§ 9-21 '3. Same — Written report of experiments required. — The board shall be

required to demand and receive a written report, in such manner as it shall pro-

vide, covering each separate experiment or activity for which a permit is issued.

(Laws 1951. ch. 131. § 7.)

§ 9-21 Jf. Same — Failure to obtain permit. — Any person, persons, corporation,

institution, or group engaging in a weather modification experiment without a

permit shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction subject to a fine not to

exceed one-thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or by imprisonment in the penitentiary

for not less than one nor more than five years. (Laws 1951, ch. 131, § 10: 19.15.

ch. 166. § 1.)

§ 9-215. Authority to receive and accept funds. — Said board is hereby author-

ized and empowered to receive and accept for and in the name of the state any

and all funds which may be offered or become available, from federal grants or

appropriations, private gifts, donations or bequests, or any other source, and to

expend such funds for the expenses of administering this act [§§ 9-267 to 9-276],

and for the encouragement of experimentation in weather modification by the

"Tniversity of Wyoming or any other appropriate state or public asrency. either

by direct grant, by contract, or other co-operative means. (Laws 1951, ch. 131,

§8.)

§9-216. Act construed; rights, duties and liabilities unchanged. — Nothinsr in

responsibilily on the part of the State, the board, or any state officials or "em-

ployees, for any weather-modification activities of any private person or group,

nor to affect in any way any contractual, tortious, or other lesral rights, duties

or liabilities between any private persons or groups. (Laws 1951, oh. 131. §9.)

Effective date.— Section 11, ch 131. Laws 1951, makes the act effective from

and after passage. Approved February 19, 1951.

Appendix E

List of State Contacts for Further Information on Weather

Modification Activities Within the States *• 2

Commissioner, Department of Agriculture and Industries, State Capitol, Mont-

gomery, Ala. 36104.

Commissioner, Department of Natural Resources, Pouch M, Juneau, Alaska 99811.

Briggs, Philip C, Chief Hydrologist Arizona Water Commission 222 N. Central,

Suite 800, Phoenix, Ariz. 85004.

Division of Soil and Water Resources, Department of Commerce, 1501 N. Uni-

versity Avenue, Suite 364, Little Rock, Ark. 72207.

Finlayson, Donald J.. Department of Water Resources, P.O. Box 16008S Sac-

ramento, Calif. 95816.

Sherman, Harris, Executive Director, Department of Natural Resources, 1313

Sherman Street, Room 718, Denver, Colo. 80203.

Commissioner Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, State Office

Building, Hartford, Conn. 06115.

Olney, Austin P., Secretary, Department of Natural Resources and Environmen-

tal Control. Edward Tatnall Building, Dover. Del. 19901.

Chief, Bureau of Water Resource Management, Montgomery Building, 2562

Executive Center Circle. East, Tallahassee, Fla. 32301.

Rhinehart, John, Office of Planning and Budget, 270 Washington St., S.W.,

Atlanta, Ga. 30334.

Governor, Executive Chambers, State Capitol, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813.

Allred, Stephen, Department of Water Resources, 373 W. Franklin Street, Boise,

Idaho 83720.

Changnon, Stanley A., Jr., Head, Atmospheric Sciences Section, Illinois State

Water Survey, Box 232, Urbana 111. 61801.

Schaal Lawrence, State Climatologist, Poultry Science Building, Purdue Uni-

versity, West Lafayette, Ind. 47907.

Waite, Paul. Iowa Weather Service, Room 10, Terminal Building, Municipal Air-

port, Des Moines, Iowa 50321.

Kostecki, Don, Kansas Water Resource Board, Suite 303, 503 Kansas, Topeka,

Kan. 66603.

Kimmel, Michael J., Office of Planning and Research, Department of Natural

Resources and Environment, Capitol Plaza Tower, 6th Floor, Frankfort, Ky.

40601.

Aguillard, Roy, Louisiana State Department of Public Works, Box 44155, Capitol

Anderson, Burton R., Water Resource Planner, State Planning Office, 184 State

Street, Augusta, Me. 04333.

Hance, Young D., Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Parole Plaza Office

Building, Annapolis, Md. 21401.

McLoughlin, Thomas F., Director, Division of Administrative Services, Executive

Office of Environmental Affairs, 100 Cambridge Street, Boston, Mass. 02202.

