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Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment Neighborhood G Page 6 2.3 CURRENT USES OF THE PROPERTY The Site is used for agricultural purposes and is currently planted with corn and alfalfa, with some fallow fields. 2.4 DESCRIPTIONS OF STRUCTURES,ROADS,OTHER IMPROVEMENTS ON SITE A single-lane dirt road traverses the Site from north to south through the center of the Site properties. An east-west trending single-lane dirt road crosses the western third of the Site from the western Site boundary to the north-south road. A third single-lane dirt road runs east from the northern portion of the north-south trending road and then turns south.An unlined irrigation canal runs from the northwest corner of the Site to Mountain House Creek (creek), flowing in a southeasterly direction.Mountain House Creek runs along the southeastern boundary of the Site flowing in a northeasterly direction. A small cattle stockyard is next to the creek. Concrete standpipes, indicating underground conduits and pipelines, can be located along the center road. Underground drainage pipes are indicated throughout the area in the Preliminary Title Report. 2.5 CURRENT USES OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES Adjoining properties are used for agricultural purposes. Crops consist of alfalfa and corn. An older farmhouse, outbuilding, and well lie on the adjoining property to the east along the southeastern bank of Mountain House Creek. Additionally, this property has four aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), farm equipment, two electrical transformers, several piles of used tires, and a construction office trailer with a cyclone fence. Another cluster of farm residences are located further to the east along Mountain House Parkway. To the southeast lie fallow fields and a construction site for a commercial and residential development. A large cornfield with a farm residence and outbuilding are located on the adjoining 1 property to the south. On the adjoining property lying southwest of the Alameda-San Joaquin County Line are located a farmhouse with a well, a farmyard with two ASTs and parked farm equipment, and a canal. The western and northwestern adjoining properties are currently agricultural fields. Fallow agricultural fields constitute the adjoining property to the north. Union Pacific Railroad tracks and Byron Road parallel each other further to the north. 3.0 USER PROVIDED INFORMATION 31 TITLE RECORDS The Preliminary Title Report dated September 25, 2000, from Commonwealth Land Title Company, was reviewed as part of the Phase I ESA. The Preliminary Title Report indicates that there are five easements affecting the four parcels. Arnaudo Brothers Partnership owns all rights to oil, gas, minerals, and other hydrocarbon substances lying below a surface depth of 500 feet without the right of surface entry and an easement for access right. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) maintains an easement for the right-of-way of an electric transmission line. An easement for the rights of the public for ingress and egress, as well as navigation and fishing exist. The Byron-Bethany Irrigation District has the right for ingress and egress, pole lines, and to construct, operate, and maintain pipelines and/or drainage conduits, as well as conveying and diverting drainage of water,and drainage rights. The County of San Joaquin has rights to ditches, pipes and drainage purposes. Additionally, there are several "facts" listed within the Preliminary Title Reports. One fact states that a Pacific Bell underground cable runs along the east-west road without an easement. Condor has no knowledge of whether or not these easements and facts (and any others contained within the Preliminary Title Report) affect the Site property. A copy of the Preliminary Title Report is in Appendix F. i, CONDOR