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<br />Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan -1999 <br /> <br />3.2.4.2.2 U.S. Natural Resources <br />Conservation Service (NRCS) <br />The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) <br />can provide technical assistance in the conservation <br />development and productive use of soil and water <br />resources. Its activities in Colorado include watershed <br />protection and flood protection projects, floodplain <br />management studies, resource conservation and <br />development, emergency watershed protection, <br />conservation technical assistance, soil surveys, snow <br />surveys, and water supply forecasting, <br /> <br />3.2.4.3 U.S. Department of Defense <br /> <br />3.2.4.3.1 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers <br />The Corps of Engineers is involved in developing and <br />implementing plans for flood control, navigation, <br />hydropower, recreation, and water supply, The corps <br />also has authority for emergency operations, bank <br />protection, penn~ administration, and technical <br />assistance, Corps programs in Colorado can be lumped <br />into five different authorities, 1) Feasibility Studies and <br />Projects; 2) Continuing Authority Projects; 3) <br />Emergency Operations; 4) Floodplain Management <br />Services; and 5) Penn it Issuance, <br /> <br />3.2.4.4 U.S. Department of Commerce <br /> <br />3.2.4.4.1 National Weather Service <br /> <br />The National Weather Service is responsible for 36-48 <br />hour weather forecasting, issuing severe weather <br />warnings and watches, flash flood warnings and <br />watches, and flood warnings, <br /> <br />3.2.4.5 U.S. Department of Transportation <br /> <br />3.2.4.5.1 Federal Highway Administration <br />The Federal Highway Administration provides highway <br />construction grants to the states and directs federal <br />highway construction appropriations. It ensures that the <br />construction and maintenance of highways built with <br />federal aid comply with existing regulations and <br />directives. These regulations provide for the flooding of <br />roadway embankments and bridge structures located in <br />floodplains. This agency is also concerned with stream <br />channel changes in rural areas and detention facilities in <br />urban areas, which affect highway routes, The design <br />of tts bridge projects occasionally involves reshaping <br />channels for short distances upstream and downstream <br /> <br />3.2.4.6 U.S. Department of the Interior <br /> <br />3.2.4.6.1 U.S. Bureau of Reclamation <br />The U,S. Bureau of Reclamation administers the federal <br />program in western states for water resource <br />development and use, which provides multiple purpose <br />projects furnishing fish and wildlife protection and <br />recreation opportunities, water for fann irrigation, <br /> <br />municipal, and industrial use, hydroelectric power, flood <br />control, and other natural resource conservation <br />benefits, <br /> <br />3.2.4.6.2 U.S. Geological Survey <br />Congress established the U, S, Geological Survey on <br />March 3, 1879, to classify pUblic lands and examine the <br />geological structure, mineral resources, and products of <br />the country, Over the years, other Congressional acts <br />have enlarged tts duties and functions to include making <br />geological and topographic maps, gauging streams, and <br />determining water supplies of the Un~ed States, The <br />survey can assist communities and state agencies in <br />collecting, developing, and computing basic data and <br />infonnation for floodplain engineering studies and <br />investigations, <br /> <br />Infonnation available from the U,S, Geological Survey <br />includes records of water gauge heights, discharge <br />runoff, times of travel, sediment discharge, historic flood <br />peaks, and inundated areas. Reports of magnttude, <br />frequency, and duration of flood flows are also kept. <br />Flood prone areas subject to inundation by floods of <br />approximately the 100-year frequency have been <br />delineated on topographic maps for selected areas <br />within Colorado and can be obtained through this <br />agency, <br /> <br />3.2.4.6.3 U.S. Bureau of Land Management <br />The Bureau of Land Management has district offices <br />located in the 11 western states and Alaska, which are <br />involved in land use planning for public lands, Each <br />district office maintains a file of floodplain maps that are <br />available for public inspection, <br /> <br />Chapter 3 . 12 <br /> <br />1/2100 9AO PM <br />