1) Is Devon Council directing, funding, or consenting to any activity that has the proposed outcome of weather modification (including research into weather modification), whether in the form of liquids, gases or solids released from aircraft into the atmosphere, or otherwise? For these purposes weather modification means a change to atmospheric conditions whether or not causing or assisting the formation of cloud or amplifying cloud formation or any other modification to the natural development of weather patterns.
No
2) What are the terms of any agreement that the Devon Council has entered into with any individual, institution, company, partnership, or other private sector body or any government department or agency or non-government agency or entity such as a science organisation or university, with respect to any activity referred to in 1 above?
N/A
3) What is the name of the entity or entities referred to in 2 above?
N/A
4) What is the name given to or used by Devon Council for the activity referred to in 1 above?
N/A
5) What is the nature of the technology employed in the activity referred to in 1 above? Please provide details of any substances released into the atmosphere.
N/A
6) Does Devon Council receive notification, general or specific, about any of the activities referred to in 1 above, including their timing, their location, their proposed effect, the results, or analysis of such activities? Please provide details of these notifications or other correspondence in respect of such activities.
No
7) Who at Devon Council, both the department and the individuals, are responsible for any aspect of the activities referred to in 1 above, or for reviewing or analysing or reporting on such activities?
N/A
8) Are the activities referred to in 1 above, notified to elected members? Please provide copies of any briefing papers and notes of meetings of the Devon Council in respect of such matters.
No
9) How often and for what duration are the activities referred to in 1 above carried out in or above Devon or in a location which affects Devon?
Devon County Council does not hold this information.
10) Does Devon Council have an individual or department that has responsibility for dealing with requests, enquiries, or concerns from the public in respect of the activities referred to in 1 above? If so, what is the name of the department and/or individual that is responsible.
Our Customer Service Centre handles general enquiries from the public.
11) From what airfields/airstrips do the planes engaged in the activities referred to in 1 above operate from?
Devon County Council does not hold this information.
12) Please provide any information Devon Council has about the effect or potential effect, including any risk analysis undertaken, of the activities referred to in 1 above on any of the following:
People – ie human inhabitants
Wildlife
Livestock – cows, horses, sheep, pigs, goats etc
Insects and pollinators
Water
Land
Crops
None; Devon County Council does not engage in this activity.
13) Please provide any information Devon Council has of the status of compliance of the activities referred to in 1 above with any environmental or health legislation or regulations.
None
14) Please provide copies of any correspondence, internal memos, or reports or analyses of any legal liability Devon Council may be exposed to by supporting or engaging in the activities referred to in 1 above from any of the following:
residents of Devon
farmers
market gardeners
owners of solar installations
the hospitality industry
individuals injured by chemicals or other substances emitted into the atmosphere
individuals suffering property loss from adverse weather conditions including flooding
individuals and businesses affected by increases in the cost of electricity
None