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<br />Ul'\~'8l':18 <br />-.I.". "..; <br /> <br />relationship of these two systems to Colorado State Government is <br />depicted in diagrams shown at Appendices 1 and 2 to paragraph 3A of <br />the Plan. In the next pages, each system is described more fully, <br /> <br />ASSESSMENT SYSTEM, The assessment system has been designed to function <br />as follows: <br /> <br />This system is composed of representatives from concerned <br />agencies who comprise task forces that can rapidly develop <br />and process assessments through the task force structure to <br />response agencies and leadership. (Water Availabil ity TF <br />to Impact TF's to a Review and Reporting TF). <br /> <br />Task forces expedite the processing of water availabil ity and <br />impact information i.e. they gather and disseminate this infor- <br />mation. They ensure expeditious reporting through the Review <br />and Reporting Task Force, to leadership and to the response <br />agencies of State government. The general rule for these task <br />forces is to more clearly del ineate problem areas(impacts) which <br />generate needs that cannot be met locally and must therefore be <br />responded to by the State. Task forces are designed to assess <br />the range of needs which can result from drought; if new problem <br />areas arise, correspondingly oriented task forces will be gen- <br />erated to carry out pertinent assessment, e.g. should hydro- <br />electric energy or health problems become prominent enough to <br />be of significant concern, pertinent task forces will be <br />establ ished. <br /> <br />These task forces are generally chaired by midlevel managers <br />drawn from State government who can deal with a very broad <br />range of government and private data sources. <br /> <br />Responsibil ities for informing the media of impact assessments <br />permit task force leadership to provide tt-e media with information <br />pertinent to TF responsibility, but restriction is placed on <br />releases of broader scope; these are restricted to the Office <br />the Governor, the Review and Reporting Task Force and the Director <br />DODES. <br /> <br />THE RESPONSE SYSTEM. Since response to drought is at best a complex, <br />broad scale, and somewhat ambiguous problem, specific action from State <br />government must be geared to specifically identified impacts. As impacts <br />,are identified and assessed by various task forces, these impacts are <br />reported to the concerned department of State government, as well as <br />to the Review and Reporting Task Force (for transmission to the Governor). <br />Initially, when a department receives an impact assessment which requires <br />a response, this action is taken through existing programs according to <br />establ ished departmental criteria. State action (still within established <br />departmental channels) is taken when local capabilities cannot cope with <br />existing or growing needs. Response consists of any action taken to solve <br />a given drought problem, from media announcements to funding, or to allo- <br />cation of other resourceS, The department or agency most concerned is <br />assigned to act as lead agency, and to enl ist the cooperation of and <br />provide direction to other agencies which should be involved. Lead <br /> <br />A-3 <br />