WMOD00095

• Contract/Permit #: #98-1
• Applicant: Western Kansas Groundwater
• Project Name: Kansas Weather Modification
• Date: 1/1/1998
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: Public Hearing

3. The sponsor of the proposed demonstration project in Colorado is the said District.
The proposed demonstration project in Colorado will be managed by the District
through its Western Kansas Weather Modification Program ("Program"). The
District will be managing a similar project in Kansas under contract to the Northwest
Kansas Groundwater Management District No.4.

4. The person proposed to be in charge of the demonstration project in Colorado is
Curtis D. Smith, Program Manager, of Lakin, Kansas, who has provided adequate
evidence of his qualifications by professional education and experience to conduct
weather modification operations in Colorado. [s 36-20-1 12(1)(g), CRS]

5. The permit application review fee has been paid by Western Kansas Groundwater
District No, 1 by check No. 6356 dated February 23, 1998. [s 36-20-112(1)(b), CRS]

6. Proof of financial responsibility has been provided by the applicant by means of a
Certificate of Insurance dated March 31, 1998, which evidences that the applicant is
covered by single limit injury and property damage liability insurance in the amount
of$l million through Reliance Insurance Company of Illinois, which operates under
United Pacific in Colorado. [s 36-20-112(1)(c), CRS]

7. Legal notice of intent to modify weather was published on April 1 and April 8, 1998
in the official newspapers of Yuma and Phillips Counties; on April 2 and April 9,
1998 in the official newspapers of Yuma, Kit Carson, Cheyenne, Phillips,
Washington, and Lincoln counties; and on April 3 and April 12, 1998 in the official
newspaper of Kiowa County. [9 36-20-112(1)(e), CRS]

8. A public hearing on the application was held beginning at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
April 14, 1998, and ending about 3:30 p.m. in the Western Motor Inn located at 123
Lincoln Street, Burlington, Colorado. The hearing was conducted in the immediate
vicinity of the target area and not more that one week following the completion of
publication. The hearing was attended by 9 people. [9 36-20-112(2), CRS]

9. The proposed project is a commercial project and not a research and development
project. [9 36-20-104(9), CRS]

10. Several counties in the State of Kansas have voluntarily entered into an agreement
with the applicant, though the Northwest Kansas Groundwater Management District
No.4, to jointly finance the weather modification operations in 1998 to increase
rainfall and requce crop-damaging hail. Participation in the Program is voluntary on
a county by county basis. Since the inception of the Program in 1975,16 different
Kansas counties have participated in the Program for various reasons at one time or
another, and 6 counties have participated continuously.

11. The County Commissioners in Yuma County, Kit Carson County and Cheyenne
County have passed resolutions approving the proposed weather modification

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