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Ln c.: ..- ~ -5- Progress: c: There are two BIA offices with jurisdiction along the Colorado River. The Parker office is responsible for the Colorado River Indian, Chemehueve and Fort Mohave Tribes, while the Yuma office c~vers the Cocopah, Quechan and ,Fort Yuma Tribes. The Parker office met several times with the Colorado River and Fort Mohave Tribes to provide floodplain management information and encourage adoption of floodplain management policies. The Chemehueve Tribe was not affected by the Colorado River. The Yuma office has been less active in encouraging adoption of floodplain management policies. The Tribe's main concern is seepage and flood damage to agricultural lands. Most floodplain management policies are directed toward urban development. To encourage and promote the adoption of floodplain management policies by the Tribes located along the Colorado River, FEMA and the Bureau of Indian Affairs are sponsoring a floodplain management workshop on October 13 and 14, 1983, in Parker, Arizona. FEMA, USACE, NWS, BuRec, SCS and the States of Arizona and California will make presentations. The workshop is intended to acquaint the Tribes with floodplain management practices, technical and plan- ning support available through State and Federal agencies, the operation of the National Flood Insurance Program, and the forecasting and management as- pects of administering the river's resources. The Colorado River Tribe entered the emergency phase of the National Flood Insurance Program on July 26, 1983. " , WORK ELEMENT #6: S T J C S F The Flood Insurance Study contract for the Colorado River should be reviewed to determine if existing topographic data can be used rather than generating new data and use the money saved to include additional study areas along the Colorado River. Progress: A review of the existing topographic data showed it was not sufficient in scale or special criteria to be useful or defendable by FEMA standards. New data is being generated by the study contractor for use in upcoming flood insurance studies. A request for FEMA Headquarters to undertake approximate flood hazard map- ping along the Colorado River is being prepared by the Hazard Mitigation Officer. Bureau of Reclamation Flood Plain Information (FPI) reports may be used as the base data for the approximate flood hazard maps.