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<br />WY 82-4 <br /> <br />DEPAR1MENT OF NAlURAL RESOURCFS <br /> <br />STATE OF COUJRAlXJ, <br /> <br />IN TIlE MI\'ITER OF TIlE APPLICATION ) <br />OF WESTERN KANSAS GROUNDWATER) <br />MANAGEt1<:NI' DISTRICT NO. 1 FDR A ) <br />PERMIT TO CONDOCT WEATIlER MJDIFI-) <br />CATION OPERATIONS FOR AND ON ) <br />BEHALF OF WESTERN KANSAS GROUND- ) <br />WATER MANAGEMiliT DISTRICT NO.1) <br /> <br />DECISION AND PERMIT RENl'WAL <br /> <br />This matter came up fOl: review and permit renewal by D. llinte <br />Pascoe. Executive Director, Colorado Deparbnent of Natural Resources~ <br /> <br />FINDINGS OF FACT <br /> <br />1. Because the permit application was substantially the same as for <br />the 1978 program' conducted for Western Kansas Groundwater <br />Management District #1 upon which a hearing had been held, the <br />Director determined that a hearing was unnecessary pursuant to <br />review and peDDit renewal. <br /> <br />2. The Findings of Fact were predicated upon the careful review and <br />consideration of the following: <br /> <br />a) The Application for Permit for Weather Modification Actiities, <br />Form WM2, dated March 18, 1982. ' <br /> <br />b) The Applications for Permit for Weather Modification <br />Activities, Form WM2, dated March 17, 1980 and April 25, 1979. <br /> <br />c) The original Application for Permit for Weather Modification <br />Activities, Form WM2, dated March 16, 1978 for which permit was <br />issued May 8, 1978. <br /> <br />d) Public hearing on April 18, 1978 at 10:00 a.m. in Lamar, <br />Colorado. <br /> <br />e) Advice, comments and recommendations of the Weather <br />Modification Advisory Committee tendered to the Executive <br />Director on May 30, 1979 as well as cOlllJ1ents subsequent to that <br />date. , <br /> <br />f) Weather Modification Act of 1972, Article 20, Title 36, C.R.S. <br />1973. <br /> <br />g) Written materials and articles submitted by the Applicant. <br /> <br />3. The nature of the proposed program is to undertake a <br />May I, 1982-August 31, 1982 commercial (operational) weather <br />modification program using aerial application of silver iodide <br />nucleating material to: <br /> <br />a) increase rainfall <br />b) suppress hail <br /> <br />The target area for such a program is entirely outside and east\of <br />the State of Colorado. The operator anticipates the necessity of <br />seeding upwind some fifteen miles within Colorado to impact border <br />counties within the target area inside Kansas. FUnds for said <br />project are from sources outside the state of Colorado. <br />