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6 Under Section 61-32-03.1, the Board cannot attach any additional conditions to Applicants’ permit. However, for Applicants’ protection, and to ensure protection of Applicants’ tile system, the Board recommends that Applicants comply with the following: 1. The Board recommends that Applicants obtain written consent from the Davenport Township Board to discharge into or otherwise utilize any of its road right of way. 2. The Board recommends that Applicants obtain written consent from the Cass County Highway Department to discharge into or otherwise utilize any of its Highway 16 right of way. 3. The Board recommends that Applicants 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. 202324, and Applicants’ downstream flow map to the North Dakota Department of Water Resources, the Cass County Highway Department, the Davenport Township Board of Township Supervisors, the Jill J. Kalsow Revocable Living Trust, and Cass Rural Water Users District. Applicants’ 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. 202325 for Matthew Ottis and James Plath in the SE 1/4 of Section 6 in Davenport Township The Board next reviewed Application to Install a Subsurface Water Management System No. 202325, filed October 4, 2023, by Applicants Matthew Ottis and James Plath. Under the Application, Applicants seek to install a 135-acre drain tile system in the SE 1/4 of Section 6 in Davenport Township, Cass County, North Dakota. The project will include a single pump outlet located in the northeast corner of the SE 1/4 in Section 6; the pump will discharge into the west road ditch along 158th Avenue SE; the discharge will flow north in the west road ditch, along the east boundary of the NE 1/4 in Section 6; at the northeast corner of the NE 1/4 in Section 6, the discharge will flow into the south road ditch along Cass County Highway 16 and will flow east, under 158th Avenue SE, in the south road ditch along Highway 16, along the north boundary of the NW 1/4 in Section 5. According to records submitted by Applicants, James Plath owns the SE 1/4 of Section 6 in Davenport Township. With regard to downstream landowners, Catherine A. Lee owns the NE 1/4 of Section 6, and the Cass County Highway Department owns its Cass County Highway 16 right of way along the north boundary of the N 1/2 in Section 5. Manager Melvin moved, and Manager Miller seconded the motion, to approve Application to Install a Subsurface Water Management System No. 202325, filed October 4, 2023, for Matthew Ottis and James Plath regarding a proposed tile system in the SE 1/4 of Section 6 in Davenport Township; and to authorize the Secretary-Treasurer to sign Subsurface Water Management Permit No. 202325, subject to the following conditions: