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HomeMy WebLinkAbout975576STATE OF WYOMING COUNTY OF LINCOLN Audit N( 54 975576 3/1 0/20 14 11:24 AM LINCOLN COUNTY FEES: $33.00 PAGE BOOK: 828 PAGE: 863 RIGHT OF WAY JEANNE WAGNER, LINCOLN COUNTY CLERK 11111111111111 11111111111111111111III1111 !1111! 111111 1111111111111111 III lit 1111 POWER LINE RIGHT -OF -WAY AND EASEMENT KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: 1OF 8 THIS POWER LINE RIGHT -OF -WAY AND EASEMENT "Easement is made this 18th day of December, 2013, between ANADARKO LAND CORP., a Nebraska corporation, whose address is P.O. Box 1330, Houston, TX 77251, "Grantor and CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., a Pennsylvania corporation, with an address at 1400 Smith Street, Houston, Texas 77002 "Grantee Grantor, for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, to it in hand paid by Grantee, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, has granted, bargained, sold and conveyed, and by these presents does grant, bargain, sell and convey unto Grantee, and unto its successors and assigns, an easement and right -of -way, described in Exhibit "A for the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, renewal, reconstruction, removal and use of an electric transmission and distribution line, depicted on Exhibit "B and a portable appliance building, described on Exhibit "B -1" (those items described in Exhibits A, B and B -1 are collectively referred to as the "Facilities with necessary appurtenances thereto, upon, along, across and under the surface of the land situated in the County of Lincoln, State of Wyoming, described in Exhibit "C" (the "Premises attached and made a part hereof, together with the right of ingress and egress to and from the Premises for the purpose of exercising the rights herein granted. RESERVING, however, to Grantor, its successors and assigns, the right to construct at any and all times and to maintain any structures or facilities on, over or under the Premises including, but not limited to, roads, highways, pipelines and telephone, telegraph and electric power poles and wire lines, over, under and across (but in such a way as not unreasonably to interfere with) the Facilities; it being understood that the right so reserved to Grantor, its successors and assigns, is retained along with the general right of Grantor, its successors and assigns, to the use of the Premises for any purpose not inconsistent with the use by Grantee of said Easement for the purposes herein defined. This Easement is made subject to all outstanding leases and other outstanding rights, including, but not limited to, those for highways and other roadways and rights -of -way for irrigation ditches, pipelines, poles and wire lines and the rights of renewal and extension of the same, and subject also to all conditions, limitations, restrictions, encumbrances, reservations or interests of any person which may affect the Premises, recorded or unrecorded(in the case of unrecorded interests, only those that would be apparent from visual inspection of the Premises) and is made without covenant of title or for quiet enjoyment. The grant of Easement herein made is on the express condition that Grantor, its successors and assigns, shall not be liable to Grantee, its successors or assigns, for any damage occurring to the installations made or to be made by Grantee upon the Premises or for any other damage whatsoever occasioned by subsidence of the surface of the Premises as a result of mining underneath the same or resulting in any other way from the removal of coal or other minerals in or underlying the Premises. All operations hereunder shall be conducted at the sole risk and expense of Grantee and in compliance with all federal, state, county and municipal laws, rules, ordinances and regulations which are applicable to the area of operations including, but not limited to, those pertaining to the environment, safety, fire, sanitation, conservation, water pollution, air quality, waste management, toxic and chemical management and reporting, and fish and game. All operations hereunder shall be conducted in a prudent manner. If, as a result of Grantee's operations upon or use of the Premises, any law, ordinance, rule or regulation is violated by Grantee, Grantee shall protect, save harmless, defend and indemnify Grantor, its officers, employees and /or agents, against and from any and all penalties, fines, costs and expenses, including court costs and reasonable attorney's fees, imposed upon or incurred by Grantor, its officers, employees and /or agents, resulting from, or connected with, such violation and /or violations. Grantee shall not suffer or permit any mechanic's lien, or other lien, to be filed against said Premises or any part thereof, by reason of work, labor, services, or materials supplied, or claimed to have been supplied, to Grantee, or anyone claiming under Grantee. If any such mechanic's lien, or other lien, shall at any time be filed against said Premises, Grantee shall cause the same to be discharged of record within thirty (30) days of the date of filing the same, and if Grantee shall fail to discharge such lien within such period, then Grantor may, at its option, discharge the same by paying the