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<br />' Hydro-Environmental Technologies, Inc (herein referred to as HETI) has prepared this report and the
<br /> information herein contained for the sole use of Central California Traction Company (herein referred to
<br /> as the Client), or their assigned parties The conclusions presented in the report were based solely upon
<br />' the services described therein, and not on scientific tasks or procedure beyond the scope of described
<br /> services or the time and budgetary constraints imposed by the Client The work described in this report
<br /> was carried out in accordance with the attached Standard Conditions outlined in the proposal/contract
<br /> ' The purpose of this report was to assess the physical chaiacteristics of the subject site with respect to the
<br /> presence in the environment of hazardous rnaterial/waste or petroleum pioducts (herein referred to as oil)
<br /> No specific attempt was made to check on the compliance of piesent or past owners or operators of the
<br /> site with federal, state or local laws and iegulations environmental or otherwise
<br /> In preparing this report, HETI has relied on certain information provided by observations made by HETI
<br /> 1 personnel during an onsite inspection and evaluation, personal interviews of the client, tenants, other
<br /> private parties and consultants, research of available public infoimation found in documents, records and
<br /> maps provided by federal, state and/or local regulatory agencies, document libraries and utility
<br /> companies This is subject to the limitations of historical documentation, as well as the availability and
<br /> accuracy of pertinent iecords Although there have been some degree of overlap in the information
<br /> provided by these various sources, HETI did not attempt to independently verify the accuracy or
<br /> completeness of all information reviewed or received during the course of this site assessment The
<br /> accuracy of property boundaries, addiesses, and/or assessor parcel numbers for the subject property or
<br /> properties examined for the investigation are the responsibility of the Client
<br /> Observations were made of the site and of structuies on the site as indicated within the report Where
<br /> access to portions of the site or to structures on the site was unavailable or limited, HETI is unable to
<br /> render an opinion as to the presence of hazardous material/waste or oil, or to the presence of indirect
<br />' evidence relating to hazaidous material/waste of oil, in that poition of the site or structure In addition,
<br /> HETI renders no opinion as to the piesence of hazaidous mateiial/waste or oil, where direct observation
<br /> of the interior walls, flooi, or ceiling of a structure on a site was obstructed by objects or coverings on or
<br /> over these surfaces or when access was denied by the property owner, operator or tenant
<br /> The initial site investigation took into account the natural and man made features of the site, including any
<br /> unusual or suspect phenomenon These factors, combined with the sites geology, hydrogeology,
<br /> hydrology, topography, and past and present land uses served as a basis for choosing a methodology and
<br /> location for subsurface exploration as well as groundwater and subsurface sampling, if done The
<br /> ' subsurface data, if provided, is meant as a representative overview of the site It is possible that despite
<br /> the use of reasonable care and interpretation, HETI may not have identified illegally disposed hazardous
<br /> materials and/or wastes, unreported regulatory violations, the pi esence of hazardous substances or wastes
<br /> migrating onto the subject property from off-site souices, and unpermitted, misidentified illegal, or
<br /> ' inappropriately abandoned underground tanks, vaults, drums, or other containers or buried impoundments
<br /> on the subject property and its immediate vicinity
<br /> ' Unless otherwise specified in the report, HETI did not conduct surface or subsurface investigation
<br /> involving the physical collection and analysis of air, soil-vapor, surface- or ground-water, bulk building
<br /> materials, transformer fluids, and contents of on site tanks, or other containers, nor have any geophysical
<br /> ' investigations been conducted
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