2.3 Environmental Information

2.3.1 Environmental Assessment

See Attachment Q at the end of the document.

2.3.2 Endangered Species Determination

See Attachment H (Letter from Fish and Wildlife Service)

2.3.3 Wetlands Determination

See Attachment I (Map from National Wetlands Inventor)

2.3.4 100 Year Flood Map Information

See Attachment J (Map and Documents from FIRM)

2.3.2 Endangered Species Determination Attachment H

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2.3.2 Endangered Species Determination Attachment H

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2.3.2 Endangered Species Determination Attachment H

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2.3.2 Endangered Species Determination Attachment H

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2.3.2 Endangered Species Determination Attachment H

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2.3.2 Endangered Species Determination Attachment H

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2.3.2 Endangered Species Determination Attachment H

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2.3.2 Endangered Species Determination Attachment I

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2.3.4 100 Year Flood Map Information Attachment J

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2.3.4 100 Year Flood Map Information Attachment J

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2.3.1 Environmental Assessment Attachment Q

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Please see additional documents for Phase I Environmental Assessment

Prairie Consulting Group, Inc. Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, dated September 10, 2014.

Custom Soil Resource Report for Brown County, South Dakota, East Business Park.

2.3.1 Environmental Assessment Attachment Q

REPORT PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE

ASSESSMENT

ABERDEEN DEVELOPMENT CORP.

NE ¼ SEC. 16

ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA

September 10, 2014

PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT REPORT

PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT ABERDEEN DEVELOPMENT CORP.

NE ¼ SEC. 16 ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA

September 10, 2014

Prepared for:

Michael Bockorny Aberdeen Development Corp.

416 Production Street N. Aberdeen, SD 57401

Prepared by:

Prairie Consulting Group, Inc. 312 9th Avenue SE, Suite C

Watertown, South Dakota 57201 (605) 886-4009

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1 Facility Location ..............................................................................................................................2 Facility Description ..........................................................................................................................2 Facility Setting .................................................................................................................................2

Hydrogeology ......................................................................................................................3 Hydrology ............................................................................................................................3 Utilities .................................................................................................................................3 Soil Types ............................................................................................................................4

Past Land Use ..................................................................................................................................4 INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SITE INSPECTION .......................................................................4

Site Inspection ......................................................................................................................4 Above Ground Storage Tanks ..............................................................................................5 Underground Storage Tanks ................................................................................................5 Chemical Storage .................................................................................................................5 Liquid Waste Disposal .........................................................................................................5 Solid Waste Disposal ...........................................................................................................5 Polychlorinated Biphenyls ...................................................................................................5 Asbestos ...............................................................................................................................5 Lead Based Paint..................................................................................................................6 Radon ...................................................................................................................................6 Water-Supply Wells .............................................................................................................6 Other Potential Sources........................................................................................................6 Adjacent Properties ..............................................................................................................6

REGULATORY SEARCH ..............................................................................................................8 Federal..................................................................................................................................8 State......................................................................................................................................8 Local ....................................................................................................................................9

DATA GAPS ......................................................................................................................9 Property Ownership Information Federal ................................................................9 Zoning/Land Use Records Federal ........................................................................10 Aerial Photographs/Topographical Federal ...........................................................10

CONCLUSIONS................................................................................................................10

RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................................................................................11

STANDARD OF CARE ................................................................................................................11

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REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................13

FIGURES

APPENDICES

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LIST OF FIGURES

(At end of report)

Figure 1 Area Location Map 2 Site Map 3 Wetland Map 4 Flood Plain Map

LIST OF APPENDICES

(At end of report)

Appendix I Site Photographs II Aerial Photographs III EPA Database IV DENR Database V Local Database

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PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT

ABERDEEN DEVELOPMENT CORP.

NE ¼ SEC. 16

ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA

INTRODUCTION

On September 5, 2014, Prairie Consulting Group, Inc. (Prairie) conducted a site visit for

preparation of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) of the Aberdeen Development

Company property located in the NE ¼ sec. 16 T123N, R63W. in Aberdeen. The subject property

consists of several vacant lots and (1) lot occupied by office buildings. Adjacent properties are

occupied residences, industrial properties, and vacant agricultural ground. The legal description on

the subject property is the “NE ¼ sec. 16. T123N, R63W.”

