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S.K.S. Enterprise, Inc. PO Box 1300 Lockeford, CA 95237 (209) 759-3057 (209) 759-3154 fax SITE LOCATION The Brant Road Facility is east of the town of Lockeford as it transitions from the valley floor to the low foothills (Figure 1). From Highway 99 take the Victor Road / Highway 12 east exit. Go east towards Lockeford. At the Highway 12 / Highway 88 intersection go north (left) towards Lockeford. Prior to Lockeford, take a right (east) on Brandt Road. Continue on Brandt Road until it dead ends. Follow the S.K.S. signs to the left. LEGAL DESCRIPTION Portions of sections 29, 31, and 32, Township 5 North, Range 7 East of the USGS 7.5 -minute Clements and Wallace topographic quadrangles (Figure 2). SITE DESCRIPTION The focus of this site is a year round 540,000 laying hen poultry operation. This operation sits on approximately 763 +/- acres and consists of several poultry houses and associated waste water storage ponds, employee houses, office, egg processing plant, storage buildings, and a woody block. Annual rangeland with scattered oaks and associated seasonal wetlands make up the remainder of the land not utilized by the actual poultry operation (Figure 3). The woody block consists of rows of trees and shrubs such as cottonwood (Populus fremontil), button willow (Cephalanthus occidentalis), narrow -leaved willow (Salix exigua), coyote bush (Baccharis pilularis), and Himalayan blackberry (Rubis discolor) that are completely encased with a soil berm around it. This woody block holds excess rain run-off water from Honen's 7 through 10 and the processing plant. The trees and shrubs utilize the water captured in this basin. The property is bound on the north by KRC Aggregate and annual rangeland, on the east and west by annual rangeland, on the south by Brandt Road and more annual rangeland. There are a few ranchette homes within some of the annual range sites. The Mokelumne Aqueduct is piped and runs through the site from northeast to southwest. Elevations at the site are approximately 250 to 350 feet above sea level. The average annual precipitation consists of approximately 17 inches per year.