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TERMS AND CONDITIONS <br /> Western'[Weather Consultants,LL.0 is heminaffcr referred to as the"Permit Holder"and Southwestern, <br /> Water Conservation District, [Mores Water Conservancy District,Durango Mountain.Resort and the <br /> La Plata Water Conservancy District will be hereinafter referred to as the"Project Sponsors".This <br /> permit is limited by and subject to the following germs and conditions. <br /> 1. The State of Colorado (State), Department of Natural Resources (DNR), and the Colorado <br /> Water Conservation Board (CWCB) reserve the right to revoke, suspend and investigate <br /> weather modification operations at any or all generator sites maned in this Permit for any. <br /> reason. <br /> 2. The State, DNR,and CWCB reserve the right to reopen and amend this permit to address any <br /> unforeseen concerns or issues related to operations related to the Western .San Juan mountains <br /> Weather Modification permit. <br /> 3. The Permit Holder and Project Sponsors release the State, DNR, and CWCB of all liability <br /> related to all cloud seeding operations. Adequate.safeguards are provided.in this Permit to help <br /> permit holders to operate within the natural variability of the local climate. operations should <br /> only augment snowpack to near normal levels in order to protect health,safety, and welfare of <br /> the environment and Colorado's citizenry. <br /> 4. Ilw target areas shall be the western half of the San Juan Mountains. 17he Permit Holder is <br /> approved for up to eighteen generators for this Permit. <br /> 5. Any Subsequent major changes to the number and location of generators shall require the prior <br /> written approval by the CWCB. <br /> b. The Permit Holder is required to attend and present information on its cloud seeding operations <br /> at any of the CWCB Board meetings 'if requested by the C`WCB Director and/or CWCB Staff. <br /> 7. The Permit Holder and Project Sponsors may not change the Operational Plan, develop <br /> agreements with out-of-state water agencies, or receive out-of-state water agency funding <br /> without prior written approval from the CWCB. <br /> g. Cloud seeding operations must be carried out in conformity with the Operational Plan, except <br /> for those operations that are modified by the teams and conditions in this Permit. This Permit is <br /> also subject to state statutes for weather modification in Colorado 3 -201-101 through 36-20- <br /> 127 C.R.S. A new Opemtional Plait mint be submitted to the CWCB and Project Sponsors <br /> prior to seeding each year. <br /> 9. The permitted project is a commercial operation and the Permit `folder will pay a 2% <br /> commercial fee to the CWCB,which is 2 of the base contract between the Permit Holder and <br /> the Project Sponsors for earth year of operatic <br /> 2 <br />