The Phase I ESA was performed in general accordance with the ASTM E1527-05 Standard

Practice for Environmental Site Assessments. The purpose of the Phase I ESA is to identify

recognized environmental conditions (REC’s) associated with the current and past use of the

subject property and surrounding property. REC’s are defined as the presence or likely presence of

any “hazardous substances or petroleum products” on the subject property that indicate an existing

release, a past release or a material threat of a release of any “hazardous substances or petroleum

products” in structures on the subject property or into the soil, ground water or surface water on the

subject property. “Hazardous substances or petroleum products” include those that are stored or

maintained in accordance with current laws. However, REC’s are not intended to include

conditions that generally do not present a material risk of harm to human health or to the

environment and that would generally not be subject to enforcement actions by appropriate

governmental bodies or agencies.

Please note that during preparation of the Phase I ESA, not all environmental conditions are

addressed and are beyond the scope of the assessment performed by Prairie. These “non-scope”

items potentially associated with the subject property not part of the Phase I ESA include:

• Asbestos-containing materials

• Lead in drinking water

• Lead-based paint

• SPCC

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• Physical properties of the soils and bedrock for site grading or foundation

considerations.

Please note that environmental conditions may be present that cannot be reasonably

determined based on the site inspection and the information obtained during completion of the

ESA. Though Prairie conducted the ESA following current ASTM methodology, Prairie cannot be

responsible for such environmental conditions that are not reasonably ascertainable.

Facility Location

The subject property is located near the intersection located at Brown County Road

14(391st Ave.) North and 8th Ave.(132 Street) NE inside the city limits of the City of Aberdeen,

Brown County, South Dakota. The approximate legal location of the property is NE ¼ sec. 16

T.123N R.63W of the Aberdeen East 7.5 minute topographical quadrangle, Brown County, South

Dakota. Figure 1 shows the site location and area topography.

Facility Description

The subject property is illustrated on Figure 2. The property consists of a vacant lots and

office buildings. Photographs of the subject property on September 5, 2014 and surrounding

properties are provided in Appendix I.

Facility Setting

The site is surrounded by commercial and vacant agricultural property to the south, and

agricultural property to the north, east and west. Commercial Properties lie adjacent to the

subject property within the NE ¼ of sec. 16 T.123N R63W. Eighth Avenue NE or 132nd street

borders the property to the north. 391st Avenue (County Road 14) borders the property to the east.

8th Avenue NE borders the property to the north, and agricultural property borders the property to

the west. Railroad right-of-way (ROW) extends east-west and borders the property to the south

(Figure 2). Moccasin Creek is located approximately 0.55 mile west of the subject property and

flows to the southwest.

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Hydrogeology

The subject property is located in the City of Aberdeen, Brown County, north-central

South Dakota. Brown County is located in the relatively flat James River basin in the glaciated

central lowlands province of the Mississippi drainage basin (Gilbertson and Hugghins, 1964).

The regional geology consists of Recent and Pleistocene sediments of the Lake Dakota

lake plain overlying upper Cretaceous Bedrock. The deposits in the vicinity of the site consist of

lacustrine silts and clays of ancient Lake Dakota. These deposits are located within the boundaries

of the ancient Lake Dakota and consist of mainly silt with some clay and a little sand up to 95 feet

thick (Leap, 1986).

The land surface topography in the vicinity of the site is nearly level. Based on a map of the

altitude of the water table and water levels in selected wells in the Lake Dakota plain deposits,

shallow ground water flow is to the south-southeast in the vicinity of the site (Koch and Bradford,

1976. fig.22).

The thickness of water-saturated sand and gravel in the vicinity of the site ranges from 25

to 50 feet. These sand and gravel deposits are associated with the Deep James aquifer which

consists of a buried interconnected system of ancient river channels. The Deep James aquifer

occurs between 125 to 390 feet below land surface (Koch and Bradford, 1976).

Hydrology

Based on topography, surface water runoff in the vicinity of the property drains to the

southwest toward Moccasin Creek located approximately 0.55 west of the subject property.

Based on a wetland map provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Freshwater Emergent

Wetlands exist on the subject property (Figure 3). Based on information obtained from the

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the site is located outside of a flood plain or

special flood hazard area (SPFH’s) that exhibits a 1% annual chance of flooding (Figure 4).

Localized shallow groundwater typically migrates in the same general direction as the surface

topography and is expected to flow to the southwest in the vicinity of the site.

