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s <br /> 4i. <br /> --- I: INTRODUCTION = <br /> This report issues our findings regarding the Nitrate Loading and Soil Suitability Studies for the <br /> Foppiano.Ranch property at 500 North1ackTone Road: These studies were required by the Sante <br /> . unty Department of Environrn ntal--Health {PHS-EHD)."TThe Environm <br /> Joaquin Coental Health <br />-'` ` Deparlinent requires Nitrate Loading arid'Soil Suitability :proiects in unsewei.6&1. <br /> ' and/or.currentiy nitrate.impacted-areas, or;for-projects that may potentially affect the=underlying <br /> groundwater with nitrate This report complies with the San-Joaquiri County Development Title, °- <br /> - _ <br /> - = - <br /> - <br /> Section._9-1105.2 fora Nitrate Loading Study and Soil Suitability Study Additionally; <br /> - proposed ptoject must corirply with the Environmental Health De artment <br /> -Sew e Standards; <br /> p g <br /> specifically,Section-l0 - "Requirement for Waste Disposal for New Land Developments" - <br /> The pririiary concern with_nitrate in drinkirig water is that high concentrations can cause <br /> methemoglobinemia in infants, and induce abortion or death in cattle This disease occurs <br /> through a series of complex chemical reactions within the hemoglobin in the blood. Only infants <br /> r- y <br /> and young children are susceptible._Although this-disease:is extremel rare; nitrate can also _ - - <br /> - .. R <br /> a potentiaYly:cause other health concerns. Scientific studies suggest that nitrate may produce <br /> - - - <br /> k - carcinogenic effects in humans.=Nitrate concentrations in water can.be expressed two ways. <br /> As the weight of the nitrate molecule;which is one atom o -nitrogen ainid three atoms of oxygen <br /> a "for.an atomic weight of 62 units.�Or,'2 )Nitrate can be expressed-as the amount of the nitrogen,g- <br /> = y <br /> atoitself. The ratio of weight of the nitrate-molecule {NO") to the atom {N} is 62/14 or <br /> m <br /> - _ <br /> M approximately 4.5. The U.S.E.R.A. has established the'Maxi nuni Contaminant Lever(MCL) of <br /> nitrate in drinking water at-45,mg/l as nitrate. Due to the ratio described above;the MCL is = _ <br /> sometimes reported as 1.0-mg/l as nitrate-nitrogen <br /> Mr: Skip Foppiano is the owner of the Foppiano'Rancli-Packing Shed and adjoining walnut <br /> orchard, and; who along with Mr.'Je Kaufman of Roland Construction of Stockton, has <br /> _ �Y .. - <br /> provided the preliminary information to complete these studies:The attached Site Plan was _ <br /> completed by Mike Smith Engineering of Lodi, California _ <br /> 4 g _Currently, it is our understanding the project will consist of the expansion of an existing fresh _ <br /> _ produce packing facility, which is to be constructed in two phases =;Phase I be a 25,000 sq ft — <br /> t addition to the existing anion packing operation; along with a 20,000-sq ft asparagus operation - - -_ - <br /> - and a 7,800 sq ft cold storage room. Phase IIwillbe the expansion-of the 20;000 sq ft building <br /> for a cherry processing line, a new office;and an attached restroom facility.: On-site personnel <br /> information is discussed in Section III of this-report: <br /> The purpose of these Studies was threefold: <br /> To analyze the capacity of the indigenous soils to accept domestic wastewater:flows,= <br /> a 'consistingmostly ofblackwater, and provide information for aseptic system compatible — - <br /> = . <br /> with the San Joaquin County Sewage Standards This was primarily accomplished <br /> t rough'percolation testing and physicallchemical.analyses. = <br /> vaCCey Ag Reseugck <br /> F <br />