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<br />of new structures but will also be aimed at <br />items of debris such as junkyards and that <br />sort of thing?" <br /> <br />MR. SPARKS; <br /> <br />"This is correct. Anything in the flood <br />plain channel which would likely be carried <br />away by the water. This applies only to new <br />construction and new enterprises. <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />There has been some resistance to this <br />on the part of people who want to promote <br />various developments on the banks of streams <br />because this is fairly cheap land compara- <br />tively speaking. The farmer who used to live <br />there or still lives there knew better than <br />to put his house on the edge of the stream. <br /> <br />This is the type of development we are <br />attempting to prevent. We think that some <br />legal liability could be attached to people <br />putting up structures in these flood plains <br />even thou'gh ,they are not zoneQ.. If the flood <br />hazard has been pointed out we think it is <br />not beyond the realm of possibility that the <br />courts will assess damages against a builder <br />who knowingly erects structures in the flood <br />plain. <br /> <br />It is not possible to put a dam every <br />mile or ten miles on every tributary of our <br />rivers. It cannot be done without destroy- <br />ing too much land and the cost would be <br />staggering. There has to be some sensible <br />use of the lands and the Corps of Engineers <br />now is requiring that assurances be given <br />that prudent use be made of the flood channels <br />below any of the flood retarding structures <br />which they may construct. The Chief of Engi- <br />neers has said that if the united States I <br />constructs the Mt. carbon Dam, the state of <br />Colorado must give assurances that we will <br />properly control the river channel below the <br />dam. II <br /> <br />MR. TEN EYCK, <br /> <br />"I am delighted to hear that, Larry, <br />