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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />restricting of track crawl equipment greatly <br />hinders the working of a major stream which <br />annually has a great sediment load. <br /> <br />State <br /> <br />Section 401 of the Clean Water Act <br /> <br />The State of Colorado, Department of Health <br />requires that a water quality certification be <br />obtained prior to the commencement of any work <br />within the State's river systems. <br /> <br />Permitting Time and Schedules - Colorado's mountains and <br />plains streams have certain low flow time <br />schedules when work can be economically an~ <br />effectively achieved; therefore, lengthy <br />processing of applications may result in <br />additional flood losses and damages to lands and <br />structures located within the floodplain. <br /> <br />CONCLUSION <br /> <br />Because of current permit requirements, flooding and erosion <br /> <br /> <br />problems have increased along the Uncompahgre River. The <br /> <br /> <br />historic practices of removing deposition in the channel and the <br /> <br /> <br />filling along eroded streambanks are viewed as impractical under <br /> <br /> <br />corps permit requirements. As a consequence, spring flooding now <br /> <br /> <br />intensifies the loss of agricutural lands and the aggradation and <br /> <br /> <br />deposition further reduce channel capacity. The regulatory <br /> <br /> <br />impasse may result in further losses. <br /> <br />gl <br /> <br />-~ <br />