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March 2, 1999 NOA ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT NUMBER E99042 VI. INTERVIEWS An interview was conducted with Mrs. Norma Norton, the owner of the subject property. Mrs. Norton indicated that she has owned the subject property since 1949. Mrs.Norton indicated that the subject property has never been developed and she has no intention of developing the property. Mrs. Norton stated that the property will remain in agricultural use for the foreseeable future. To the best of Mrs.Norton's knowledge,the subject property has been planted in grain crops for the past seven years,and was planted in rice and almonds and used as pasture land in the past. The subject property is flood irrigated using the San Joaquin County irrigation canal waters. Mrs.Norton indicated that she knows of no underground storage tanks,above ground storage tanks,buried materials,hazardous materials storage,generation or disposal,or hazardous materials spills on the subject property during her ownership. Mrs.Norton also indicated that there are no wells,septic tanks or leach fields on the subject property. An interview was conducted with Mr. Hector Centeno, the tenant farmer under a lease agreement with Mrs.Norton. Mr. Centeno indicated that he has been growing corn on the subject property for the past six years. Mr. Centeno has planted both corn and oats this year on the subject property. Mr. Centeno indicated that he applies Sevin to the subject property when there is an insect problem. Mr. Centeno also indicated that he does not mix or store agricultural chemicals on the subject property. VII. SITE VISIT/ASSESSMENT A visual reconnaissance of the subject property was conducted prior to the compilation of this report. The subject property is approximately 38 acres in size and has been assigned Assessor's Parcel Number 229-170-83. The subject property is located on the northeast corner of Henry Road and Highway 120, and is a portion of the property with the address 30327 East Highway 120,Escalon, San Joaquin County, California. The subject property had recently been planted in corn and oats and the crop was beginning to grow. Therefore, we could not walk across the entire property, but were allowed to inspect the property from its perimeter. No industrial processes, commercial products, industrial drums, wastewater streams, pits, ponds, water wells, dry wells, trash or debris, hazardous materials, above-ground storage tanks, evidence of underground storage tanks, electrical transformers, stressed or dead vegetation were observed on the subject property at the time of the site reconnaissance. Adjoining property to the north is agricultural land,beyond which is a residence. Adjoining property to the east is agricultural land and a residence owned by Norma Norton. Adjoining property to the south is State Highway 120,beyond which is the VanVleet Dairy. Adjoining property to the west is Henry Road, beyond which is agricultural land. Past uses of adjoining properties include agricultural land, orchards and dairy farm. 9 22