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of Holly. This map showed a major portion of the Town as being in the 100-year floodplain and subject to the risk of flooding. The Board designated and approved on May J 2, 1976, (Floodplain Resolution Index Number 59) as floodplain areas those areas in the vicinity of and including the Town of Holly described as being inundated by a I DO-year flood a~ St:t forth in the Corps' April 1975 report. The Corps published reports in April 1975 and March 1977, titled "Detailed Project Report, Holly, Colorado", describing the Holly Flood Control Project. These reports included information on the investigations, analyses, and formulation plan for a flood control project to protect the Town of Holly. The March 1977 repOlt included pre-project floodplain maps for the 100-year flood and the Standard Project Flood. Post-project water surface profiles were included for a I DO-year flood, the Standard Project Flood, and the flood of record based on a proposed flood control project for the Town. Post-project floodplain maps for the 100-year flood and the Standard Project Flood were also included. Prior to construction of the Holly Flood Control Project, the Corps prepared drawings, dated April 1979, of plans for construction of levees and related facilities. Th(:se drawings included the general plan, the levee plan and profile, structures, and hydrographs of the Arkansas River. No water surface profiles or floodplain maps were included with these drawings. After the Project was completed in 1981, the Corps prepared an Inspection Date Document showing the completion date, the sponsor acceptmce date, and Project inspection dates. This document is included in the EXHIBITS section of this Report. In November 1981, the Corps prepared the Operation and Maintenance Manual (O&M Manual) for the Holly Flood Control Project. This document provides information about the Project, briefly describes major Project facilities, and presents basic instructions for proper operation and maintenance of the Project and facilities. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) acknowledged the Project's protection in a letter dated April 28,1983, to the Town of Holly. FEMA stated in the letter that information made available to them indicated that, for all practical purposes, tht: community would not be inundated by the base flood (which is the flood having a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year, i.e. a 100-year flood) and that FEMA therefore rescinded the Flood Hazard Boundary Map and converted the Tovm to the Regular Program of the National Flood Insurance Program effective May 20, 1983. FLOOD CONTROL PROJECT Proiect Description Following the flood of June 1965 and because of several smaller floods occurring after that time, the Holly Flood Control, Drainage and Sat1itation District requested that the Corps 4