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<br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />operated by the Southeast Cass Water Resource District. The second project outlet will <br />be a gravity outlet along the north boundary of the NE 1/4 of Section 8 that will discharge <br />directly into Drain No. 35. <br /> <br />According to records submitted by Applicants, David and Teresa Braaten own the E 1/2 <br />of Section 8 and the NE 1/4 of Section 17 in Normanna Township; and the Torgerson <br />Family Trust owns the E 1/2 SE 1/4 of Section 17 in Normanna Township. Further, the <br />Cass County Highway Department owns its Highway 15 right of way downstream of the <br />project outlet in Section 17. <br /> <br />Manager Melvin moved, and Manager Miller seconded the motion, to approve Application <br />to Install a Subsurface Water Management System No. 202318, filed June 29, 2023, for <br />David Braaten and the Torgerson Family Trust regarding a proposed tile system in the <br />NE 1/4 and the E 1/2 SE 1/4 of Section 17 and the E 1/2 of Section 8 in Normanna <br />Township; and to authorize the Secretary-Treasurer to sign Subsurface Water <br />Management Permit No. 202318, subject to the following conditions: <br /> <br />1. Applicants will install and maintain erosion protection at any and all outlets <br />into Normanna Township’s road right of way. <br /> <br />2. Applicants will install and maintain erosion protection at any and all outlets <br />into Cass County Drain No. 35. <br /> <br />3. Applicants will re-establish any areas disturbed installing or maintaining <br />Applicants’ tile system. <br /> <br />4. Applicants will turn off any pump outlets and otherwise close all outlets <br />during “critical flood periods,” as determined by the Maple River Water <br />Resource District. <br /> <br />5. Applicants will not install Applicants’ tile system within 20 feet, on either <br />side, of any rural water lines Cass Rural Water Users District has in the NE <br />1/4 of Section 17; the E 1/2 SE 1/4 of Section 17; or in the E 1/2 of Section <br />8 in Normanna Township under any blanket easements, or otherwise <br />beyond the Water Users District’s existing easement(s). <br /> <br />6. Applicants will remove silt or vegetation, or repair erosion or scour damages <br />directly caused by Applicants’ tile system, but only up to one mile <br />downstream of the project outlet. <br /> <br />7. Applicants must apply for an amendment to Subsurface Water <br />Management Permit No. 202318 in advance of any proposed alterations to <br />outlet locations, the addition of any outlets, or improvements or <br />modifications to the tile system that could increase the capacity or drainage <br />area of the tile system. <br /> <br />Upon roll call vote, the motion carried unanimously.