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<br />..' ---' '. <br /> <br />, -~-_.~..'..'".' -- <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />T <br /> <br />of [h~ ftlc~s of the 9pCratlonal WOSA program ill terms that rdate. to its im. <br />pacr On their lives. The. program shouid be implemented as s()on a<; possible <br />so that it can influence the, conf1gurati~)n of the op.erational program as It is <br />being planned. At! clTcctive informution exchange l)r(Jgn'tnl willlcad to normal- <br />ization of social concerns in which.'he .so~ial attitll!1e is founded on a detailed, <br />sophisti~atedJani:l objective understanding of .facts. No operating 'authority <br />can afford the luxury of preemption of public understanding of the technical <br />detailsofthe program either by design or default. <br />Fonnal public hearings are not an elIecti1/c information exchange ve- <br />hicle. Their mostsc'rious deficiency is that they are held late in th~ project <br />formation and so only &crve to record <l bighlypolarized public, attitude. In. <br />formal hearings of a workshop ()r working'session nature arc consjdere'd to be <br />a superior information ~l(chaJ;lge process. The selection of [he community rep- <br />rescnta:tive who wouJdparticipate in these sessions and, in turn interact with <br />thecom~unity at large is a matter for serious consideration because of the po-, <br />tential for building political power. <br />Other alternatives for aC'!:QmpJishiilg the information ,exchange, function <br />al'l;: educational teams that would make a regular circuit of the affected com- <br />munitie,.'i. Such teams might be:staffed from the state educationalsystem, fed- <br />eral environmental educational programs, or thcFedcral WC;lthcr Modifi,ca- <br />tion Regulatory board. The last would have a major need fOf determining <br />social concerns but it cQuld jeopardize its independence and credibility by <br />becoming involv~d in the workings of the program. <br />If revenues from an operational WOSA program are to be used tl) com- <br />pensate for perceived damages, it is important to recognize that this is.a public <br />policy decision, and the perceived damages are neither quantifiable so that they <br />could be considered as program costs, nor arc theylcgally recoverable. The <br />amount available for allocation to (,'(;onomic driiwbacks .thmr depends on the <br />amount of nl~trevenues available from th~ sale of wHlCt after allowing for <br />those cost categories that would t.ake priority. <br />-rhis allqc<tti<;m to perceived damages could be made by one of several <br />alternative authorities~ The public making the deciSion would De different for <br />each authority, and the perception of'd.aniages would bcditferem for each <br />public. The: distribution could be, nlade directly by the WOSA operating au- <br />tllOrity, but this <x,>uld prove disruptive to existing local units of govenmte'ht. <br />However, the jurisdictions oflocal government unit~ do not coincide. wi~h the <br />arcas affected. and the jurisdictions are often overl~pping;, therefore, inequities <br />could arise from the choice ofJocal units of government as. an authority. An- <br />other ah~rJlative. which is ncxiblc. would be formation of weather modificatipn <br />revenue districts for the purpose of establishing a decision-making public. <br />A major underlying problenl with l"CSpect to any of thcs~ alternative. <br />authorities is .he method l>Y whiCh net rcvcllUf$would be allocated to the units <br />that hay'C' been cmp9.\vcrcd to dcc.ide on their spr.:cific applications. This ba'iic <br />problem of vaiuation should be worked out by a~millistrative procc.Sses;1nd . <br />ratified and adjusted by other' processes.s~ch as a'referendum. Regardless of <br />theimplemcming alternative choseD; rules~hould b~ established and approved <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />ii <br /> <br /> k <br />, S <br />l <br />I C <br />I l' <br />r <br />I! r <br />tj <br />I a <br />I. f <br />I, a <br />I t <br />!. <br /> 0 <br /> C <br /> r. <br /> S' i <br /> I <br /> a I <br /> c <br /> Ii <br /> d <br /> P <br /> ti <br /> SI <br /> iJ <br /> v <br /> c <br /> it <br /> Sl <br /> n <br /> " <br /> n <br /> q <br /> <br />xxvi <br /> <br />I <br />L <br />