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Surface&Subsurface Contamination Report Page 20 Sandhu Farms Project No. 655.1 August 15, 2012 4.0 SUMMARY OF SITE RECONNAISSANCE Observations of the Property made during the site reconnaissance on July 10, 2012 are described below. (See Appendix A for reference maps and Appendix B for photos of the Property.) Property Setting&Location The area is in a rural part of western San Joaquin County about a mile southeast of Tracy. This area is in agricultural use, principally to raise row or grain crops and orchard crops. The Property consists of two agricultural parcels and portions of two other of that are contiguous, and have a total area of about 287 acres. The Property occupies almost the entire south half of Section 31 of T2S, R6E, MDB&M. Thee excluded areas from northwestern part of the half- section (see maps in Appendix A) are all sites of farm building or rural residential complexes that are not a part of the subject Property. The Property is situated on the east side of Bird Road and is bounded by Bird Road to the west and I-5 to the east. A private road forms the north boundary and an irrigation ditch is at the south boundary. There are three immediately adjacent farm- building complexes that appear to have at one time been a part of the Property. The Property is operated as part of "Sandhu Farms". It is served by septic sewage systems and a domestic water well on an adjacent lot provides all of the potable water for the Property. The Banta Carbona Irrigation District provides irrigation water for the trees. Stormwater is drained internally. An onsite irrigation water well at the southwest corner of the Property is currently stripped and idle, but is kept for emergency irrigation use. Several pole- mounted utility transformers are on the Property. These appear to be the property of the electric company, PG&E. Physical Description In general, the Property consists of a large orchard almond of trees. The almond trees are drip-irrigated with water supplied from a nearby irrigation pipeline and lined ditch and associated piping of the Banta-Carbona Irrigation District. No stained soil, stressed vegetation, unusual odors, or other evidence suggestive of a hazardous waste was noted on the Property except a small quantity of waste oil. Lying next to the Private road near the northeast corner of the Property is an artificial drainage pit roughly 200 feet by 40 feet. This is intended to capture any excess irrigation water or storm water. A large pump is present and apparently is used to re-circulate water back to the irrigation system. 2937 Veneman Ave.,#B240 Geo-Phase Environmental Inc. Phone: (209)569-0293 Modesto, CA 95356 Fax: (209)569-0295