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sand, gravel and aggregate on the Property and may use such equipment as is necessary to <br />install the slurry wall or walls permitted in Paragraph 16 below. <br />8. Payment of Taxes. Landlord shall pay all real estate taxes levied against the Property <br />before they become delinquent. If Landlord fails to pay the taxes Tenant may, at its option, <br />pay the taxes and assessments that could become a lien against the Property. Landlord shall <br />reimburse Tenant for the amount of said taxes 30 days after billing. Tenant shall pay any <br />severance taxes or other taxes assessed against it and specifically related to Tenant's mining <br />activities. <br />9. Damage to Water Wells and Improvements. Tenant will repair any physical <br />damage', created from the mining operation, to water well equipment, gas lines, storage tanks, <br />water ditches, or the lines. All such repairs shall be completed within thirty (30) days of <br />written notice from Landlord. <br />10. Protection and Restoration of Surface and MSI3A Compliance. In digging pits <br />for the purpose of producing and removing material, Tenant shall make separate stockpiles <br />of topsoil and waste substance. Tenant's obligation to reclaim the Property pursuant to its <br />approved Reclamation Plan shall survive the expiration or termination ofthis Lease. Tenant <br />shall be responsible for compliance with (i) all federal, state and local rules and regulations <br />and with (ii) all permits issued pursuant thereto. Tenant shall be responsible for reclamation <br />of the Property to the extent the Property is actually mined by Tenant. Tenant may enter the <br />Property after this Lease is terminated for the purpose ofcompleting any reclamation required <br />of it by any of the above-referenced permits or authorizations .Tenant will obtain a separate <br />Mine Identification Number from the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration for its <br />mining operations conducted under this Lease. <br />11. Reservation by Landlord. Landlord reserves the right to continue farming or <br />otherwise making use of that portion of the Property on which Tenant is not conducting its <br />operations. However, Landlord shall not farm any portion of the Property which Tenant <br />indicates will be needed for mining and such notice shall be given by December 1 of each year <br />for any new portion that will be removed from farm production in the following crop year. <br />12. Removal of Improvements Equipment and Stockpiled Material. All <br />improvements and equipment placed on the Property by Tenant shall remain the property of <br />Tenant. Upon expiration or termination of this Lease for any cause, Tenant shall remove <br />all of its improvements and equipment, except water well casings, fences, gates, and cattle <br />guazds. Tenant shall have the right for a period of one (1) year after expiration or termination <br />of this Lease to sell and remove any material mined and produced, but not removed on the <br />date of termination, all subject to payment of royalties provided in the Lease. Any of Tenant's <br />improvements, equipment or stockpiled material (except equipment specifically used in <br />reclamation activities or in connection with its reservoir storage rights) remaining on the <br />Page 3 of 9 pages <br />