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<br /> <br />STUDY AUTHORIZATION <br /> <br />This report 13 one of 8 aeries of reports prepared in response to an <br />application by the Inter_Co~ty Regions1 Plennlog Commission of Deaver, <br />Colorado, for intor=atioD On the flood potentials and flood hazard aress <br />of the streama in the metropolitan region of Denver, Colorado. The <br />C0101;'8do Water COnl.lerYlltloll Board, illih cepac1ty liS State Coordinating <br />.Agency, has indorsed this application. This report vaa prepared under <br />the lIu.thQrity of Section 206 of the 1960 Flood Control Act (Public LBw <br />86~645. 14 J~y 1960), which reads 1n part aa follows: <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />"Tbat, in recognition or the increasing llae aod. development <br />of flood p1.8101l' or the rivers of the UlI1ted States and of the <br />needforlntormatiQllontloodhazarO.sto8e:t"Ve8aaguldeto <br />auch development, and 88 8 basis for avoiding future hazRrda <br />by TCsulatioo of use by S~tes sndMunie1pal1ties, the Seeretary <br />of the Army, through the Chief of Engineers, DepllrtOlent of the <br />Army, 18 hereby lIuthorhed to cOlDpile anddisaeminate io!ormation <br />on floods and flood dalllllgu including identification of the sreas <br />subject to inundation by :!'loads of various llIllgnitudes snd. <br />freltucnc1es,andgenerslcriteriaforguidancelnuseofflood <br />plainaress;andtoprovideengineeringsdvicetolccelinterests <br />for their use in plsnn1ng to ameliorate the flood hazards; provided, <br />thllt the necesaary surveys and studies vi11 be lDsde snd such <br />information aod advice will he provided for specific localitiea <br />only upon requests of II State or a responsible local Covernmental <br />agency Illld upon apprQV81 by the Chief of Engineers." <br /> <br />TECHNICAL DATA <br /> <br />A mOre exteosive presentation of the flood plllin information aummarized <br />io thia report, including related technical data, ia available in the <br />Technical Appendix to "VolWlle III, Flood Plain Information Report, <br />~tropol1tanRegioll, Iknver, Colorado, Beor Creek aoo Clear Creek." <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Reference copies of this appendix are OIl file in the office of the <br />U. S. Army Engineer Di6trict, 215 North 17th street, Qoahs, Nebrasks,- <br />69102; the Colorado Wster COllBervation Board, 215 State Services Building, <br />l525ShermsnStreet,Denver,Colorado-8ce03;andthelnter-County <br />Regionsl Plsnning Coouil1.6aion, 2!o75 \/e6t 26th Avenue, Denver, Colorado - <br />130211. <br /> <br />ACKNOWLEDGMENT <br /> <br />The sssistsnce of the Inter-County Regionsl Planning Commissioo, the <br />Denver Coomty Departllleot of PubllcWorks, the Colorado Depsrto:ent of <br />High"aysaodotherslnprovidlogstresmsurv"y, bridge,highlls)',lIoo <br />other data is grstefullyacknrntledged. <br /> <br />. ~ <br />