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Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Neighborhoods D,K,L,and Town Center,Mountain House,California Page 19 fes;, He indicated that agricultural chemicals have been used on the properties and that the use reports are available from the SJCACO. Agricultural chemicals are currently mixed and stored off-site. In the past, an aerial service was used with agricultural chemicals being mixed off-site. Currently, agricultural chemicals are loaded into portable ASTs before application. Current crops are as follows: wheat on Neighborhood D and green-chop forage crops and volunteer oats on Neighborhoods K and L. He indicated those crops are probably the last for the Site. Past crops have included wheat, alfalfa, sugar beets, silage corn, and green-chop forage. The last season Town Center was farmed was approximately four years ago. He remembers seeing asparagus growing on either side of Mountain House Creek from approximately 1982 to 1985. Mr.-Arnaudo indicated that the old house in Neighborhood L was torn down with just its foundation remaining. He indicated that Trimark had the asbestos removed from the house before razing it, which was approximately three years ago. 6.3 INTERVIEW WITH OCCUPANTS None of the occupants were interviewed. G 6.4 INTERVIEW WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS No local government officials were interviewed. 6.5 PAST INTERVIEWS WITH OTHERS Larry Fragoso, Division Chief with the Tracy Fire Department, was interviewed on April 28, 2004, via telephone. Mr. Fragoso indicated he has worked for the Tracy Fire Department (City of Tracy and Tracy Rural Fire Districts have been incorporated) for approximately 30 years: He indicated that in the past, all that was needed for burning down a structure was a release of liability from the owner and a permit from the local air pollution control district: the property owner was responsible for any clearing and clean-up afterwards. He indicated the old homes in the Site vicinity were at least 50 years old. The Fire District only burns structures for training, not for demolition purposes. Asbestos clearance.and processing.done by the property owners are now part of the process for a permit to incinerate a structure. While Mr. i Fragoso indicated that some structures within Mountain House had been burned down, he did not specifically identify any within the neighborhoods that are the subject of this report. 7.0 ADDITIONAL SERVICES: PARTIAL RESPONSE TO MOUNTAIN HOUSE MASTER PLAN, CHAPTER SIX REQUIREMENTS Additional services included noting other hazards within a 500-foot search radius of the property, such as pipelines and gas wells.In February 2004, Condor � completed a study regarding Pi elines, gas wells, and known hazardous substances located within the Mountain House Community (Condor, 2004).-That work has been referenced in this report to comply with the Mountain House New Community Master Plan Chapter Six Requirements,as well as to provide additional specialized knowledge for the Phase I ESA. 7.1 MAPPING OF PIPELINES(MASTER PLAN, CHAPTER 6, SECTION 6.8.1, PAGE 6.14) Pipelines and abandoned pipeline easements identified by Condor on or within 500 feet of Neighborhoods D,K, L, and Town Center(Site vicinity) are shown in Figure 5, Appendix A. There are three active fuel pipelines within the vicinity of Neighborhoods K and L and. Town Center:. two petroleum product pipelines and one natural gas pipeline owned by PG&E. There are two abandoned petroleum product pipeline alignments within this vicinity. The one active PG&E natural gas pipeline transects the central portion of the Town Center. A Chevron petroleum products pipeline was removed along the south side of Byron Road, for which Condor conducted an environmental assessment in 2001. The results of this j �� CONDOR