FLOOD08745

• County: Statewide
• Community: Statewide
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Date: 12/1/1999
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: Kistner and Associates
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

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Colorado Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan -1999

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Colorado
Department
Of
Public Health
Environment
(CDPHE)

. G5(1)99 - Promote the development 01: 1) contingency plans for household hazardous materi-
als; 2) anchoring~ocating containers of hazardous materials; and 3) safely transporting these
materials during flood events,
. G5(2)99 - Encourage small communities to develop centralized sewer and water systems in
areas that will not be impacted by flooding and relocate or floodproof existing treatment plants
and/or lagoons, where possible.
. G6(4)99 - Encourage the elevation for critical components of water and wastewater treatment
plants and the construction of new plants outside the floodplain,

Colorado .
Department
Of
Regulatory
Affairs
(CORA)

G7(2)99 - Support compliance of existing statutes, rules of conduct and procedures, and
policy statements that apply to natural hazard risk disclosure,

Federal Governmenl .

Federal
Emergency
Management
Agency
(FEMA)

. G4(11)99. Promote the concept of people accepting fiscal responsibility for the consequences
of living in flood prone areas,

This section is the "heart" of Colorado's mitigation program. The following recommendations are for
changes in existing programs or development of new programs that are intended to pennanenUy eliminate
or reduce the long-term risk to lije and property from floods, The recommendations are derived from the
efforts of the Colorado State Hazard Mijigation Team to formulate achievable mitigation actions that resu"
in the elimination or reduction of future flood damages, Each of the recommendations are arranged in the
following format:

Goal

The result or achievement toward which effort is directed.

Recommendation

A short statement suggesting certain actions be taken to reduce or eliminate a
problem,

These are the suggested state agencies to lead, coordinate, develop, and imple-
ment the recommendation,

Lead Agencyl
Partner Agency

Time Framel
Immediate Steps

Describes when the Recommendation should be initiated.

Progress

When reports are due by the various responsible agencies,

Funding

Possible sources that would provide financial support for the implementation of the
recommendation.

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