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<br /> <br /> <br />'., :{,.,. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />),-, ' <br /> <br />. ....d...~.riy;"'xpected effects upon the environment resulting <br />. '.rrc;m the .proposed project and the methods 'ofdeter':' <br />mining and evaluating those.effects. <br /> <br />Based upon our own experience and that of other's,. this' pro- <br />ject does not involve any high degree of risk of substan'- <br />tial ,harm to land, people, safety, property, .health or .en- <br />vironment, . <br /> <br />No rigid evaluation of precipitation that requires a test. <br />of statistical significance, is possible based on. a few <br />seasons of operation. Since this is a randomized program, <br />.no final report will be delivered until sometime after <br />the sixth year. Following each season, an operation re- <br />port is furnished the client in which precipitation for <br />the target, as well as outside areas, is compared. <br /> <br />Individual storm studies are continuously pre~ared to <br />assess the success of each operation and to initiate im- <br />provements where possible. Precipitation increases have <br />been well within the limits of variability. <br /> <br />" . <br /> <br />Operational. situations are stratified based on weather <br />. 'types as. well as 500 mb. temperatures and effective level <br />wind direction to aid in. assessing most favorable areas' <br />for natural precipitation for each storm. <br /> <br />.',',' <br /> <br />e. Any additional information which may be required <br />to describe the operation and the proposed method <br />of its evaluation. <br /> <br />It is important to stress the built-in safeguards, such. <br />as a' clause in the contract which permits the seeding con"; <br />troller to suspend operations at any time he estimates <br />that some significant risks may result. <br /> <br />The proposed method of evaluation is a statisticalregres- <br />sian technique comparing precipitation within the target <br />with selected 'controls outside the effective generator <br />plumes, as well as comparison 'of seeded andunseeded <br />years. <br /> <br />.,,'.: <br />