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Pinyon I . Introduction 1.1 Site Location (see also Section 2.0) Site: Squaw Gulch Address: Teller County Road 88 (Figures I and 2) City, State: Cripple Creek, Colorado 1.2 Purpose and Scope of Services The purpose of this assessment was to perform an evaluation for the potential presence of hazardous and/or toxic materials (otherwise known as "Recognized Environmental Conditions," "Controlled Recognized Environmental Conditions," or "Historical Recognized Environmental Conditions")' at the Site. This report is made pursuant to all appropriate inquiry into the prior ownership and uses of the Site, consistent with good commercial and customary practices appropriate to a commercial purchaser or fee owner of real property, and is intended to permit the user to satisfy one of the requirements to qualify for landowner liability protection. This Environmental Site Assessment (ESA, also referred to as the Phase I report) meets the requirements of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) "Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process E 1527-13." The report was formatted for reading ease and does not follow the suggested ASTM format; however, it does include all components of the ASTM standard. The scope of services for the project included the following: I. Records Review. An evaluation of historical Site use, by reviewing the following sources: o Aerial photographs reasonably available from public sources o Property tax files Recognized environmental conditions (RECs) are defined conditions by ASTM as the presence or likely presence of any hazardous substances or petroleum products in, on or at a property: (I ) due to release to the environment; 2) under conditions indicative of a release to the environment; or (3) under conditions that pose a material threat of a future release to the environment. A controlled recognized environmental condition (CREC) is defined by ASTM as a REC resulting from a past release of hazardous substances or petroleum products that has been addressed to the satisfaction of the applicable regulatory authority, with hazardous substances or petroleum products allowed to remain in place subject to the implementation of required controls. A historical recognized environmental condition (HREC) is defined by ASTM as a past release of any hazardous substance or petroleum products that has occurred in connection with the property and has been addressed to the satisfaction of the applicable regulatory authority or meeting unrestricted use criteria established by a regulatory authority, without subjecting the property to any required controls. The terms REC, CREC, and HREC do not include de minimis conditions that do not present a threat to human health or the environment and that would not be the subject of an enforcement action if brought to the attention of appropriate environmental agencies. Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Page I Squaw Gulch Teller County Road 88, Cripple Creek, Colorado