<br />Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
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<br />state PROOF OF PUBLlCATION.
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<br />NOTICE OF INTENT TO MOOlFY WEATHER
<br />Notice is hereby given that John R. Thompson and North
<br />American Weather Consultants (Incorporated in Utah) 01
<br />1521 East3900Soulh,Suite103,SaltLakeCity,!Jtah
<br />84124, hereinafter referred to as ':ApPlicant," has or IS about
<br />to hIe wilh the Execlltlve Director 01 the Colorado Department
<br />of Natural Resources an application lor a permit to conduct
<br />weather modification operations within theState of Colorado
<br />and within the areas hereinalter more specifically stated. The
<br />Applicant shall conduct such operations lor and on behalf of
<br />tile Bureau of Reclamation, Montrose Skywater Ofhce, 2075
<br />East Main St., Montros~ CO 81401. (Th9 ~a.me,of the person
<br />who shall be in clJntrol of the weather modification project lor
<br />the corporate Applican.t is John R. Thompson, who holds
<br />Weatl1erModificationLlcenseNo.85-7).
<br />Tile prirnaryfarget area 01 tile operations for wl1ich a Weather.
<br />Modification Permit is sought is described as follows:
<br />Experimental cloud seeding wilt be conducted to affect the _
<br />prim.1l)'tarQet.'rea, wJlflinlhe Grand Mesa regiOn, of west-
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<br />llonsatlUKhboytttle~4Dot.{tnIt t'~
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<br />. the --northeast: T12SR91W on .IT)e sout/iUst, -ami
<br />T13SR97W on the soutl1wesl. This Includes the eastern
<br />portion 01 Mesa County and tl'le northern portion lrt Delta
<br />County. ~. .. may
<br />The general area beyond the primary target areaW"ICII .
<br />reasorlablybeexpecte('to.bealfected,bytheweat~ermodltl-
<br />cation operations for which a pemllllssoughtmcludes a
<br />portion of the followmg counties wllninthe State 01 Colorado:
<br />Eastern Mesa
<br />Northern one-half Delta
<br />EKtremenorthwestGuOrlison
<br />ExlremewesternPitkin
<br />Extreme soutneast Garfield ,.' .
<br />The expected duration 01 tne wealner modlllcatlOrlOperatlOns
<br />for which a permit IS south IS from November 1, 1985
<br />throUll11 Marcl131 , 1986. _, "
<br />The inlended effect 01 ttlewealhermodllicatlOfI expellments
<br />is to determine whetner clouds ov~rtne Grand Mesa can .be
<br />effectively modified, to augment wlrlter ~now~ack. A conse.
<br />Quenceoflheexpenements could result III a slightaugmerlla-
<br />!ion to the snowpack within the researcl1area. althoughfhat
<br />is not ttle Intent. 0 th
<br />Complete details of lhe operations to be conducled by e
<br />Applicant are available on reQuest from the Applicant or jrom
<br />the Executive Olrector 01 the .Department ot Natural Re.
<br />sJurces, 231 CC!:JP.lhinefluil<llllg, 1645 sherm;lrl Street.
<br />Denver Colorado 80203.
<br />A pUblic hearing on the ilPplicatiorl lor a,permit to conduct the
<br />proposed weather modlllcatiorl operatlOns shall be held at
<br />10:30 o'clock A.M, on September .26, 1985 at SPRUCE
<br />lODGE on Grarld Mesa one-hall mile east 01 Ward lake
<br />turnoff fram Highway 65, 17 ,5 miles north of Cedaredge,
<br />Colorado. JohnR,Thompson
<br />North American WeatherConsultarlts
<br />PublishedSeptember17,24,1985
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<br />of Colorado. entitled "An Act to regulate the printing of legal notices and
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