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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20210330_Dominion_encroachmentDominion Energy Virginia 10900 Nudrols Road, Sufte 400 Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 DominionEnergy.com Reference #: TE021068001 j M Dominion Energy Consent Agreement for Right of Way Encroachment VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY ("Company") and FOSTER ALLEN FORBES ("Requestor") enter into this Consent Agreement for Right of Way Encroachment ("Agreement") prepared by Company this 11th day of March, 2021. Company is willing to grant to Requestor, this Agreement to encroach on, over and/or under a part of Company's easement(s) ("Easement' or "Right of Way") identified as: • Barco-Point Harbor Corridor, Parcel Number 118 [COR0025/118] • Shawboro-Point Harbor Corridor, Parcel Number 170 [COR04121170] • Line/Structure(s) #:2064/149-150, 20731149-150 The encroachment ("Encroachment") is described as: • Five (5) foot tall sand berm around existing pond • Two (2) foot tall sedimentation control berm • Existing pond filled in and levelled The Encroachment as described above is located as follows: 8180 Caratoke Highway, Powells Point, N.C. Company, under its Easement(s) identified above, hereby grants Requestor permission to install the Encroachment, described above, subject to the following terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. The minimum distance required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") shall be maintained between electrical conductors and any part of the Encroachment or equipment used in the installation or maintenance of the Encroachment. Sag of conductors varies with changes in operating and ambient temperatures; therefore, required clearances will be based upon maximum sag. The minimum clearance shall be governed by the clearance required for the 230kV line. For current voltage information see Exhibit "A". Voltage and conductor arrangement is subject to change. It is Requestor's responsibility to confirm voltage and location of conductors prior to installation, maintenance or repair of the Encroachment. 2. Company access to its facilities shall not be hampered at any time by the installation, use, maintenance or presence of the Encroachment. Company shall not be liable for damage to the Encroachment resulting from exercise of its Easement rights. 03/11 /21 3. Permission for the Encroachment described in Exhibit "B" does not include permission for storage on Company Easement of material or equipment related to the Encroachment. 4. No portion of any building, house, garage, porch, deck, shed, trailer, barn, playhouse, above -ground or in -ground swimming pool, dumpster or any other type of structure, temporary or permanent, shall be permitted on the Easement. This includes, but is not limited to, any building projection or attachment such as roof overhang, gutters, garage lighting or window appurtenances. Portions of buildings and other structures found within Company's Easement(s) are required to be removed when discovered. 5. Requestor shall restore any erosion or settling, within the Easement, related to the installation or maintenance of the Encroachment. Requestor shall comply with all state and local erosion and sedimentation control laws and shall not adversely affect grade elevations and water drainage. patterns. 6. It is the Requestors responsibility to notify Company of any damage to Company facilities by Requestor, its employees, contractors or agents. If any counterpoise (ground wire buried eighteen (18) to twenty-four (24) inches deep) is damaged, cut or severed, notify William Gatlin - Manager Field Transmission Lines, immediately so necessary repairs can be made. Mobile: (434) 447-5506 E-Mail: william.gatlin@dominionenergy.com 7. Requestor shall be responsible for all associated costs for the repairs of Company facilities (including but not limited to structures, guys, anchors or counterpoise) damaged by Requestor, his/her/theirrds employees, contractors or agents. 8. If the Encroachment is determined to be unsafe by the Company at a future date, the unsafe condition shall be corrected or removed at Requestor's expense within forty-five (45) days after written notification from the Company. If not so corrected or removed by Requestor, the unsafe condition may be corrected or removed by the Company at Requestor's expense without liability by the Company for any resulting damage. 9. This Agreement in no way reduces the Company's rights under the Easement(s) identified above. The Company may at any time exercise its Easement rights in a way that conflicts or interferes with the Encroachment described above. Upon notice from the Company, the Requestor will promptly modify, rearrange or remove the Encroachment to enable the Company to exercise its Easement rights without conflict or interference with the Encroachment. Requestor will be responsible for the cost of any such modification, rearrangement or removal. If Requestor fails to so modify, rearrange or remove the Encroachment within forty-five (45) days after notice from the Company to do so, the Company may modify, rearrange or remove the Encroachment without liability for damage Page 2of7 03/11 /21 resulting therefrom, and Requestor shall promptly reimburse the Company for the cost of such modification, rearrangement or removal. 