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<br />" <br /> <br />scvl:ral yean; to these people and ifthc i.ncidences of hail are 1:1.0t reduced Colorado <br />will be reduced to a seeonda.ty status as a supplier of Spinach, with disastrous <br />economic bencfits to the producers, Likewise in the pl'Oduc.tion ofleLtuce, Colorado <br />ha.~ had its rcputation for dependability seriously dalllagl:d as lht: r"sult ofhaiJ over <br />thc past several years ami competing areas prodLlcing lettuce atlhe same time as <br />ColoraUu use this as a very effective tool againsl Colorado's markctillg cfforts, <br />emphasizing the .t'lilurc of Colurado lo provide a dependable source of supply during <br />the summer months of production, <br /> <br />While the damage to Coloratlu's reputation in thc markdplace tor dependabiliry is not <br />a.~ readily detectable in potatoes as it is in the other crops, it slill has the same effect. <br /> <br />AllY incidence ofh.'1il on the potatoes docs havc a Jisaslmus effect on production, <br />size and quality of the potatoes pruJuceu, Paramount for the buyer is the net'Cllo find <br />. a c1f:J1enaabk source of supply fora high-quality pot~to of tl1e'm.:ununentled -size. <br /> <br />6. Thc tcchnical and scientilic fea,ibility of the pl'O.icct has been demonstrated by its <br />usage in olher cuuntries and also by its usagc in the Unilt:J States. This teclmoJogy is <br />being employed in the Clovis, MN area allhe present time and is ncceptcd by the <br />growers in that area as both a seiclltilie arlJ a technically feasiblc way of protection. <br /> <br />7. The pr~jcct has no risk ofharnl to land, water, propcrty ur the envirorunenr. The <br />eallllDn depends upon the usage of sound to carlY out its purpo,e in protecting <br />against the formation of ice particles ami theretore to surrounding arcas. lnstallation <br />is designed to reduce the sound emanating, Tn the instances in where the hail cannon <br />is placed in proximity of less than a mile to rurrO\1udillg. sparsely patterned <br />residences, the ca.tlllon has been recessed into the ground so that the sound generated <br />may bc divcrluJ upward in a vertical manner rather than being di'Persed horizontally <br />thereby, reducing the suund to surr0l11lding rl,;siJential area. In the instance of <br />concrete conical recession has been placed in the gruunJ recessing the entire <br />mechanism for sound productiou intu lhe soil and thereafter therc has beeu e.rected a <br />banier of straw bales 8 fcct hori~unla] frame ofrefercncc and 8 feet on the vertical <br />frame of referenec and lhereafter 4 feet in the horizontal and 8 fee.! in the vertical <br />planc to the point that the sound is disperscd UPWlIrU manner so that it not offensivc <br />to the surruunding residents. <br /> <br />Ii. The projecr ha.~ ellgagcd thc services of Dr, Dennis Fleisher ofMusonics, 30256 <br />ButLe Dr" Golden, Co. 80403, a sUllnu engineer, to observc and furnish a report to the <br />operators of the projcc.t. Dr, Fleisher (PHD in Physics) has bCL'Tl on the site and has <br />furnishcd tcclmical observation~ as to how to stnlcture the sound protection barrier. <br />After completion of sound protection barriers, he will furnish a report l.lS to thc <br />intcn~ily of the sound at varying poinls. The sound protection bllrricr is designeJ to <br />rcduc~ the ~Clund v.ithin 400 feet otthc locution of the cannon, The lessor of the land <br />lives within a reasonable appnlxllnate area to the location of twu uf lhe cannons, <br />those erected in the arca most approximate to populatiou within 1 mile and in the <br />