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<br />15. Summary of hail losses to all crops for 5 Eastern Colorado Counties from 1985 <br />through 1997 based on data from the National Crop Insurance Services as compiled <br />by Curt D. Smith (Exhibit 9). <br /> <br />16, Summary of hail losses to all crops for Entire State of Colorado from 1948 through <br />1997 based on data from the National Crop Insurance Services as compiled by Curt <br />D. Smith (Exhibit 10). <br /> <br />17. Copy of "Weekly Weather and Crop Bulletin" dated May 28,1997 regarding Crop <br />Moisture and Drought Severity in the United States on May 24, 1997. <br /> <br />18. "Final Report, Western Kansas Weather Modification Program, 1997," prepared by <br />Curtis D. Smith, and other prior year final reports. <br /> <br />19. Report entitled "Evaluation of the Western Kansas Weather Modification Program," <br />September 1994, by the Kansas Water Office. <br /> <br />20. "Western Kansas Weather Modification Program," by Darrel L. Eklund, Ph.D., <br />Kansas Water Office, April 1996. <br /> <br />21. Evaluation of Operational Cloud Seeding in Western Kansas: Final Report, dated <br />November, 1987, by Amett S. Dennis, et al. (Engineering and Research Center, <br />Bureau of Reclamation, United States Department of the Interior). <br /> <br />22. Proceedings from a conference on "Hail Damage Mitigation and Hail Science," held <br />at Bismarck, North Dakota, March 19-20, 1996. <br /> <br />23. American Society of Civil Engineers, Guidelines for Cloud Seeding to Augment <br />Precipitation, ASCE Manual and Report on Engineering Practice No. 81, 1995. <br /> <br />24. Colorado Weather Modification Act of 1972, Article 20, Title 36, CRS, as amended. <br /> <br />25. Colorado Weather Modification Rules and Regulations dated August 1, 1986, 2 CCR <br />401-1. <br /> <br />FINDINGS <br /> <br />1. An application for a weather modification permit has been properly made by the <br />Western Kansas Groundwater Management District No.1 ("the District") of Scott <br />City, Kansas. <br /> <br />2. The proposed operational plan for the project submitted by the applicant meets the <br />requirements for operational plans as specified in g 36-20-112(1)(d), CRS. <br /> <br />4 <br />