Utilities

The subject property is service by the City of Aberdeen Water and sanitary sewer.

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Soil Types

The soils in the vicinity of the subject site consist of the Aberdeen silty clay loam and the

silt loam of Winship Series. The soil in the vicinity of the subject site exhibit slow infiltration rates.

The slow infiltration rates are a result of layers impeding downward movement of water, or soils

with moderately fine or fine textures. Silty clay or silty clay loam is encountered to a depth of 37

inches for the Aberdeen soils. Stratified very fine sand to clay is encountered to a depth of 59

inches for the Aberdeen soils.

Past Land Use

No Sanborn maps are available for the site. Aerial photographs of the subject property were

obtained from the United States Geological Survey website for the years 1951, 1958, 1975, 1982,

1997, 2004, and 2012 (Appendix II). Railroad right-of-way (ROW) extends east-west and borders

the property to the south in the 1951 to 2012 aerial photos. The subject property was occupied by

vacant agricultural property in the 1951, 1958, 1975, 1982, 1997, 2004, and 2014 aerial photos.

In addition, commercial property was identified on the subject property, based on review of the

1997, 2004, and 2014 aerial photographs. The aerial photographs do not provide evidence

indicating that the property was used to store or dispose of bulk quantities of hazardous material or

petroleum products or chemicals.

Based on an interview with the property manager, the site has been utilized in an

agricultural capacity prior to approximately 1993. The Aberdeen Development Corporation

owned the subject property since approximately 1993. Reportedly, the property does not store bulk

quantities of chemicals, hazardous materials, or petroleum products. Reportedly, the property has

not stored bulk quantities of these materials in the past (Haar, 2014).

INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SITE INSPECTION

Site Inspection

On September 5, 2014, Prairie personnel performed a site walk-through of the subject

property. During the inspection, no evidence of UST's (e.g. vent or fill pipes), AST’s and storage

of bulk quantities of chemicals was observed (Figure 2). Site photographs are provided in

Appendix I. The following summarizes the findings:

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Above Ground Storage Tanks

No above ground storage tanks (AST’s) were observed on the subject property.

Underground Storage Tanks

No evidence of underground storage tanks (UST’s) were observed on the subject property.

Chemical Storage

No evidence of the bulk storage of chemicals or hazardous materials was identified on the

subject property.

Liquid Waste Disposal

Prairie reviewed the EPA database related to subject property. Reportedly, there are no

permitted industrial discharges at the subject property. No evidence of septic tank systems was

identified on the subject property.

Solid Waste Disposal

Solid waste is not generated on the subject property. Solid waste generated from daily

business operations at commercial properties in the vicinity of the subject property are collected

and disposed of by Dependable Sanitation.

Polychlorinated Biphenyls

Electrical transformers and ballasts of fluorescent light fixtures can potentially contain

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s). The production of PCB’s was banned in the United States by

the EPA in 1976. However, light ballasts manufactured through 1979 may contain PCB’s. Based

on the site inspection, no evidence of PCB-containing electrical transformers was identified nor is

likely to exist on the subject property.

Asbestos

No evidence of asbestos containing materials (ACM's) was identified on the subject

property, based on the visual inspection conducted by Prairie.

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Lead Based Paint

Lead was utilized in paint until the early 1970's. Lead was banned from paint and other

surface coating materials in 1978 by the Consumer Products Safety Commission. Based on the

site inspection, no evidence of lead-based paint was observed on the subject property.

Radon

Based on information researched by EDR, radon testing has been reported in Brown

County. The continuous exposure limit established by EPA and the Centers for Disease Control

(CDC) is 4.0 picoCurries per liter (pCi/L), the limit at which further testing or remedial action is

indicated. Brown County is reported to be designated as an EPA Zone 1, indicating the average

indoor radon level is greater than 4.0 pCi/L.

Water Supply Wells

Based on the site inspection conducted on September 5, 2014, no water supply wells were

identified on the subject property. Reportedly, an artesian well is located on the adjacent property

northwest of the subject property (Towing Plus, 2014).

Other Potential Sources

No other potential sources or environmental conditions were identified associated with the

subject property.

