WMOD00062

• Applicant: North American Weather
• Project Name: Willow Creek Basin
• Date: 11/1/1997
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Public Hearing

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FINDINGS

1. An application for a new Colorado weather modification permit has been properly made by
Don A. Griffith, Vice President and General Manager of North American Weather
Consultants of Sandy, Utah.

2. The sponsor of the project is the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District of
Loveland, Colorado. The manager of the project for the District is Dennis Baker. '

3. The person proposed to be in charge of the project for the sponsor is Don A. Griffith, Vice
President and General Manager of North American Weather Consultants of Sandy, Utah,
who has provided adequate evidence of his qualifications by professional education and
experience to conduct weather modifications in the state of Colorado. In addition, Mark E.
Solak, John R. Thompson and Dan A. Risch, also of North American Weather Consultants
of Sandy, Utah, have provided adequate evidence of their qualifications by professional
education and experience to conduct weather modifications in the state of Colorado. [g 36-
20-112(1)(g), CRS]

4. The permit application review fee is $100.00 has been paid by North American Weather
Consultants by check No. 10661 dated October 2,1997. [ g 36-20-112(1)(b), CRS]

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5. Proof of financial responsibility has been provided by the applicant by means of a Certificate
of Insurance dated July 1, 1998 produced by R. C. Knox and Company, Inc., of Hartford,
Connecticut, which evidences that the applicant is covered by comprehensive general
liability insurance in the amount of $2 million each occurrence through American
International which is licensed to do business in Colorado. [g 36-20-112(1)(c), CRS]

6. The proposed Operational Plan for the project subrnitted by the applicant meets the
requirements of g 36-20-1 12(1)(d), CRS.

7. The target area is the Willow Creek drainage basin upstream of Willow Creek Reservoir,
Grand County, Colorado. The area of the target area is approximately 100 square miles.
Beginning at the top ofParkview Mountain in T4N, R78W, the boundary of the target area
runs along the Jackson/Grand County line to Cascade Mountain in the NE corner ofT4N,
R 77W; then south along the ridgeline near the R 77W and R 76W border to Porphyry Peaks;
then south along the ridgeline to Apiatan Mountain in the NW corner ofT3N, R76W; then
south along the ridgeline to Willow Creek Reservoir Dam in T2N, R76W; then up to the
ridge just south of Willow Creek Reservoir; then WNW following the ridgeline to Elk
Mountain in the NW corner ofT2N, R78W; then north through the Corral Peaks in T3N,
R78W; then north to the point of beginning on Parkview Mountain.

8. The areas outside the target area reasonably expected to be affected by the project are those
areas above approximate elevation 9,000 feet M.S.L. and the uppermost ridges immediately
downwind of the target area. This includes portions of south western Jackson County and
areas west, southwest, and slightly northeast of the target area in Grand County.

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