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Surface&Subsurface Contamination Report Page 2 Sandhu Farms Project No. 655.1 August 15,2012 The Property is being subdivided into 7 lots as shown on the maps in Appendix A. Each lot has an area of roughly 40 acres. The subdivision was undertaken for the convenience of the owner and no change in land use is anticipated. Present and Recent Use of the Property In general, the Property consists of a large orchard almond of trees. The almond trees are drip-irrigated with water supplied from a nearby lined ditch irrigation and associated piping of the Banta-Carbona Irrigation District. An onsite irrigation water supply well is also available, but currently is stripped and idle. There are two on-site farm-building complexes, both of which he near the private road that forms the north boundary of the Property. For the purposes of this report, the northwest complex is referred to as building complex 1 while the northeasterly site is building complex 2. Buildings described in the report are associated with a number in parentheses, which corresponds to an index on the site sketch map in Appendix A. A detailed description of the Property is in Section 4.0, but the following points summarize items identified as being of actual or potential environmental concern. Outdoor Installations • An irrigationistorm water runoff pit near the northeast corner of the Property prevents the discharge of excess water to adjacent properties and is not believed to represent an environmental concern. • An exploratory gas well situated on Lot 2 was drilled in 1974 and was properly abandoned as a dry hole. It does not represent an environmental concern. • The irrigation water well at the southwest corner of the Property is open and poses a safety concern but is not an environmental threat. • The use of two aboveground fuel tanks located on a concrete apron near the barn (8) does not appear to have resulted in a hazardous release. Similarly, the storage of pesticides in this area does not appear to have resulted in a hazardous release. Two waste oil containers adjacent to the barn are improperly stored, but the absence of intense oil staining suggests they is unlikely to have resulted in impact to the underlying soil. A drum and a smaller container of waste oil are stored on the ground 2937 Veneman Ave.,#B240 Geo-Phase Environmental Inc. Phone: (209)569-0293 Modesto, CA 95356 Fax: (209)569-0295