PUBLIC LAW 106-53—AUG. 17, 1999 113 STAT. 383 (f) REPORT. — Not later than December 31, 2001, the Secretary Deadline, shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the program carried out under this section, including recommendations concerning whether the program should be implemented on a national basis. (g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —T here is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $60,000,000. SEC. 595. RURAL NEVADA AND MONTANA. (a) DEFINITION OF RURAL NEVADA.—In this section, the term "rural Nevada" meeuis— (1) the counties of Lincoln, White Pine, Nye, Eureka, Elko, Humboldt, Pershing, Churchill, Storey, Lyon, Carson, Douglas, Mineral, Esmeralda, and Lander, Nevada; (2) the portions of Washoe County, Nevada, that are located outside the cities of Reno and Sparks; and (3) the portions of Clark County, Nevada, that are located outside the cities of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson and the unincorporated portion of the county in the Las Vegas Valley. (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.— The Secretary may establish a program for providing environmental assistance to non-Federal interests in rural Nevada and Montana. (c) FORM OF ASSISTANCE.— Assistance under this section may be in the form of design and construction assistance for waterrelated environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in nu-al Nevada and Montana, including projects for— (1) wastewater treatment and related facilities; (2) water supply and related facilities; (3) environmental restoration; and (4) surface water resource protection and development. (d) PUBLIC OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENT. —The Secretary may provide assistance for a project under this section only if the project is publicly owned. (e) LOCAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Before providing assistsutice under this section, the Secretary shall enter into a IOCEQ cooperation agreement with a non-Federal interest to provide for design and construction of the project to be carried out with the assistance. (2) REQUIREMENTS.— Each local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall provide for the following: (A) PLAN. —Development by the Secretary, in consultation with appropriate Federal and State officials, of a facilities or resource protection and development plan, including appropriate engineering plans and specifications. (B) LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES.—Establishment of such legal and institution£j structures as are necessary to ensure the effective long-term operation of the project by the non-Federal interest. (3) COST SHARING.— (A) IN GENERAL.— The Federal share of project costs under each local cooperation agreement entered into under this subsection shall be 75 percent. The Federal share may be in the form of grants or reimbursements of project costs.
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