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<br />Statement of William P. Stanton <br />before the <br />House Agricultural, Livestock, and Natural Resources Committee <br />Wednesday, February 28, 1996 <br />House Committee Room 1012 <br />State Capitol <br /> <br />Introduction <br />Mr. Chainnan and members of the committee, my name is Bill Stanton. 1 am Chief of the Project <br />Planning and Construction Section of the Colorado Water Conservation Board. I am also the <br />administer Coloradots Weather Modification Program. Less than ten percent of my time is spent <br />on Jh_e program. I am here to answer questions about the program. <br /> <br />What WM Provr~m Does <br />The WM program issues WM licenses to qualified operators and WM permits for projects and <br />monitors the snow pack to see that the project is in compliance with the suspension criteria in the <br />permit. <br /> <br />TVDe~ of Permits <br />Two kinds of WM projects have been conducted in the past: commercial and research projects. <br /> <br />Commercial Permits <br />Commercial projects use small amounts (measured in grams) of silver iodide or dry ice (both inert <br />compounds) to produce a 10 to IS-percent increase in snowpack over the target area. This <br />increase can directly result in thousands of acre-feet of water as runoff for storage or additional <br />days of snow cover to extend the ski season. <br /> <br />Research Permits <br />Direct state and federal funding for research projects under the WM program was eliminated in <br />1987. <br /> <br />Advisorv Committee <br />HE 92-1018, a sunset review, eliminated the WM Technical Advisory Committee effective July <br />1,1992_ <br /> <br />1 <br />