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Weather Modification
Title
The Impacts of Snow Enhancement - Technology Assessment of Winter Orographic Snowpack Augmentation in the Upper Colorado River Basin
Date
1/1/1974
State
CO
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<br />. :7 '. <br />~~- <br /> <br />xxxiii <br /> <br /> <br />I <br />I. <br /> <br />Itshduld inco,rporat~,an cxtenslve:environmentaJ (physical. eC9logicaJ, <br />soCial, and economic) Illonit~ring lirogram designed to develop an <br />understanding of the rclation$hipii between eff<,,-cts and their causes. <br /> <br />Claims for Qaillagcs attributable toWOSA sholJld be paid as a matter <br />of public policy, rather tban l~gaJ liability. <br /> <br />As, a matter of public policy, some form of economi.cflssistance, sJ-wuld <br />beprcwided 'the target area!; in the upper basin to offset any detrimental <br />economic etfe<:fs attributable to WOSA. <br /> <br />RC,commcndiltions for further research' and develoFmc~t appear through- <br />out tJH~ assessment. Some of these havcg~neral application to weather modi- <br />fication, while others are s~eific to the resource development project under <br />consideration. Those that have geoeralapplicalion must be evalu.uted against <br />broader criteria than those considered in tbisasscssmcnt.Bccause of the incre- <br />mental nature of the' WQSA progmm impa~ts, there is a favorable [rade"off <br />from prcimplcmentationrcSearch to the monitoring and evaluation of an oper- <br />ational.program. Much of the technical uncertainty that now exists concerning <br />the potential effects ot wasA could be satislled by Jll()oit9ring an operational <br />pr()gr~m. The general conc1usionis that su.ch it program could provide ade- <br />quate safeguards against unwanted dctrhnental effects. However, it is rcconf- <br />mended only 'if ad~qllate in~tjtutional mechanisms are inc'orporated in the. pro- <br />gram authorizations to :Ict on the r~ults of the monitoring to Ule extent of <br />terminating all or part of.tbe cloud seeding operations if' this proves necessary. <br />A derivative recommendation is tbat the development of such a c{)ntinuing <br />assessment type(jf monitoring program beinitiateda.s saon as possible ~o that <br />it can bcin,corporatediilto the San Iuan operations of the' Bureau of Reclama- <br />tion's ,ColQtadoRiverBasin pilot program ~tt ,the earliest pOSsible date. <br />Tt is recommended lhatan op'erational WOSA.system,be implemented in <br />stages. This wo'uld prQvide au opportunity to caJibratecach target 3.rC'~, as well <br />'as Ie.) obtain a preliminary measure of the impacts on the economic, environ- <br />mental, and social systems in the area. <br /> <br />2. A Pedertll Weather Modificathm R~gu/(Jtory Board <br /> <br />A<;' dis.cussed in.this assessment, the application of conc.1usio~ ~oncern- <br />lng WOSA to other forms of .weather modification is limitedbecl\i1se of the <br />different technologies entailedalld because of their differcn~ purposes., How- <br />ever" a consideration of the l'i1ihimunl feder!ll interest in WOSA indic~tcs a <br />need for aFe~eral Weather Mpdificurion Regulatory Board. This b9:.trd should <br />be independent of-the operating agency and perform tbe nec~ary monitoring <br />and control functions, including licensing .ofoperators, operatious, and spe- <br />cific means and materials,. These functi'ons and regulatory board charact~ristics <br />could be applied ~O, aU forms of weatber modification. . <br />
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