SECTION 79.32. Additional Recordkeeping Requirements for Operations Employing Aircraft

In addition to the record keeping requirements of §79.31, any person conducting a weather modification operation with an operational or target area that includes any part of a Texas county and that employs aircraft for reconnaissance or seeding purposes must record and maintain, for each operation, the following:

(1) date;

(2) time period (in minutes of local time);

(3) rates of dispersion of the seeding agent for each flight;

(4) total amount of seeding agent dispensed;

(5) description of each flight track logged in such a manner as to allow a complete and accurate reconstruction of the run and identified at the beginning and ending of each flight by one of the following methods:

(A) radial and distance from a standard reference point,

(B) ground fixes in statute miles from a nearby town or landmark, or

(C) geostationary positioning system (GPS) location.

Source Note: The provisions of this §79.32 adopted to be effective December 30, 2001, 26 TexReg 10525; amended to be effective August 14, 2002, 27 TexReg 7104; amended to be effective July 13, 2004, 29 TexReg 6641