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<br />DECISION AND PERMIT-Page Four <br /> <br />WY82-1 <br /> <br />Average snowpack will be calcul~ted by averaging the actual <br />Soil Conservation Service snowpack readings for water content from <br />representative snow sites in the ~roject area. The sites shall be <br />selected by the Executive Director and the Contractor. Monthly <br />reports from each snow course listing the current snowpack readings <br />shall be forwarded to the Executive Director. The normal snowpack <br />will be the average water content of the snowpack for the past 15 <br />years of record for each of the selected snow courses from <br />January 1st to April 1st. For November and December, percent of <br />average shall be calculated by the Soil Conservation Service Snow <br />Survey Unit. The ski areas and the Snow Survey Unit have offered to <br />provide local or SNOTEL readings to the Department on request. <br /> <br />6. The Applicant shall also suspend seeding operations where one or <br />more of the following occurrences take place: <br /> <br />a. When weather forecasts or actual storms are producing <br />unusually heavy precipitation amounts that could <br />possibly contribute to avalanches or severe weather <br />conditions in the project area. <br /> <br />b. When the United States Forest Service Rocky Mountain <br />Avalanche Forecast Center issues the warning II all <br />travelers should use extreme cautionll in the project <br />area. <br /> <br />c. When the Executive Director specifies that seeding <br />should be suspended. <br /> <br />7. The Applicant shall consult with the U.S. Forest Service Rocky <br />Mountain Avalanche Forecast Center prior to seeding and inform the <br />Colorado State Highway Patrol (Denver Dispatch Office) when seeding <br />occurs. <br /> <br />8. The Applicant shall submit reports on cloud seeding activity: <br /> <br />a. 10 the Executive Director, at" least twice a month: <br /> <br />1. Copies of form WM3-indicating all generator <br />operations and the intended results and a summary <br />of the form specifically addressed, in part, to <br />the TERMS AND CONDITIONS of this permit. The <br />Executive Director shall forward said reports to <br />the State Weather Modification Advisory Committee. <br /> <br />2. A copy of the daily Worksheet Decision Summary <br />Notification Form on which seed/no seed decisions <br />are based and the form indicating the parameter <br />data information requested and utilized in making <br />avalanche suspension decisions. <br /> <br />b. To four newspapers of the broadest circulation in the <br />project area. at least twice a month, the names of <br />those newspapers to be forwarded immediately to the <br />Executive Director: <br /> <br />1. A summary of form WM3 indicating on which days <br />and from which generators seeding occurred in the <br />project area and the intended results. <br /> <br />c. To the Colorado State Patrol and the Forest Service <br />Avalanche Forecast Center at least twice a month, <br />summarizing the project's activities and status. <br /> <br />Page Four <br />