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1 , INTRODDCTION section 30-28-111 C,R.S. for county governments and Section 1-23- J01 C.R.S. for municipal governments of the Colorado Revised statutes, states that cities, incorporated towns, and counties within the study area rnay provide zoning regulations ".. .to establish, regulate, restrict, and limit such uses on or along any storm or floodwater runoff channel or basin that has been designated and approved by the Colorado Water Conservation Board, in order to lessen or avoid the hazards to persons and damage to property resulting from the accumulation of storm or flood....aters..." This flood plain management report ....as prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, soil Conservation Service, in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation, Logan County, and the Town of Sterling, Colorado. Interpretations of the flOod plain management study and recommendations to reduce damages are included; however it is beyond the scope of this report to provide detailed proposals or plans to rectify the flooding problems. Obiectives Therefore, upon official approval of this report by the colorado Water Conservation Board, the areas described as being inundated by the 100-year flood can be designated as flood ha~ard areas and their use regulated accordingly by the local governments. Flood plain management studies are carried out by the Soil Conservation service as an outgrowth of the recommendations in 8 Report bv the Task Force on Federal Flood Control Policv, House Dooument No. 465 (e9th Congress, August 10, 1966), especially Recommendation 9(c), Requlation of Land Use, which recommended the preparation of preliminary reports for guidance in those areas where assistance is needed before a full flood plain information report can be prepared or where a full report is not scheduled. The objective of this study is to provide detailed flood plain management information and mapping to Logan County and the town of sterling for use in implementing flood plain management programs Which will minimize potential flood losses. Included in the report are engineering and hydrologic data which will facilitate the development of a flood plain management plan, road and bridge designs, and flood control measures (if needed). Authoritv Section 37-60-106 (1) (c), Colorado Revised Statutes, authorizes the Colorado Water Conservation Board "to designate and approve storm or floodwater runoff channels or basins, and to ~ake such designations available to legislative bodies of cities and incorporated towns, to county planning commissions, and to boards of adjustment of cities, incorpor3ted to;;ns, and counties of this state". The board provides assistance to local governments in development and adoption of effective flood plain ordinances. In addition, the board will provide technical assistance to local entities during the performance of flood plain information studies within Colorado. Presently, direct financial assistance for the performance of flood plain studies is no lon~er available frolll the board. ^uthority for funding flood plain management studies is provided by Section 6 of Public Law S3-566, which authorizes the u.s. Department of Agriculture to cooperate with other federal, state and local agencies to make investigations and surveys of the watersheds and rivers and other waterways as a basis for the development of coordinated programs. In carrying out flood plain management studies, the Soil Conservation Service is being responsive to Executive Order 119se, entitled "Flood 'Plain Management", and Executive Order 11990, entitled "Protection of Wetlands" (both effective May 2.4, 1977).