FLOOD09565

• County: Statewide
• Community: State of Colorado
• Basin: Statewide
• Title: Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan for Colorado
• Date: 1/1/1983
• Prepared For: State of Colorado
• Prepared By: CWCB
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Flood Mitigation/Flood Warning/Watershed Restoration

1.2 Scope

The scope of the report is not necessarily limited to the
short reach of river between Lawn Lake and Lake Estes but must
include all streams in Colorado where there is the potential for
such a disaster.

The focus will be on flood caused by dam failure, but floods
caused by other more "natural" factors are a significant hazard
and must also be addressed. Both short term and long term oppor-
tunities for flood hazard mitigation will be considered.

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Furthermore, ideas for mitigation measures that go beyond
existing federal, state or local funding framework will be
encouraged and evaluated.

The plan does not attempt to consider mitigation opportu-
nities for some of Colorado's other natural hazards such as
drought, winter storms, avalanches, tornadoes, earthquakes,
grasshoppers, and wild fires. Such plans, if necessary, could be
developed in the future to supplement th is Flood Hazard
Mitigation Plan. Future floods in Colorado are inevitable, and
this plan should be reviewed and updated as necessary fOllowing
each major disaster.

The Mitigation Plan is not a manual on what State
are to do when the next flood or dam break occurs. Such
procedures are covered in the "Colorado Natural
Emergency Operations Plan" prepared and updated by the
of Disaster Emergency Services (Reference 12).

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1.3 Authority

This Flood Hazard Mitigation Plan was prepared by the State
of Colorado under authority of paragraph 7' of a Federal/State
Agreement negotiated between the State of Colorado and the
Federal Emergency Management Agency. That agreement was signed
by Governor Lamm on July 27, 1982, following President Reagan's
declaration of Larimer County as a major disaster area on July
22, 1982 (FEMA-665-DR-CO). Portions of the agreement are includ-
ed in the Appendix.

The requirement for state governments to prepare a Hazard
Mitigation Plan following a presidential Disaster Declaration is
stated in Section 406 of Public Law 93-288, as amended. Details
of this law are explained in the Federal Regulations, Title 44
CFR, Part 205, Subpart "I-Hazard Mitigation and were published in
the Federal Register on Thursday, November 8, 1979.

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