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.r Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Page 4 Brookland Farms Subdivision GPE Project No. 440.1 March 19, 2004 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 PURPOSE The commonly accepted standard for the completion of Phase I ESAs is outlined by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) in their Standard (E 1527-00), Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Process. The purpose of this process is to identify, to the extent feasible and practical in the time frame allowed during the completion of a property transaction, the presence or absence of"recognized environmental conditions". That standard defines a recognized environmental condition as: "the presence or likely presence of any Hazardous Substance or Petroleum Product on the Property under conditions that indicate an existing release, a past release, or a material threat of a release of any Hazardous Substance or Petroleum Product into structures on the property or into the ground, _ groundwater or surface water of the Property." In the completing of this assessment, Geo-Phase Environmental Inc. reviewed and/or accessed a number of data sources including: 1) State and Federal record databases, 2) local goyelilmental records, 3) visual observations of the site, 4) interviews wi h the owner and operator of the property and local government officials, and 5) aerial ph too graphs and-as other local sources of istorical and environmental records. This review of data was performed in order to identify possible current or past: land use practices, man made structural features, or other man made or natural features or events that might be sources of recognized environmental conditions. This review process is intended to not only identify these practices, features, and events at the subject property but to ` identify those at adjacent and nearby sites as well in that these off-site practices, features, or events might impact the subject Property with recognized environmental conditions, possibly directly or indirectly and thus impair its normal use. 2937 Veneman Ave.,#B240 Geo-Phase Environmental Inc. Phone: (209)569-0293 Modesto, CA 95356 Fax: (209)569-0295