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Recharge Scenario 1 — CIMIS Ripon Station For the CIMIS-only scenario, the local percolation and evapotranspiration rates obtained through CIMIS are presented in Plate 13. The closest CIMIS station to the Site is Ripon, located approximately 10.7 miles away. Data for this station were available for 2017, 2018, and 2019. Based on the calculation shown, the estimated rate of recharge from percolating waters for the Ripon station is determined to be 3.00 inches. Recharge Scenario 2— CIMIS and WRCC Tracy Pumping Plant Stations For the scenario combining CIMIS and WRCC data (Plate 14), the closest WRCC station is the Tracy Pumping Plant (station 049001), located approximately 8.7 miles from the Site. This station is approximately two miles closer than the closest CIMIS station, and as a result is anticipated to have more accurate regional rainfall data. WRCC does not track evapotranspiration; consequently, evapotranspiration data from the Ripon station were utilized. Based on the calculation shown, the estimated rate of recharge from percolating waters for vicinity of the Site is determined to be 4.92 inches. Live Oak has selected this scenario for use in the nitrate loading calculation based on the proximity of the Tracy Pumping Plant station to the project Site. Quality of Rainwater Hantzsche and Finnemore listed 1 mg/L-N as the nitrate concentration of rainwater for their original calculation; in the past, Live Oak has also utilized this value for the nitrate loading calculation. In May 2019, Live Oak collected rainwater during two storm events in Lodi; in March and May 2020, Live Oak collected two additional samples at the same location. Each sample was collected in a clean, dry, stainless steel bowl, then decanted into a plastic container and placed on ice for transport. The samples were analyzed for nitrate by FGL Environmental of Stockton. Nitrate was detected in the May 17, 2019 sample at a concentration of 0.4 mg/L-N, in the May 19, 2019 sample at a concentration of 0.2 mg/L-N, in the March 16, 2020 sample at a concentration of 0.2 mg/L, and in the May 18, 2020 sample at a concentration of 0.4 mg/L. Live Oak then averaged the concentrations of the four samples, for a value of 0.30 mg/L-N to represent the nitrate concentration of rain. Because the San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department has requested that local and recent data be utilized wherever possible, the concentration of the Lodi rainwater been selected for use in the nitrate loading calculation. LOGE 20-44 Page 9