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<br /> Average 1961 to 1990 Water Content <br /> in inches <br />Target Area Snotel Sites Elevation Ikcl lan..l EclU MaLl Apr...l <br />Lizard Head Pass Snotel 10,200 1.9 6.3 9.6 12.7 15.8 <br />Red Mountain Pass Snotel 11 ,200 5.5 10.1 14.8 19.6 25.8 <br /> Average 3.7 8.2 12.2 16.2 20.8 <br /> Threshold 6.5 13.1 18.3 22.6 28.1 <br /> <br />7. The permittee shall not undertake, or shall suspend, seeding operations if: <br /> <br />a. Weather forecasts or actual storms produce unusually heavy precipitation <br />that could contribute to avalanches or severe weather conditions in the <br />project area, <br /> <br />b. The Colorado Avalanche Information Center issues an avalanche forecast <br />warning in the target area or for the Town of Ophir, or <br /> <br />c. <br /> <br />The Director orders suspension of seeding for any reason. <br /> <br />( <br />pCM/<, <br />C'",,___~h <br /> <br />8. <br /> <br />/l'tlf/lf(~t<-u <br />Generator operations shall be carefully controlled to ~artificial increases in <br />snowfall within the limits of the City of Ouray or the Town ofOphir. The operator <br />and project sponsors, in cooperation with the Colorado Climate Center, Colorado <br />Avalanche Center, and the National Weather Service, shall develop a continuing <br />monitoring program to detect and evaluate any impacts down'Yind from generators. <br />The monitoring program shall include, as a minimum, the following elements: <br /> <br />4'i/ tf"J.' <br />~l~" l7f-r"" <br />~vf <br /> <br />a. the establishment of a control area that lies within the same weather patterns <br />as the target area, but is unaffected by the cloud seeding operation, <br /> <br />/I, b. <br />. ~OVl ll/ <br />rJ I' r.~"" <br />ftP \;" ,5)" c. routine reporting to the Colorado Water Conservation Board, Town of ::!'l:.x <br />ii'Y'(!..-' . VoN'" Ophir, City of Ouray, and the Colorado Avalanche Center. " , <br />U (1J.j./, I C(~ <br />1J' (-!-' ~ cJl",,- Following the first year of operation, but no later lhan the 30 days prior to the !> <br />iAl (;//'; beginning of the second year of cloud seeding operations, the permitee shall <br />?~ {>" fry- propose for consideration by the Director a methodology and a maximum level of <br />J OJ1f"l' .,., ,tr.,jt' change at specific long term precipitation recording stations as may be available in <br /><' .,.0 V~, I" vi . ('l or near the Town of Ophir, the City of Ouray, the Town of Telluride, and other <br />./ fJ'I~ communities in the region beyond which the cloud seeding operation shall be <br />II ~ \JI~ suspended. <br />5J <br /> <br />systematic monitoring of precipitation changes from normal, either through <br />snowpack or stream flow measurements, and <br /> <br />w. <br /> <br />VV' <br />(,-0'" <br />,.. <br /> <br />3 <br />