FLOOD03020

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Stream Name: All
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Floodplain Management Manual for Local Government
• Date: 9/1/1993
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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Roles of Federal, State, and Local Governments in Floodplain
Management Regulations

There are many government agencies involved in floodplain management. Some of them are involved in flood
disaster relief. flood hazard identification, flood control projects, flood insurance, or floodplain rellulation, Govern-
ment roles and the government subsidiz€JC assistance programs which are available to a community following a flood
disaster are discussed throughout this manual. This chapter summarizes the information on specific flood control
and floodplain management activities and publications you can expect to obtain from local, State and Federal agen~
cies. There is a phone number and addre.sn supplied by which further information can be obtained if needed.

Federal
1) Perform flood control reconnais-
sance studies.
2) Perform flood control feasibility
studies.
3) Perform flood insurance rate studies.
4) Research and develop design pro-
cedures for design of facilities.
5) Make subsidized flood insurance
available to property owners.
6) Construct local flood control projects.
7) Construct large multi-purpose dams
and reservoirs.
8) Implement relocation and rehabilita-
tion programs.
9) Provide disaster relief funds.
, 0) Provide disaster relief technical and
admmistrative assistance.
11) Provide technical assistance to
states.
12) Manage publicly owned watersheds
to mmimize flood hazards.

Government Roles

State
1) Perform floodplain information
studies.
2) Perform hydrologic and hydraulic
investigations.
3) Perform flood history anel economic
research.
4) Provide technical assistance to local
governments.
5) Prepare "work proqrams" and "scopes
of work."
6) Assist with Master Drainageway
Planning Studies.
7) Assist in selecting contractors and
supervising their work for floodplain
mapping and floocj control engi-
neering studies.
8) Prescribe standarcls for surveys.
mapping, and enginl:lering for flood-
plain management studit:ls.
9) Certify technical accuracy of flood-
plain information and data.
10) Participate in public educational and
informational pr09rams regarding
flood hazards and floodplain man-
agement practices, including provi-
sion of written materials.
11) Coordinate Federal assistance pro-
grams.
12) Coordinate the National Flood
Insurance Program.
13) Seek authorization and funding for
Federal and State projects and
programs.
14) Co.sponsor Federal flood control
projects.
15) Coordinate flood hazard mitigation
activities as mandated by a Fed(~ral
disaster declaration.

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Local
1) Implement a floodplain management
program.
2) Adopt flood hazard data and infor-
mation.
3) Determine local floodplain prOblems
and management needs and work
with 8tate and federal agenCIes to
develop options to address them.
4) Enforce floodplain regulations.
5) Monitor chanqes in the floodplain
and take appropriate action.
6) Opemte and maintain federally con-
structed local flood control or
drainage ProjBc1s.
7) Cost-share with Federal and State
agencies in flood ~lazard study and
report costs.
8) Perform field sUlveys.
9) Secure rights.'of.way and rights of
ingress and egress for completion of
studies and projects.
10) Disseminate flood hazard informa-
tion and data.
11) Conduct public nducational and
informational programs on land use
aspects of the floodplain manage-
ment program.
12) Construct street and drainage
projects.