Weather Mod - Sunset Review

• Project Type: General OWC
• Applicant: Weather Modification
• Project Name: Sunset Review on Weather Mod Program
• Title: Sunset Statutory Evaluation Criteria
• Date: 6/16/1995
• County: Statewide
• Water Conservation - Doc Type: Final Report

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(7) "Publication" or "publish" means a minimum of at least two consecutive
weekly legal notices in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county
or counties, or portions thereof, included within the proposed operation. It shall
not be necessary that notice be made on the saine day of the week in each of the
two weeks, but not less than one week shall intervene between the first
publication and the last publication, and notice shall be complete on the date of
the last publication. ff there is no such newspaper, notice shall be by posting in
at least three public piaces within the county, or portions thereof, included within
a proposed operation. Publication of notices provided for in this article may be
made, at the discretion of the director, by notices broadcast over any or all
standard radio, FM radio, television stations, and cable television. Such
broadcast notices shall make reference to locations or publications wherein details
of the subject matter of the notices are located.
(8) "Research and development" means theoretical analysis, exploration,
experimentation, and the extension of investigative .findings and theories of a
scientific or technical nature into practical application for experimentation and
demonstration purposes, including the experimental production and testing of
_ .models,. devices, _equipment" materials" and processes .both.in the laboratory and.
in the atmosphere.
(9) "Research and development operation" or "research and development
project" means an operation which is conducted solely to advance scientific and
technical knowledge in weather modification. Research and development
ol'erations may be conducted by state or federal agencies, state institutions of
hIgher education, and bona fide nonprofit research corporations or by commercial
operators under contracts with such entities solely for research purposes.
(10) "Weather modification" means any program, operation, or experiment
intended to induce changes in the composition~ behavior, or dynamics of the
atmosphere by artificial means. .

36.20-105. Administration. (1) The executive director of the department of
natural resources is hereby charged with the administration of this article.
(2) The director shall issue all licenses and permits provided for in this
article. He is hereby empowered to issue rules and regulations he finds necessary
to facilitate the implementation of this article, and he is authorized to execute and
administer all other provisions of this article pursuant to the powers and
limitations contained in this article.

36-20-106. Advisory committee - appointment . dutie~ - sunset review.
(Repealed)

36-20-107. Duties of the director. (1) The director shall establish rules
and regulations, in accordance with article 4 of title 24, C.R.S., necessary to
effectuate the purposes of this article.
(2) (a) The director shall establislr-qualifrcations;procedures;-and conditions
for the issuance of licenses for the purpose of conducting weather modification
activities within the state.
(b) (I) The qualifications so established shall ensure that the licensee
demonstrates knowledge. skill, and experience reasonably necessary to
accomplish weather modification without actionable injury to person or property,
but the licensee shall be limited in the exercise of such license to the method of
weather modification within his area of expertise. At a minimum each such
applicant, except for applicants for licenses for ground-based winter cloud
seeding, shall meet requirements at least as stringent as one or more of the
following: