weather modification – programs, probems policy, and potential – Howard W. Cannon – 1977
“The federal government has been involved for 30 years”
“Defense Department Aircraft work all weather patterns in the mid-Atlantic States”
“cloud seeding has been responsible for the great 5-year drough in the northeast United states”
“Weather research and reporting has long been one of the areas having the closest international cooperation”
“The united states has been the world leader in weather modification research and operations”
“If a drought or severe storm occurs after weather modification attempts”
“The increased activity in weather modification world wide has also resulted in incresed complaints”
“during 1975, at a time when the U.S. government”
“it is recommended that governments be especially mindful”
National Weather modification act of 1976 (444)
“Economic aspects of weather modification”
“Foreign activities in weather modification”
Description of Weather Modification Activities in Some Foreign Nations
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State of Florida – Weather Modification Statutes.
Applicable statutes 403.231 through 403.412
http://www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2011/Chapter403/PART_I/
403.412 Environmental Protection Act.—
(c) As a condition precedent to the institution of an action pursuant to paragraph (a), the complaining party shall first file with the governmental agencies or authorities charged by law with the duty of regulating or prohibiting the act or conduct complained of a verified complaint setting forth the facts upon which the complaint is based and the manner in which the complaining party is affected. Upon receipt of a complaint, the governmental agency or authority shall forthwith transmit, by registered or certified mail, a copy of such complaint to those parties charged with violating the laws, rules, and regulations for the protection of the air, water, and other natural resources of the state. The agency receiving such complaint shall have 30 days after the receipt thereof within which to take appropriate action. If such action is not taken within the time prescribed, the complaining party may institute the judicial proceedings authorized in paragraph (a). However, failure to comply with this subsection shall not bar an action for a temporary restraining order to prevent immediate and irreparable harm from the conduct or activity complained of.
(5) In any administrative, licensing, or other proceedings authorized by law for the protection of the air, water, or other natural resources of the state from pollution, impairment, or destruction, the Department of Legal Affairs, a political subdivision or municipality of the state, or a citizen of the state shall have standing to intervene as a party on the filing of a verified pleading asserting that the activity, conduct, or product to be licensed or permitted has or will have the effect of impairing, polluting, or otherwise injuring the air, water, or other natural resources of the state. As used in this section and as it relates to citizens, the term “intervene” means to join an ongoing s. 120.569 or s. 120.57 proceeding; this section does not authorize a citizen to institute, initiate, petition for, or request a proceeding under s. 120.569 or s. 120.57. Nothing herein limits or prohibits a citizen whose substantial interests will be determined or affected by a proposed agency action from initiating a formal administrative proceeding under s. 120.569 or s. 120.57. A citizen’s substantial interests will be considered to be determined or affected if the party demonstrates it may suffer an injury in fact which is of sufficient immediacy and is of the type and nature intended to be protected by this chapter. No demonstration of special injury different in kind from the general public at large is required. A sufficient demonstration of a substantial interest may be made by a petitioner who establishes that the proposed activity, conduct, or product to be licensed or permitted affects the petitioner’s use or enjoyment of air, water, or natural resources protected by this chapter.