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<br />001428 <br /> <br />11. 404 Permits. Section 404 of the Clean Water Act prohibits discharges of <br />dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States, including wetlands, <br />without a permit from the Corps. Persons or agencies who are planning to do <br />filling or excavation activities in any waterway should contact the Corps office in <br />Pueblo, Colorado. <br /> <br />In 1999, 8 individual permits were issued in the Arkansas River Basin. An <br />additional 182 activities in the Basin were reviewed during the period and most <br />were covered under nationwide permits. Persons or agencies who are planning <br />to conduct fill or excavation activities in any waterway are advised to contact the <br />Southern Colorado Project Office, 720 North Main, Suite 205, Pueblo, Colorado <br />81003, (719) 543-9459. Information, including all public notices, is also available <br />on our web home page at: "http://www.swp.usace.army.mil/regl". <br /> <br />12. Emergency Management Coordination. Public Law 84-99 gives the Corps <br />of Engineers the authority to assist state and local governments before, during <br />and after flood events. The Corps, using the PL 84-99 authority, will repair three <br />flood control works damaged during in the May 99 flood. These rehabilitation <br />projects are located in Pueblo on Fountain Creek, and on the Arkansas River at <br />La Junta and Las Animas. <br /> <br />The La Junta Channel Improvement project was built in 1956 to increase channel <br />conveyance capability with the dredged material used to construct a spoil bank <br />levee. After forty years of service and river sedimentation, the project currently <br />provides an 8-year level of protection. The May 1999 flood event overtopped <br />and breached this levee, resulting in significant damage to the North La Junta <br />area. The Corps has requested approval to repair this damaged levee at Federal <br />cost. <br /> <br />The Las Animas levee project was built by the Corps in 1979 and provides a 200- <br />year level of protection. The levee did incur some slope protection damage <br />during the flood which the Corps has requested approval to repair at Federal <br />cost. <br /> <br />The Pueblo levee project was built by the Corps in 1990 and provides a 200-year <br />level of protection. This levee also incurred some slope protection damage <br />during the flood which the Corps has requested approval to repair at Federal <br />cost. <br /> <br />The Corps' Emergency Management Branch works with Local governments to <br />inspect numerous flood control projects throughout the Arkansas Basin to insure <br />that these facilities are in proper operational condition for the next flood season. <br />During years with high snow pack, the Corps works with the Flood Control <br />Section of the Colorado Water Conservation Board to prepare for flood fight <br />activities that rnay be required. <br /> <br />5 <br />