The Environmental Infrastructure Assistance program authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to assist public entities in the design and construction of water-related environmental infrastructure and resource protection and development projects in North Dakota. These projects include combined sewer or wastewater overflow, water supply, storage, and treatment design and related facility construction as well as environmental restoration and surface water resource protection and development work.

Location

The North Dakota Environmental Infrastructure Assistance program covers the entire state of North Dakota. Program responsibilities are shared between the St. Paul District and Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Status

Current Section 594 projects in the St. Paul District include the following:

City of Aneta Water and Sanitary Sewer Project, $4.89 million in federal funds
City of Cando Sanitary Sewer System Replacement, $3.275 million in federal funds
City of Enderlin Water Supply Project, $3.8 million in federal funds

The cities of Langdon, Carpio, Mapleton, Lake Upsilon, Oriska, Drayton, Leeds, Lisbon, Harvey and Glenburn have requested support for their water and wastewater supply repair and improvement needs, totaling approximately $70 million in federal funds.

Authority

Section 111 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 amended the Ohio Section 594 program to include North Dakota. Congress authorized $100 million for the program in North Dakota. In 2022, Congress increased the authorization by $100 million for Section 594.