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Senate committee advances bill requiring monthly and annual reporting on cloud seeding
Summary
The Senate Resources & Environment Committee voted to send Senate Bill 10-64 to the fourteenth order after testimony supporting new reporting and transparency requirements for cloud seeding programs, including monthly operator reports, annual environmental-impact reports and effectiveness metrics.
Senator Tammy Nichols, D-10, told the Senate Resources & Environment Committee she sponsored Senate Bill 10-64 to add definitions and require new reporting that would make cloud seeding operations more transparent.
The bill would require operators to file monthly operational reports and an annual package to the Idaho Water Resource Board that includes operational data, environmental impact assessments, descriptions of public engagement, and metrics on program effectiveness, Nichols said. "One of the primary goals of this bill is to increase transparency surrounding cloud seeding operations," Nichols…
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