Adjacent Properties

The farm property northwest of the subject property stores diesel fuel in an approximately

100 gallon above-ground storage tank (AST) utilized to fuel a lawn tractor. No other bulk

quantities of chemicals, petroleum, or hazardous materials are stored on the adjacent property to

the west. A discussion with the property owner revealed that his property has been a farm

residence since the 1940’s. Bulk quantities of petroleum are stored in one (1) 1000-gallon

underground storage tank (UST) and one (1) 500 gallon about ground storage tank, in the form of

diesel fuel (Habeck, 2014). The property does not store other bulk quantities of chemicals,

hazardous materials or petroleum products.

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Prairie interviewed the property owner of Western Printing, 701 Enterprise Street North,

on September 2, 2014. Based on that interview, the property does not store bulk quantities of

chemicals, hazardous materials or petroleum products (Pfeiffer, 2014). In addition, the property

has not stored bulk quantities of chemicals, hazardous materials or petroleum products in the past.

In addition, no environmental incidents in the form of chemical or petroleum spills have occurred

on the property in the past. Reportedly, the Western Printing property was developed in

approximately 1994 (Haar, 2014).

Prairie interviewed the property owner of Four Star Plastics, 415 Enterprise Street North,

on September 2, 2014. With the exception of a 100 pound plastic tote of oil, the property does not

store bulk quantities of chemicals, hazardous materials or petroleum products, (Barr, 2014): the oil

is stored on concrete and is used to lubricate presses utilized in the facility. In addition, with the

exception of the 100 pound tote of oil, the property has not stored bulk quantities of chemicals,

hazardous materials or petroleum products in the past. No environmental incidents in the form of

chemical or petroleum spill have occurred on the subject property in the past. Reportedly, the Four

Star Plastics property was developed in approximately 1999 (Haar, 2014).

Prairie interviewed the property owner of the former APA Optics property, 716 Production

Street, on September 2, 2014. The property does not store bulk quantities of chemicals hazardous

materials or petroleum products (Hellwig, 2014). Reportedly, the property was utilized to produce

computer chips in the past. The property is currently vacant. An internet search indicated that the

property was utilized to produce optical instrumentation and lenses, in the past. Reportedly, the

Four Star Plastics Property was developed in approximately 1997 (Haar, 2014). The property was

vacated by APA Optics Approximately 5 years ago.

Prairie interviewed the property manager of Natural Gold, LLC, south of and adjacent to

the subject property, on September 2, 2014. The property stores bulk quantities of soy oil.

Reportedly, the property stores 2-3,000 gallon above ground tanks (AST’s). 2-4,000 gallon AST’s,

2-12,000 gallon AST’s, and 2-20,000 gallon AST’s, used to store soy oil. The property does not

store bulk quantities of chemicals, hazardous materials or petroleum products (Siebert, 2014). The

property has not stored bulk quantities of chemicals, hazardous materials or petroleum products in

the past. The manager has no knowledge of environmental incidents in the form of chemical or

petroleum spills, on the subject property, in the past. Reportedly, the Natural Gold, LLC property

was developed in 2009. The property was vacant agricultural ground prior to 2009 ( Sieber, 2014).

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Attempts to contact the property owner/ manager of Schwan’s food and Midstates Printing

properties were unsuccessful. This represents a data gap. Based on an interview with the property

manager, the Schwan’s Food Property was developed in 2012 and the Midstates Printing property

was developed in 1994.

REGULATORY SEARCH

Federal

A federal database search was conducted to identify potential toxic and hazardous waste

sites within the immediate area of the subject property. The federal database search was conducted

by Prairie. Depending on the type of federal sites, the search radius was established based on

ASTM standards and varied from within 0.25 mile to 1.0 mile of the property. No federal database

sites were identified on the subject property. Two (2) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

Information System (RCRAIS) sites were identified within the ASTM Radius (Appendix III).

State

Prairie searched records maintained by the South Dakota Department of Environment and

Natural Resources (DENR). One (1) chemical handling release site (Midcom, Inc., DENR No.

2000.339) was identified adjacent to and north of the subject property. A second site was identified

at Midstates Printing located adjacent to and south of the subject property (Appendix IV). The

Midcom spill site was identified in the DENR database located adjacent to and north of the subject

property. This site was identified as Midcom, Inc; 701 Enterprise Street North in Aberdeen, South

Dakota (2011.166). The spill involved epocap and epicure and was assign a DENR No. 2000.339.

