<br />PROOF OF PUBLICATION
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<br />STATE OF COLORADO )
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<br />COUNTY OF I?,ELTA )
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<br />dalH.tAr<)/nJ{((h , beingJllY sworn, states:
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<br />County Independent, a semi-weekly newspaper whose principal
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<br />NOTICE OF INTENT
<br />TO MODIFY WEATHER
<br />Nolice is hereby givef'lthat Geoffrey E. '
<br />Hill, of Utoh Waler Research.
<br />laboratory, 'Utoh State University, i
<br />logon, Utah 64322,hereinofterreferred .
<br />I to as "Applicant". hosor isabou! to file
<br />with the Exec!Jtive Director of the Col-
<br />orado Dep~~~.!:!.~i N_'?tur.ClI ~e~o,!!c~
<br />cm-'application for a permit to condu~t
<br />weather modificotion operations within
<br />the State of Colorado and within the
<br />areas hereinafter more specifically
<br />stated, Tbe Applicant shall conduct such
<br />operattons for and on benalf of ' Utah
<br />Water Research laboratory, UMC82,
<br />Utah State Univer~ity, logon, Utah
<br />84322 ond Division of Atmospheric
<br />Resources Research, Rureou of Reclama_
<br />tion, P.O. Rox 25007, Denve'r Federal
<br />Center, Denver, Colorado 80225. GeoF.
<br />frey e. Hill presently holds weather
<br />Modification license No. 85-1 and sholl
<br />be in control of the weather modification
<br />project. The additional eerson who shon.
<br />be in control of the weather modification
<br />project for the Applicant is Brad Miller'
<br />who holds Weather Modification license
<br />No. 85-2.
<br />The primary Target Area of the opera.
<br />tians for which a Weather M09ification
<br />Permitissoughtisdescribed,asfollows:
<br />an area of the Grand Meso plateau ly_
<br />ing south of a line between Grand JUnc-
<br />. tion and Rifle. The target area is in Mesa
<br />and Delta counties.
<br />The general area beyond the Primary
<br />Target Area which mad reasonably be
<br />expected to be affecte bythew'eather
<br />modification oper,ations far which a per.
<br />mit is sought includes 011 or a portion of
<br />the following,counties witkinfhe Stote of
<br />Colorado: Eagle, Meso, Delto, Mon-
<br />trose, Gunnison, Pitkin. Rio Blanco, and
<br />Routt Counlies tkat are adjacent to Gar-
<br />field County.
<br />The expected ,duratio" of lhe weather
<br />modificotion operations for which a Per-
<br />mitis sought is January 2, 1985 through
<br />March 31,1985.
<br />The intended effllct of the weather
<br />modification operations is to obtain
<br />distinct, reproducible effeds from seeding
<br />appropriate winter orographic clouds.
<br />Complete details of the operotions to
<br />be conducted by the Applicant ore
<br />available on reqlfflst from the Applicant
<br />-UtahWoter Research loboratory, Utah
<br />State Univ'ersity, logon, Utah 84322 _
<br />and from the Divisia" of Atmospherk ,
<br />Resources Reseorch, Burttau of Reclcima. .
<br />lion, P.O. BOll 25007, Denver Federal.
<br />Center, Denver, Colorado 80225; the Ex.
<br />ecutive Director af the Department of
<br />Natural Resources, 1313 Shermon
<br />Street, Room lr8;" Cer>ver, Colorado
<br />a0203; and frl;1m counfy commission of-
<br />ficesin Gorfield, Eogle, Mesa; Pitkin, Rio
<br />Blanco, ond Routt Counties.
<br />A pvblichearing on the application fOT
<br />a perrnitto conduct the proposed weather
<br />modification aperations shall beheld bt
<br />10:30 a.m. on Friday, December 14,
<br />19B4 at the Rureau of land Management,
<br />Grand Junction office, 764 Horizon
<br />Drive, Grand Junction, Colorado.
<br />Geoffrey E. HilL
<br />Published in the Delta County Indepen.
<br />dent Dec. 13, 1984.
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<br />office and place of business is located in the City of Delta,
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<br />County of Delta, Colorado.
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<br />2. The Delta County Independent is printed and
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<br />published semi-weekly, and has a general circulation in the
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<br />City of Delta, County of Delta, and elsewhere.
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<br />3. The Delta County Independent is printed and
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<br />published in whole or in part in the County of Delta and has
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<br />been continuously and uninterruptedly sa printed and published
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<br />from a date long prior to January 1, 1972, to the date of this
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<br />Proof of Publication.
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<br />4. The Delta County Independent has been admitted
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<br />to the United States Mails as
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<br />second class matter under the
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<br />provisions of the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879, and all
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<br />amendments thereofr and is a semi-weekly newspaper within the
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<br />meaning of Colorado Revised Statutes, 1963, 109-1-2, and duly
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<br />qualified to publish the annexed legal notice or advertisement.
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<br />5. The annexed notice or advertisement is a full and
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<br />correct copy of the original which was published in each of the
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<br />re9U1arjiSSUeS of said
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<br />following dates:
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<br />6. The undersigned has personal knowledge of the
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<br />foregoing facts.
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<br />Subscribed and sworn to before roe this k~!{~day of
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<br />My Commission
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