ARCHIVED REPORTS_SITE STATUS REPORT 2009 2ND QUARTER

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Nestle USA, Inc., Ripon, California August 11, 2009 Second Quarter 2009 Site Status Report Study Area and thins somewhat in the northerly and easterly directions away from the Study Area. Upper Aquifer, primarily consisting of the B and A units, generally ranging from 25 to 115 feet bgs. The A zone is further subdivided in the Updated SCM into 3 zones: Upper A zone (50-80 ft bgs), middle A zone (80-95 ft bgs) and the lower A zone (100-115 ft bgs). Soils in the 0 to 25 feet bgs range are typically unsaturated (Vadose Zone). Intermediate Aquifer, consisting of the C1 and C2 units, generally ranging from 110 to 190 feet bgs; and Lower Aquifer, consisting of the D unit, generally ranging from 190 feet bgs to approximately 700 feet bgs, below which the water is no longer potable. 3 FIELD ACTIVITIES The field work performed during the second quarter of 2009 for the monitoring program is discussed below. This monitoring program includes four active and two temporarily inactive groundwater extraction wells and 113 groundwater monitoring wells that were installed by Nestle in the Upper, Intermediate and Lower aquifers. These groundwater monitoring wells are screened in the following intervals: oo 56 monitoring wells and 1 shallow vapor extraction well in the Upper Aquifer, oo 37 monitoring wells in the Intermediate Aquifer, and oo 19 monitoring wells in the Lower Aquifer. In addition to those described above, other wells sampled or monitored this quarter pursuant to the MRP were: oo Two private wellhead treatment systems located south of the Stanislaus River; oo Eleven municipal production wells (MW-3, MW-5, MW-7, MW-9, MW-10, MW-11, MW-12, MW-13, MW-14, MW-16, and MW-18) and three monitoring wells (MW- 9mon, MW-10mon, and MW-14mon) owned by the City of Ripon (City); oo Three production wells (PW-6, PW-7, and PW-8) and eleven monitoring wells (TH-1, TH-2, TH-32, TH-4, TH-5, TH-6, TH-7, TH-8, TH-9, TH-10, and TH-11) owned by Neenah Paper Company (Neenah); oo Two domestic wells on Parallel Avenue 3; oo Ten domestic wells on the south side of the Stanislaus River; oo One irrigation well on the south side of the Stanislaus River; oo One drinking/irrigation water supply well for the Ripon Christian School (RC-1); oo One irrigation well operated at the Ripon Christian School (RC-2); oo Two irrigation wells operated at a Ripon Public School (RPS-1 and RPS-2); and 2 Note that monitoring or sampling TH-3 is not required by the MRP. 3 Note that, according to the property owner of 501 Parallel, the water supply to 501 Parallel is provided by the City of Ripon and the well at this location has been abandoned. 2