A spill date was identified of November 2, 2000 and closure dates of September 20, 2002, were

indicated in the DENR database (Appendix IV).

The second spill site was identified in the DENR database located adjacent to and south of

the subject property. The spill site was identified as Glycol Leak- Midstates Printing, 4820 Capital

Avenue NE, Aberdeen, South Dakota. This spill involved 1,500 gallons of glycol, on September

27, 2011. This site was assigned a DENR NO. of 2001.133 and a No Further Action (NFA) status

was granted by DENR for this spill site on November 23, 2011 (Appendix IV).

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Local

Local records chemical or petroleum storage and spill incidents at or in the vicinity of the

subject property were obtained from the Aberdeen Fire Department. Based on information

provided by Mike Thompson, the Aberdeen Fire Marshall, dated August 22, 2014, no record of a

spill or spills were identified for the subject property (Thompson, 2014). The local database is

attached (Appendix V). Based on the local database provided by the Aberdeen Fire Marshall,

numerous motor vehicle accidents resulting in the release of motor vehicle fluid including

antifreeze, motor oil, transmission fluid, gasoline, and diesel fuel have occurred at the intersection

of 8th Avenue NE and Brown County 14, northwest of the subject property. In addition, the

Midstates Printing facility, 4820 Capital Avenue NE, stores ink in a 2,453 gallon AST. A 30-40

gallon diesel fuel spill occurred from a semi-tractor saddle tanks at the railroad crossing on Brown

County 14, southeast of the subject property. Reportedly, remediation was completed by the

Burlington Northern-Sante Fe (BNSF) property by BNSF. The Natural Gold Property, located

south of and adjacent to the subject property, reportedly stores ethanol, soy oil, diesel fuel, and

acids and bases. In addition, Four Star Plastics property stores a 250 gallon plastic container

utilized for waste oil containment. Western Printing reportedly stores printing ink. In addition,

gasoline and diesel fuel AST’s are located on the Habeck Farm property, 4653 8th Avenue NE,

northwest of and adjacent to the subject property. Please note that the numerous spills that

occurred at the intersection of 8th Avenue NE and Brown County 14 were remediated by the Fire

Department personnel at the time of each incident. No other sites of concern were identified in the

vicinity of the subject property. The local database is provided in Appendix V.

DATA GAPS

Property Ownership Information

Prairie did not obtain contiguous property ownership and appraisal information back to

1940 or first developed use as part of the Phase I ESA. In addition, obtaining this information

was not authorized as part of the Phase I ESA completed by Prairie. Review of older deed

information back to 1940 was not considered practically attainable due to time and project cost

constraints. Therefore, the absence of practically reviewable title information was considered a

data gap. Based on the fact that the property was vacant farm ground or was undeveloped prior to

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1993. Therefore, Prairie does not consider this data gap a significant data gap or impact on its

ability to identify recognized environmental conditions (REC’s) at the subject property.

Zoning/Land Use Records

Prairie did not obtain zoning/land use records back to 1940. Zoning/land use records are

not reasonably ascertainable and would not likely show a change of property use prior to the

present time. Historical records represented by aerial photographs and interviews with persons

familiar with the subject property indicate that the property was a vacant farm ground/undeveloped

state prior to1993. Therefore, based on the availability of other standard historical sources that

were used to collectively identify previous uses, it is Prairie’s opinion that this data failure does not

constitute a significant data gap or impact Prairie’s ability to identify recognized environmental

conditions (RECs) or controlled RECs ( CREC’s) on the subject property.

Aerial Photographs/Topographic Maps

Aerial photographs in five year intervals were researched, if available, back to the 1940

and or first development. Prairie obtained aerial photographs for the years of 1951, 1958, 1975,

1982, 1997, 2004 and 2012. Based on the aerial photographs, the property was undeveloped prior

to 1997. Interviews with persons familiar with the property indicate the subject property was

undeveloped prior to 1993. Other historical information, if it exists, would not likely show a

change of property use prior to the present time. Therefore, no significant data gap exists relating

to aerial photographs/ topographic maps associated with the subject property.

