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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36-20-110. Issuance of license. (1) The director, in accordance with
applicable regulations, shall issue a weather modification license to each applicant
who: '
(al Pays the license fee, if applicable; and
(b) Meets. the qualifications for licensure established by the director
pursuant to section 36-20-107 (2). '

36-20-111. License fee - expiration. A license shall be issued under this
article only upon the payment to the state of Colorado the sum of one hundred
dollars for such license. Each such license shall expire at the end of the calendar
year in which it is issued.

36-20-112. Permit reqnired - when issued. (1) The director, in accordance
with regulations, shall issue a weather modification permit to each applicant who:
. (a) Holds, or if the applicant is a corporation, the corporation demonstrates
that the person in control of the project holds, a valid weather modification
license; except that, for ground-based winter cloud seeding, a politi~ subdivision
of the state may be issued a permit pursuant to this section without holding a
weather modification license if the other requirements of this section are met;
(b) Pays the permit fee, if applicable; ,
(c) Furnishes proof of fmancial responsibility adequate to meet obligations
reasonably likely to be attached to or result from the proposed weather
modification operation. Such proof of fmancial responsibility may, but at the
discretion of the director shall not be required to, be shown by presentation of
proof of a prepaid insurance policy with an insurance company licensed to do
business in Colorado, which insurance policy shall insure liabilities in an amount
set by the director and provide a cancellation clause with a thirty-day notice to the
director, or by filing Wlththe director an individual, schedule, blanket, or other
corporate surety bond in an amount approved by the director. The director shall
not require proof of fmancial responsibility in excess of the limitations imposed by
section 24-10-114, C.R.S., from any political subdivision of the state authorized to
conduct ground-based winter cloud seeding weather modification activities
pursuant to this article.
(d) Submits a complete operational plan for each proposed project prepared
by the licensed operator in control which includes a specific statement of
objectives, a map of the proposed operating area which specifies the primary
target area and shows the area reasonably expected to be affected, the name and
address of the licensee, the nature and object of the intended operation, the
person or organization on whose behalf it is to be conducted, a statement showing
any expected effect upon the environment and methods of determining and
evaluating the same, and such other detailed information as may be required to
describe the operation and its proposed method of evaluation. This operational
plan shall be placed on file with the director and with any other agent as he may
require.
(e) Publishes a notice of intent to modify weather in the counties to be
affected by.the weather modification program before the licensee secures a permit
and before beginning operations. The. published notice shall designate the. primary
target area and indicate the general area which might be affected. It shall also
indicate the expected duration and intended effect and state that complete details
are available on request from the licensee or the director or from the other agent
specified by the director. The publication shall also specify a time and place, not
more than one week following the completion of publication, for a hearing on the
proposed project. Proof of publication shall be furnished to the director by the
licensee.