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<br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />00235Q <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />FundinR Account. . During the firat 14 years of operation, funding <br />should be 00 . Don-reimbursable b..ia. The u..ediate aug.entation <br />to be firat realized during the .pring runoff of 1980 would ease <br />both the actual vater and political vater planning pre..ures and <br />demonstrate real atep. are underway to auz-ent the river. l~dl.te <br />additional power revenues and vater ..le. and benefit. would accrue <br />to various account.. Crediting these accrual. to the aug.entation <br />would be done after evaluation. are completed and in accordance with <br />marketing procedures developed prior to the project. <br /> <br />Section V - Personnel Coostraints <br /> <br />Only one additiODal poaition 1. required in FY 1979 and a further two <br />in FY 1980. Not having the additional ataff in FY 1979 would both <br />hinder the planning and severely limit the needed public involvement <br />effort. Several planning meetings will be held in and around each of <br />the mountain area. prior to beginning the seeding projects. This <br />function should be handled by Federal and state employees with much <br />of the planning studies done thro~gh contractor effort. <br /> <br />Without these positions. much of the public involve~nt program would <br />also need to be contracted to private indu.try. Loss of public credi. <br />bility in such a socially sen.itive undertaking a. cloud seeding could <br />be very detrimental. <br /> <br />Section VI . External Factor. <br /> <br />Wilderness Areas - Wilderness and pru.itive are.s. existing and pro- <br />posed. cover or d~inate A substantial portion of the prt.e target <br />are.s for cloud seeding. Aug.entation of snowfall above natural <br />amounts and location of evaluation instrumentation within these lands <br />have raised questions on the intent and administration of the Wilderness <br />Act. A general policy being dev~loped by the Forest Service states <br />they 'viII support properly de.igned and technically sound weather <br />modification activities" provided nsubstantial changes in natural <br />conditions" and "incompatible" appearances or change in value or use <br />is not caused. Since adainiatrative definitions have varied becveen <br />Forest Rangers. separate legislation (such as the Sisk Bill. H.R. 2742). <br />or Executive order may be needed to allow lesa restrictive and varying <br />interpretations. <br /> <br />State Water Clat.s - The state l~ in Utah cla1ma that all water pro- <br />duced within the state by cloud seeding becomes property of the Btate. <br />Legal definition or accommodations to work within provisions will be <br />developed as part of the water marketing and basin augmentation coop- <br />erative studies. <br /> <br />State and Local SeedinR Pro1ects . There is now a large state-sponsored <br />cloud seeding project in parta of the Utah portion of the Colorado <br />River Sasin and water users in southwestern Colorado are sponsoring <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />