Price Ranch Limited Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
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Price Ranch Limited Phase I Environmental Site Assessment 183.76 Acre site along Texas State Highway 35 Gregory, San Patricio County, Texas Prepared For: Prepared By: 400 S Padre Island Dr STE 205 Corpus Christi, Texas 78405 Testengeer Project No. 20109838 December 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Purpose ................................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Special Terms and Conditions .......................................................................................... 1 1.3 General Limitations ............................................................................................................. 1 1.4 Information Sources ............................................................................................................ 1 2.0 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................... 2 2.1 Location ............................................................................................................................... 2 2.2 Legal Description ................................................................................................................ 2 2.3 Property and Vicinity Characteristics ................................................................................. 2 2.4 Easements and Right of Ways ............................................................................................ 3 2.5 Title Review ........................................................................................................................ 3 2.6 Current Uses of Subject Property ....................................................................................... 3 2.7 Past Uses of Subject Property ............................................................................................. 3 2.8 Current Uses of Adjacent and Surrounding Properties ..................................................... 3 2.9 Past Uses of Adjacent and Surrounding Properties ............................................................ 3 3.0 RECORD REVIEW ............................................................................................................... 4 3.1 General ................................................................................................................................ 4 3.2 GeoSearch ........................................................................................................................... 4 3.3 Historical Aerial Photographs ............................................................................................. 7 3.3.1 Aerial Photograph-1950 (1” = 1000’±) ..................................................................... 7 3.3.2 Aerial Photograph-1961 (1” = 1000’±) ..................................................................... 8 3.3.3 Aerial Photograph-1972 (1” = 1000’±) ..................................................................... 8 3.3.4 Aerial Photograph-1984 (1” = 1000’±) ..................................................................... 8 3.3.5 Aerial Photograph-1996 (1” = 1000’±) ..................................................................... 8 3.3.6 Aerial Photograph-2004 (1” = 1000’±) ..................................................................... 8 3.3.7 Aerial Photograph-2014 (1” = 1000’±) ..................................................................... 8 3.4 Historical Topographic Maps .............................................................................................. 8 3.5 City Directories ................................................................................................................... 9 3.6 Fire Insurance Map Records ............................................................................................. 9 3.7 Environmental Liens ........................................................................................................... 9 3.8 Oil and Gas Exploration Records ........................................................................................ 9 4.0 PROPERTY RECONNAISSANCE ...................................................................................... 10 4.1 General ............................................................................................................................... 10 4.2 Observations ...................................................................................................................... 10 4.3 Interior and Exterior of Home .......................................................................................... 10 4.4 Pits, Ponds, and Lagoons .................................................................................................. 10 4.5 Stained Soils ................................................................................................................... 10 4.6 Stressed Vegetation ........................................................................................................... 10 4.7 Possible Presence of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) ................................................. 10 4.8 Solid Waste Disposal ........................................................................................................ 10 4.9 Identification of Contaminant Migration Paths ................................................................ 10 4.10 Wastewater ........................................................................................................................ 11 4.11 Property Utilities ............................................................................................................... 11 4.12 Other Issues ....................................................................................................................... 11 5.0 INTERVIEWS ........................................................................................................................ 11 6.0 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................ 11 FIGURES FIGURE 1..................................................................................Subject Property Location Map FIGURE 2 .......................................................................................Subject Property Detail Map EXHIBITS EXHIBIT A............................................................................................Physical Settings Report EXHIBIT B................................................................................................... Radius Map Report EXHIBIT C ......................................................................................................Aerial Photographs EXHIBIT D......................................................................... Historical Topographic Map Report EXHIBIT E. ............. ......... ........ ............................................................ City Directory Report EXHIBIT F........................................................................................Fire Insurance Map Report EXHIBIT G...................................................................................... Environmental Lien Search EXHIBIT H....................................................................................................Oil and Gas Report EXHIBIT I......................................................................................................Water Well Report EXHIBIT J.........................................................................Railroad Commission of Texas Map EXHIBIT K...........................................................................................................ALTA Survey Introduction Testengeer, Inc. conducted a Limited Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) on a 183.756-acre site along Texas State Highway (SH) 35 near Gregory, San Patricio County, Texas 78374. The Limited ESA was conducted for and authorized by Mr. Tommy Kurtz with Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation (CCREDC) and Mr. James Price, landowner. 1.1 Purpose The Limited ESA was performed in general conformance with the requirements of the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process, Designation E1527–13 unless specifically noted in this report. This Standard Practice was developed to address the scope of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) in order to qualify for the innocent landowner’s defense to CERCLA liability. The purpose of this ESA was to assist the client in developing information to identify Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs) in connection with the site as reflected by the scope of this report. This purpose was undertaken through user-provided information, a regulatory database review, and historical and physical records review. 1.2 Special Terms and Conditions Testengeer, Inc. has performed this Limited ESA for CCREDC for the above stated purpose and therefore may not contain sufficient information for other purposes or entities. Reference is made in this Limited ESA to public records provided by an information source. No warranty, expressed or implied, is made as to the accuracy of those public records or the accuracy of the information source providing the public records. 1.3 General Limitations This report does not constitute a property