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<br />6 <br /> <br />1 modification? <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />In 1965 I accepted a position with Colorado State <br /> <br />3 University, the Atmospheric Science Department, and worked <br /> <br />4 directly with weather modification activities supervised by <br /> <br />5 Professor Lewis Grant until 1970. During that time period <br /> <br />6 I conducted all aspects of field operations and research <br /> <br />1 associated with the programs that he had under his supervi- <br /> <br />8 sion. <br /> <br />9 In July of 1970 I accepted a position with EG&G, <br /> <br />10 Inc. in Albuquerque to manage a branch office in Durango. <br /> <br />11 <br /> <br />Q <br /> <br />Pardon me, Mr. Hjermstad, what is EG&G? What <br /> <br />12 was EG&G? <br /> <br />13 <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />EG&G is a scientific and technical research firm. <br /> <br />14 They had a contract to do some weather modification research <br /> <br />IS for the Bureau of Reclamation in the San Juan Mountains. <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />Q <br /> <br />Continue. <br /> <br />17 A Anyway, I accepted a position witlL EG&G to manage <br /> <br />18 the Durango office. This is the office tliat was given the <br /> <br />19 responsibility to operate the Colorado River Basin Pilot <br /> <br />20 Project as far as the seeding activities and all seeding <br /> <br />21 operations and forecasting associated with the pilot project. <br />22 These operations continued from 1970 through 1975. <br /> <br />23 And following that, I started a business of my <br /> <br />24 own ~-'Western Weather Consultants and had a contract last <br /> <br />2S year with the Valley Growers, Inc. of Center to operate a <br />