WSP00429

• File Number: 8111.816
• Description: Arkansas River Compact Administration
• Basin: Arkansas
• Date: 1/1/1990
• Author: USACOE
• Title: Report of the Civil Work Activities of the Albrquerque District Corps of Engineers in the Arkansas River Basin During the Calendar Year 1990
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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7. Flood Plain Management Services, The objective of the flood plain
management services program is to support comprehensive flood plain management
planning with technical services and planning guidance to appropriate
governmental levels and, thereby, to encourage and to guide prudent use of the
nation's flood plains.

Services available include help in interpretation and evaluat~on of basic
flood hazard data and guidance in preparation of flood plain regulations; advice
on use of basic data actions regarding possible alternative developments in
flood-prone areas; guidance on structural and nonstructural measures which might
be employed to reduce flood hazard; and in some cases, development of ,basic flood
hazard data. Section 321 of the Water Resources Development Act Ot 1990 is a
legislative cnange that requires recovering the costs of services provided to
Federal agencies, private persons and organizations. Fees for these services
have not been set to date. These services will continue to be provided to state
and local governments at no cost to the requestor.

Thus far in 1990 the Albuquerque District has responded to 70 requests for
technical services and flood hazard evaluations of specific sites in the Arkansas
River Basin.

Governmental agencies or persons having a need for these services should
contact the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Section, P.O.
Box 1580, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103-1580, telephone [phone].

8. 404, Permits, Section 404 of the Clean Water Act prohibits discharges of
dredged or fill materials into waters of the United States, including adjacent
wetlands, without a permit from the Corps of Engineers. Persons or agencies who
are planning to conduct operations which will involve the discharge of dredged
or fill material into any waterway are advised to contact the Southern Colorado
Project Office. The address and telephone number is as provided in item number
6. Thus far in 1990, nine permits were issued and one was denied. There are
several permits pending.

9. In 1990 the Bureau of Reclamation and the Corps of Engineers entered into
a Memorandum of Agreement that was designed to clarify the Federal management
of the Trinidad Lake project. This agreement was not intended to change the
operation of the project.
We have become aware that there is terminology in the agreement that is not
consistent with the language contained within the "Operating Principles for
Trinidad Dam and Reservoir Project". We are now coordinating with the Bureau
of Reclamation to change the terminology so that it is consistent with the
Operating Principles and will be asking for a thorough review of this document
before it is officially amended.