WMOD00271

• Sponsor Name: North American Interstate Weather Modification Council
• Project Name: Fiscal Year 2008 Request
• Title: Fiscal Year 2008 Request
• Prepared For: NAIWMC
• Prepared By: JM McClintock Consulting, Inc
• Date: 2/24/2007
• Bill Number: HR2995 & S.517
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: General Information

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"Facilitating the exchange of interstate/interprovincial atmospheric
resource management information."

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The North American Interstate Weather Modification Council (NAIWMC) is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization of
regulatory agencies, sponsoring organizations, and research institutions involved in atmospheric water resource
management technology, commonly known as weather modifICation or cloud seeding. The NAIWMC exists to facilitate the
free exchange of information regarding cloud seeding research and operations in North America

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The purpose of the NAIWMC is to provide assistance and information related to weather modifICation in the following
areas:

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. Operations
. Research and Development
. Public Involvement
. legislation
. Regulation

The Council shall also serve such other pU'lX)ses relating to the development. operation, and control of weather
modifICation as are consistent with those purposes expressly named.

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Operations. The Council shall assist governmental and private organizations in planning. design, implementation,
coordination, and assessment 01 on.going. temlX)rary, and emergency weather mexhfication operations which are planned
with the intent or conducted with the effect of causing international, national. interstate, or intrastate consequences. The
Council shall promote effective partnerships among various agencies conducting weather modifICation operations, and
shall assist in integrating weather modifICation operations with water resources development and other activitieS affected
by weather modification activities. It shall make appropriate recommendations in order to promote these pU'lX)ses

Research and Development. The Council shall assist governmental and private organizations in planning. design,
implementation, coordination, and assessment of weather modification research and development. It shall promote
common research concerning weather modification activities and their environmental and societal consequences. The
Council shall provide a forum for the exchange of experience, data. and information about weather modification.

Pubfic Involvement. The Council shall seek to provide information for and engage in discussion within (1) public offICials,
(2) persons involved in weather modifICation activities or who demonstrate an interest in the effects of weather
modifICation, and (3) the general public. It shall voice the needs and views of the member jurisdICtions, and It shall develop
public education programs.

Legislation. The Council shall assist national governments, member slate or provincial governments, and groups of
member state or provincial governments in preparation. review, and alteration of treaties. statutes, compacts, and
administrative rules and regulations. It shall work for the passage of legislation which is responsive to local, slate,
interstate. national, and international concerns.

Regulation. The Council shall assist member regulatory agencies in maintaining a high level of integrity and professional
competency among weather modifiers. It shall assist member regulatory agencies in coordination of their professional
licensing and operational permit issuing functions. It shall serve as a clearinghouse for environmental impact statements
relating to weather modification and for such other data as will assist member regulatory agencies.

Thl' curn-1l1 NAIWl\1C flI(,llIht.n;hip indlldt'S slatl' lta.:l'nrics in
North ));tkohl, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tt');as, Colorado, "')'flIl1ina.:. llhlh, N"l"-ada and Clllifornia