Weather Mod Rules & Regs

• Project Type: General OWC
• Project Name: Weather Modification Rules & Regulations
• Title: Colorado Weather Modification Rules and Regulations
• Date: 8/1/1986
• County: Statewide
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Rules/Regs/Statutes

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Weather Modification Act of 1972

36-20-101. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as
the "Weather Modification Act of 1972".

36-20-102. Legislative declaration. The general assembly declares that
the state of Colorado recognizes that economic benefits can be derived for the
people of the state from weather modification. Operations, research,
experimentation, and development in the field of weather modification shall
therefore be encouraged. In order to minimize possible adverse effects, weather
modification activities shall be carried on with proper safeguards, and accurate
information concerning such activities shall be made available for purposes of
regulation. While recognizing the value of research and development of weather
modification techniques by governmental agencies, the general assembly fmds and
. declares that the actual practice of weather modification, whether at public or
private expense, is properly a commercial activity which the law should encourage
to be carried out, whenever practicable, by private enterprise. -

36-20-103. Declaration of rights. The general assembly declai-es that the
state of Colorado claims the right to all moisture suspended in the atmosphere
which falls or is artificially induced to fall within its borders. Said moisture- is
declared to be the property of the people of this state, dedicated to their use
pursuant to sections 5 and 6 of article XVI of the Colorado constitution and as
otherwise provided by law. It is further declared that the state of Colorado also
claims the prior right to increase or permit the increase of precipitation by
artificial means for use in Colorado. The state of Colorado also claims the right to
modify weather as it affects the people of the state of Colorado and to permit such
modification by activity within Colorado.

36-20-104. Definitions. As used in this article,unIess"the context
otherwise requires:
(1) Repealed.
(2) "Director" means the executive director of the department of natural
,resources, as created by article 33 of title 24, C.R.S.
(2.5) "Ground-based winter cloud seeding" means the seeding of clouds
between the months of November through May of each year by the use of ground
generation equipment.
(3) "License" means a certification issued by the director indicating that a
specific person has met the standards for certification as a weather modifier and
is approved to direct weather modification operations in the state.
(4) "Operation" means the performance in Colorado of any activity to
attempt to modify or having the effect of modifying natural weather conditions
other than usual and customary activities not conducted primarily for weather
modification and having only a minor effect on natural weather conditions.
(5) "Permit" means a certification of project approval to conduct a specific
weather modification operation within the state under the qmditions and within
the limitations required and established under the provisions of this article.
(6) "Person" means an individual, partnership, or public or private
corporation or agency, except where the context indicates that "person" is used in
the sense of a living individual.