amount claimed to be due without inquiry into the validity of the same and Grantee shall thereupon reimburse Grantor within thirty (30) days for any payment so made. Should Grantee fail to make any such payment when due, Grantee shall be deemed to be in material default of this Easement; whereupon Grantor may terminate this Easement by written notice to Grantee at the address provided herein. Such termination 1 2 Audit No. D03154 shall be effective upon receipt by Grantee. Grantee is advised that the generation, transportation, treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous wastes are controlled by the Federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, and regulations issued pursuant to the Act and subsequent Acts by the United States Environmental Protection Agency "EPA and /or state agencies. If Grantee's use of the Premises shall include any regulated hazardous waste activities, Grantee shall first obtain the written permission of Grantor and then shall obtain a hazardous waste permit from the EPA or appropriate state agency and shall provide copy of same to Grantor. Grantee, for itself, its successors and assigns, by the acceptance of this Easement, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Grantor and its affiliates, their officers, agents, employees, successors or assigns, against and from any and all liability, loss, damage, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, fines, penalties, costs and expenses of whatsoever nature, including reasonable attorney's fees and court costs (collectively, "Claims which may result from personal injury to or death of persons whomsoever, or damage to or loss or destruction of property or the environment, including the Facilities, and including environmental claims, natural resource damage claims, claims for environmental violations, environmental noncompliance, or environmental releases pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, Occupational Safety and Health laws, and regulations pursuant thereto or to their state statutory or regulatory equivalents, or growing out of interference with the proper operation of telephone or other communication lines, or other electrically operated devices or appurtenances of Grantor or its affiliates, or of its or their tenants, when such Claims for personal injury, death, loss, destruction or damage, howsoever caused, grows out of or arises from or in connection with the construction, operation, maintenance, repair, renewal, reconstruction, removal or use of said Facilities or from electric current conducted thereon or escaping therefrom, unless caused by the sole and direct negligence of Grantor or any of its affiliates or any of its or their officers, employees and /or agents. The term "affiliate" (or "affiliates" as the case may be) as used herein means any entity which directly or indirectly controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, Grantor. Grantee shall not assign this Easement, or any interest therein, without the prior written consent of Grantor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Subject to the foregoing, the terms and conditions of this grant shall be applicable to Grantee, its successors and assigns. For the purposes of this Easement, abandonment shall be defined as non -use of the Premises or any portion thereof for the uses heretofore stated for the period of one (1) year. In the event of abandonment of the Premises, or any portion thereof, either by non -use or otherwise, all rights herein granted shall cease and terminate with respect to the premises so abandoned, and Grantee, its successors or assigns, shall deliver to Grantor a recordable instrument evidencing that the title to the same Premises is free and clear of this Easement as well as any liens, encumbrances, clouds upon or defects in the title to the premises created or permitted to be created by Grantee, its successors or assigns. Termination of the rights granted hereunder shall not relieve Grantee, its successors and assigns from compliance with the covenants and agreements contained herein. Upon any termination or abandonment of this Easement, all personal property will be removed from the Premises within sixty days. All real property or fixtures of Grantee located within the Premises shall become the property of Grantor unless Grantor notifies Grantee in writing to remove some or all of the same from the Premises. If Grantor notifies Grantee to remove some or all of the property of Grantee from the Premises, Grantee within sixty (60) days of such abandonment will remove all property described in the notice; provided, however, Grantor provides such notice to Grantee on or before six (6) years from the date of such abandonment. If the Facilities are abandoned or if any portion of the Premises is abandoned, and Grantee fails to restore the portion of the Premises to which the abandoned Facilities are appurtenant to as close to its original condition as reasonably practicable within ninety (90) days after receipt of notice from Grantor to perform such activities, Grantor may perform such activities for the account of Grantee. If Grantee shall fail to pay Grantor for any activities performed within thirty (30) days of receiving Grantor's invoice therefor, Grantee shall be