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<br />easement and right-of-way for any purpose necessary for the surveying, construction,
<br />inspection, maintenance, repair, replacement, relocation, extension, removal, and
<br />operation of such overhead and underground electric utilities and appurtenances. Such
<br />rights of ingress and egress shall be exercised in a reasonable manner.
<br />Grantor consents to the approval of the proposed construction of electrical
<br />transmission lines and appurtenances by the Nebraska Power Review Board and
<br />Nebraska Public Service Commission, without hearing, and waives any and all notice of
<br />this matter before those two regulatory bodies.
<br />The Grantee agrees to pay the Grantor or Lessee; as their interests may appear, for
<br />any damage to personal property, fences, livestock, and growing crops caused by the
<br />survey and original construction of the Grantee's electric transmission line. The Grantee
<br />agrees to take all reasonable steps to restore, as nearly as possible to the condition it was
<br />in prior to construction, any land which is damaged as a result of said construction. Final
<br />payment shall be made on or before 60 days after completion of the original construction.
<br />The Grantee agrees to pay the Grantor or Lessee, as their interests may appear, for
<br />any damage to personal property, fences, livestock, and growing crops and to take all
<br />reasonable steps to restore any land which is damaged afterthe original construction of the
<br />Grantee's electric transmission line resulting from the survey, operation, maintenance,
<br />inspection, repair, removal, alteration, relocation and reconstruction of the Grantee's
<br />electric transmission line. It is further agreed that all claims for such damages must be
<br />submitted to the Grantee in writing within 90 days of such occurrence; otherwise, it is
<br />agreed that said claim for damages shall have been waived.
<br />Grantee shall have the right to excavate and refill ditches and trenches necessary
<br />for such overhead and underground electric utilities and appurtenances; to remove, clear,
<br />and keep clear, all trees which would came within eighteen (18.0) feet of the nearest
<br />electric conductor; to remove, clear, and keep clear, bushes, hedges, undergrowth, and/or
<br />any other obstructions interfering with the surveying, construction, inspection,
<br />maintenance, repair, replacement, relocation, extension, removal, and operation of such
<br />overhead and underground electric utilities and appurtenances. All refuse from cutting and
<br />trimming trees and bushes shall be removed and disposed by the Grantee.
<br />Grantee shall have the right at any time, to relocate, add, or upgrade such overhead
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