[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR238.5]

[Page 318]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 
PART 238--WATER RESOURCES POLICIES AND AUTHORITIES: FLOOD DAMAGE REDUCTION MEASURES IN URBAN AREAS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 238.5  Comprehensive planning.

    Coordinated comprehensive planning at the regional or river basin 
level, or for an urban or metropolitan area, can help to achieve 
solutions to flood problems that adequately reflect future changes in 
watershed conditions, and help to avoid short-sighted plans serving only 
localized situations. This planning is particularly important in areas 
where significant portions of a watershed are expected to be urbanized 
in the future. Changes in land use may result in major alterations of 
the runoff characteristics of the watershed. Hydrologic changes must be 
projected for the period of analysis. In this effort, responsible local 
planning organizations should provide information and assist the Corps 
in development of projected land uses and expected practices for 
collection and conveyance of runoff over the period of analysis. 
Conversely, the Corps may be able to provide non-Federal interests with 
valuable information about water related consequences of alternative 
land uses and drainage practices.