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• County: Statewide
• Stream Name: South Platte
• Basin: South Platte
• Title: Water and Related Land Resources Management Study Volume V - Appendix H
• Date: 7/14/1980
• Prepared For: South Platte and Tributaries
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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Review of the Report

As a part of the coordination activities for the Westerly

Creek studies, copies of a draft of this report, accompanied by a

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), were circulated for

review and comment. Copies of all comments received and

responses to these comments are included in chapter 4 of the

Technical Appendix. The following paragraphs summarize the

comments.

The Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, the city of

Aurora, and the city and county of Denver all support the

selected plan but would prefer a lower financial participation by

local ir.terests. They feel it inappropriate to apply the

President's proposed cost-sharing policies until Congress has

acted upon the proposal. Corps of Engineers interim guidance on

the implementation of the president's proposal requires that the

President's proposed cost-sharing policies be incorporated into

reporting officers' recommendations for Federal participation.

Similarly, the State of Colorado supports the plan but does

not favor the President's proposed cost-sharing policies. The

Colorado Division of Wildlife suggests vegetative plantings in

connection with the improvements on Lowry Air Force Base.

Although it is the Corps' position that mitigation is not

required because the loss of habitat would not be significant,

further consideration can be given to vegetative planting during

the advanced engineering and design stage. This would also have

to be ~oordinated with the Air Force. The Colorado Historical

Society anticipates no impacts to archeological resources or

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