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<br />8. Operational Plan (continued) <br /> <br />meteorological features will determine the network of generators <br />which will best seed the cloud systems over the project area for <br />each situation and will provide a method for adjusting the <br />network as new weather information becomes available. <br />With a "best" initial network to seed a situation established, <br />the generator operators are telephoned to turn on their generators <br />at a specified time and run them at a specific burn rate. On tbe <br />same call they will be given a specific turn-off time which could <br />be subject to change by anouther phone call from the meteorologist <br />at Western Weather Consultants, Inc. Incoming weather data into <br />the forecast office allows a continuous monitoring of any changes <br />in conditions and any necessary adjustments of termination in the <br />seeding operation. There will also be a liaison between the <br />meteorological control office and the program participants and <br />field maintenance technicians and selected generator operators <br />located near the project areas as to any developing conditions that <br />may warrant a change in the seeding operation. <br /> <br />d. Any Expected Effects Upon the Environment Resultin g from the <br /> <br /> <br />Proposed Project and the Methods of Determining and Evaluating Those <br /> <br /> <br />Effects. <br /> <br />Based upon the results of other similar wintertime programs that <br /> <br /> <br />have operated in Colorado and our own experience, this project does <br /> <br />not involve any high degree of risk of substantial harm to the land, <br /> <br /> <br />people, safety, property, health or the environment. The anticipated <br /> <br /> <br />changes in the precipitation amounts in the project area would fall <br /> <br />within the natural annual variation of precipitation except possibly <br /> <br /> <br />during a very heavy winter snow season when seeding operations would <br /> <br /> <br />be suspended. The natural stream systems would be expected to <br /> <br /> <br />adequately handle any natural and augmented precipitation resulting <br /> <br />from this project. <br /> <br /> <br />Since essentially no effects are expected upon the environment by <br /> <br /> <br />this program, no evaluations will be made of environmental effects. <br /> <br />-5- <br />