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20070411000124050 DEED
<br />Bk:RB4256 Pg:453
<br />04/11/2007 04:34:35PM 9/19
<br />. Any other cutting, removal, or harvesting of trees, including any commercial harvesting
<br />of trees, maybe undertaken only if a) the purpose is for clearing land for cultivation or use by
<br />livestock, and b) it occurs outside of the stream buffer described in Paragraph 4 of this
<br />Conservation Easement, and c) it is in accordance with the Conservation Plan and forest
<br />management plan referred to in this Paragraph 10.
<br />Trees may be planted, harvested and removed within the azea identified and mazked as
<br />"Farmstead Area" on Exhibit B without the advance written percussion of the Grantee, so long as
<br />done in accordance with the Conservation Plan and forest management plan referred to in this
<br />Pazagraph 10.
<br />11. Mining
<br />There shall be no filling, excavation, dredging, mining or drilling, removal of topsoil,
<br />sand, gravel, rock, peat, minerals or other materials; and no change in the topography of the land
<br />in any manner except as necessary for the purpose of combating erosion or flooding in
<br />accordance with the Conservation Plan and as reasonably necessary for any permitted
<br />maintenance, construction or reconstruction on the Property. Disturbed azeas for the purpose of
<br />removing soil, gravel, rock, peat, minerals, or other materials necessary for permitted customary
<br />agricultural uses on the Property will be limited to one acre in total surface area and will be
<br />restored as soon as practicable after the disturbance. Under no circumstances is the drilling for or
<br />• exploration for hydrocarbons permitted in, on, or to the Property.
<br />12. Road Construction
<br />Construction and maintenance of farm roads that maybe reasonably necessary and
<br />incidental to carrying out the improvements and uses permitted on the Property by this
<br />Conservation Easement aze permitted. No roads constructed on the Property shall be paved or
<br />otherwise covered with concrete, asphalt, rock, gravel, or any other impervious material, without
<br />the advance written permission of Grantee. Grantee shall not give such permission unless
<br />Grantee determines that the proposed paving, or covering of the soil, or the location of any such
<br />road, will not diminish or impair the conservation values of the Property. Any such road covered
<br />by any impervious material including rock or gravel is subject to impervious surface
<br />requirements in Paragraph 7.
<br />13. Dumping and Trash
<br />Dumping or storage of soil, trash, refuse, debris, ashes, gazbage, waste, abandoned
<br />vehicles or parts, appliances, machinery, or hazardous substances, or toxic or hazazdous waste, or
<br />any placement of underground or above ground storage tanks or other materials is prohibited.
<br />Provided, however, that the storage of agricultural products, byproducts (including the
<br />composting of biodegradable material for on-farm use) and agricultural equipment used on the
<br />Property is allowable, so long as such storage is done in accordance with all applicable
<br />government laws and regulations and in such a manner so as to not impair the conservation
<br />• values of the Property.
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