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• Board Meeting Date: 3/18/2008
• Description: CWCB Director's Report
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Memo

However, the pending state Supreme Court case could change that, and the water depleted during
operations would be subject to the same types of augmentation plans as other industrial, irrigation and
municipal wells are now, Wolfe said.
Last year, U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., introduced legislation that would look at how water produced
during gas drilling could be treated as a way of increasing the general water supply.
FLOODPLAIN MAP MODERNIZATION UPDATE - At the end of February, a National Flood
Risk Management: Levee Safety Summit was held in St. Louis Missouri. This was hosted by Association
of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) and the National Association of Flood and Stormwater
Management Agencies (NAFSMA). The objectives of this meeting were to solicit broad feedback from
and provide updates to local, state, regional, and federal officials and the private sector on vital national
flood risk management policies currently under consideration at the Federal level, particularly by the U. S.
Army Corps of Engineers and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Key issues that were
addressed include levee certification/decertification, levee operations and maintenance, vegetation
management, flood insurance and mapping issues, and residual flood risk in levee-protected areas.
Scoping of FEMA FY08 projects: Scoping meetings were held in Otero, Rio Grande, Elbert,
Gunnison, Montrose, and Morgan Counties for the possible Colorado FY08 countywide DFIRM
projects. Over the next few months, work will continue in the development of a project outline
through a Mapping Activity Statement for FEMA for each county listed above. It is unknown as
to how much funding FEMA Region VIII will receive this year and how much will be received
by Colorado.
FY07 Counties: Basemap work has begun on the Countywide DFIItl~I projects for Park, Delta,
Summit and El Paso Counties.
FY 06 Counties: Weld County and LaPlata County detailed study work continues to progress.
The Teller and Archuleta County Zone A floodplains have been completed. Teller Archuleta,
Weld, and La Plata Counties will be going preliminary in 2008. Finalization of the Fremont
County and Clear Creek County detailed studies continue to begin integration into the DFI1~I as
a Physical Map Revisions (PMR). It was found with Clear Creek County that a Master Drainage
plan 100-year flows significantly exceed that of the effective FEMA flows and that Idaho Springs
may not be mapped showing accurate risk. The FEMA and their consultant met with Idaho
Springs and Clear Creek County to discuss this. FEMA is looking into a possible study to update
the floodplain through Idaho Springs. The Pueblo County Arkansas River Levee floodplain study
has begun, but is waiting on the City of Pueblo detailed studies to be completed. From the
Arkansas River analysis it can be determined which sections of the Arkansas River levee need to
be recertified.
FY OS Counties: All detailed studies for Mesa County have been completed, reviewed and
accepted by FEMA. The Fremont and Clear Creek studies need some additional survey for the
last study to be completed. The Garfield Counties are completed and the Countywide project is
delayed due to a USGS study that has been reviewed by Michael Baker Jr., Inc. (FEMA's NSP)
and we are waiting for comment resolution. The Montezuma County DFIRIVI Letter of Final
Determination will be published shortly.
FY 04/03 Counties: All of the Boulder County levees have been identified; FEMA and the State
have met with the City of Boulder and the County to determine the interest in a PAL
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