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BARR ENGINEERING CO. Page 4 2.0 Site Description 2.1 Location and Legal Description The property is located in the W ½, Section 16, T29, R21, near Lake Elmo, Washington County, Minnesota (Property). The Property consists of PIN #1602921240002. The Property is approximately 3,500 feet by 2,600 feet and 172.61 acres in size. The Property boundaries are shown on Figure 2. 2.2 Property Setting and Land Use Topography of the Property is hilly north of 34th Street and slopes downward to a drainage ditch running west to east through the Property. South of 34th Street the Property slopes downwards to the southeast (Ref. 5b). Shallow groundwater flow direction at the Property is reportedly to be to the south/southeast based on the Washington County Geologic Atlas (Ref. 2a), although the flow direction of the shallow groundwater is believed to be influenced by local discharge/recharge points, the presence of confining layers, and groundwater withdrawals and land use in nearby areas (Ref. 5f). Regional groundwater flow in the St. Peter sandstone and the Prairie du Chien group, is generally to the southwest (Ref. 5f). The Property is currently used for agriculture and is zoned Rural Residential (Ref. 5e). No buildings are located on the Property (Refs. 1a, 5b). The Property is not connected to water or sewer (Ref. 4c). Historically the Property has been used for agricultural activities (Ref. 1a). No historical buildings were identified on the Property (Ref. 1a). The current use of adjoining properties includes residential, agricultural, and commercial (Ref. 5b). The past use of adjoining properties includes agricultural and residential (Ref. 1a). Additional descriptions of the Property setting and land-use are presented in Appendix A. 2.3 User-Provided Information As detailed in Section 6 of the Practice, the User has responsibilities associated with identifying possible recognized environmental conditions in connection with the Property. Barr provided a User Questionnaire to facilitate gathering information required by the Practice. The completed User Questionnaire is included in Appendix F. The User has no knowledge of any environmental liens or activity and use limitations against the Property, nor any specialized knowledge or experience that is material to identifying recognized environmental conditions in connection with the Property. Since no sale is pending or imminent, no information was provided to the environmental professional regarding the relationship between a potential purchase price and fair market value. Property valuation is not part of the scope of this Assessment. The User did not report conditions indicative of releases or threatened releases, any obvious indicators that point to the presence or likely presence of contamination at the Property, or specialized knowledge about the Property related to the items listed in Section 6 of the Practice (Ref. 4b, Appendix F).