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Bennett Properties Decenber 28, 1987 Page 5 Ms. Wanda Cary owned the property from 1942 to 1984. According to Ms. Cary, houses originally occupied portions of the site. During her ownership, the property was rented to others for a variety of uses, including an auto repair shop, Arrow Striping Company (roadway painters) , and a truck repair shop. The metal building presently on the site was built for storage purposes when the Highway 120 Manteca Bypass was constructed. Another building occupied a portion of the site in the area of the present highway interchange. Ms. Cary believes her tenants conducted no dumping on the site, and that they hauled wastes to the dump. This is based on her observations of the condition of the property during monthly visits to the site. She is not aware of any contaminant spills at the site (Cary, 1987) . A 1981 DHS Surveillance and Enforcement Report was filed in response to a report by the Manteca Fire Department of jars and drums found at the site. . The Fire Department suspected that chemicals contained in these containers had been dumped at the site. Samples of the liquid in the con- tainers were obtained and tested by DHS for pH, flammability, PCB's and heavy metals; the liquid was found to be non-hazardous based on these analyses (DHS, 1981) . According to the City of Manteca Planning Department, the site was used for agriculture for a long period of time (Cantu, 1987) . A 1963 aerial photograph indicates that the site was a vacant lot, with some structures and vehicle par- king areas in the southeast corner, adjacent to Manteca Road. Adjacent proper- ties to the north, south, east and west appear to be under agricultural usage (Nolte, 1963) . A map accompanying a 1960 Use Permit indicates that lots 5 and 6, as well as the property south of the site, were under agricultural use at that time. Lot 7, and the property across Manteca Road to the east, were vineyards. The 1960 per- mit for a secondhand clothing and household appliance store was approved. The store, and a residence, occupied the eastern portion of lot 6, 72 feet west of the edge of the road. (City of Manteca Use Permit No. UP1583) In 1964, an auto repair shop, storage yard, and living trailer were esta- blished on the eastern portion of lot 7 by Mr. Troy Vaughn. No records of a septic tank for these facilities were found during our study. The repair shop and outside storage area were expanded in 1968. This auto repair operation con- tinued at the site until 1975 or later. In 1978, operations had ceased, and the Highway 120 Bypass construction occupied that portion of lot 7 (see Land Use Plan for UP71-98, Plate 4) . (City of Manteca Use Permits Nos. UP3079, UP3437, UP3768, UP3864, UP4175, UP4573, UP71-98, UP72-373A, UP75-60)