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<br />NOTICE OF INTENT
<br />TO MODIFY WEATHER
<br />NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that WEST-
<br />ERN WEATHER CONSULTANTS, INC., a
<br />Colorado corporation, of 835 E. 2nd Ave'l
<br />Durango. . Colorado 81301, hereinafter re-
<br />ferred to as "Applicant," has or is about to
<br />file wiU1 the Executive Director of the
<br />Colorado Department of Natural Resources
<br />an application for a pennit to conduct
<br />weather modirication operations within the
<br />State of Colorado and within the areas
<br />hereinafter more specifically stated. The
<br />Applicant shall conduct such operations for
<br />and on behalf of the following:
<br />Southwestern Water Conservation Dis-
<br />trict, Box 475, Durango, CO 81302
<br />LaPlata Water Conservancy Dist., 4044
<br />St. Hwy 140, Hesperus, CO 81326
<br />Mancos Water Conservancy Dist., Man-
<br />cos, CO 81328
<br />Dolores Water Conservancy Dist., PO
<br />Box 1117, Cortez, CO 81321
<br />City of Cortez, 210 E. Main St., Cortez,
<br />CO 81321
<br />Durango Ski Corp., PO Box 006, Durango,
<br />CO 81302
<br />First National Bank, PO Drawer L,
<br />Durango, CO 81302
<br />United Bank of Durango, PO Drawer K,
<br />Durango, CO 81302
<br />Bums National Bank, PO Drawer N.,
<br />Durango, CO 81302
<br />Centennial Savings Bank, 1101 W. 2nd
<br />Ave., Durango, CO 81301
<br />The name of the person who shall be in
<br />control of the weather modification pro-
<br />gram' is LAWRENCE M. HJERMSTAD,
<br />who holds Weather Modification License
<br />No. 85-3.
<br />The Primary Target Ar~a of the opera-
<br />tions [or which a Weather Modification
<br />Permit is sought is described as follows:
<br />The Western San Juan MOWltains above
<br />9,000 ft. m.s.l. in the Animas, La Plata,
<br />Mancos, and Dolores drainage basins. The
<br />target area includes portions of the
<br />following counties within the State of
<br />Colorado:
<br />Dolores, Montezuma, LaPlala and San
<br />Juan.
<br />The general area beyond the Primary
<br />Target Area which may reasonably be
<br />expected to be affected by the weather
<br />modification operations for which a Permit
<br />is sought includes all or a portion of the.
<br />following counties within the _ State of
<br />Colorado:
<br />San Miguel, Ouray, Hinsdale and Arcnu-
<br />leta
<br />The expected duration of the weather
<br />modification operations for which a Permit
<br />. is sought is from about November 15, 1985
<br />to March 31, 1986.
<br />The 'intended effect of the weather
<br />modification operations is to increase the
<br />. snowpack and precipitation in the above-
<br />indicated Primary Target Area to provide
<br />additional water supplies for storage,
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<br />do solemnly
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<br />swear that I am the publisher of the Dove Creek
<br />Press, ,that the same is a weekly newspaper printed,
<br />in whole or in part and published in the County of
<br />Dolores, State of Colorado, and has a general
<br />circulation therein; that said newspaper has been
<br />published continuously and uninterruptedly in said
<br />Dolores County for a period of more than' fiHv-two
<br />consecutive weeks next prior to the first publication
<br />of the annexed legal notice or advertisement; and
<br />said newspaper has been admitted to the United
<br />States mails as second class matter under the
<br />provisions of the Act of March 3, 1879, or any
<br />amendments thereof, that said newspaper is a weekly
<br />newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices
<br />and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of
<br />the State of Colorado, .
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<br />That the annexed legal notice or advertisement was
<br />published in the regular and entire issue of every
<br />number of said weekly newspaper for a period of
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<br />the first publication
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<br />consecutive insertions and that
<br />of said notice was in the issue
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<br />of said newspaper dated 0epfe.-n be r /1
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<br />A,D.. 19 8'6- , an.d ,that the last pubiical10n of
<br />,saiq notice was in the,issue of said newspaper dated
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<br />STATE OF COLORADO ss. , ,
<br />~Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary publiC
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<br />in and tor the State of Colorado,
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<br />MY COMMISSION EXPIHES lO-2~-!J7
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<br />agriculture, and many other domeStic or
<br />industrial uses and to provide additional
<br />snowpack for recreational use.
<br />20mplete details of the operations to be
<br />collducted by the Applicant are available
<br />on request from the Applicant, WESTERN
<br />WEATHER CONSULTANTS, INC., PO Box
<br />58, Durango, Colorado 81302, or from the
<br />Executive Director of the Department of
<br />Natural Resources, Centennial Building,
<br />Suite 718, 1313 Sherman Street, Denver,
<br />Colorado 80203.
<br />A public hearing on the application for a
<br />permit to conduct the proposed weather
<br />modification operations shall be held at
<br />10:30 o'clock A.M. on October 2, 1985, at
<br />the La Plata County courthouse in the Blue
<br />Spruce Room in Durango, Colorado 81301.
<br />WESTERN WEATHER CONSULTANTS,
<br />INC.
<br />Published September 19 & 26, 1985
<br />DOVE CREEK PRESS
<br />Dove Creek, Colorado
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