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Members , CWCB <br /> June 1 , 1982 <br /> Page two <br /> program designed to demonstrate and quantify the potential of <br /> cloud seeding should be implemented . Three options running from <br /> six to ten years in length with an estimated cost of from $54 .3 <br /> million to $68. 4 million were identified. The preferred option <br /> was a confirmatory program of eight years in duration at an <br /> estimated cost of $68. 4 million. <br /> In December , 1981, the Commissioner of Reclamation, Robert <br /> Broadbent , advised the seven Colorado River Basin states that the <br /> Bureau had an accelerated weather modification program under <br /> consideration . Broadbent indicated to the states, however , that <br /> the Bureau was prepared to go forward with the accelerated <br /> program only if four conditions were satisfied . Those conditions <br /> were as follows: <br /> ( 1 ) There was seven state support for the confirmatory <br /> program, <br /> ( 2) The states resolved legal issues concerning ownership <br /> of the water produced and compact matters prior to the <br /> initiation of the confirmatory program, <br /> • <br /> ( 3) The costs of the program were paid at least in part <br /> with non-federal sources of money, and <br /> ( 4) There was a seven state organization to provide support <br /> for and advice on the program. <br /> Subsequently, in early January, 1982, Secretary Watt <br /> approved the eight-year program upon the condition that it be <br /> fully financed with power revenues derived from the sale of <br /> electricity generated at CRSP units, Hoover, and Parker-Davis. <br /> In addition, the Solicitor , William Coldiron, has provided an <br /> opinion to the Commissioner which asserts that a surcharge on 0&M <br /> fees to power users could be levied as a means of raising money <br /> for CREST without further act of Congress. The Bureau has <br /> estimated that the first three years of the proposed eight-year <br /> program would require a 5/6 mill per kilowatt-hour charge, while <br /> the final five years of the eight-year program would entail an <br /> 5/8 mill per kilowatt-hour charge. <br /> Discussion Among the Seven Basin States <br /> At meetings held in January, March, and April , <br /> representatives of the seven basin states discussed the four <br /> conditions set forth by Broadbent in December. Agreement was <br /> readily reached concerning seven state support for .continuing <br /> efforts to demonstrate the potential of winter orographic cloud <br /> seeding . <br />