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• /1/10/tva•, ♦lr-/• ca/�a/.vs�.r. .... .. October 29,2004 Page I of 2 Loretta Larson 22342 Henry Road Escaion, Ca. 95320 San Joaquin County Community Development Department Attn! John Funderburg 1810 E. Hazelton Avenue Stockton, Ca. 95205 Subject: Noise Investigations And Mitigation Hendrick Ranch Report dated 9-24-04 Application No. PA0400250(QX) This letter is to confirm our telephone conversation earlier this week regarding the deficiencies in the above Report submitted by D.E. Deem REA RG. You stated that ( had voiced some very important concerns and that I should put them in writing and fax or mail them to you by this friday (today). I have reviewed the report and find it to he invalid and unreliable in many respects. 1. The report indicates that the Santa Fe Road area noise exceeds the limits. Also. that noise limits are exceeded on the corner of Hall & Santa Fe Road where several residences are located directly across the street from the project. However, I submit that the noise level would have been greater if the test had been performed during the peak cannery and nut harvesting season when the noise is the greatest. The noise investigations instead were performed at the end of September when the season is coming to and end. Thus it does not accurately reflect the true noise levels the residents of this are contend with. Also, the report does not indicate the time of day the investigations were made. This, also, would make a difference in the noise levels. 2. The report states that the noise levels on Henry Road do not exceed the acceptable noise levels and that the traffic is primarily automobile traffic. There are a substantial number of trucks, tractors, and farm equipment on Henry Road. Again,cannery and the nut harvesting season increase the noise substantially. 3. All of the noise levels were taken with the present peach and almond orchards on the proposed site in full leaf, providing a substantial buffer to the excessive noise from the Santa Fe Road area. If these orchards are removed the noise will he greatly increase on Henry and Hall roads. The noise levels on Henry are close to the maximum now with the orchards in place. Remove them and add the quarry operation noise to this and noise will exceed the acceptable limits. 4. The report fails to give an address or good location description of the existing quarry location used to gain noise levels when this existing quarry is in operation. I can only assume that it is the quarry located north of Riverbank located at least 20 to 30 feet