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<br />. . <br /> <br />periods of liquid water). Seeding plume tracking and diffusion <br />studies will document the air flow in the complex terrain <br />of the Grand Mesa area to give insight into the best locations <br />of ground generators and to determine when aerial or ground <br />seeding techniques would be most favorable as a seeding tool. <br />During the course of this project new equipment such as a <br />state of the art remote cloud seeding generator is expected <br />to be developed. This generator will be extensively tested <br />and evaluated as a routine portion of the CRADP. <br /> <br />6. APPRAISE THE RISK THAT THE PROJECT COULD SUBSTANTIALLY <br />HARM LAND, WATER, PEOPLE, HEALTH, SAFETY, PROPERTY, AND <br />THE ENVIRONMENT. <br /> <br />The CRADP is designed as a research project intent upon <br />investigating and improving the capability of cloud seeding <br />techniques to augment the flow of the Colorado River system. <br />There are no plans to conduct large scale operational-type <br />seeding experiments utilizing a myriad of cloud seeding generators <br />and equipment. Conversely, only one aerial or a few ground <br />based generators will be continually used for relatively short <br />periods of time (always less than 12 hours and usually less <br />than 6 hours for the ground generators and only for a few <br />minutes at a time with aerial releases). Seeding impact from <br />these generators will be localized to the area of the target <br />and immediately downwind. Seeding will not be initiated whenever <br />a major storm, which could produce unusually heavy precipitation <br />amounts, is forecast. Should the storm which is being seeded <br />unexpectedly develop into a major storm, seeding will be immed- <br />iately suspended upon receipt of a watch or a warning issued <br />by the NWS. Con sequently, with the many safe gua rds and suspension <br /> <br />6 <br />