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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />PREFACE <br /> <br />This Floodplain Information Report (FIR) is part of a program by the Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board (CWCB) to make approximate floodplain maps prepared or approved by the Federal <br />Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) easier for local governments to use, This CWCB report <br />provides limited engineering information to support the approximate delineations on the FEMA <br />maps, and it provides floodplain management information to guide the local governments in the use <br />of the maps, <br /> <br />The official floodplain information for Park County is the Flood Hazard Boundary Map (FHBM), <br />dated November 22, 1977, The FHBM was prepared by the Federal Insurance Administration and <br />later approved by FEMA, however it does not include any engineering information to describe <br />basis of the approximate floodplain mapping, The initial purpose of this report, therefore, is to <br />provide the County with limited supporting information for the approximate floodplain <br />delineations, This FIR includes a description of available hydrologic information for major <br />flooding sources within or adjacent to the County. In addition, the FIR gives the County some <br />basic information about floodplain management and it provides some alternatives that could be <br />considered in formulating and implementing floodplain management objectives. <br /> <br />A second function of this report is to assure that the FHBM meets the basic technical requirements <br />for designation and approval by the CWCR Without the inclusion of basic engineering <br />information, the approximate floodplain delineations shown on the Park County FHBM cannot <br />qualify for CWCB designation. Colorado statutes require that local governments obtain from the <br />CWCB the designation and approval of floodplain information for its use in regulatory purposes. <br />This FIR provides a means for the FHBM to meet that statutory objective, As new and more <br />detailed floodplain information becomes available, the approximate floodplain areas shown on the <br />FHBM panels will become superseded, The CWCB will designate and approve new information, <br />and rescind old information as appropriate, <br />