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," . . . .. Insurance Study for the reach indicates a to-year flowrate of 18,500 cfs and a toO-year flowrate of 64,000 cfs. Initial reports and observations indicate that twelve residences and two businesses experienced flood inundations of varying depths. Conversations with residents indicate that some believe the City is at fault for the flood, but no substantiation of this claim has been made by CWCB. The current effective Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) for the area, dated September 1986, shows the embankment providing some protection for the area, but does portray all of the affected properties to be located in a detailed toO-year floodplain created by backwater from Fountain Creek behind Colorado Highway 47. Due to a recent shift in levee policy by FEMA, the new regulatory floodplain study for the area, which has been underway for the past two years, has been analyzed assuming no protection by the embankment. This study is ongoing and is not yet effective for regulatory or insurance purposes. It is unknown at this time whether all or any of the affected properties carried flood insurance policies at the time of the flood. Flood insurance is available to any resident or business in the City of Pueblo and Pueblo County, regardless of whether the property is located in the floodplain or not. The CWCB's flood response consultant was on site the afternoon of the flood event, and CWCB staff was on site the following day to help document the flood. As of the time of this writing, it does not appear likely that the City will ask either the State or the Federal governments for disaster assistance. CWCB staff will continue to work with the City of Pueblo and other interested agencies to determine how best to move forward from this incident. Colorado River Basin Green Mountain Reservoir: April 27, 2007 was declared as the reservoir's start-of-fill date. Reservoir releases were decreased to minimum power releases of too cfs. Green Mountain is expected to fill this year. Coordinated Reservoir Operations (CROS): Pursuant to the IS-Mile Reach Programmatic Biological Opinion, CROS are evaluated each spring to determine if voluntary bypasses of inflow can be coordinated so as to enhance the peak flows in the IS-Mile Reach. CROS operations may be possible this year. The Colorado Basin River Forecast Center currently forecasts a peak for the IS-Mile Reach very close to the lower threshold for CROS operations. Conditions on the Blue River are favorable, with almost 13