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— May 4,2004 NOA ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT NUMBER E04029A 3.1.4 Farmington Rural Fire Protection District The Farmington Rural Fire Protection District(R-FPD)was contacted by telephone in an attempt to determine if there were any files present at that agency which note any hazardous materials storage, releases or spills, underground storage tanks, above ground storage tanks, or leaking underground storage tanks on the subject property or in the vicinity of the subject property. Ms. Connie Bailey,Fire Chief, stated that she could recall two incidents for the subject property and its vicinity. The first was a minor fire three to four years ago in a pile of plastic pipes on one of the elevated ponds at the subject property. The second was a marijuana bust approximately two years ago across Little John's Creek from the subject property. Ms.Bailey stated that she has worked for the Farmington RFPD since 1985 (personal communication, April 16, 2004). Mr. Dennis Faist,Fire Chief of the Collegeville Fire Protection District (FPD),was interviewed as well. Mr. Faist stated that, although the subject property is outside the jurisdiction of the Collegeville FPD,his staff had helped extinguish the pipe fire on the property. He stated that the incident was a minor fire and that no residue of environmental concern was observed (personal communication, April 16, 2004). 3.1.5 San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner The San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner's Office was contacted in an effort to determine whether the subject property had been used in the past for agricultural purposes, and whether agricultural chemicals had been used on the subject property. According to Ms. Hazel Gallego of the Commissioner's office,no restricted materials permits or chemical use reports were found for the subject property under the names of Rena Bains,Fabian Edward, Joe and Louise Sola, or Robert Longstreth. Restricted materials permits but no use reports were found for the subject property under the name of Jean-Paul and Anna Bourbeau. The permits revealed that the westernmost 320 acres of the subject property were used to grow barley in 2000. Grapes were grown on the easternmost 50 acres along Little John's Creek. Restricted materials permits for 2000 allowed the use of dicamba, di-syston, methomyl, thimet, MCPA dimethylamine, 2,4-D amine, and paraquat on both areas. In 2001, the Bourbeaus split the former grape area so that the northernmost 25 acres was now _ used for garbanzo beans. They were permitted to use aluminum phosphide, 2,4-D amine, and paraquat on the garbanzo bean area. For the remaining 25 acres of grapes, they were permitted to use captan dust, sevin, aluminum phosphide, 2,4-D amine, and paraquat. During this year, it 7