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<br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Authorization <br /> <br />The CWCB has certain statutory responsibilities relating to the designation and approval of flood <br />water runoff channels or basins as follows: <br /> <br />... "to devise and formulate methods, means, and plans for bringing about the greater <br />utilization of the waters of the state and the prevention of flood damages therefrom, and to <br />designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or basins, and to make such <br />designations available to legislative bodies of cities and incorporated towns, to county <br />planning commissions, and to boards of adjustment of cities, incorporated towns, and <br />counties of this state"..., Section 37-60-106(l)(c) of the Colorado Revised Statues (CRS). <br /> <br />A CWCB designation and approval of current floodplain information is needed for the <br />unincorporated areas of Lake County, Colorado. The CWCB has prepared this report as a means of <br />designating Lake County's FHBM so that the community can better implement its floodplain <br />management program. <br /> <br />Purpose and Scope <br /> <br />This Floodplain Information Report (FIR) was prepared to provide supporting documentation for <br />the approximate lOO-year floodplain boundaries shown on the Lake County FHBM, dated October <br />18, 1977. The FHBM was prepared using approximate floodplain techniques. It was not <br />accompanied by a report detailing its engineering basis or its uses for floodplain management. This <br />FIR provides limited engineering information to fulfill that need. <br /> <br />This FIR includes: <br /> <br />I, Authorization for the report and its purpose and scope; <br /> <br />2. Study area description including information on the community, the watershed, and any known <br />flooding history/flooding problems; <br /> <br />3, Description of hydrologic and hydraulic information; and <br /> <br />4. Floodplain management program. <br />