WMOD00269 ‎(2)‎

• Contract/Permit #: 02FC810810
• Title: Weather Damage Modification Program for Cooperative Weather Research between States and the US Department of Interior, Bureau of Reclaimation
• Date: 11/19/2002
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

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science-based program focused on further development and application of weather
modification / mitigation methods." The WDMP is designed to produce those new
technologies by funding scientific, peer-reviewed, research proposals submitted by state
entities or state government/research entities having operational programs.

For fiscal year 2003, Reclamation is soliciting proposals in three (3) different research
and study areas for projects of 12 months duration or less (follow-on funding may be
available for additional research studies or future demonstration projects). State
offerors or state government/research entity offerors must be willing to cost-share 50%
or more of the project costs, as well as identify an existing operational program (or
programs) that will allow the proposed research to be "piggy-backed" onto existing
operational cloud seeding activities and/or related research projects. No profit or fee
will be allowed. Patent rights for any developments will be retained by the research
partner (state offerors or state government/research entity offerors) in accordance with
provisions contained in this solicitation.

This package describes the WDMP and gives a detailed description of each of the three
(3) research and study areas in which Reclamation is presently requesting proposals.
The purpose of this package is to provide the proposers with guidelines to assist in
preparing their proposal. Proposals are due by the time and date specified in Section E
of this solicitation. It is anticipated that awards will be made during the fall of 2002, with
an anticipated project start date of no later than December 20,2002.

A.2 RECLAMATION'S WEATHER DAMAGE MODIFICATION PROGRAM

A.2.1 Authorizing Legislation

The WDMP is authorized in fiscal year 2002 Conference Report 107-258 Title II
Bureau of Reclamation - Water and Related Resources: "The conference agreement
includes $2,582,000 for the Drought Emergency Assistance Program. Within that
amount, $2,000,000 is for the Bureau of Reclamation to establish a Weather Damage
Modification Program, including a regional weather modification research program..."

Also, Section 206(b) of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991
(Public Law 102-250) specifically authorizes Reclamation to fund the WDMP. The
specific provision follows:

The Secretary is authorized to conduct a Precipitation Management Technology
Transfer Program to help alleviate problems caused by precipitation variability and
droughts in the West, as part of a balanced long-term water resources development and
management program. In consultation with State, Tribal, and local water, hydropower,
water quality and instream flow interests, areas shall be selected for conducting cost-
shared field studies on a 50-50 basis to validate and quantify the potential for
appropriate precipitation management technology to augment streamflows. Validated
technologies shall be transferred to non-Federal interests for operational
implementation.

A.2.1.1. Research and Studies

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