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<br />The provisions about annually determining the amount a <br />reservoir may fill has been frequently misinterpreted as <br />requlrlng an annual inspection. Once a reservoir is restricted <br />by the state engineer, that restriction remains in effect until <br />the conditions for again fully utilizing it are met, whether or <br />not an inspection is made within one year. <br /> <br />Laws calling for the inspection of high hazard dams under <br />the National Dam Safety Program substantially influenced dam <br />safety activities by the Division of Water Resources since 1978. <br />The State of Colorado was requested by the Army Corps of <br />Engineers to prepare an inventory to determine hazard ratings, <br />and to conduct phase I inspections because the state has a viable <br />dam safety program and because the Corps did not have the <br />manpower or resources themselves to do the job. The Division of <br />Water Resources subsequently signed contracts to update the <br />inventory, re-evaluate hazard classifications, and supervise <br />phase I inspections, <br /> <br />2.3.2 Floodplain Management <br /> <br />The statues dealing with floodplain management date back to <br />1937 with the creation of the Colorado Water Conservation Board. <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) in the Department of <br />Natural Resources is the principal state agency responsible for <br />water resource planning and development. A role in floodplain <br />management has evolved over many years starting with flood <br />control as a economically justifiable benefit of reservoir <br />construct ion. Major flood leg islat ion was fur ther enacted in <br />1966 by House Bill 1007--State approval and dsignation of storm <br />runoff channels and basins; in 1973 by S.B. 35--Sub-division <br />regulations including delineation of 100-year floodplins; in 1974 <br />by H,B. 1041--Land Use Act, and in 1977 by S.B. 126--State to <br />establish criteria and requirements for performing floodplain <br />studies by local, state and federal governments. <br /> <br />In 1977, the Governor reinforced a concern for sound <br />floodplain management by declaring two executive orders <br />concerning the evaluation of flood hazards 'in locating state <br />facilities and state participation in the National Flood <br />Insurance Program. <br /> <br />The flood control and floodplain management section of the <br />board has developed several programs directed towards the <br />identification of floodplains and providing technical services to <br />Colorado communities. State statutes executive orders regarding <br />floodplain management are listed below: <br /> <br />. Title 24, Article 65.1, Section 302, Colorado Revised <br />Statutes 1973, Government-State, Colorado Land Use Act, <br />Areas and Activity of State Interest, Functions of other <br />State Agencies. <br /> <br />-42- <br />