2023-02-02 - Laserfiche WebLink

5 1. The Board recommends that Applicant obtain written consent from the Cass County Highway Department to discharge into the natural drain that flows through the County’s Highway 38 right of way. 2. The Board recommends that Applicant obtain all other necessary and requisite licenses, permits, registrations, and/or approvals from all applicable federal, state, county, and municipal governments, and any other applicable governmental entities. The Board will provide copies of the Board’s Notice of Decision, Subsurface Water Management Permit No. 20231, and Applicant’s downstream flow map to the North Dakota Department of Water Resources, the Cass County Engineer, and Cass Rural Water Users District. Applicant’s detailed project design map is an exempt record, and the Board will not provide copies to any third parties. Application to Install a Subsurface Water Management System No. 20232 for George Richman in the S 1/2 and NW 1/4 of Section 17 in Tower Township The Board next reviewed Application to Install a Subsurface Water Management System No. 20232, filed January 26, 2023, by Applicant George Richman. Under the Application, Applicant seeks to install a 200-acre drain tile system in the S 1/2 and NW 1/4 of Section 17 in Tower Township, Cass County, North Dakota. The project will include a single pump outlet located along the south boundary of the SE 1/4 of Section 17; the pump will discharge directly into an existing tile line owned by Applicant in the north road ditch along 33rd Street SE; the tile line runs to the east in the north road ditch. According to County tax roll information supplied by Applicant, Jerry Richman owns the S 1/2 and the NW 1/4 of Section 17 of Tower Township. Manager Melvin moved, and Manager Miller seconded the motion, to approve Application to Install a Subsurface Water Management System No. 20232, filed January 26, 2023, for George Richman regarding a proposed tile system in the S 1/2 and NW 1/4 of Section 17 in Tower Township; and to authorize the Secretary-Treasurer to sign Subsurface Water Management Permit No. 20232, subject to the following conditions: 1. 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. 2. Applicant will re-establish any areas disturbed installing or maintaining Applicant’s tile system. 3. 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 S 1/2 or in the NW 1/4 of Section 17 in Tower Township under any blanket easements, or otherwise beyond the Water Users District’s existing easement(s).