CWCB Annual Report December 1995

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1.5 Business Services The CWCB carries out most of its statutory responsibilities through the following major ' programs: Water Project Construction Loan Program ' Office of Water Conservation Demonstration Grant Program Agricultural Efficiency Demonstration Grant Program Interstate Streams Investigation Program Floodplain Management Program - Instream Flow/Natural Lake Level Program The CWCB also actively participates in the following federal programs: Salinity Control Program Endangered Fish and Recovery Implementation Programs National Flood Insurance Program I 1.6 Annual Report ' • In addition to providing information concerning the use and status of the Construction Fund, one of the purposes of this annual report is to comply with the various state statutes outlined below: • Section 37-60-122(1)(a), CRS, requires the Colorado Water Conservation Board(Board) to submit annually no later than December 1, a report to the General Assembly. • Section 37-60-115 (4)(d), CRS, directs the Board to report annually on any potential reservoir sites which may be encroached upon by incompatible land uses. The initial dam site inventory required by section 37-60-115(4) was completed in 1988. • Section 37-60-119 (3) directs the Board to report on the status of activity under the Water Management Demonstration Grants Program added in 1992 and on the results of any completed demonstrations. • Section 37-60-121 (1)(c), CRS, directs the Board to apprise the General Assembly of steps taken to comply with criteria for making expenditures from the Construction Fund as set forth in section 37-60-121 (1)(b), CRS. • Section 37-60-122 (1)(a), CRS, directs the Board to report on the proposed facilities which the , Board recommends be constructed with moneys appropriated or otherwise credited to the Construction Fund created pursuant to section 37-60-121 (1), CRS. Section 37-60-122 (1)(a) also directs that the Board's report include suggested priorities for the funding of such proposed facilities. CWCB Annual Report, page 4 . •