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<br />8. Operation"l Plan: <br /> <br />a. State~.ent of the natur~and obj~~~~v2~~!~~osed project. <br /> <br /> <br />The nature of the proposed program is to augment natural precip- <br /> <br /> <br />itati6n ~ithin the project area to provide improved snowpacks and <br /> <br /> <br />additional wat"*' supplies for storage or beneficial use. The opera-. <br /> <br /> <br />tional technology and procedures utilized in this program ,,'ere <br /> <br /> <br />derived from previous sno.....--pa'c.k .3ugmentation programs operated in <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado, specifically: the Climax and Wolf Creek reEearch programs, <br /> <br /> <br />the Colorado River Basin Pilot Project and the last five winter's <br /> <br /> <br />programs operated by \,lestern \,eather Consultants, Inc. in the Central <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado and Southeastern San Juan l-1ountains. <br /> <br />The objectives of the project are to increase snowpacks in the <br />drainage basins of all major mountain massifs in the project area <br />",hich should resul t in increased run-off into the storage systems in <br />these basins and result in an additional water supply for agricultural, <br />industrial or domestic use .110ng \dth an additional sno\..rpac.k for whiter <br />recreational use. <br /> <br />b. M~~~~_~pos~~operatin~ area specifyi~g the primary target <br /> <br /> <br />area ani...i.he area rcas~lablY~>>1'_~ted to...Q.e affecte~. <br /> <br /> <br />A map of Colorado showing the primary project area is attached. <br /> <br /> <br />Also, indicated by the hatched area are the project area counties <br /> <br /> <br />and enclosed in the single black line are the'counties adjacent to <br /> <br /> <br />the project area counties which could reasonably be expected to be <br /> <br /> <br />affected by the pr6ject. <br /> <br />c. Description of how the project will be implemented and carried out. <br /> <br />1) Office location: ,.' <br /> <br />Western Weath~r Consultants, Inc~ <br />835 East 2nd Avenue, Room 206 <br />Durango, Colorado 81301 <br /> <br />.2) Weather Data Available: <br /> <br />The National Facsimile Circuit and National Weather Service. <br /> <br /> <br />teletype systems will provide reGular government ,,'eather data' <br /> <br /> <br />including sllrface and upper air weather d~tB. synoptic surface <br /> <br /> <br />and significant upper level maps and ",'ind data from rawinsondes- <br /> <br />-3- <br />