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<br /> <br />JVews from <br /> <br />. i <br /> <br />'$. <br /> <br />TOM TANCREDO <br /> <br />Colorado's Sixth District Representative <br /> <br /> <br />1123 Longworth House Office Building. Washington, DC 20515. (202) 225-7882 <br /> <br />FOR ThIMEDL<\TE RELEASE <br />July 22, 1999 <br /> <br />CONTACT: SCOTT GAST <br />(202) 226-6999 <br /> <br />REps. T ANCREDO & HEFLEY SECURE INDEPENDENT <br />REVIEW FOR CHERRY CREEK FLOOD DATA <br /> <br />WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Representatives Tom Tancredo and Joel Hefley announced today that the <br />House Appropriations Committee will include a provision in the Energy and Water Appropriations bill <br />report preventing the Army Corps of Engineers from continuing its study of Cherry Creek Darn <br />improvements until an independent review of the National Weather Service data is conducted. <br /> <br />"I am pleased the m~;;',bers of the Appropriations Committee have honored our request and wi!l demand a <br />common-sense study of Cherry Creek's 'Possible Maximum Flood' predictions," said Tancredo. "In a <br />debate that contains nothing but hypothetical scenarios, it is nice to have one guarantee: no funher action <br />will be taken until the disputed National Weather Service data is independently reviewed." e <br /> <br />"I have always been skeptical of the value of this study," Rep. Hefley said. ''I'm glad Congress made the <br />decision not to waste any more money on it until we have a chance to investigate its validity." <br /> <br />The Appropriations Committee's report to the House included the following language: <br /> <br />"The Committee prohibits the Corps of Engineersfrom proceeding with the Cherry Creek Basin Study <br />until the Corps completes an independent peer review of the National Weather Service data in order to <br />determine the appropriate design flood for the Cherry Creek Basin. The recommendation [of SlJ 0 <br />thousand less that the Corps' request] does not include funds requested in the budget for the basin study." <br /> <br />The Corps of Engineers has been pursuing possible structural improvements to the Cherry Creek Dam in <br />response to flood predictions that the National Weather Service admits are "beyond a one in a million" <br />possibility. Independent review of the weather service data will be part ofa three-year study conducted <br />by Dr. James Cotton at Colorado State University. <br /> <br />For more information, orto speak with Rep. Tancredo, contact Scott Gast at (202) 226-6999. To speak <br />with Rep. Hefley, contact Leigh LaMora at (202) 225-4422. <br /> <br />.u= <br />'""'" <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />07/ll199 <br /> <br />http://wNw.house.govltancredol <br /> <br />T:\Prsss\ReleaSlt$\c:heny creek prohibit.doc <br />