CONCLUSIONS

Prairie conducted a Phase I ESA of a property located at Brown County Road 14 and 8th

Ave NE in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The subject property consists of vacant agricultural property

and commercial office buildings. Adjacent properties are occupied by farm residences, a

commercial business and agricultural property. The legal description of the subject property is

“NE1/4 of sec. 16 T.123N R.63W excluding the Western Printing Companies property located at

701 Enterprise Street North, the former APA Optics, Inc. property, 716 Production Street, the

Midstates Printing property, located at 4820 Capital Avenue NE, the Four Star Plastics property

located at 415 Enterprise Street, and the Schwan’s Property”. The results of the site inspection

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performed by Prairie on September 5, 2014 identified agricultural property and commercial

property. Based on an interview with the property owner, the site was vacant farm land prior to

1993. Reportedly, the site does not store bulk quantities of petroleum or hazardous chemicals

(Haar, 2014). In addition, during the site inspection, no bulk quantities of petroleum or hazardous

chemicals were identified on the subject property. Based on the results of the Phase I ESA

inspection, no REC’s or CREC’s exist on the subject property.

Agricultural property was observed to the north, south, east and west of the subject

property. A commercial property, farm residence and acreage were identified northwest of the

subject property (Clarence Habeck Farm). Commercial properties were also identified adjacent to

the subject property. Interviews with property managers and owners revealed no (REC’s) or

CREC’s associated with the adjacent properties. Bulk quantities of petroleum are reportedly

stored on the farm residence acreage located northwest of the subject property in the form of a

1,000 gallon UST and 500 gallon AST used to store diesel fuel (Habeck, 2014). However, based

on ground water flow direction and distance considerations, this storage does not represent a REC

of the subject property. However the oil and chemicals are contained and do not represent REC’s

or CREC’s of the subject property.

The federal database search revealed no sites of concern on the subject property. Two (2)

federal sites were identified within the ASTM search radius. In addition, two (2) spill sites were

identified in the state database. One (1) site was closed and one (1) site was granted a “No Further

Action” status. The state and federal sites do not represent REC’s or CREC’s of the subject

property. The local database search revealed numerous spills of vehicles fluids at the intersection

of North Brown County Highway 14 and 8th Avenue Northeast. In addition, one (1) spill of diesel

fuel as a result of a truck-train collision was identified at the railroad crossing southeast of the

subject property. Therefore, these spills do not represent REC’s or CRE’s of the subject property.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Based on the results of the Phase I ESA, Prairie recommends no additional environmental

assessment at this time.

STANDARD OF CARE

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The conclusions and opinions presented in this report by Prairie are based only on the

information generated during this assessment and represent Prairie's professional opinion. Please

note that a title search was not conducted during preparation of this ESA as this is normally

completed as part of a typical property transfer. The services performed by Prairie during

completion of this assessment have been conducted with the level of care and skill ordinarily

exercised by reputable members of the profession, practicing in the same locality, under similar

budget and time constraints. No warranty is made or intended.

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REFERENCES

Baar, T., 2014. Owner, Four Star Plastics, 415 Enterprise Street North. Aberdeen, South Dakota, personal communication. Gilbertson, D.E. and E.J. Hugghins, 1964, Helminth Infections in Pheasants from Brown County, South Dakota, The Journal of Wildlife Management, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Jul., 1964), pp. 543-546. Haar, C., 2014.Director. Aberdeen Development Corporation, 416 Production Street Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401, personal communication. Habeck, C., 2014, property owner, personal communications. Hellwig, D. 2014. Personal communication, owner, former Apa Optics. 716 Production Street Aberdeen, South Dakota. Koch, N.C., and W. Bradford, 1976, Geology and water resources of Brown County, South Dakota: South Dakota Geological Survey, bulletin 25, part 2: water resources, 18 p. Leap, D.J., 1986, Geology and water resources of Brown County, South Dakota: South Dakota Geological Survey, bulletin 25, part 1: geology, 48p. Pfeiffer. J. 2014. Owner, Western Printing. 701 Enterprise Street North, Aberdeen South Dakota. Personal communication. Siber, R. 2014. Manager, Natural Gold, LLC. 4745 Railroad Avenue SE, Aberdeen, South Dakota. Personal communication. Thompson, M., 2014, Fire Marshall, City of Aberdeen Fire Department, personal communication, October 6, 2008.

FIGURES

APPENDIX I

SITE PHOTOGRAPHS

APPENDIX II

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS

APPENDIX III

EPA DATABASE

APPENDIX IV

DENR DATABASE

APPENDIX V

LOCAL DATABASE