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4. Environmental Analysis —
<br /> unknown)and farm equipment were located within and behind the outbuilding. Two other —
<br /> mobile homes,equipment storage, construction debris, and tires were observed on this parcel
<br /> south of Hospital Creek. No hazardous materials were observed on any of the other project site
<br /> parcels.
<br /> A discussion of the hazardous materials located on the site was conducted with Mr. Jerry Costa,
<br /> owner of a portion of the project site. According to Mr. Costa, there are no underground storage —
<br /> tanks on the site. There are above ground fuel tanks on the site that contain gasoline and diesel
<br /> fuel. These are all farm tanks that are less than 500 gallons in size and are exempt from the
<br /> permitting process with the County Environmental Health Department.
<br /> Agricultural chemicals are stored in a trailer near the mobile home and barn. According to
<br /> Mr. Costa, there is no specific area where agricultural chemicals are mixed, but they are usually
<br /> mixed in the fields where they are applied. Industrial drums are kept inside the barn near the
<br /> house where oils(motor,hydraulic)are kept and used for equipment maintenance. Waste oils are _
<br /> stored in an old tank that is sitting on the ground near the barn. Mr. Costa has no knowledge of
<br /> any hazardous materials spills or contamination of the site.
<br /> Agricultural Chemical Use,
<br /> The San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner's Office maintains records of restricted _
<br /> pesticide use by growers in San Joaquin County. Records obtained from the Agricultural
<br /> Commissioner's Office show that the following pesticides were permitted for use on the site for
<br /> the years 2000 to 2003: Amino Triazole, Sevin,Furadan,Dicamba, Guthion, Methomyl,Methyl _
<br /> Parathion,Aluminum Phosphate, Strychnine,MCPA,Dimethyla, 2,4-DB, 2,4-D Amine,
<br /> Paraquat, Supracide, Disyston,Thimet,Goal 2X-,Princep Caliber 90,Glyfos, Magnify,No
<br /> Foam A, Gramoxone Extra, Surflan A.S., Bufferplus, Asana XL, Dipel DF, Nu-Film-P,Treflan —
<br /> HFP, Rovral fungicide,Buffercide, Kocide 101, Super 94,Rocket DL,Hasten spray adjuvant,
<br /> Phostoxin, Silwet L-77, Buctril 4EC,Weedestroy AM-40 Amine salt, Rally 40W, New Century
<br /> Buffer, Ammonium Sulfate, Supracide 25-W, MSO concentrate, Omite 6E, Britz B-85, —
<br /> Buccaneer, Orchard Star, Britz Silglow, and Weedar 64.
<br /> The Stanislaus County Department of Agriculture and Weights and Measures maintains records —
<br /> of restricted pesticide use by growers in Stanislaus County. The Stanislaus County Department
<br /> of Agriculture does not have any records for the portion of the project site located within
<br /> Stanislaus County.
<br /> Proposed Facilities
<br /> Petroleum products and other hazardous materials would be stored on the site, including gasoline
<br /> and diesel fuel, oil and grease, waste oil, antifreeze,used oil filters, solvents, batteries, gases,
<br /> ready-mix admixtures. All petroleum products and hazardous materials would be stored in
<br /> regulatory agency approved containers and secondary containment. A HMMP would be prepared
<br /> and submitted to the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department and the San Joaquin _
<br /> County Office of Emergency Services, as well as the Stanislaus County Environmental Health
<br /> Department. This plan would include an inventory of hazardous materials and hazardous wastes,
<br /> RMC Pacific Vernalis Quarry Mining and Reclamation Project 4.11-4 ESA 1203015
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