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7. The stream bed and banks of the channeled portions of Phil's Creek and the areas <br />around the settling ponds shall be stabilized. The applicant shall have a continuing program <br />of fertilization and maintenance on areas adjacent to the streambed of Phil's Creek and <br />around the :settling pond. <br />8. Applicants shall maintain a 50-foot buffer between the excavation pit and Phil's Creek. <br />The 50-foot buffer shall remain in a natural state to be maintained by American Stone <br />Company. <br />9. A water wagon shall be operated at the site as needed to keep dust leaving the site to a <br />minimum. <br />10. One year prior to the end of the extraction process, American Stone Company shall <br />notify Orange County in writing of its intention to cease mining. The County shall tour <br />the site to determine what areas that need further preparation for the closing of the site. <br />Of particular concern on this inspection will be: <br />(i) That the settling ponds are fully stabilized and the spillway is in good condition. <br />(ii) That overburden and spoil piles have been completely graded and sloped to <br />prevent slippage and erosion. <br />(iii) That the slopes are stabilized and seeded to Orange County standards. <br />(iv) That the site be adequately prepared for conversion to a reservoir <br />11. The applicants will notify Orange County in writing of the expected final date of operations. <br />Orange County will not release the rehabilitation bond until operations have ceased and all <br />areas that have been disturbed, graded, sloped, etc. have been stabilized to Orange <br />County standards. <br />~i2, .ti_rehabiiitation bond guaranree shaii be posted witrfurange Lounty in a form acceptable <br />to the County Attorney in an amount equal to the cost of rehabilitation as certified by a <br />registered engineer employed by American Stone Company, less the amount required by <br />the~State of North Carolina pursuant to the North Carolina Mining Act. <br />13. No blasting or stone processing east of the current location of SR 1104 shall take place <br />within 500' of any property line of property not owned or leased by OWASA or American <br />Stone Company. <br />14. All quarrying operations shall cease no later than December 31, 2030 at 12:00 noon. <br />15. Orange County shall establish and administer a No Fault Well Repair Fund (NFWRF) <br />from which funds will be made available to residents in the vicinity of the quarry to repair or <br />replace residential wells that fail for any reason other than as the demonstrable result of <br />American Stone Company's mining operations. American Stone Company shall be <br />responsible for the cost of repairing or replacing wells that fail as the demonstrable. result <br />of its mining operations. American Stone Company shall deposit $87,500.00 into the <br />