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<br />1 <br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />Yes, it would. This is essentially the same <br /> <br />2 concept of research that was applied in the Colorado River <br /> <br />3 Basin pilot Project that was operated by the Bureau of <br /> <br />4 Reclamation. <br /> <br />S Q Explain to the Hearing Officer and the members <br /> <br />6 <br />1 <br />8 <br />9 <br />10 <br />11 <br />12 <br />13 <br />14 <br /> <br />of the commission exactly why don't you seed all the storms. <br /> <br />A All the storms do not have a favorable augmenta- <br /> <br />tion potential. Some storms actually indicate that precipi- <br /> <br />tation can be decreased if they are seeded. So what the <br /> <br />intent of the program is is to increase the snowpack in the <br /> <br />project area up to a certain point. <br /> <br />And this point has been set arbitrarily, by <br /> <br />consent of the people proposing the program and people who <br /> <br />are concerned by the program as far as too much snow, at <br /> <br />IS arbitrarily 125%. So anytime the average snowp?ck as <br /> <br />16 measured bX the Soil Conservation Service in the project area <br /> <br />17 exceeds 125%, seeding operations would be suspended until <br /> <br />18 either the snowpac~ decreases to a value less than l25% or <br /> <br />19 the seeding operation period comes to an end. <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />Q <br /> <br />And this would be carried out, then, over a three <br /> <br />21 month periOd, would it not, Mr. Hjermstad? <br /> <br />22 <br />23 <br />24 <br />2S <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />That is correct. <br /> <br />Q Now, in the event the permit is granted and you <br /> <br />carry out the program that you've described and implement it <br /> <br />in the manner in which you have stated, could you give your <br />