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Meadow Creek, British Columbia

K1ohn-Crippen (Consultants Ltd. 505 Kootenay St eet Nelson, British olumbia V1L 1K9

MARCH 1998

KLOHN·CRIPPEN

Columbia Basin Fish & Wildlife Compensation Program 103-333 Victoria Street Nelson, British Columbia VIL 4K3

Ms. Maureen DeHaan Program

Dear Ms. Maureen DeHaan:

Environmental Site Assessment Preliminary I vestigation - Stage 1 Meadow Creek, British Columbia Final Report

March 6, 1998

We are pleased to submit four copies of our final report. It has been a pleasure working on this project.

We look forward to providing professional servi es to you again.

Yours truly,

KLOHN-CRIPPEN CONSULTANTS LTD.

Richard F. Rodman, P.Eng Manager, Nelson Office

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TABLE OF CO TENTS

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1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................... ~ .............................................. 2

2. SITE LOCATION ........................................................................................................... 3

3. SITE mSTORY .............................................................................................................. 6

3.1 History of Site Use ............................................................................................ 7

3.2 Historical Land Use of Neighboring S tes ......................................................... 8

4. SITE VISIT ..................................................................................................................... 9

5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIO S ........................................................ 15

6. LIMITATIONS AND USE OF REPORT .................................................................... 17

Figure 1 Site Location, Meadow Creek, British olumbia ............................................... .4

Figure 2 Approximate Property Boundaries ...................................................................... 5

Figure 3 Layout of Residential Area ................................................................................. 11

PHOTOG HS

Photo 1 West of Area A ................................................................................................... 12

Photo 2 East of Area A .................................................................................................... 12

Photo 3 Stockpile woodchips in Garden .......................................................................... 13

Photo 4 Garbage bum area ............................................................................................... 13

Photo 5 Inside the work shed ............................................................................................ 14

Photo 6 Abandoned above ground storage tarue .............................................................. 14

Photo 7 Corroded Battery ................................................................................................ 16

Appendix I

Appendix II

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APPENDI ES

Historical Land Titles

Field Survey Checklist

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COLUMBIA BASIN FISH AND WILDLIFE COMPENSATION ROGRAM Environmental Site Assessment Preliminary Investigation - Stage I, eadow Creek

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INTRODUCTION

This report presents the findings of a Enviro ental Site Assessment Preliminary

Investigation - Stage 1 performed on the site situat d just south of Meadow Creek, British

Columbia (Figure 1). The approximate site 10 ation is 50°15' latitude and 116°58'

longitude. The legal description of the Site is:

Parcel Identifier: 016-372-492 District lot 881 Kootenay District, Except 5895 and 15969 (2) Parcel A (Explanato Lot 898

1) Parts included in Plans 674P, 5334, Plan 1359191) and (3) Part in District

Written authorization to proceed with this asse sment was received from Ms. Beth

Woodbridge of Columbia Basin Fish and Wildl fe Compensation Program in a letter

dated February 17, -1998, your file number 595-2 !DUNCAN. The work was conducted

in accordance to our proposal of February 13, 199 .

The purpose of this Phase I assessment is to rovide a professional opinion of the

environmental condition of the property particul ly with respect to the potential for soil

and groundwater contamination.

The scope of work for this project consisted of:

~ a review of available infonnation from v ·ous sources with respect to the historical use of the site and its surroundin s;

~ a historical title search;

~ a visual reconnaissance of the site; and

~ preparation of this report.

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SITE LOCATION

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The Site boundaries is shown in Figure 2 (base on a plan obtained from Mr. John R.

Legg of Rem ax Realty). The Site is approximatel 203 ha (501 acres) in area. It consists

of two major areas (Areas A and B), which are jo ned by a narrow strip of land (Area C)

which borders on a back channel of the Duncan . ver. Most of the Site is classified as

Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR).

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