FLOOD08008

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Flood Insurance Studies
• Date: 3/1/1978
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: FIA
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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~~~c=::1i:1~ t-..f:ct:h~r :.h~ ?~o~K)s~cl uction \Jill (Jccur in il

f~o~~plai~ -- fo~ najo= ~ce2r~i actions 5igni~icilnLly

a:::2cti:lg the quali ':y 0:: th8 hLL"':'.a:1 envi1:o;:~'2nt, the

CV2.1u~ti.on !"-2c.iuiZ'~d berO'd" Hill be fncl~d~c1 in ~ny st2.t~l~cnt

prepared und~r S2ction 102(2) (el of the Ua~ional Environ-

mental Policy Act. This det8rDination shall be mad2

according to a D2part-r;t2nt of Housing and Urban D2vcla:xilent
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(HUD) floodplain ...ap 0::- a more detailed milj? of a~ area, if

available. If such maps are not available, the ag2ncy shall

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make a detemination of the location of the flood;:Jlain based

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on t.he best available'information. The \later Resources

,Cou.'1cii shal~ issue guidance on this info:c!:',ation not later

than Octobe~ 1, 1977:

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Ii an agency has determined to, or proposes to,

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conduct, support, or allo\v an action to be loca~:ed in a

floocplai~, the agency shall consider alternatives to avoid

,adverse effects and incom;:>atible developUl8!1t in the flood-

~ plains. If the head of the agency finds that the only

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practicable alternative consistent ,.;it:l the la\V and "iith

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the policy set fo;:-th'in this Ordl;'r..reguires siting in a

floodpla.in, the agency shall, prior ,to taking actioi1,

(i) design or modify its action in order to l:lininiizc poten lial

lwrm to 6r \'Ii thin the floodplain, consis tell t \Vi th regulations

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issued ill accord \Vilh Section 2(11) of ,this (h'd~r, iln;:l

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(ii) preJ;>".re and circulate il notice containing, an cxpL:\11a.tioll

of \'Ihy the a.ctioll is propO$ed to he located in the floodplain.

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