Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
In order to apply for a license an applicant must complete
the part A application demonstrating professional qualifications for conducting
operations and must complete part B of the application presenting a detailed
project scope of the operation to be conducted.
A. Part A of the application includes the
following requirements:
(1) an application
fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) with the completed application
form;
(2) designation of an
operations director having the minimum professional and education requirements
of two (2) years of supervisory experience with weather control projects and
one of the following four (4) additional requirements:
(a) a masters of science degree in
meteorology or related field; or
(b) a bachelor's degree in meteorology, plus
two (2) additional years of recent experience in weather control field
operations within the last five (5) years; or
(c) a bachelor's degree in engineering,
mathematics or applicable physical or natural sciences including at least
twenty-five (25) semester hours of meteorological course work plus two (2)
additional years of experience in weather control field operations within the
last five (5) years; or
(d) a
bachelor's degree in meteorology and a manager certification by the weather
modification association;
(3) a resume of the operations director and a
resume from each individual who will significantly participate in the
operation; each resume shall demonstrate sufficient knowledge and competence in
the field of meteorology and cloud physics; if the operator is an organization,
any individual and individuals who significantly participate in the operation
shall meet the requirements of this subparagraph;
(4) proof of financial responsibility (see
19.17.2.15 NMAC).
B.
Part B of the application shall include identification of the following:
(1) the name and address of the
applicant;
(2) name and address of
the operations director;
(3) the
sponsor(s) on whose behalf(s) the operation is to be conducted;
(4) the operations area and the target
area;
(5) the weather control
hypothesis, and a detailed operational plan for implementing the
hypothesis;
(6) the intended effect
of the operation;
(7) the materials
and apparatus to be used in conducting the operation;
(8) suspension criteria;
(9) the period of operation, including
starting and ending date (the operation need not be continuous);
(10) a plan, acceptable to the commission,
for quantitatively and critically assessing the effects of the proposed
operation;
(11) a completed notice
of intention for license; a completed notice of intention shall accompany each
application and shall be filed on a form furnished by the commission;
and
(12) any additional information
as the commission or the weather control committee may deem
appropriate.
C. Part A
and Part B of the application shall be submitted at least one hundred twenty
(120) days prior to the proposed commencement date of the operation for which
the license is being sought, to allow time to publish the notice of intention,
hold a hearing in the event the application is protested or if the applicant
requests a hearing after the commission's staff recommends license denial,
review the operation information presented, and allow action by the commission
prior to the proposed commencement date of the operation. The commission may
waive the one hundred twenty (120) day period in part or whole for good cause
and at the sole discretion of the commission.
D. A license is neither assignable nor
transferable.
E. Any operation for
which a license is granted shall be conducted under the personal direction of
the operations director listed on the license.
F. The applicant shall notify the
commission's staff in writing within fifteen (15) days of any substantive
changes to any of the information submitted in the application.
