Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
The operator shall maintain the following records during an
operation and provide them to the commission pursuant to
19.17.2.23 NMAC
of this rule:
A. Daily log: Each
operator must maintain a daily log of weather control activities for each unit
of equipment and apparatus used during an operation. The log shall include at a
minimum:
(1) date of weather control
activity;
(2) each aircraft flight
track and location of each item or apparatus used during each mission; use of
maps is required;
(3) local time
when weather control activity began and ended; for non-continuous activities,
the start and end of a total sequence of activity is acceptable;
(4) amount of time each apparatus is in
operational use;
(5) type of
weather control agent/material used in each apparatus;
(6) rate of dispersal and dispersal location
of each seeding agent/material during actual use of each apparatus; the
information is to be provided both in the form of maps and in computer-readable
form for possible subsequent analysis;
(7) total amount of seeding agent/material
used; if more than one agent/material is used, list totals for each type of
agent separately;
(8) local time
when any type of monitoring (e.g., radar) was operational and computer readable
archives of monitoring date;
(9)
type(s), estimated moisture content and size of cloud(s) modified (i.e.,
stratiform, isolated cumuliform, organized cumuliform, etc.);
(10) narrative indicating such operational
problems as equipment failure, personnel problems, weather conditions, etc.;
and
(11) monthly totals from the
daily logs listing the following:
(a) days
during the month in which operation(s) were conducted;
(b) time of operation(s);
(c) amount of each kind of seeding
agent/material used;
(d) average
rate of dispersal of each kind of seeding agent/material used;
(e) time of operation of any monitoring
equipment; and
(f) days of each
type of cloud treated.
B. Weather records. Each operator must obtain
and retain copies of all daily precipitation total records available from the
national weather service stations in the operations area and target area and
from any other reliable sources.
C.
Participants. Each operator must keep a current listing of names and addresses
of all participants in any operation for which the commission issues the
operator a license.