deemed to be in material default of this Easement: whereupon, Grantor may terminate this Easement by written notice to Grantee at the address provided herein. Such termination shall be effective upon receipt by Grantee. Grantee hereby agrees that the surface of any of the Premises disturbed in the exercise of the rights granted hereunder to Grantee shall be reseeded by Grantee, at the sole expense of Grantee, in a manner consistent with applicable governmental requirements on comparable adjacent areas of public lands. Grantee shall eradicate all noxious weeds from the Premises and shall not allow the same to go to seed. Additionally, Grantee shall not change the location of or injure any permanent fences or irrigation structures located on the Premises. The Easement herein granted is subject to the needs and requirements of Grantor, its successors and assigns, in the improvement and use of its property, and Grantee shall, at the sole expense of Grantee, move all or any portion of said Facilities to such new location as Grantor may reasonably designate, whenever Grantor shall find that such Facilities unreasonably interferes with Grantor's contemplated use of the Premises. All the terms, conditions and stipulations herein expressed with reference to said Facilities on the Premises shall apply to the Facilities as relocated within the contemplation of this paragraph. In accordance with Section 1445(b) (2) of the Internal Revenue Code, Grantor, Federal ID No. 13- 2678588, certifies that it is not a foreign corporation and withholding of Federal Income Tax from the amount realized will not be made by Grantee. Grantor understands that this certification may be disclosed to the Internal Revenue Service by the Grantee and that any false statement made here could be punished by fine, imprisonment, or both. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused these presents to be signed by its Agent and Attorney -in -Fact on the date shown in the below acknowledgment, to be effective the day and year first herein written. ANADARKO LAND CORP. By: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. ame: Title: 3 dtil L ad0111 Jann Byroad Agent and Attorney -In -Fact Audit No e i4 STATE OF TEXAS ss: COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this G day of a�i 20.!� by Jane Ann Byroad, Agent and Attorney -In -Fact of Anadarko Land Corp. WITNESS my hand and official seal. (SEAL) STATE OF TEXAS 1 ss: TT i COUNTY OF .LS Atidatt06,61 Notary Public The foregoing instrument was acknowledged befo a me this day of 20.1W by f1. k)o (t Yev as iiitt ,Wr of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. WITNESS my hand and official seal. My commission expires: ANDREA LAWHORN My Commission Expires September 21, 2018 1r T L AM N T 7 7 otary Public 4 Audit No. D03154 PRINCIPALS; Cloey C. Wall, PLS. Kenneth J. Walker, P.E. UINTA ENGINEERING SURVEYING, INC. 808 MAIN ST. P.O. 80X 746 EVANSTON. WYOMING 82931.0746 (307) 789 -3602 FAX (307) 789.8456 EXHIBIT A CHEVRON Easement Description An easement for utilities across part of the NW '4 of Section 3, T19N, R117W, 6' P.M., Lincoln County, Wyoming, said easement being 20.00 feet wide, 10.00 feet on each side of the following described centerline: 'COMMENCING at the Northwest comer of said Section 3, running thence N 89 °52'29" E, 1275.94 feet along the North [Inc thereof; thence S 0 °07'31" E, 2206.67 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING, said point of beginning being an existing power pole; thence N 3 °29'27" E, 1920.49 feet. Said easement being 1920.49 feet, more or less, in length. 12- 104Power.wpd Page 1 of 1 ANY CHANGE, ADDIUON OR DELETION OP ANY PART OF THIS DESCRIPTION WILL ACT TO VOID ANY WARRANTY OR RESPONSIBILITY, EXPRESS OR IRIPLIBD, THAT I MAY HAVE TOWARDS TH8 SUBJECT PROPERTY Associates', Gareth Powell, P.E. Robert Young, P.E. 0 0 g g g gggggg CHEVRON SOLAR SITE PROPOSED POWER LINE S3, T19N, R11 7W, 6TH P.M. You created this POF from an application that is not licensed to print to novaPOP printer (htto://www.novapdf.corn) PRINCIPALS; Cloey C. Wall, P.LS. Kenneth J. Welker, P,E. 12- 104Site.wpd UINTA ENGINEERING SURVEYING, INC, 808 MAIN ST. P.O. BOX 748 EVANSTON, WYOMING 82931 -0746 (307) 789 -3802 FAX (307) 7886456 EXHIBIT B -1 CHEVRON Legal Description A tract of land in Lot 7 of Section 3, T19N, R1 17W, 6 P.M., Lincoln County, Wyoming, said tract being more particularly described as follows: COMMENCING at the Northwest corner of said Section 3, running thence N 89 °52'29" E, 1396.88 feet along the North line thereof; thence S 0 °07'31" E, 276.97 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence S 86 °30'33" E, 22.00 feet; 'thence S 3 °29'27" W, 13.00 feet; &hence N 86 °30'33" W, 22.00 feet; thence N 3 °2927" E, 13.00 feet to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Said tract containing 286 square feet, more or less. Associates; Gareth Powell, P.E. Robert Young, P.E. Page 1 of 1 ANY CHANOB, ADDITION OR DELETION OF ANY PART OF THIS DESCRIPTION WILLACT TO VOID ANY WARRANTY OR RESPONSIBILITY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT I MAY NAYS TOWARDS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY EXHIBIT C The "Premises" A tract of and in the NW'A Section 3, T19N, R117W, 6` P.M., Lincoln County, Wyoming