WMOD00188

• Contract/Permit #: #82-4
• Applicant: Western Kansas Groundwater Management
• Project Name: Cloud Seeding
• Date: 5/1/1981
• Weather Modification - Doc Type: License & Permits

DECISroN AND PERMIT-Page Three

PffiMIT GRANl'ED

A weather IOOdification permit is hereby issued to the
applicant., such permit being applicable solely to the operation
described in the application of March 18, 1982 as nxxlified by the terms
and conditions prescribed below.

TERMS & CONDITIONS

The permit herein granted is limited by and subject to the
following conditions:

1)

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This permit shall be effective for the period from'
May 1, 1981 until August 31. 1982.

2)

The Colorado Weather Modification Advisory Comnittee bas
indicated that hail suppression operations conducted over
Colorado to affect Kansas could reduce potential
precipitation in Colorado. Therefore penetration by cloud
seeding aircraft into airspace over Colorado is limited to
a distance one half of the west to east COOlponent of the
miles per hour cloud rotion. Cloud rotion is determined
frem the centroid of the radar echo; for example. if a
cloud is IOOving toward the Kansas border at 10 miles per
hour, the penetration allowed into Colorado is 5 rndles
west of tbe border. or if a cloud is roving'toward tbe
Kansas border at 20 miles per hour, tbe penetration
allowed into Colorado is 10 miles west of the border.

Failure to comply with the above stipulation will be
grounds for revocation of pennie renewal.

3) The Applicant shall suspend seeding operations during
storm periods forecast to produce heavy precipitation
amounts as set forth in the application.

4) The Applicant shall sul:mit rontbly written reports to tbe
Executive Director throughout the period of the pennit
summarizing activities and results. The report shall
specifically note compliance with the conditions of this
permit and sball contain a special section noting proposed
or actual deviations from said conditions and the
circunstances of the approval thereof as required in
paragrafh one of these terms and conditions.

5) The Applicant shall sulxnit hi -weekly reports to the
Colorado Weather Modification Program Director indicating
on which days, hour and location seeding occurred during
each two week period in a fODD suitable for distribution
to citizens requesting such flight information.

6) The Executive Director may select a panel of citizens in
the project area to advise the Applicant and the Executive
Director of weather l:OOdification activities.