1.This Act may be cited as the
Comprehensive Water Resource Development
Act
.
2.
(a)The Secretary of the
Army may establish a program to provide environmental assistance to non-Federal
interests in the State of Pennsylvania.
(b)
(1)The Secretary may
develop watershed and sub-watershed management plans to identify problems, and
projects to address those problems, for purposes of receiving assistance under
this section.
(2)The
Secretary may provide assistance under this section for projects identified
in—
(A)management plans
developed under this section; or
(B)such other
management plans as the Secretary determines are appropriate.
(3)The Secretary may provide assistance under this
section in the form of design and construction assistance for water-related
environmental infrastructure, resource protection and development, flood damage
reduction, and ecosystem restoration projects in Pennsylvania, including
projects for—
(A)wastewater
treatment and related facilities;
(B)water supply and
related facilities;
(C)ecosystem
restoration; and
(D)surface water
resource protection and development.
(c)Before providing assistance under this section, the
Secretary shall enter into a partnership agreement with a non-Federal interest
to provide for design and construction of the project to be carried out with
such assistance.
(d)
(1)The Federal share of
the cost of a project carried out under this section shall be 75
percent.
(2)The non-Federal
share of such cost may be provided in the form of in-kind services, including
planning, design, construction, and management services, that the Secretary
determines to be compatible with, and necessary for, the project.
(3)No cost sharing
for management planThe Federal share of the cost of a management
plan developed under subsection (b)(1) shall be 100 percent.