Texas Weather Modification Advisory Committee Meeting

Thursday, July 7, 2022 at 10:00 a.m.
VIDEOCONFERENCE MEETING

AGENDA

This meeting will take place via videoconference, and will be broadcast on TDLR’s YouTube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/TexasLicensing The meeting agenda and materials will be available on the department’s webpage at www.tdlr.texas.gov. If you need materials in an alternate format contact the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation at least 5 working days before the meeting date.  Phone: (512) 463-6599, TDD/RELAY TEXAS: 1-800-relay-VV (for voice), 1-800-relay-TX (for TDD).

1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call and Certification of Quorum
3. Open Government Training
   1. Open Meetings Act
   2. Administrative Procedures Act
   3. Public Information Act
4. Approval of Minutes – Meeting of August 13, 2020
5. Public Comment
   Any person wishing to address the Committee must submit an email by following the Public Comment Instructions found on the last page of this agenda or located at www.tdlr.texas.gov. Emails must be submitted to board.comments@tdlr.texas.gov by 12:00 PM, July 6, 2022. TDLR offices will not be open for public comment.
6. Field Meteorologists’ report on ongoing weather modification activities in Texas in 2022.
7. Consideration and possible recommendation on a request from the Texas Weather Modification Association to continue an exemption for weather modification research efforts involving spray seeding with charged water droplets.
8. Update regarding USDA/TWMA research in Texas by Dr. Dan Martin (USDA).
9. Consideration and possible recommendation on applications for renewal of tentatively approved weather modification permits: Seeding Operations and Atmospheric Research (SOAR) Program, South Texas Weather Modification Association, Trans-Pecos Weather Modification Association, and West Texas Weather Modification Association.
10. Consideration and possible recommendation on applications for renewal of weather modification licenses for FY 2023: Belding Farms, Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District, Seeding Operations and Atmospheric Research (SOAR) Program, South Texas Weather Modification Association, Trans-Pecos Weather Modification Association, West Texas Weather Modification Association.
11. Staff Reports:
    1. Executive Office Update
       1. Personnel Update
       2. Sunset and Strategic Planning Update
       3. Communication Outreach Statistics
    2. Regulatory Program Management Report
       1. Personnel Update
       2. Status of permitted weather modification projects in Texas during 2022
       3. Weather Modification Association (WMA) annual meeting, Corpus Christi, April 26-29, 2022.
       4. Weather modification in the media
12. Recommendations for agenda items for next Committee meeting
13. Discussion of date, time, and location of next Committee meeting
14. Adjournment

The Weather Modification Advisory Committee will accept public comment for the July 7, 2022 meeting.

Written comments must be submitted to Board.Comments@tdlr.texas.gov no later than 12:00 p.m. on July 6, 2022. Comments will be provided to the Committee members for their review prior to the meeting but will not be read publicly during the public meeting. 

If you wish to address the Committee during the public meeting, please provide your contact information to Board.Comments@tdlr.texas.gov by 12:00 p.m. on July 6, 2022. During the meeting, you will receive an email with a link to join the meeting. You will be given up to three (3) minutes to speak. The Presiding Officer may reduce the time provided for public comments based on the number of requests received. Ensure that you have a reliable connection and clear audio. Sharing of pre-recorded audio or video is not allowed during the public comment period.

**Please email your public comment request to Board.Comments@tdlr.texas.gov. **

DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS IS 12:00 PM, July 6, 2022.

Email request for Public Comment must include:

• Agenda Item or Specific Topic
• Name
• Telephone number
• Please indicate whom you are representing. Ex: attorney, yourself or other

Failure to provide the information requested directly above could result in your comment being delayed or taken out of order.