Nurnberger, Fred V., Department of Agriculture/Weather Services, 240 Stephen

S. Nisbet Building, 1407 S. Harrison Road, East Lansing, Mich. 48823.

Young, Randall D., Senior Management Analyst Planning, Department of Agri-

culture, 557 State Office Building, St. Paul, Minn. 55337.

Pepper, Jack W.. Water Engineer, Board of Water Commissioners, 416 N. State

Street. Jackson, Miss. 39201.

Ashford, Carolyn, Director, Department of Natural Resources, Box 176, 1014

Madison S treet, Jefferson City, Mo. 65101.

1 Based on information received from Conrad G. Keyes, Jr., Executive Director of the

North American Interstate Weather Modification Council ; information was corrected as of

January 30, 1978.

2 Listed alphabetically by State.

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Moy, Richard, Weather Modification Program Manager, Department of Natural

Resources and Conservation, Natural Resources Building, 32 South Ewing,

Helena, Mont. 59601.

Kreuscher, Glenn W., Director, Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 4844, Lin-

coln, Nebr. 68509.

Warblirton, Joseph A., Desert Research Institute, University of Nevada, Stead

Campus, Reno, Nev. 89507.

Gilman, George, Commissioner, Department of Resource and Economic Develop-

ment. State House Annex, Concord, N.H. 03301.

Chummey, Richard, Director, Division of Rural Resources, Department of Agri-

culture, P.O. Box 1888, Trenton, N.J. 0S625.

Holmes, Charles, Secretary, New Mexico Weather Control and Climate Modifica-

tion Commission, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro,

N. Mex. 87801.

Berle, Peter A., Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation, 50

Wolf Road, Albany, N.Y. 12233.

Secretarv, Department of Natural and Economic Resources, P.O. Box 27687,

Raleigh, N.C. 27611.

Rose. R. Lynn, Executive Director, North Dakota Weather Modification Board,

P.O. Box 1833, Bismarck, N.Dak. 58505.

Division of Water, Department of Natural Resources, Fountain Square, Colum-

bus, Ohio 43224.

Oklahoma Weather Modification Advisory Committee, Oklahoma Water Resources

Board, Jim Thorpe Building, 5th Floor, Oklahoma City, OkJa. 73105.

Glatt, Jay, Assistant Director, Department of Agriculture, 210 Agriculture Build-

ing, Salem, Oreg. 97310.

Wertz, Fred, Research Analyst, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 2301

Cameron Street, Harrisburg, Pa. 17120.

Russ. Robert B., Water Resources Board, Box 2772, Providence. R.I. 02907.

Guess, Clair P., Jr., Executive Director, Water Resources Commission, Box 4515,

3838 Forest Drive, Columbia, S.C. 29204.

Butler. Yern W., Department of Natural Resources Development, Joe Foss Office

Building, Pierre, S.Dak. 57501.

Division of Water Resources, Tennessee Department of Conservation, 6213 Char-

lotte Avenue, Nashville, Tenn. 37209.

Carr, John T., Director, Weather Modification and Technology Division, Texas

1 >epartment of Water Resources. Box 13087, Austin, Tex. 78711.

Summers, Paul C, Cloud Seeding Program Coordinator, Division of Water

Resources, 435 State Capitol Building, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114.

Department of Water Resources, Environmental Conservation Agency, 5 Court

Street, Montpelier, Vt. 05602.

State Air Pollution Control Board, Room 1106, Ninth Street Office Building, Rich-

mond. Va. 23219.

Goodman, Duane, Department of Ecology, 335 General Administration Building,

Olympia, Wash. 98504.

Richards, William E., Executive Director, West Virginia Aeronomy Commission,

Kanawha Airport, Charleston, W.Va. 25311.

Conrad, Marlin S., Plant Industry Division, Department of Agriculture, Trades

and Consumer Protection, 801 W. Badger Road, Madison, Wis. 53713.

Christopulos, George L., State Engineers OflSce. Barrett Building, Second Floor,

Cheyenne, Wyo. 82002.

Appendix F

Agreement on Exchange of Information on Weather Modification

Between the United States of America and Canada

Treaties and Other International Acts Series 8056

Weather Modification — Exchange of Information

Agreement Between the

United States of America and Canada

Signed at Washington March 26, 1975.

note by the department of state

Pursuant to Public Law 89-497, approved July 8, 1966 (80 Stat.

271; 1U.S.C. 113) —

The Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued under the

authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent evidence of

the treaties, international agreements other than treaties, and

proclamations by the President of such treaties and international

agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, therein con-

tained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdic-

tion, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States,

and of the several States, without any further proof or authentica-

tion thereof.