10. Requestor shall begin physical installation of the Encroachment within one (1) year of the date of execution of this Agreement. If installation does not begin within that period, this Agreement shall become invalid. A new Encroachment application must be submitted before further consideration and will be subject to a processing fee. For the avoidance of doubt, Company's permission for this Encroachment in no way implies or assures that Company will reissue an Agreement for this Encroachment in the future should this Agreement become invalid. 11. Requestor shall give at least five (5) days advance notice, except in emergencies, of any activities being performed within the Easement to Timothy Hindman, Sr. Right -of -Way Management Representative so that the Company, at its discretion, may have an inspector present while the work is in progress. Requestor pays the costs of the inspector. Mobile: (757) 334-0119 E-Mail: Timothy.Hindman@dominionenergy.com 12. This Agreement provides Requestor only with approval to encroach on Company's electric transmission Easement. For the avoidance of doubt, Company's approval of this Encroachment in no way implies or assures that Company will grant Requestor's future request (if any) that Company quitclaim or subordinate in favor of Requestor any portion of Company's electric transmission Easement. 13. Requestor, its/their heirs, successors, assigns, contractors or subcontractors hereby agree to indemnify and save harmless Company, its officers, agents and employees from any and all claims, demands, damages, including death, and liability of every kind and nature whatsoever for, on account of or growing out of the Agreement hereby granted, except when such claims and demands are caused solely by the negligence or willful misconduct of Company, its agents, employees, successors or assigns. 14. Before Requestor or its contractors, subcontractors and assigns enter upon Company's Easement, each shall obtain or keep, in full force and effect, with respect to its/their work within the Company's Easement, with insurance companies authorized to do business in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the following insurance: a) Workers compensation insurance as required by the statutory benefit laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia or approved self-insurance and employer's liability insurance with limits of at least $1,000,000.00 bodily injury by accident and $1,000,000.00 each employee for bodily injury by disease. b) Commercial general liability insurance with coverage limits of at least $2,000,000.00 each occurrence, $2,000,000.00 aggregate. Such insurance shall include, but not be limited to, specific coverage for contractual liability encompassing the previously referenced indemnity and liability requirements. Page 3 of 7 03/11 /21 c) Automobile liability insurance covering bodily injury and property damage with a total limit of at least $2,000,000.00 per accident. Such insurance shall cover liability arising out of any automobile (including owned, hired and non -owned automobiles). The insurance required in paragraph (b) above shall: (1) name Company, its officers, directors and employees as an additional insured; (2) be primary coverage with respect to any liability coverage carried by the Company; and (3) provide for claims by one insured against another such that, except for the limits of insurance, the insurance shall apply separately to each insured against whom a claim is made or suit is brought. Requestor and Requestor's contractors, subcontractors and assigns waive, and will require their insurers to waive, all rights of recovery against Company for damages to the extent these damages are covered by the insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the insurance requirements. Before Requestor, Requestor's contractors, subcontractors and assigns enter upon Company Easement, and thereafter upon the renewal of their insurance policies, Requestor, Requestor's contractors, subcontractors and assigns, shall provide certificates of insurance to Company evidencing the coverage and limits required by this Agreement and that Company, its officers, directors and employees are an additional insured. Failure of Company to demand such certificates or other evidence of full compliance with these insurance requirements or failure of Company to identify a deficiency from evidence that is provided shall not be construed as a waiver of the obligation of Requestor, Requestor's contractors, subcontractors and assigns to maintain such insurance. Requestor, Requestor's contractors, subcontractors and assigns, or their respective agents, representatives or insurers shall provide thirty (30) days prior written notice of cancellation to Company, except for non-payment of premium to which ten (10) days' notice shall apply. 15.Requestor shall notify MISS UTILITY (1-800-552-7001) in a timely manner in advance of construction to allow existing nearby underground utility conflicts to be identified. 16. Requestor may remove topsoil and gravel from portions of the Easement not occupied by Company facilities. In such cases Requestor must maintain a minimum island of undisturbed material with a fifty (50) foot radius on all sides of said facilities. The slope ratios, normally 3:1 or less, and transmission line access lanes must be maintained. 