N.D. Admin. Code 89-07-02-23

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024

Section 89-07-02-23 - Records

1.Daily log. Each permittee must retain a daily log of weather modification activities for each unit of weather modification apparatus used during an operation that includes:

a. Date of the weather modification activity.

b. Each aircraft flight track and location of each radar unit during each modification mission. Maps may be used.

c. Local time when modification activity began and ended. For intermittent operations, the beginning and ending time of the total sequence are acceptable.

d. Duration of operation of each unit of weather modification apparatus, in hours and minutes.

e. Description of type of modification agents used.

f. Rate of dispersal of agent during the period of actual operation of weather modification apparatus, by hour or other appropriate time period.

g. Total amount of modification agent used. If more than one agent was used, report total for each type separately.

h. Local time when any radar monitoring operations were turned on and turned off.

i. Type of clouds modified, that is, whether they were stratiform, isolated cumuliform, organized cumuliform, or other types of clouds.

j. Remarks indicating operational problems, including equipment failure, weather conditions not conducive to successful performance of the operation, or personnel problems.

2.Monthly totals. Monthly totals must be kept on the basis of the daily logs, listing the total:

a. Days during month in which operation conducted.

b. Time of operation.

c. Amount of each kind of agent used.

d. Average rate of dispersal of each kind of agent used.

e. Days of each type of operation.

f. Duration of operation of each unit of weather modification apparatus, in hours and minutes.

3.Addresses of participants. Each permittee must keep a roster of the names and North Dakota addresses of all employees participating in the state on an operation.

4.Inspection. Duly authorized agents of the board have the authority to enter and inspect any equipment and to inspect or copy any records required by this section.

5.Exempted weather modification activities. All people conducting weather modification activities exempted by the board under North Dakota Century Code section 61-04.1-12 must record and maintain all of the records required of any permittee by this section.

N.D. Admin Code 89-07-02-23

Effective November 1, 1988; amended effective July 1, 2006.

Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2014-353, July 2014, effective July 1, 2014. .

General Authority: NDCC 28-32-02, 61-04.1-08(3)

Law Implemented: NDCC 61-04.1-08(3)