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when the wind blows. He stated that it was worst when the Mine was hauling gravel for the road. Mr. Frazier than gave me directions to the Rugh home. On that same day, when I arrived at the Rugh home there was no one at home. I looked over the property without going inside the fence and took numerous pictures of the property and the Mine site above. Some dust was observed from the Mine construction, but none of it was leaving the site. No flyrock was found on the roof of the house, shop or the large concrete parking area in front of the house. Other items that were inspected with no evidence of flyrock or damage were: • several fruit shipping boxes • a glass door lying flat on a trailer • driveway into the Rugh residence • driveway into the Martinez residence (a home closer to the blast area) • road along the canal • old State Highway 133 • cars parked in front of old building west of the Rugh driveway, but closer to the road • the old building along old Highway 133, east of the Rugh driveway After leaving the property Mr. Frazier stopped me and told me that Ms. Rugh had been away from her home and that I must have just passed her. [ re- turned to the Rugh's home and then interviewed Rita Rugh. Ms. Rugh stated that between 5:30 and 6:00 PM on Friday the 18th of July, she was standing on the covered deck at the barbecue (the children were under the deck playing) when she heard a blast then a "shower of rocks fall on the patio roof, into the water of the ditch and in the orchard" across the canal. She thought they were large rocks because of the noise of them hitting the water was so loud. She said that later that evening her husband and Tony Bear, from the Mine, walked around the yard, but she did not know if they found any rocks. She said that no one was hurt and she did not know of any damage to their home. I asked Ms. Rugh if she was ever notified of the blasting, and she stated that she was never notified but that she did not know if Mr. Frazier was notified. When Mr. Frazier arrived he confirmed that in February of 1997, he was notified by Bowie of the need for blasting. Doug Frazier arrived and he and I walked around the yard and his shop, but could not find any rocks or damage indicating that rocks had hit anything. I did see something on the roof of his shop and when it was retrieved it was clearly only a clod of dry clay. At 6:15 PM on Tuesday the 22nd, I returned to the Rugh residence to look for the three rocks (the size of a quarter) that was claimed to be on the rabbit hutch. I met with B. J., son of the Rugh's. He stated that he did not know of