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NRC Equity Fund 3 improves absorption of the moisture which provides precise and controllable humidity levels throughout the facility. Fogco has over 25 years of experience in the high-pressure fog industry and its systems are used worldwide. 3.3 Odor Mitigation Odor is one of the main concerns and the topic of most complaints received regarding cannabis cultivation in the County. Cannabis odors are caused by terpenes and terpenoids, and are typically more pungent once the plant begins to flower and bud. Terpenes and terpenoids are volatile aromatic oils that give plants unique smell and flavors (like hops in beer). Different strains of cannabis have different smells and varying intensities of odor. While cultivating indoors with proper ventilation systems can reduce or eliminate detectable odors, outdoor cultivation is harder to control and odor can be detectable for hundreds of feet. • There are existing VOC (volatile organic compounds) emission issues in the immediate area with ozone and PM2.5 being the primary two pollutants. • It is not believed that the planned operation will contribute to the pollutants affecting air quality in the immediate area. • Implemented as planned, neither the construction nor the operational phase will contribute to an increased level of VOC emissions • The potential for odor emissions as a result of NRCEF cannabis cultivation operations will be mitigated by the installation of a Fogco Odor Control System that uses odor neutralizer ODOR-ARMOR 4208. ➢ The SUBTRACTIVE ODOR CONTROLTM process eliminates terpenoids, sulfides and mercaptans odors completely. ➢ The Material Safety Data Sheet details the properties of this agent, including the EPA validation that it is nontoxic. Dell Tech, which prepared and provided the Material Safety Data Sheet, elaborated on this and further validated the fact that this agent was not hazardous and was nontoxic. ➢ The SUBTRACTIVE ODOR CONTROLTM process reduces odor intensity by over 90% compared to other vapor phase technologies that achieve up to 60%. ➢ The installation of Fogco fog rings on the exterior of the exhaust fans will reduce the intensity of the original concentration of cannabis odor by 90% to 10%. The efficacy of the ODOR-ARMOR 4209 odor neutralizer was validated by two Professional Engineers at St. Croix Sensory, Inc. in independent testing. ➢ If, for any reason the Fogco system failed or weather conditions caused an adverse event, a NOAA HySplit pollution dispersion assessment demonstrated that the full-strength odor would be reduced to a concentration of zero by the time it reached sensitive receptor properties. o Because the weather patterns in San Joaquin County are largely predictable with only inversion layers representing unknown events, it is believed that prevailing weather conditions will not measurably affect the dispersion of the potential pollutant. Also, even if an inversion layer were to occur, the Page 16 1 54