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Ph.ase I Environmental Site Assessment September 2, 2009 1 A INTRODUC'TION At the request of Mr. Frank Ferguson of the Blaine State Bank, Carlson Professional Services, Inc. (Carlson) has prepared this Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) for the Property located at 445 Bro��n Road South in Orono, Minnesota (referred to as the "Properry" or "Site"). This report summarizes the findings of the ESA, including historical uses of the Property. 1.1 Purpose and Scope The purpose of the ESA��as to provide information about the general environmental character of the Property and to satisfy one requirement to qualify for the "innocent landowner, contiauous property owner or bona fide prospective purchaser" limitations on Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabiliry Act(CERCLA) liabiliry, in accordance with 42 USC §9601(35)(B), if the need should arise. That requirement includes conducting "all appropriate inquiry into the previous ownership and uses of the properry consistent v��ith good cominercial and custoinary practice." This Phase I ESA has been conducted following guidelines established by the American Sociery for Testing and Materials (ASTM) "Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process," Standard E 1527-OS. The objectives of the ESA were to provide a revie�� of a broad base of historical sources, government records and regional information; observe physical conditions at the Properry and adjacent properties; provide an evaluation of potential sources and receptors of contaminants (if present); conduct interviews w�ith knowledgeable persons; and to evaluate user-provided information to provide an opinion of the information. Specifically, this assessment attempted to identify conditions indicative of releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, as defined in CERCLA Section 101(14) §312.1(c)) and to determine if recognized environmental conditions (RECs) are present at the Site. A REC is defined by ASTM as the presence or likely presence of any hazardous substance or petroleum products on a property under conditions that indicare an existing release, a past release or a material threat of a release of any hazardous substance or petroleum products into structures on the Properry or into the ground, around v��ater, or surface water of the Properry. 1.2 Significant Assumptions This report provides a summary of past and present environmental concerns; however, this ESA is limited by the availabiliry of information that ��as reasonably ascertainable and a��ailable for revie�• at the time of the assessment. It is possible that contamination from unreported or unauthorized disposal for which there was no obvious indications exists on the Properry. 1.3 Limitations and Exceptions This assessment has been completed in accordance with the �enerally accepted methodologies referred to in the ASTM Standard Practice E 1527-05 for a Phase I ESA. • For rhe purposes of this Phase I ESA, certain information was relied upon that was provided by the User, defined by ASTM as "the parry seeking to use Practice E 1527-OS to complete an Carlson Professional Sera,�ices, Inc. Page 1