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Overview of IAAI and its operations: Insurance Auto Auctions, Inc. (IAAI) works in partnership with a variety of sellers, including insurance companies, dealerships, rental car companies and fleet lease companies to facilitate the efficient sale by auction of total loss and theft-recovery vehicles. Vehicles are sold quickly and efficiently, with 70% of IAAI's business being conducted via the intemet. IAAI has rapidly expanded its business, adding over a hundred facilities over the last 10 years. Currently IAAI employs over 3,500 people and has over 185 facilities in the United States and Canada (Impact Auto Auctions Ltd). For this project, IAAI intends to construct one(1) one(1) story pre-fabricated metal building consisting of approximately nine thousand seven hundred fifty thousand plus or minus (9,750 +/-) square feet which will contain administrative office space and one run/drive building of approximately five thousand eight-eight square feet plus or minus (5,088 +/-) square feet that will be dedicated to warehouse space including indoor auction driving lanes for use in the auto auction process. It is anticipated that fifty (50) employees (+/-) will work in one shift starting at Eight (8) A. M. and ending at Five (5) P.M. It is further anticipated that the average number of customers on site during a day would be sixty-five (65) but not all customers visit the site at the same time. Peak visiting hours will be during auction day which typically occurs once weekly. Outside normal business hours, tow trucks access a designated area used to deliver vehicles to the company. Those vehicles are set into inventory by Company employees during normal business hours and stored until such vehicle is auctioned. The typical duration of storage is between sixty (60) and ninety (90) days. On average approximately one hundred eighty (180) cars are delivered to the site per day. These cars typically arrive on multi-car carriers,with 2-4 car haulers being most typical, though some vehicles can haul as many as 10 cars. A similar number of cars are shipped out each day. IAAI's auto auction business involves receiving and selling vehicles that have been damaged in accidents or recovered after being stolen. The vehicles are not dismantled; no parts are removed from the vehicles, nor is any maintenance done on the vehicles. The vehicles are sold in the same condition as when they arrive. IAAI follows strict regulatory compliance at federal,state and local levels, including regular environmental audits. IAAI has best management practices for dealing with the rare spillage or leakage from a vehicle, which is outlined in more detail below. Environmental Protection: Given the nature of the use as primarily a holding area for damaged vehicles, and no reclamation, repair, dismantling, or salvage is conducted on the property, spillage, fumes, and odors from the site will rarely occur. As such many of our facilities have rock base/gravel surfaces. In rare circumstances, a vehicle that has been damaged may leak while it's being stored, but IAAI implements standards and best management practices for addressing these issues, including the following: visual inspection of vehicles, proper handling and storage of vehicles, and training of personnel, preventive maintenance of stormwater infrastructure, and inspections of storage areas and vehicles upon arrival. All IAAI facility employees receive routine training on the management of any such leaks. IAAI follows a specified set of standards to ensure high quality operations, which are outlined in the Environmental Best Management Practices Manual containing the standards IAAI applies to its operations. In addition, to address any environmental issues that might arise out of IAAI's operations, IAAI carries a pollution liability policy issued by a highly rated insurance company which covers all of its locations throughout the US and Canada.