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<br />~1/~4/2~~~ 18:~~ <br /> <br />4E12-221-489~ <br /> <br />CORPS OF ENGINEERS <br /> <br />PAGE EI1/~5 <br /> <br /> <br />'08t-lt" Fa~ Note <br />rO,[' <br />o.r~ <br />CoJO.pt. <br /> <br />7671 Date <br /> <br />~RAFT <br /> <br />Suggestions for Scope for an Independent Review of Cherry Creek <br />Site-Specific Study <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />In January 1995, the U.S, Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), <br /> <br />Omaha District, requested the assistance of Headquarters, U.S. <br /> <br />Army corps of Engineers, in getting the National Weat~er Service <br /> <br />(NWS) to perform a site-specific probable maximum precipitation <br /> <br />(PMP) analysis for the Cherry Creek Watershed upstream,of Cherry <br /> <br />,Creek Dam near Denver, Colorado. Preliminary and partial results <br /> <br /> <br />of this analysis were sent to the Omaha District on June 9, 1995, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />and the completed analysis (the Study) was sent on July 13, 1995, <br /> <br />to Headquarters, USACE with a copy sent to the Omaha District" <br /> <br />Subsequently, the Omaha District requested on two occasions that <br /> <br />the NWS respond to specific critical concerns about the study <br /> <br />that were expressed by certain interested members of the public. <br /> <br />Responses to these concerns were sent to the Omaha District in <br /> <br />July 1997 and to the' Engineering Division, USACE, Washington, <br /> <br />D.C., in March 1999: Included in the March 1999 response was a <br /> <br />brief, written review of the Study prepared by an external <br /> <br />consultant hired by the NWS. <br /> <br />Continuing concerns by certain public citizens about the <br /> <br />. validity of the Study have prompted the U.s. Congress to <br />