RCW 70A.10.190
Legislative declaration.
The legislature finds and declares that when prolonged lack of precipitation or shortages of water supply in the state cause severe hardships affecting the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state, a program to increase precipitation is occasionally needed for the generation of hydroelectric power, for domestic purposes, and to alleviate hardships created by the threat of forest fires and shortages of water for agriculture. Cloud seeding has been demonstrated to be such a program of weather modification with increasing scientific certainty.
[ 1981 c 278 § 1. Formerly RCW 43.37.210.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 70A - Environmental Health and Safety
Chapter 70A.10 - Weather Modification.
70A.10.020 - Powers and duties.
70A.10.030 - Promotion of research and development activities—Contracts and agreements.
70A.10.040 - Hearing procedure.
70A.10.050 - Acceptance of gifts, donations, etc.
70A.10.060 - License and permit required.
70A.10.080 - Licenses—Requirements, duration, renewal, fees.
70A.10.090 - Permits—Requirements—Hearing as to issuance.
70A.10.110 - Notice of intention—Contents.
70A.10.120 - Notice of intention—Publication.
70A.10.130 - Financial responsibility.
70A.10.140 - Fees—Sanctions for failure to pay.
70A.10.150 - Records and reports—Open to public examination.
70A.10.160 - Revocation, suspension, modification of license or permit.
70A.10.170 - Liability of state denied—Legal rights of private persons not affected.
70A.10.190 - Legislative declaration.
70A.10.200 - Program of emergency cloud seeding authorized.
70A.10.210 - Exemption of licensee from certain requirements.