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3 and the E 1/2 of Section 24 in Cornell Township, Cass County, North Dakota. The project in Section 19 of Ayr Township will connect to the system in the E 1/2 of Section 24 in Cornell Township via a pipeline under 138th Avenue SE. The project will include a single pump outlet near the south boundary of the SE 1/4 of Section 24 in Cornell Township; the pump will discharge directly into a natural drain. The project will include twelve surface inlets. According to County tax roll information supplied by Applicant, Brian Buhr owns the S 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 19 in Ayr Township; Brent Buhr owns the N 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 19 in Ayr Township; Arnold Buhr owns the NW 1/4 of Section 19 in Ayr Township; Colleen Buhr owns the SW 1/4 of Section 19 in Ayr Township; Tammy Erickson owns the SE 1/4 of Section 19 in Ayr Township; Brent Buhr owns the NE 1/4 of Section 24 in Cornell Township; and Justin Killoran owns 146.11 acres in the SE 1/4 of Section 24 in Cornell Township where Applicant intends to install the tile system. Manager Miller moved, and Manager Melvin seconded the motion, to approve Application to Install a Subsurface Water Management System No. 202213, filed July 12, 2022, for Buhr Farms, Inc., regarding a proposed tile system in all of Section 19 in Ayr Township and the E 1/2 of Section 24 in Cornell Township; and to authorize the Secretary-Treasurer to sign Subsurface Water Management Permit No. 202213, subject to the following conditions: 1. Applicant will install and maintain erosion protection at any and all outlets into the natural drain in the SE 1/4 of Section 24 in Cornell Township. 2. Applicant will re-establish any areas disturbed installing or maintaining Applicant’s tile system. 3. Applicant must turn off any pump outlets and otherwise close all outlets during “critical flood periods,” as determined by the Maple River Water Resource District. 4. Applicant will not install Applicant’s tile system within 20 feet, on either side, of any rural water lines Cass Rural Water Users District has in the E 1/2 of Section 24 in Cornell Township or in Section 19 of Ayr Township under any blanket easements, or otherwise beyond the Water District’s existing easement(s). 5. Applicant must apply for an amendment to Subsurface Water Management Permit No. 202213 in advance of any proposed alterations to outlet locations, the addition of any outlets, or improvements or modifications to the tile system that could increase the capacity or drainage area of the tile system. Upon roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.