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Phase I Environmental Site Assessment 3.3 SITE AND VICINITY CHARACTERISTICS The Site is bordered by the City of Lodi's WPCF storage ponds on the north,the WPCF on the east,a road and San Joaquin County's Vector Control fish-rearing ponds on the south,and the NCPA turbine facility and switching yard on the west. Properties beyond the adjoining uses are developed with agricultural fields,and Interstate Highway 5 adjoins the WPCF on east. The Site is bordered by chain- link fence on the east and west,by a berm on the north and a drainage ditch on the south. 3.4 CURRENT USES OF THE PROPERTY The southwestern portion of the property is currently paved and developed with a power plant support structure in the central southern area. The remainder of the Site is un-paved and is used as a lay-down area for construction materials associated with construction of improvements at the WPCF. 3.5 PAST USES OF THE PROPERTY Through record review,interviews with persons knowledgeable of the Site area,and historical aerial photograph observation,Carlton found that the Site property was used for agricultural purposes(row crops,pasture land)or open ground prior to its current uses. The property was used in the late 1980s for stockpiling bio-solids/sludge removed from the WPCF ponds during a lining project at that time. The bio-solids were removed from the Site following completion of the improvement project. The Site was used again for stockpiling pond sediment in about 2003 during maintenance of the ponds north of the Site used for industrial food-processing waste water. The stockpiled materials were again removed from the site following the pond-cleaning. 3.6 LANDUSE OF ADJOINING PROPERTIES Figure 2 of this report indicates current surrounding land use as well as Site features. Industrial power production and waste water treatment facilities border the Site on the west,north and east. Vector Control fish-rearing ponds border the Site on the south. Historical land use of the adjoining properties on the east and north appears to have been similar to the current uses since the 1970s. Historical use of the land on the south and west has been similar to the current uses since the mid 1990s,and was agricultural prior to construction of the WPCF and the power plant. Lodi Energy Center Property ESA 6 Carlton Project No.6300-01-08 June 2008 CARLTONM E n g i n e e r i n g I n c.