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<br />possible future action would be to initiate detailed study. <br />Available under existing flood control programs of the Corps, <br />these programs include: <br /> <br />. General Investiaations studies. Requires specific <br />Congressional authorization to initiate. The level of <br />detail, high study cost, and lengthy time involved is <br />appropriate for large-scale projects which exceed the <br />limitations of the continuing Authorities Program <br />outlined below. <br /> <br />. continuina Authorities Proaram. section 205 authorizes <br />the corps to participate in small flood control <br />projects where the Federal limit of the cost-shared <br />program is $5 million or less. The Grand Junction <br />feasibility study is typical of this authority and its <br />requirements. The result of any constructiQn developed <br />under this authority would meet FEMA standards for <br />crediting toward revision of flood plains, if the level <br />of protection is at least a 100-year flood with 3 feet <br />of levee freeboard. <br /> <br />. Public Law 84-99 Federal assistance for rehabilitation <br />of flood damaaed levees. This authority would provide <br />for Federal assistance in reconstruction of non-Federal <br />levees damaged in a flood, if certain minimum standards <br />are met. The standards applied to non-Federal levees <br />under this program are much lower than what is required <br />for FEMA crediting. The levee inspections conducted in <br />1988 in western Colorado are typical of this authority <br />and its requirements. The minimum level of protection <br />to be met under this authority is above the 5-year <br />flood with a minimum 1-foot freeboard. <br /> <br />. Section 14. Emeraency Streambank and Shoreline <br />Protection. Work under this authority is intended to <br />prevent erosion damages to highways, bridge approaches, <br />public works, and other non-profit public facilities by <br />the emergency construction or repair of streambank and <br />shoreline protection works. <br /> <br />Field reconnaissance during the inventory revealed <br />significant differences in resource values protected by the levee <br />systems. Accordingly, prior to requesting assistance under any <br />of the above programs, it would be advantageous to develop a <br />listing of comparative values protected by each levee system of <br />interest. Such a listing would assist non-Federal planning <br />efforts to focus improvement activities in priority and with a <br />level of improvement for each levee which would be appropriate <br />within the framework of the overall planning objectives for the <br />riverfront. Development of the values would involve inventorying <br />resources in a defined area which would be vulnerable to flood <br /> <br />14 <br />