1981 CO Drought Plan

• Title: The Colorado Drought Response Plan
• Date: 5/15/1981
• Description: Colorado Drought Response Plan
• Basin: Statewide
• Drought Mitigation - Doc Type: Complete Plan

- Developp coordinate, and recommend solutions to impact
problems involving:
o Executive Branch actions, to include interdepart-
mental or outside support (possible Federal Declaration) .
This could also include recommending the appointment of
a departmental staff position(s) or field representative(s) .
o State legislative actions, to include requests for funding.
o Program implementation, monitoring, and approval .
- Ensure inter-agency coordination (e.g. media releases) .
- Determine when drought intensity has receded to the point that
there is no longer a need for the IACG to function.
IV. EXISTING DROUGHT RELIEF PROGRAMS
There are State and Federal Programs that can provide relief from
drought impacts. State Programs for relief are few in number and
limited in scope, while Federal Programs are numerous and broad. All
of these programs are dependent on annual funding appropriations which
vary significantly from year to year. Therefore the usefulness of these
programs at a particular point in time may be limited. However, as
drought conditions intensify: (`
- appropriations may be upgraded; or
- initiatives may be established for new legislation.
Also, when drought occurs over a multi-state region the possibilities
for new legislation are significantly enhanced.
Normally the President does not approve major emergency declarations
with follow-on relief programs for drought. On the other hand , when
extremely serious events occur which are associated with drought, and
which clearly over-extend the State's capacity for social relief, then
such a declaration may be possible.
For more detailed information on existing State and Federal relief
programs see Annex B.
V. COORDINATING INSTRUCTIONS
All Drought Assessment and Response Agencies:
- The general sequence of actions to be carried out under this
Plan will be in accordance with Appendix 3 to this Plan.
- Expenses to support activities are subject to normal fiscal
constraints of respective agencies. Requests for special
funding will be forwarded through the appropriate Coordina-
ting Agency, Review and Reporting TF, or IACG, to the Governor.