The board may provide by rule for exemption of the following activities from the license and permit requirements of section 61-04.1-11:

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 61-04.1-12

  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Rule: includes regulation. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

1.    Research and development conducted by the state, political subdivisions of the state, colleges and universities of the state, agencies of the federal government, or bona fide research corporations.

2.    Weather modification operations of an emergency nature taken against fire, frost, or fog.

Exempted activities shall be conducted so as not to unduly interfere with weather modification operations conducted under a permit issued in accordance with this chapter.