<br />PROOF OF PUBLICATION
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<br />STATE OF COLORADO
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<br />COUNTY OF DELTA
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<br />being duly sworn, states:
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<br />1. The undersigned is the .:,_.' C,'"'" ;. .of The Delta
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<br />County Independent, a semi-weekly newspaper whose principal
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<br />NOTICE Of INTENT TO
<br />MODIfY WEATHER R
<br />Nolie. il h.r.by gi...Aen t,hot ~:me~
<br />ThomplOn ond North medlc~n Utah) of
<br />Conlultanh lIOOOS:~ht'Sui:: 103 Sah
<br />152\ ~o'tJ9 h 8-4124 'hereinaft.r 'refer-
<br />Lak,Clty,,,~a I' nt,,'halorilabovfto
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<br />6: ~h~e t:~~,;~ ~~~~ro;\ ~~~u~:~;
<br />orado O.portmen _ . -
<br />an a plication far 0 permil !o (on~u~
<br />weather modification operotlo~s :WIthin
<br />the Slot. of Colorado and wII~I,n the
<br />areos hereinafter more Ipe(lfICan~
<br />ltoted. Th. Applicont Ihall conduct IU(
<br />operation, for ond on behalf of the
<br />Bureau of R.domation, Mo~trose
<br />Skywater Offic., 2075 East MOln St.,
<br />MonfrO" C081401, (The nom. 01 the
<br />persall w'ho Ihall be in. control of the
<br />,C d'I:.-':-~ _._,.ri 'or ,he cor.
<br />Wlom..rmo I...."""'.r.' -.'
<br />orated Applicont il John R. Thomplon,
<br />~ho holdl W.ather Modification licenll
<br />no, 85-7). oI~.'
<br />Th. rimary Iarget area m.. op.ratlon,'
<br />for !hich 0 W.ather Modificatioll Permit
<br />il lOught il d'lcribed al followl:
<br />Exp.rim.ntal cloud lIeding ,,!iIl b.
<br />conducted to offect the primary
<br />targ.t or.o within the Grand MI1~
<br />region of wellern Colorado. Thll
<br />primary target ar.a illcludl1 thoul
<br />offions at and aba....th. 8500 foot
<br />fmll) .I....otion within the ar.a
<br />bounded by T1 SR2E all the nor.
<br />thwest, T9SR91 W on the northealt,
<br />T12SR91W on the south.osl, on~
<br />T13SR97W on the southwest. ThiS
<br />includes the ealtern portion of .MelO .
<br />County and the northern portion of
<br />O.lta County. .
<br />The gen.ral area beyond ,he primary
<br />target area which may realOnably b. ex.
<br />pected to b. offect.d by th., weoth.r
<br />modification operation, for w~lch a fh~
<br />mil is lought includes 0 por1lon 0 t
<br />following counties within the State of
<br />Colorado:
<br />Eostern Mesa
<br />North.rn on,.half of Delta
<br />Extr.me northwest Gunniloll
<br />Extr,m,w8lternPitkin
<br />Extr.me soutMost Gorfi.ld
<br />The .itpect.d duration of th., weather
<br />modificotion op.rotions for which a per-
<br />mit is lOught il from No....mb.r 1, 1985
<br />through March 31, 1986,
<br />'Th. intended eff.ct of the w.at~er
<br />modiFicotion .xperiments ilto d.termlne
<br />wh.ther cloudl o....r fhe Grand Mesa. can
<br />b. effecti....ly modified to augment Wlnt.r
<br />IlIowpack. A con~u.nc~ of th. ex.
<br />peri""n" could result In a slight aU9m.nh
<br />totion to the snowDOCk within the rewarc
<br />area, although t~at illlot th. .int.nt,
<br />Comp,.t. detoill of the op.ratlonl!O b.
<br />conducted by the A~i~nt ore o...allable
<br />on request from tM pllcant or from th.
<br />Executi.... Director the O.partment, of
<br />Natural Resources, 231 Columbln'
<br />Building, 1845 Sherman StrMl, O.n....r,
<br />Colorado 80203, . .
<br />A public h.aring on the application for
<br />a permit to conduct the proposed weather
<br />modificotion op.rationllhal! be held at
<br />10:30 o'clock A.M. on S.ptemb.r 26,
<br />1985 ot SPRUCE LODGE on Grand
<br />. MilO, one.holl mile .ost of Word l~k'
<br />turnoff from Highway 65, 17.5 miles
<br />north of Cedaredge, Colorado. ,
<br />John R. Thomplon
<br />North American W.ather Conlultallls
<br />Publilhed in the Delta County Indepen-
<br />dent S.pt. 16 and 23, 1985.
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<br />office and place of business is located in the City of Delta,
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<br />County of Delta, Colorado.
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<br />2. The Delta County Independent is printed and
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<br />published semi-weekly, and has a general circulation in the
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<br />City of Delta, County of Delta, and elsewhere.
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<br />3. The Delta County Independent is printed and
<br />published in whole or in part in the County of Delta and has
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<br />been continuously and uninterruptedly so printed and published
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<br />from a date long prior to January 1, 1972, to the date of this
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<br />proor or PuLlil.;cttiulI.
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<br />4. The Delta County Independent has been admitted
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<br />to the United States Mails as
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<br />second class matter under the
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<br />provisions of the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879, and all
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<br />amendments thereof, and is a semi-weekly newspaper within the
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<br />meaning of Colorado Revised Statutes, 1963, 109-1-2, and duly
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<br />qualified to publish the annexed legal notice or advertisement.
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<br />5. The annexed notice or advertisement is a full and
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<br />correct copy of the original which was published in each of the
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<br />regular issues of said newspaper on the following dates:
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<br />6. The undersigned has personal knowledge of the
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<br />foregoing facts.
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<br />Subscribed and sworn to before me this.~ day of , ....::' _I
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<br />My Commission eXPire.~XI~;f"fj /5(ICi,~9
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<br />Notary Pub~~c
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