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22 <br /> ADFPTF. All other grant contract extension requests shall follow the protocols outlined <br /> in the NCDA&CS ADFPTF grant contract. <br /> 11. If the Grantee has not provided all closing documents and progress/budget reports 30 <br /> days before the contract's end date, the Grantee may request an emergency contract <br /> extension of the grant to the Commissioner of Agriculture. This request must include <br /> reasons for not completing the grant and following the timetable of scheduled activities to <br /> complete the grant project. All other grant contract extension requests shall follow the <br /> protocols outlined in the NCDA&CS ADFPTF grant contract. <br /> 12. After recording the "Conservation Easement" in the Register of Deeds Office, the <br /> Grantee shall annually notify the landowner and conduct a monitoring visit to the <br /> property to ensure that the easement agreement is being upheld. If structures are <br /> permitted under the easement, the Grantee shall review plans and monitor construction <br /> for compliance with the plans. Grantee monitoring shall be completed in accordance with <br /> the Agency "Conservation Easement Monitoring Policy and Guidelines" and <br /> amendments thereto. The Grantee shall electronically complete and submit to the Agency <br /> the "Grantee Monitoring Report—Perpetual or Term Easement" to report its annual <br /> monitoring findings. The "Grantee Monitoring Report—Perpetual or Term Easement" is <br /> accessed through a portal at www.ncadfp.org The first "Grantee Monitoring Report— <br /> Perpetual or Term Easement" is due by December 31 of the following calendar year after <br /> the "Conservation Easement" recording and annually thereafter. <br /> 13. The Grantee shall complete all reports in a prescribed format, which the Agency shall <br /> provide. Reports and required documentation must be up-to-date for the Grantee to <br /> receive payments. <br /> 14. All publicity and printed material regarding projects or activities supported in whole or in <br /> part by this shall contain the following language: "The project received support from the <br /> NCDA&CS ADFP Trust Fund." The NCDA&CS ADFP Trust Fund logo (digital <br /> versions of which can be downloaded from the Agency website at www.ncadfp.org) shall <br /> be displayed in all the Grantee's publicity and printed materials relating to this grant. <br /> 15. The Grantee will submit all reports and requested documents electronically unless <br /> instructed differently by Agency staff. Reports and documents may be submitted by <br /> email to ncadf 2(&,,ncagr gov. <br /> 16. Noncompliance with Grantee duties will result in an immediate suspension of existing <br /> Agency grant funding. The Grantee shall be ineligible for further Agency grants until the <br /> noncompliance is corrected and the Agency has acknowledged the correction and is in <br /> good standing. The Agency shall use the following guidance in placing a Grantee in <br /> noncompliance: <br />