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..., ., , ' . . prepared by the each of the project sponsors and North American Weather Consultants to aid in monitoring the impact of the operations on health and safety. 7, The CWCB staff believe that due to the benefits to Colorado residents, water resources, wildlife and recreation, the permit should be approved with the terms and conditions more fully described in the permit. The CWCB believes that this a is a commercial project and that the Department of Natural Resources, Colorado Water Conservation Board should assess a 2% commercial fee for the proj ect. 8. The applicant must prepare monthly progress reports that include a log of seeding operations and a short discussion of operations. The Project Sponsors will create a report that includes a graphical representation ofthe 30-year average, the years actual, and permit threshold for every SNOTEL monitoring location operating for this permit. The project sponsors will submit those written reports and graphs to the Colorado Water Conservation Board for consideration by the CWCB members and staff December 7, January 7, February 7, March 7 and April 7. North American Weather Consultants will also submit a final report at the end of the proj ect in accordance with the requirements of the permit. The final report will be submitted no later than July I of any given year. 9, The weather modification permit shall be further subject to such other terms and conditions as are set forth in the permit. 10. At the end of the five year permit or upon the project sponsors decision to suspend the continued operation of this cloud seeding pro gram, Gunnison County and NA WC will submit to the DNR an analysis that addresses positive and/or negative impacts to affected communities, wildlife, and recreation. The analysis also shall address the effectiveness of weather modification as a resource management tool to enhance reservoir levels and stream flow, and shall compare SNOTEL sites and streamflow in areas up to 50 miles downwind of the target areas to the SNOTEL 30-year average. 11, North American Weather Consultants, Inc. will be required to GPS the generator site locations for elevation, latitude and longitude data for every generator location and provide the information to the project sponsors and the Colorado Water Conservation Board prior to commencing the project. 12. Said permit shall be denominated as Permit No. 2003-01. DZ,03.D3 Date RECOMMENDAllf) r ~ Rod Knharich, Director Colorado Water Conservation Board FINAL DEeI ~ 2 -3-~ Date r cher, Executive Director Colorado Department of Natural Resources 8