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Surface&Subsurface Contamination Report Page 2 700 W.Linne Rd.,Tracy Project No. 662.1 February 11,2013 Present and Recent Use of the Property In general, the Property consists of large, fallow fields that are normally planted in hay, grain, or row crops. Over the past five years the crops have consisted of wheat, bean, tomatoes, and alfalfa. A system of buried pipe runs and ditches deliver irrigation water provided by the Banta-Carbona Irrigation District. There is one on-site farm-building complex located on parcel 18. A more detailed description of the Property is in Section 4.0, but the following points summarize items identified as being of actual or potential environmental concern. Outdoor Installations • Three inigationlstorm water runoff pits are on the Property. One lies near the intersection of Linne and Kasson Roads. A second lies along the section line of Sections 9 and 10, and the third is immediately south of the main building complex. An area on the north bank of the second pond has sulfur pellets scattered on the ground. Sulfur is, however not a hazardous material. • A loose grid of graveled and dirt access roads provide access to various parts of the Property and the building complex. • Three step-out natural gas wells were drilled on the Property in 1970. One was abandoned as a dry hole and the other two were completed as a producing wells but are currently idle. California Division of Oil and Gas records indicate gas production the activities were completed in accordance with State laws and regulations. • As part of the agricultural use of the Property, agricultural pesticides have been applied to the land. A request was mad of the County Agricultural Commission for the types and amounts of pesticide that may have been applied over the past 5 years. A variety of pesticides have been used, but the applications appear to have been properly permitted using approved chemicals and application concentrations. Buildin¢Complex • The building complex is situated near the center of the Property. It consists of two houses, a garage, a pump house, two equipment sheds and Quonset but that is empty _ as intended to store and mix pesticides. The sheds are entirely empty and the house were not entered. All sheds are mounted on slab fo-un tions. t Records show teach of the two houses is equipped with a septic sewage system. • Staining to the concrete floor of the pesticide shed suggests that small spills of pesticide may have occurred. The soil surrounding the building was probed and no 2937 Veneman Ave.,#B240 Geo-Phase Environmental Inc. Phone: (209)569-0293 Modesto,CA 95356 Fax: (209)569-0295