WMOD00432

• Title: Colorado River Augmentation Demonstration Program - Finding of No Significant Impact
• Date: 9/1/1985
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Report

IV. Consultation and Coordination

Offices contacted during preparation of this environmental assessment
include the Forest Service District Office in Grand Junction, and the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Salt Lake City and Colorado Division
of Wildlife in Denver for listings of threatened and endangered
species. The Weather Modification office of the Colorado Department of
Natural Resources provided information and assistance related to State
and public involvement, and would continue to aid the Bureau on public
concerns.

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Special permits required for conducting this program include special use
permits from the Forest Service for such installations as weather data
collection platforms, radiometer, and other equipment. Arrangements
with private landowners for installation and use of equipment would be
obtained by the Bureau if needed. The contractor performing the seeding
activities would be required to have a license from the State of
Co 1 orado and woul d be requi r'ed to obtai n the necessary permit from the
Department of Natural Resources under State statute.

Review of Environmental Assessment

This Environmental Assessment is being distributed for review to all
agencies, organizations, and individuals who may have an interest in the
program or who request a copy of the document. A copy of the mailing
list as of the date of printing of the document is enclosed, beginning
on the following page. As a result of the information contained in the
EA and the responses received during the review period, the Bureau of
Reclamation will determine \>lhat further action will be necessary to
comply with NEPA.

References

[1J Bureau of Reclamation, 1977. Project Skywater, A Program of Research in
Preci pitation Management, Fi nal Envi ronmental Statement.
Atmospheric Resources Research Division, Engineering and
Research Center, Denver, Colorado.

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[2J 1982. Pl anning Report on the Grand Mesa Project,
Colorado, Upper Colorado Region, Salt Lake City, Utah.

[3J Burkhard, Walter T., Norwin F. Smith, Jr., Thomas A. Lytle, Harold
E. Burdick, 1979. Final Report for Fish and Wildlife Resource
Analysis of the Grand Mesa Project. Colorado Division of
Wildlife for Bureau of Reclamation Contract No. 7-07-40-S0425,
Grand Junction, Colorado.

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[4J Klazura, Gerard A., 1983. Oescription of Winter Precipitation
Characteristics in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Paper pre-
sented at the 16th Conference Agriculture and Forest Meteorology,
American Meteorological Society. Available from Oivision of
Atmospheric Resources Research Oivision, Bureau of Reclamation
Engineering and Research Center, Oenver, Colorado.

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