17. Should it be necessary to verify the final grade of the proposed cut and/or fill, then it will be the responsibility of Requestor to reimburse Company for all actual costs. If the verification reveals that the cut/fill/grading was not done as approved, then Requestor is responsible for all costs involved with correcting the problem(s). 18.There shall be no grading, excavation, filling or other construction activities within fifty (50) feet of any Company structure, foundation, guy, anchor or any other Company facilities. Page 4 of 7 03/11 /21 19. Clean fill material may be placed on right-of-way to within fifty (50) feet of any existing or proposed transmission structure. In all cases, no fill will be allowed until the proposal is reviewed by the Electric Transmission Right of Way Management to insure proper grade and operating clearances. 20. Requestor is responsible for acquiring, from the owners of the underlying fee simple or otherwise, any additional property rights necessary for the Encroachment location. For the avoidance of doubt, Company does not convey, or otherwise transfer to Requestor any Easement right that Company may hold nor does Company make any representation or warranty as to the status or availability of any rights that may be required for Requestor to make use of the Encroachment or Easement. 21. It is the responsibility of the Requestor to ensure that all contractors or sub -contractors are aware, informed of and abide by these conditions. 22. The above conditions only apply as specific to and set forth in this Agreement and do not set a precedent for further Agreements. 23. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required to be given, (except as otherwise indicated) shall be deemed to have been duly given if in writing and mailed, as follows: If to Foster Allen Forbes Requestor: 5104 Lunar Drive Kitty Hawk, North Carolina 27949 If to Dominion Energy Virginia Company: Highwoods One, Suite 400 10900 Nuckols Road Glen Allen Virginia 23060 Attention: Electric Transmission Rights -of -Way Page 5 of 7 03/11/21 This Agreement is granted only to Requestor. It is not an interest in real property; it does not run with the underlying land or benefit any successors in interest to the underlying land, and it may not be assigned or transferred to anyone else without the prior written approval of Company, which Company may withhold in its sole discretion. If Requestor is not the owner of the property on which the Encroachment is to be located; it is Requestor's responsibility to obtain any and all necessary permission(s) or easement(s) from the property owner(s) for the Encroachment prior to installation.] For this Agreement to become effective, Company must be in possession of both the executed Agreement and the required processing fee. Requestor must return the executed Agreement and payment to Company by April 19, 2021 to: Dominion Energy Virginia 10900 Nuckols Road, Suite 400 Glen Allen, Virginia 23060 Attention: Nancy Gustaysson (804) 771-3388 or nancy.l.gustaysson@dominionenergy.com Additional contact: Dominion Energy Virginia at 1-800-215-8032 or e-mail at ETROMdominionenergy.com. [SIGNATURES TO FOLLOW] Page 6 of 7 03/11 /21 Company, Authorized Representative, will execute and finalize Agreement upon return of Agreement executed by Requestor or its Authorized Representative. Requestor will be provided a fully executed copy of Agreement for their records. In consideration of this Agreement granted by Company for the above -described Encroachment, Requestor hereby agree(s) to the terms and conditions stated in the foregoing Agreement. Company and Requestor hereby cause this Agreement to be executed by their duly Authorized Representative. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY Mot Fallon Madrid Date Supervisor, Rights of Way Management Electric Transmission Authorized Representative PROPERTY OWNER By. �� , (� h, Foster Allen F Owner Page 7 of 7 Date DOMINION ENERGY TOWER 149 — LINE 2064/2073 (86' FROM EXCAV EDGE) 25'W UNEXCAV TT x 8'W BERM BUFFER FOR SEDIMENTATION CONTROLAROUND EXCAVATION AREA, REMOVED DURING TCH RECLAMATION SEDIMENT PONDoO INTAKE EXCAVATION 6.23ACRES AVG DEPTH - 30 FT MAX DEPTH - 35 FT STATE WETL 50'BUFF ..... . < .......... 0\ UNEXCAV 10 BUFFER ....... ri .. EXISTING POND, 0.51 ACRES rsv A3A, TO BE USED AS SEDIMENT POND wo- OVER FLOW SEDIMENT POND BERM STALL x 32'WIDE UNI BU STOCKPILES & LOADING 4.43 AC SEDIMENT POND BERM 5'TABOVE NGL, REMOVED DURING RECLAMATION. PUMP POND FILLED IN & LEVELLED 0 ...................................... LOADING AREA TE021068001 EXHIBIT "B'r ominion EnergyMW Electric Transmission Encroachment Invoice Reference # TE021068001 To the Requestor: In order for this letter of consent for the encroachment that Kenneth Elliott has requested on behalf of Foster Allen Forbes to become effective, the requested processing fee must be returned to Dominion Energy Virginia no later than April 19, 2021. The total amount due is $ 19000.00 Checks should be made payable to Dominion Energy Virginia. Please include the reference number listed above on your payment. Mail your payment with this invoice to: Dominion Energy Virginia 10900 Nuckols Road, Suite 400 Glen Allen, VA 23060 Attention: Nancy Gustaysson Please contact Nancy Gustaysson at (804) 771-3388 or nancv.l.QustayssonO-dominionenergy.com if you have any questions.