WSPC01371

• File Number: 8200.300.20 C
• Description: Colorado River Basin - Legislation-Law - Federal - Colorado River Floodway Protection Act
• State: CO
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 8/30/1989
• Title: Report of Colorado River Floodway Task Force
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Issues

VI.

Determinations as to whether
leases and uses of federal
lands adjacent to the river
are consistent with the operation
and maintenance of the Floodway.

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VII. River operations, consistent
with "The Law of the River"
that provide for more effective
river management for both flood
control and protection of
reservoir storage.

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Recommendations (continued)

The Bureau of Indian Affairs should review all
studies and recommendations developed pursuant
to the Floodway Act to ensure the trust
responsibili ties of the Uni ted States are met
relative to the affected Indian tribes.

VI. The Secretary of the Interior's responsibilities
for determinations as to whether leases and uses
of federal lands adjacent to the river are
consistent with the operation and maintenance of
the Floodway should be centralized and delegated
to the Bureau of Land Management for non-Indian
lands and to the Bureau of Indian Affairs for
Indian lands, with technical assistance to be
provided by the Bureau of Reclamation.

VII. The federal and state agencies responsible for
the development of annual operating plans for
the Colorado River reservoir system should be
commended for the formulation and implementation
of their recommended process for developing
annual operating plans under full and near
full reservoir conditions that has provided
for more effective river management.