South Dakota § 46A-15-6 - Settlement framework--Short-term objectives.

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§ 46A-15-6. Settlement framework--Short-term objectives.

South Dakota's Pick-Sloan settlement framework shall consist of short-term objectives enumerated in this section, long-term objectives pursuant to § 46A-15-7, and the Missouri River cost recovery program pursuant to § 46A-15-9. The short-term objectives shall include, at federal expense, the projects and total project costs enumerated in this section, subject to nonfederal cost-sharing requirements established by Congress and agreed to by the Governor or a designated agent of the Governor and the appropriate local project sponsors. The short-term objectives and the estimated 1986 costs, subject to adjustments as needed, to achieve such objectives are as follows:

(1)    Completion of the following projects already under construction:

(a)    The Belle Fourche Irrigation Rehabilitation Project at forty-two million two hundred thousand dollars remaining total cost;

(b)    The WEB Rural Water Development Project at twenty-five million dollars remaining total cost;

(2)    Development of the following projects proposed for construction, for which planning has been completed:

(a)    The Lake Andes-Wagner/Yankton Sioux (Marty II) Irrigation Project at one hundred sixty-five million dollars total cost;

(b)    The Mni Wiconi Rural Water System at one hundred million dollars total cost;

(3)    Development of the following projects proposed for construction for which further planning is required:

(a)    Multipurpose water supply and irrigation features of the Gregory County Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Facility at one hundred million dollars total cost;

(b)    James River Flood Control at twenty million dollars total cost;

(c)    The Mid-Dakota Rural Water System at one hundred million dollars total cost;

(d)    Missouri River Fish and Wildlife Mitigation at thirty-five million dollars total cost;

(e)    Missouri River Streambank Erosion Control at seventy-five million dollars total cost;

(f)    Integration into the Pick-Sloan program for Missouri River Riverside Irrigation Projects at five million dollars for federal study purposes, subject to recommendation by the Missouri River Cost Recovery Authority;

(g)    Rural and municipal water systems at one hundred million dollars total cost; and

(h)    Lewis and Clark Rural Water System at one hundred million dollars total cost.

Source: SL 1988, ch 369, § 2; SL 1990, ch 365; SL 1992, ch 254, § 15; SL 2023, ch 3, § 39.

Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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