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<br />BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
<br />OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
<br />
<br />IN THE MATTER OF APPLICATION OF
<br />WESTERN WEATHER CONSULTANTS FOR A
<br />PERMIT TO CONDUCT WEATHER MODIFICATION
<br />OPERATIONS FOR AND ON BEHALF OF
<br />VALLEY GROWERS, INC., OF CENTER,
<br />COLORADO
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<br />FINDINGS OF FACT
<br />
<br />This matter came on for public hearing on December 4, 1975, before John
<br />Phillip Linn, Hearing Officer for the Department of Natural Resources, State
<br />of Colorado, at Carson Auditorium on the Adams State College, Campus , Alamosa,
<br />Colorado. A transcript of the proceedings, prepared by Mary M. Hall, Certified
<br />Shorthand Reporter, was received by the Hearing Officer on December 15, 1975.
<br />
<br />The following members of the Advisory Committee were present and partici-
<br />pated in the hearing:
<br />
<br />Dr, Barbara C. Farhar
<br />Dr. Hugo Fershau
<br />Mr. Lewis O. Grant
<br />Mrs. Melba Hastings
<br />Mr. lJilliam B. Keating
<br />14r. Guy Mock
<br />Mr. Bob Taylor
<br />
<br />Gerald O. Sjaastad, Deputy Director, Colorado Department of Natural
<br />.- Resources, was present at the hearing.
<br />
<br />Western Weather Consultants, herein referred to as the Applicant, was
<br />represented by Frank E. (Sam) Maynes, Esq., and Larry Malick, Esq., of the
<br />firm Maynes and Anesi, Attorneys at Law, Durango, Colorado.
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<br />The follOWing witnesses were called by the Applicant:
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<br />Lawrence Marvin Hjermstad, Meteorologist
<br />Dr, Herbert Owen, College Professor and Plant Ecologist Consultant
<br />Don MYers, President, Rio Grande Water, Preservation District
<br />Robert W. Felmlee, Secretary-Treasurer, Valley Growers, Inc.
<br />
<br />The following persons gave statements in opposition to the granting of
<br />the permit:
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<br />Glen Bowers, Hinsdale County Commissioner
<br />Warren Camerer, Ouray County Commissioner and President of Western
<br />Colorado Beet Growers Marketing Association
<br />Gene Larson, Minerals Engineering Co., Creede, Colorado
<br />John Wilson, Gunnison County Stockgrowers Association
<br />Glen Hinshaw, Wildlife Conservation Officer, Creede, Colorado
<br />Felix Cordova, Farmer and Rancher, Manassa, Colorado
<br />David Root, Southwest Forest Industries
<br />John S. Wilder, Esq" County Attorney, Mineral County, Colorado
<br />
<br />Mr. Pete Thompson, representing Concerned Citizens for the Preservation
<br />of Natural Resources and the cattlemen, was not opposed to granting of the
<br />Permit on condition that a committee, discussed infra, would monitor the
<br />'project and have the authority to alter or terminate seeding operations when
<br />in its judgment damage was bei ng done. "
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