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

DRAFT
August 30, 1989

Table 1
Executive summary

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Chapter III

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Recommendations on means to restore and maintain the Floodway 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 Colorado River Floodway Protection Act.

Issues

I. The timely and economic
implementation of the Floodway
and its provisions into the
National Flood Insurance Program.

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II.

Incorporation of the Colorado
River Floodway and its provisions
into local flood plain
management regulations.

III. Full and continued operation
and maintenance of the National
Weather Service's Colorado
River Flood Warning system.

Recommendations

I. By letter agreement, the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) and Bureau of
Reclamation should implement means by which FEMA
can most expeditiously and economically
incorporate the provisions and maps of
the Floodway into the National Flood
Insurance Program.

II. The Tasks Force's recommended Colorado
River flood plain management regulation
amendments should be incorporated into local
regulations and that the adoption of the
recommended amendments be mandatory for
entities along the Colorado River Floodway
in order to join or to continue to participate
in the National Flood Insurance Program.

III. The Congress should provide sufficient funding
for the full operation and maintenance of the
Colorado River Flood Warning System.

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