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BARR ENGINEERING COMPANY Page A-8 <br />\\barr.com \projects\Mpls\23 MN\82\23821219 3M Lake Elmo Phase Is\WorkFiles\1602921240002\Appendix <br />A\PHIESA_Appendix A_1602921240002.docx <br /> <br />East Historical Use: Agricultural (Ref. 1a) <br />Current Use: Residential, commercial (Advanced Auto Transport, Inc., Animal Inn pet Resort <br />& Spa, Integrated Life Counseling Center; Ref. 5b) <br /> <br />West Historical Use: Idea Avenue N, agricultural (Ref. 1a) <br />Current Use: Ideal Avenue N, r esidential, commercial, agricultural (Ref. 5b) <br /> <br />General type of current or past uses in the surrounding areas : The surrounding area has been <br />used for agricultural purposes since at least 1936. Residences were developed to the north of the <br />Property in the early 1950s, to the west and southeast in the early 1960s, and to the south in the late <br />1990s (Ref. 1a). <br /> <br />Historical releases associated with adjacent properties or communit ies: Nearby Superfund sites <br />are being assessed as potential contributing factors to the area wide PFAS contamination, including <br />the Washington County Landfill, located northeast of the Property, and the Oakdale Dump site, <br />located west of the Property. The state has on-going investigations and remedial actions to address <br />the groundwater impacts in the East Metro Area (Ref. 5g). MDH has outlined a special well <br />construction area to reduce exposure risk for PFAS in groundwater (Ref. 5f). <br /> <br />VIII. Site Reconnaissance <br />The objective of the site reconnaissance i s to obtain information indicating the likelihood of <br />identifying recognized environmental conditions in connection with the property (ASTM 1527 -13 <br />Sec 9.1). Existing Property features are shown in the Property layout on Figure 2. Photographs <br />obtained during the Property inspection are in Appendix B. <br /> <br />Date of inspection : April 29, 2019 <br /> <br />Name of individual conducting site visit : Emily Cook, Barr Engineering Co. <br /> <br />Weather information : 45 degrees Fahrenheit, cloudy <br /> <br />Interior Observations <br />No structures present on the Property. <br /> <br />Features of Current Property Structure(s) <br />No structures present on the Property . <br /> <br />Unoccupied occupant spaces : No unoccupied occupant spaces on the Property. <br /> Exterior Observations <br />Methodology used to observe the Property : The Property was observed on foot. Due to the large <br />area of the Property, representative areas of the Property were observed. <br />