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<br />033172 <br /> <br />Joint Coordination Agreement <br />January 1972, Revised November 1978 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Authorities <br /> <br />Flood hazard analyses are carried out by the Soil Conservation Service <br /> <br />as an outgrowth of the recommendations in A Report by the Task Force on <br /> <br />Federal Flood Control Policy, House Document No. 465 (89th Congress, <br /> <br />August 10, 1966), especially Recommendation 9(c), Regulation of Land <br /> <br />Use, which recommended the preparation of preliminary reports for guid- <br /> <br />ance in those areas where assistance is needed before a full flood <br /> <br />hazard information report can be prepared or where a full report is not <br /> <br />scheduled. Authority for funding flood hazard analyses is provided by <br /> <br />Section 6 of Public Law 83-566, which authorizes the U. S. Department <br /> <br />of Agriculture to cooperate with other federal, state, and local agen- <br /> <br />cies to make investigations and surveys of the watersheds of rivers and <br /> <br />other water ways as a basis for the development of coordinated pro- <br /> <br />grams. In carrying out flood hazard analyses, the Soil Conservation <br /> <br />Service is being responsive to Executive Order 11988, entitled "Flood <br /> <br />- <br />Plain Management", (effective May 24, 1977). <br /> <br />In the 1974 legislative session, the Colorado General Assembly directly <br /> <br />attacked the floodplain problem by describing it as a natural hazard of <br /> <br />State interest relating to the use of land in House Bill 1041 (Title <br /> <br />24, Articles 65.1, 32 and 65 CRS 1973, as amended). Section 37-60- <br /> <br />106(1)(c), Colorado Revised Statutes 1973, authorizes the Colorado <br /> <br />Water Conservation Board to designate and approve storm flood-water <br />