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<br />N<llary Put>lic
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<br />NonCE OF INTENT TO MODIFY WEATHER
<br />NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that WESTERN
<br />WEA l11EH CONSULTANTS. INC. a Colorado
<br />,corporaIJon. of 835 E. 2nd Ave., Our8l"lgD,
<br />Cotoredo 81301, hereinafter referred to"aa
<br />"AppUcant," ha3 or Is about to lIIe with the
<br />Executive DIrector of the Cotorado Department
<br />of Natural Resources an application tor a permit
<br />to conduct weather modification operations
<br />within the Slate of Colorado and within the areas
<br />hereinafter more. specilk:ally Slated. The
<br />Applieantlhall o:mduct such operaUons for and
<br />on behall of the following: '
<br />Southwes1ern Water Conservation District,
<br />Box 475, Durango, CO 81302
<br />La Plata Water Conservancy DISl., 4044 St.
<br />. Hwy 1.tO, Hesperus, CO 81326
<br />Mancos Water Conservancy DiSl., Mancos,
<br />, CO 81328 .
<br />Dolores Water ConservancY' Dlsl., P.O. Box
<br />,,17. Cortez, CO 81321
<br />City 01 Cortez, 210 E. Main St, Cortez, CO
<br />81321
<br />Durango Ski Corp, P.O. Box 666, Durango,
<br />CO 81302
<br />First NaUonal Bank, P.O. DrawerL, Durango,
<br />CO 81302
<br />United Bank of Durango, P.O. Drawer K,
<br />Durango, CO 81302
<br />Bums National Bank, P.O. Drawer N,
<br />Durango, CO 81302
<br />Centennial Savings Bank, 1101 W. 2nd Ave.,
<br />Durango, CO 81301
<br />The name of the person who shall be in control
<br />of the weather modiJjcation program is
<br />LAWRENCE M. HJERMSTAD, who holds
<br />. 'Weather Modification License No. 85-3.
<br />The Primary Target'Area 01 the operations for
<br />which a Weather Modification Permit is sought
<br />is described as follows:
<br />The Western San Juan Mountains above 9,000
<br />h. m.s.1. in the AOlmas, La Plaia, Mancos, and
<br />Dolores drainage basins. The target area
<br />includes portions of the following counties
<br />within the State 01 Colorado:
<br />Dolores. Monte2:tuna, La PlaIa and San Juan.
<br />The general area beyond the P~imarY' Target
<br />Area whldl may reasonably be expected to be
<br />-offp.::!ed t)y the we~~her mcd!flr..atlon"operaUor.s
<br />for Which a Permit is sought includes all or a
<br />portionol the following counties within the State
<br />01 CO"".d,,,
<br />San Miguel, Ouray, Hinsdale and Archuleta.
<br />The expected duration of the weather
<br />modificaUon operations lor Which a Permit is
<br />lOughr is 'rom about November 15, 1985 10
<br />March 31, 1986.
<br />The intended effect of the weather
<br />modification operations is 10 increase the
<br />snowpack and precipitation In the above.indi-
<br />cated Primary Target Area to provide additional
<br />,water suppties for storage, agriculture, and
<br />'many other domestic or industrial uses and 10
<br />.t,. fWOvida. additioaal _soowpack tor recr~ional
<br />.'use. 'JI. . ---- - - -.
<br />Complete details of the operations to be
<br />conCluded by the Applicant are available on
<br />request from the Applicant, WESTERN
<br />WEATHER C<)NSULTANTS, INC., P.O. Ball
<br />58. Durango. Colorado 81302. Of Itom Ihe
<br />Executive Director of the Department 01 Natural
<br />Resource:>. Centennial Building, Suite 716, 1313
<br />Sherman Street, Denver, Colorado 80203.
<br />A public hearing on the application lor a
<br />permit to oonduct the proposed weather
<br />modifk:ation operations shall be held at 10:30
<br />o'clock A.M. on October 2, 1985, at the La Plata
<br />CountY' c::ourthouse in the Blue Spruce Room in
<br />Durango, ColOrado 81301.
<br />
<br />The Pagosa Springs Sun
<br />'AGOSA SPRINGS, COLORAIlO
<br />"Tht' OfFICial Nello'Spll{Jt'f QI Arrhult'lu CfJUnlf"
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<br />STATE OF COLORADO )
<br />) ss,
<br />COUNTY OF ARCHULETA)
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<br />I, David C. Mitchell, do solemnly swear that I am
<br />Publisher of the PAGOSA SPRINGS SUN; that the
<br />same is a weekly newspaper printed, in whole or in
<br />part, and published in the County of Archuleta,
<br />State of Colorado, and has a general circulation
<br />therein; that said newspaper has been published
<br />continuously and uninterruptedly in said County of
<br />Archuleta for a period of more than fifty-two.
<br />consecutive weeks next prior to the first publication
<br />of the annexed legal notice or advertisement. that
<br />said newspaper has been admitted to the U oiled
<br />States mails as second-class maller under the
<br />provisions of the Act of March 3, 1879, or any
<br />amendments thereof. and that said newspaper is a
<br />weekly newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal
<br />notices and advertisements within the meaning of the
<br />laws of 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 the period of
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<br />. . . . . ... . ~ . . . . " consecutive insertions; and that
<br />the first publication of said notice was in the issue of
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<br />,aid newspaper dated ,~f.,/1." A,D.'
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<br />198"S and that the last publication of said notice
<br />was in the issue of said newspaper dated
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<br />,,,$ 'p,r.,~4A,D, 198.~"
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<br />lOW ~P"~p~
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<br />Subscribed and sworn to before me. a notary public
<br />in and for Ihe Slale of Colorado, Ihis ,.;?P.Y:-! of
<br />~, A,D, 198.5:'"
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<br />My Commission expires, ' , , ,II-:-.to?:: ?,c... " ",
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