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RECLAMATION PLAN DATA (Gann Ranch) 1) DESCRIPTION OF ENWRONMF'NTAL SETTING Gann Ranch is located on Briggs Road just west of Interstate 5 in the French Camp Community, two miles south of the City of Stockton. The ranch is 64.5 acres and surrounding land uses include small ranches, developed agricultural fields with row crops consisting of alfalfa, wheat, safflower, tomatoes, and corn and a chicken ranch to the east. a) Maps Engineered drawings showing the limits of excavation (Field #1) are included as Attachment "A". b) Geology The general area surrounding the subject area to be excavated is being used as agricultural. These lands surrounding this property tend to be flat or low rolling in shape with a silty sand type of ground. The area proposed to be excavated is the high est point of this ranch and of the surrounding ranches. The site has varying depths of sand and gravel deposits underlying the topsoil. c) Hydrology Ground water depth is 13' below the existing ground surface and excavation will not reach groundwater depth. d) Soil Assessment Please see attached soils report from FGL Laboratories for soils analysis and +' A++.,.. u n recommendations in rAttachment v . e) Veaetation[Wildlife I Vegetation in cultivated areas is mainly annual grasses and associated herbaceous plants. The site has been continually farmed for the last 13 years and no known wildlife is known to occur. The project site is subject to the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Plan. Participation in the San Joaquin County Multi-Species Habitat Conservation and Open Space Pian (SJMSCP) would address any potential impacts to rare, endangered or threatened species, or habitat located on or near the site. The operator has indicated they will participate in the plan and by participating in the plan this would reduce potential impacts on special-status plant and animal species to a less-than-significant level 1