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00.2652 . . " Mr. Edward M. Hallenbeck October 23, 1986 Page 2 established and the mechanism for their participation in the tributary study and floodway boundary determinations be defined at the earliest possible date. The same applies to the Colorado River Floodway Task Force which, under subsection 4 (b) of the Act, is to be chartered and operated in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law P.L. 92-463). It should be noted that the Governors of each state in which the Floodway is located are also to appoint one representative to serve on the Task Force. The Task Force is to advise the Secretary of the Interior and the Congress with regard to defining and establishing the Floodway, and pursuant to subsection 4(b) of the Act, is to prepare recommendations relative to: (1) the means to restore and maintain the Floodway specified in section 5 of the Act, including, but not limited to, specific instances where land transfers or relocations, or other changes in land management, might best effect the purposes of the Act; and (2) the necessity for additional Floodway management legislation at local, tribal, state, and federal levels; (3) the development of specific design criteria for the creation of the Floodway boundaries; (4) the review of mapping procedures for Floodway boundaries; (5) whether compensation should be recommended in specific cases of economic hardship resulting from impacts of the 1983 flood on property outside the Floodway which could not reasonably have been foreseen; and (6) the potential application of the Floodway on Indian lands and recommended legislation or regulations that might be needed to achieve the purposes of the Floodway taking into consideration the special federal status of Indian lands. The membership of the Task Force was set forth in the Act and includes over 50 representatives of federal, state,