rural water pipeline conveyance and distribution systems.
Fiscal Year 2018 The Mni Wiconi Project constructed primarily rural water pipeline conveyance and distribution systems. Special FY18 funded projects include 800,000 gallon water tower construction.
Fiscal Year 2019 The Mni Wiconi Project constructed primarily rural water pipeline conveyance and distribution systems.
Fiscal Year 2020 The Mni Wiconi Project constructed primarily rural water pipeline conveyance and distribution systems.
Fiscal Year 2023 Projects funded in the last 2 completed years include the Operation and Maintenance programs for the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe and the Lower Brule Tribe