Canada

Weather Modification : Exchange of Information

1975.

THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON WEATHER MODIFICATION ACTIVITIES

The Government of the United States of America and the Government of

Canada,

modification activities carried out by either Party or its nationals may affect

the territory of the other ;

Noting the diversity of weather modification activities in both the United States

and Canada by private parties, by State and Provincial authorities, and by the

Federal Governments ;

Believing that the existing state of knowledge warrants the expectation of

further development over a period of time in the science and technology of

weather modification ;

Taking into particular consideration the special traditions of prior notification

and consultation and the close cooperation that have historically characterized

their relations ;

Believing that a prompt exchange of pertinent information regarding the

nature and extent of weather modification activities of mutual interest may

facilitate the development of the technology of weather modification for their

mutual benefit ;

Recognizing the desirability of the development of international law relating

to weather modification activities having transboundary effects ;

Have agreed as follows :

Article I

As used in this Agreement :

(a) "Weather modification activities", means activities performed with the

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of the atmosphere ;

(b) "Weather modification activities of mutual interest" means weather

modification activities carried out in or over the territory of a Party within 200

miles of the international boundary ; or such activities wherever conducted,

which, in the judgment of a Party, may significantly affect the composition, be-

havior, or dynamics of the atmosphere over the territory of the other Party ;

(c) "Responsible agencies" means the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-

ministration of the United States and the Atmospheric Environment Service of

Canada, or such other agencies as the Parties may designate ;

(d) "Reporting requirements" means the requirements established by the

domestic laws or regulations of the Parties for reporting to the responsible

agencies information relating to weather modification activities by persons or

entities engaged in weather modification.

Article II

(1) Information relating to weather modification activities of mutual interest

acquired by a responsible agency through its reporting requirements or other-

wise, shall be transmitted as soon as practicable to the responsible agency of the

other Party. Whenever possible, this information shall be transmitted prior to

the commencement of such activities. It is anticipated that such information will

be transmitted within five working days of its receipt by a responsible agency.

(2) Information to be provided by the responsible agencies shall include copies

of relevant reports received through the reporting procedures after the effective

date of this Agreement, and such other information and interpretation as the

responsible agency might consider appropriate.

(3) Nothing herein shall be construed to require transmission to the other

responsible agency of information, the disclosure of which is prohibited by law,

or of information which, in the judgment of the responsible agency, is proprietary

information.

Article III

The responsible agencies shall consult with a view to developing compatible

reporting formats, and to improving procedures for the exchange of information.

Article IV

In addition to the exchange of information pursuant to Article II of this Agree-

ment, each Party agrees to notify and to fully inform the other concerning any

weather modification activities of mutual interest conducted by it prior to the

commencement of such activities. Every effort shall be made to provide such no-

tice as far in advance of such activities as may be possible, bearing in mind the

provisions of Article V of this Agreement.

Article V

The Parties agree to consult, at the request of either Party, regarding particu-

lar weather modification activities of mutual interest. Such consultations shall

be initiated promptly on the request for a Party, and in cases of urgency may be

undertaken through telephonic or other rapid means of communications. Consul-

tations shall be carried out in light of the Parties' laws, regulations, and adminis-

trative practices regarding weather modification.

Article VI

The Parties recognize that extreme emergencies, such as forest fires, may

require immediate commencement by one of them of weather modification ac-

tivities of mutual interest notwithstanding the lack of sufficient time for prior

notification pursuant to Article IV, or for consultation pursuant to Article V. In

such cases, the Party commencing such activities shall notify and fully inform

the other Party as soon as practicable, and shall promptly enter into consulta-

tions at the request of the other Party.

Article VII

Nothing herein relates to or shall be construed to affect the question of re-

sponsibility or liability for weather modification activities, or to imply the

existence of any generally applicable rule of international law.

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Article VIII

in force, and shall inform the other of its views regarding the Agreement's opera-

tion and effectiveness and the desirability of its amendment to reflect the evolu-

tion of the science and technology of weather modification and of international

law. The Parties shall meet periodically, by mutual agreement, or at the request

of either, to review the implementation of this Agreement or to consider other

issues related to weather modification.

Article IX

This Agreement shall enter into force upon signature. It may be amended by

mutual agreement of the Parties and may be terminated by either Party upon

six months written notice to the other Party.

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