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28-111 for county governments and Sections 31-23-302 for municipal governments of the Colorado Revised Statutes. Conservation Board will designate and approve as flood plain areas those areas inundated by the 100-year flood as described by the floodwater surface elevations and profiles in this report. The use of the designated flood plain areas may then be regulated by the local government. D. Model Requlation8 Model flood plain regulations have been promulgated by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, with the purpose to promote public health, safety. and general welfare, and minimize flood hazards and losses. The model includes provisions designed to, 1. Promote sound planning and permit only such uses within flood plains that will not endanger life. health. and public safety or property in times of flooding. B. Colorado Natural Bazard Area ReaulatioDs In 1974, the Colorado General Assembly passed House Bill 1041, a bill .concerning land use, and providing for identification. designation, and administration of areas and activities of State interest,.... (H.B. 1041. Title 24, Article 65.1. C.R.S., as amended). Areas of State interest include natural hazard areas, or those areas that are .so adverse to past. current. or foreseeable construction or land use as to constitute a significant hazard.to-public health and safety or to property.. Flood plains are natural hazard areas. With reference to the administration of natural hazard areas, Section 24-65.1-202(2) (al of the Act provides: Flood plains shall be administered so as to minimize significant hazard to public health and safety or to property; open space activities shall be encouraged; structures shall be designed in terms of use and hazards; disposal sites and systems shall be discouraged which, in time of flooding, would create significant hazards to public health and safety or to property. The Act further provides that after promulgation of guidelines for land use in natural hazard areas.... the natural hazard areas shall be administered by local government in a -manner which is consistent with the guidelines for land use in each of the natural hazard areas. 2. Protect the public from avoidable financial expenditures for flood control projects, flood relief measures. and the repair and restoration of damaged public facilities. 3. Prevent avoidable interruption of business and commerce. 4. Minimize victimization of unwary home and land purchases. 5. Facilitate the administration of flood hazard areas by establishing requirements that must be met before use or development is permitted. C. Colorado Water Conservation Board Desianation Concerning the designation of the flood plain. the Colorado Water Conservation Board is charged with the primary responsibility for: 1. Making recommendation to local governments and the Colorado Land-Use Commission. 2. Providing technical assistance to local governments. The Board's power and duty is... .... To devise and formulate methods, means and plans for bringing about the greater utilization of the waters of the State and prevention of flood damages therefrom and to designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff' channels or basins. and to make such designations available to legislative bodies of cities and incorporated towns. to coun~y.planning commissions, and to boards of adjustment of c~t1es, incorporated town. and counties of this state.. The Board's model flood plain regulations management of the 100-year flood plain. Concept and the Floodway Concept. The Hazard Area Concept defines the areas of the flood plain in which waters of the 100-year flood attain a maximum depth greater than one and one-half feet as high as a high hazard area, and a depth less than this as a low hazard area. offer two options for These are the Hazard Area The Floodway Concept defines the channel of a stream and adjacent flood plain areas that must be kept free of development in order to safely pass the 100-year flood with a minimal rise in the water surface elevation. The rise must be no more than one foot to meet the federal standards. As stated in Section 37-60-~06(1) (c) of the Colorado Revised Statutes. E. Plood Insurance The National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (Title XIII of the Housing and Urban Development Act. P.L. 90-446) recognized the necessity for flood plain management. This Act makes federally subsidized insurance available to citizens in communities that adopt regulations controlling future developments of their flood plain. with respect to encroachment on the flood plain, the regulations require; Upon review and approval of this report, the Colorado Water , 9