[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 15, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 15CFR908.1]

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                  TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND FOREIGN TRADE
 
CHAPTER IX--NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                               OF COMMERCE
 
PART 908_MAINTAINING RECORDS AND SUBMITTING REPORTS ON WEATHER MODIFICATION 
ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 908.1  Definitions.

    As used in this part, terms shall have the meaning ascribed in this 
section.
    (a) Administrator. The Administrator of the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration.
    (b) Person. Any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, 
partnership, society, joint stock company, any State or local government 
or any agency thereof, or any other organization, whether commercial or 
nonprofit, except where acting solely as an employee, agent, or 
independent contractor of the Federal government.
    (c) Weather modification activity. Any activity performed with the 
intention of producing artificial changes in the composition, behavior, 
or dynamics of the atmosphere.
    (d) United States. The several States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or insular possession of 
the United States.
    (e) Persons whose activities relate to weather modification. Persons 
engaged in weather modification activities or engaged in the 
distribution or sale of weather modification apparatus or materials 
known by them to be destined for use in weather modification activities.
    (f) Project. A related series of weather modification activities 
having a common objective.
    (g) Target area. The ground area within which the effects of the 
weather modification activity are expected to be found.
    (h) Control area. A preselected, untreated ground area used for 
comparison with a target area.
    (i) Weather modification apparatus. Any apparatus used with the 
intention of producing artificial changes in the composition, behavior, 
or dynamics of the atmosphere. For example: Seeding generators, propane 
devices, flares, rockets, artillery projectiles, jet engines, etc.
    (j) Sponsor. The primary person for whom the weather modification 
activity is performed.
    (k) Operator. The person who is primarily responsible for carrying 
out the weather modification activity.

[41 FR 23394, June 10, 1976, as amended at 46 FR 32233, June 22, 1981]