WMOD00095

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

20-112 (3)(g), CRS], and

F. is designed to minimize risk and maximize economic benefits to the
residents of the operation area located in Colorado or the State of
Colorado. [ S 36-20-112 (3)(h), CRS].

DECISION

Because the proposed project meets all of the requirements of S 36-20-112, CRS, it is
hereby determined that the permit is approved with the following conditions to be more fully
described in the terms and conditions of the permit:

1. The permit shall be limited to the purpose of hail suppression and rain augmentation
in Colorado using cloud base and cloud top aircraft which may seed with any of the
following agents to generate ice nuclei: silver iodide-acetone solution, dry ice, and
pyrotechnics.

2. Said permit shall be for the period from April 22, 1998 through September 21, 1998,
with conditional approval given for future year's operations from April 22 through
September 21 of 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, subject to the permit renewal
requirements of section 36-20-114(2), CRS, and subject to the Colorado Weather
Modification Rules and Regulations.

3. The applicant must pay the additional annual commercial fee of 2-percent of the
value of the contract should any Colorado county agree to participate financially in
the program.

4. The applicant must prepare written monthly progress reports and a final report at the
end of the project in accordance with the requirements of the permit.

5. The weather modification permit shall be further subject to such other terms and
conditions as are set forth in the permit.

6. Said permit shall be denominated Permit No. 98 -1.

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k Peter H. Evans, Acting Director
Colorado Water Conservation Board

For James Lochhead, Executive Director
Colorado Department of Natural Resources

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