Utilities Affecting the Ranch Sample Clauses

Utilities Affecting the Ranch. One electrical transmission right-of-way, one buried fiber optic line right-of-way, and four buried natural gas pipeline rights-of-way cross portions of the Ranch. The transmission line and three pipelines occur together on an unofficial east-west energy “corridor” on the southern one-third of the Ranch. Some loss of Covered Species habitat has resulted from these lines. These rights-of- way have generally been developed with consideration of minimizing adverse effects on the Covered Species, other species of wildlife, cattle production, and other DLL enterprises. Further, ongoing operation and maintenance of these utility rights-of-way will result in no measurable adverse effect. DLL will, in its position as the owner of the surface estate, negotiate with the utility company constructing utilities and/or requesting or requiring new rights-of-way crossing the private land in order to minimize adverse effects on the Covered Species, other wildlife, cattle production, and other DLL enterprises. As stated above, for energy development, such negotiations will address proposed actions to mitigate, at specific locations, surface disturbance that could adversely affect soils and vegetation on GSG leks, winter, nesting, or brood-rearing habitat.