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<br />\- <br /> <br />necessary to begin the seeding program utilizing the secondary ground <br />seeding site. Approval for the use of the Vandenberg facility was <br />finalized on January 12, 1978. <br /> <br />2.2 Ground Seeding Plan <br />As discussed above, the ground seeding site was intended to be used <br />as a backup to the aerial seeding mode. The site was located at the <br />Figueroa Guard Station, which is operated by the U. S. Forest Service. <br />It is about half way between San.ta Barbara and Santa Maria (See Figure <br />2), about eight miles northeast of the town of Los Olivos on the north <br />side of the Santa Ynez Valley. Seeding was to be initiated at an eleva- <br />tion of 3200 feet above mean sea level utilizing silver iodide pyro- <br />technic: flares. These flares would be ignited by an on-site NAWC tech- <br />nician at approximately fifteen :minute intervals during passage of con- <br />vection bands over the station. This operation would be coordinated <br />\'lith the NAWC forecast laboratory and all seeding would be under the <br />direction of a NAWC meteorologist. All seeding operations were to be <br />conducted after coordination with and approval from the Santa Barbara <br />Flood Control District. Frequent coordination was to be maintained with <br />Flood Control persormel throughout the duration of the stonn when seeding <br />was bei.ng conducted and Flood Control was to be inforned when seeding was <br />tenninated. <br /> <br />A letter from Mr. James Stubchaer, Santa Barbara County Flood Control <br />Engineer, to Mr. Gene Gunderson, California Department of l~ater Resources, <br />which outlined the Procedures and Safeguards to be used to avoid contribut- <br />ing to Flood Potential over the Sycamore burn area is included as Appendix <br />A. <br /> <br /> <br />2-6 <br />