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<br />../~.~ <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Prom a recent contact with the Larimer County Engineering Department, it is <br />our understanding that the panels prepared by fEMA defIning the flood plain <br />in the vicinity are not yet available for either the 100 year, or the 500 year <br />event, nor is such anticipated in: the forseeable future, due apparently to the <br />. higher priority of other streams and rivers requiring the preparation of such <br />panels. <br /> <br />However, plans in the District fIles for the construction of the original water <br />treatment plant indicate that the floor of the plant was set at 1.00 feet" above <br />the flood plain ", ( wha~ever the source was for that information) and the' <br />main floor of the. raw water pump station would be set no lower than that. <br /> <br />All project design is conceptual at this point, but it is not anticipated that the . <br />relatively small dimensions of the pump station would represent any signifi- <br />cant obstruction to flood flow, when placed within the relatively large width <br />of the available natural cross section for flow of the River at that point. <br /> <br />The upgrade of the capacity of the existing water treatment plant will be done <br />inside the existing building, on the floor leve~ previously describe~ and no <br />new construction external to the building related to such upgrade is antici pat- <br />ed. <br /> <br />It is planned to further investigate whatever other sources may be available <br />regarding flood plain defmition in the vicinity. of the District's project. <br /> <br />2) Wetlands <br /> <br />During a visit of the general area along the bank of the River by a representa- <br />tive of the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers, it was observed that wetlands <br />were dermed as being intermittent and relatively narrow strips along the edge <br />of the River.' It was.agree~ however, that a detailed wetlands determination <br />would be performed when a specific project would be further defmed. <br /> <br />As with the flood plain, the relatively small "foot print" of the pump station <br />and the frrst sections of the transmission line from the station are not anticip- <br />ated t6 cause a significant disturbance to any wet lands in the vicinitY, should <br />such be so identified~ <br /> <br />3) Endangered Species <br /> <br />In discussions with the fish and Wildlife Service of the U.S. Department of <br />the ~lnterior, itbwI as le~edMthat mi~gthative effoafrt~ maYd bbe ntheededfor thhie.hhabi-/ <br />tat ~or the Pre e Jumpmg ouse m at area ~ecte y . e project w c <br />2 <br />