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[CITE: 16USC3456]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
                    CHAPTER 54--RESOURCE CONSERVATION
 
        SUBCHAPTER IV--RESERVOIR SEDIMENTATION REDUCTION PROGRAM
 
Sec. 3456. Technical and financial assistance


(a) Eligibility and criteria

    Technical and financial assistance, including loans, may be provided 
by the Secretary to any State, local unit of government, or local 
nonprofit organization to assist in carrying out works of improvement 
specified in an area plan approved by the Secretary only if--
        (1) such State, local unit of government, or local nonprofit 
    organization agrees in writing to carry out such works of 
    improvement and to finance or arrange for financing of any portion 
    of the cost of carrying out such works of improvement for which 
    financial assistance is not provided by the Secretary under this 
    subchapter;
        (2) the works of improvement for which assistance is to be 
    provided under this subchapter are included in an area plan and have 
    been approved by the State, local unit of government, or local 
    nonprofit organization to be assisted;
        (3) the Secretary determines that assistance to finance the type 
    of works of improvement concerned is not reasonably available to 
    such State, local unit of government, or local nonprofit 
    organization under any other Federal program;
        (4) the works of improvements provided for in the area plan are 
    consistent with any current comprehensive plan for such area;
        (5) the cost of the land or an interest in the land acquired or 
    to be acquired under such plan by any State, local unit of 
    government, or local nonprofit organization is borne by such State, 
    local unit of government, or local nonprofit organization; and
        (6) the State, local unit of government, or local nonprofit 
    organization participating in an area plan agrees to maintain and 
    operate all works of improvement installed under such plan.

(b) Terms and conditions of loans

    Loans made under this subchapter shall be made on such terms and 
conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, except that such loans shall 
have a repayment period of not more than thirty years from the date of 
completion of the work of improvement for which the loan is made and 
shall bear interest at the average rate of interest paid by the United 
States on its obligations of a comparable term, as determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury.

(c) Submission and approval of plan as prerequisite

    Assistance may not be made available to any State, local unit of 
government, or local nonprofit organization to carry out any area plan 
unless such plan has been submitted to and approved by the Secretary.

(d) Withdrawal

    The Secretary may withdraw technical and financial assistance with 
respect to any area plan if the Secretary determines that such 
assistance is no longer needed or that sufficient progress has not been 
made toward developing or implementing the elements of such plan.

(Pub. L. 97-98, title XV, Sec. 1533, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1339.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 3455 of this title.
