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<br />o <br />o <br />N <br />...... <br /><:0::> <br />..... <br /> <br />Table 1 <br />Executive summary <br /> <br />Chapter IV <br /> <br />Recommendations (continued) <br /> <br />x <br />...' <br />...' <br /> <br />The Congress should direct, and provide sufficient funding <br />for, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to (a) advise all <br />existing and future BLM lessees of federal lands adjacent <br />to the river as to the Floodway and its provisions, <br />(b) review all appropriate BLM federal leases and uses <br />of federal lands adjacent to river for consistency with <br />operation and maintenance of Floodway, and (c) determine <br />and advise lessees of any required reasonable and prudent <br />steps for protection of property and consistency with <br />operation and maintenance of Floodway. <br /> <br />The Congress should direct, and provide sufficient funding <br />for, the Hureau of Reclamation to (a) develop a comprehensive <br />long-term program for the maintenance of the Floodway, <br />(b) in cooperation with the United States Geological survey, <br />study and recommend potential mitigation measures to eliminate <br />or help reduce potential high ground water problem areas <br />associateil with a Floodway elevation flow, (c) assess, in <br />cooperation with the united States Geological Survey, the need <br />for aoditional lower Colorado River tributary gaging stations, <br />(d) conduct future 5-year reviews of the Floodway, , <br />(e) establish general bank erosion and protection guidelines <br />for private lands along the lower Colorado River, (f) conduct <br />a comprehensive assessment of needs for bank erosion control <br />and protection, and channel improvement and training structures <br />for a Floodway elevation flow and establish a priority program <br />of implementation for needed improvements, (g) conduct general <br />assessments of needed river bank stabilization and tributary <br />flood and erosion control for the five Indian reservations <br />along lower Colorado River and establish a priority program for <br />implementating needed improvements, and (h) construct bench markf <br />at river mile markers to denote the Floodway boundary elevation. <br /> <br />4 <br />.'-4.. <br />