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<br />.) <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />RECORD OF DECISION <br />ON AN APPLICATION FORA <br />WEATHER MODIFICATION PERMIT <br /> <br />APPLICANT: <br /> <br />Don A. Griffith <br />North American Weather Consultants, Inc. <br />8160 South Highland Drive, Suite A-2 <br />Sandy, UT 84093 <br /> <br />DATE OF APPLICATION: <br /> <br />December 5, 2002 <br /> <br />PROJECT: <br /> <br />Commercial seeding of winter storm clouds by ground based cloud <br />nuclei generators. This permit is to increase streamflow and <br />reservoir storage for Gunnison River Basin. The Project <br />Sponsors/Managers are from Gunnison County with additional <br />funding and support from: Dos Rios Water System, Upper Gunnison <br />River Water Conservancy District, Crested Butte Mountain Resort, <br />Town of Crested Butte, Scenic River Tours, City of Gunnison, <br />Gunnison COlll1ty Stockgrowers Association, Crested Butte South <br />Metropolitan District. <br /> <br />TARGET AREAS: <br /> <br />The target areas of this permit are the West Elk MOlll1tains, Elk <br />MOlll1tains and the Sawatch Range above 9000 feet means sea level <br />located within Gunnison County. The adjacent cOlll1ties that are <br />reasonably expected to be affected are: Pitkin, Chaffee, Saguache, <br />Hinsdale, Ouray, Montrose, Delta and Mesa. Drainages that <br />originate from these areas include, but are not limited to the Upper <br />Gunnison River and its tributaries including: The East Fork River, <br />Taylor River, Slate River, Ohio Creek and Tomichi Creek. <br /> <br />DURATION: <br /> <br />The application requests a January 15, 2002 start date through April <br />30, 2003 for the first year. The normal requested operational year <br />request is for November I through April 30 for the next consecutive <br />four years expiring April 30, 2007. <br /> <br />DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS: <br /> <br />Don Griffith, President, North American Weather Consultants, Inc. <br /> <br />PERMIT SOUGHT: <br /> <br />A winter commercial cloud seeding permit pursuant to S 36-20-112, <br />C.R.S., for five years duration pursuant to 36-20-114, C.R.S. <br /> <br />ACTION TO BE TAKEN: <br /> <br />The findings will be the basis for a final decision to grant the permit, <br />grant the permit subject to conditions, or deny the permit. An initial <br />decision was not made at the public hearing at the Gunnison COlll1ty <br />Court House in Gunnison, Colorado on December 18,2002. <br /> <br />I <br />