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PROPOSAL FOR DUE DILIGENCE SERVICES <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY / GREENE TRACT DUE DILIGENCE / F2025-098 / 9.18.2025 <br /> 2 <br />The Phase I ESA is intended to permit a user to satisfy one of the requirements to qualify for the innocent <br />landowner, contiguous property owner, or bona fide prospective purchaser limitations on CERCLA liability. <br />Additional requirements include but are not limited to performing a search for the existence of environmental liens <br />and activity use limitations (AULs) and obtaining a current chain-of-title for the subject site back to at least 1940. <br />These services are not included in this proposal. If a search is not available from the client, Falcon will review <br />reasonably ascertainable Recorded Land Title Records at the local Register of Deeds Office and/or website. Falcon <br />is not proposing to have this research performed by a legal professional, and the results should not be construed as <br />a legal chain-of-title for the property, or acceptable lien or AUL search. <br />SCOPE OF SERVICES – GEOTECHNICAL DUE DILIGENCE INVESTIGATION <br />Boring Layout <br />Falcon will select boring locations based roughly on the provided preliminary site layouts, accounting for varying <br />topographical conditions or other observed features on site, and balancing geographic distribution. Coordinates of <br />each location will be uploaded to a handheld GPS capable of submeter accuracy. Boring locations will be <br />staked/marked in the field. Offsets may be necessary based on existing features such as topography, <br />structures/equipment, trees, overhead obstructions, vehicles, and underground utilities. A preliminary boring <br />location plan is attached to this proposal. Adjustments may be made to this boring plan based on County input, <br />refinement by our Geotechnical staff, and/or to aid accessibility by moving borings closer to existing fire roads on <br />site and/or away from any streams, large trees, thick vegetation, or other difficult conditions. <br />Site Preparation <br />The majority of borings on site are located within heavily wooded areas and will require clearing of vegetation in <br />order to provide safe access paths and working areas for the drill crew. Clearing will be performed using a rotating <br />drum hydraulic mulcher (aka “hydroaxe”). Clearing will be limited to the path of least resistance and most direct <br />safe access to each boring, and can generally avoid trees larger than approximately 6 inches at chest height. Two (2) <br />days of hydroaxe clearing are scoped. We will attempt to make use of existing fire roads and trails for drill rig <br />access wherever possible. In addition, moving through mature woods generally only requires cutting of deadfall, <br />underbrush, and small saplings. Therefore we may offset some borings which fall in areas with denser/less mature <br />vegetation in order to reduce clearing costs and impacts to the site. <br />Underground Utility Location <br />Falcon will contact NC811 to request underground subscriber utilities be located onsite. This process takes a <br />mandatory four (4) days to complete before any excavations can be made. NC811 will not mark privately owned <br />underground utilities. We have not included Private Utility Location Services and assume private utilities are not <br />present in the vicinity of our work. If you have knowledge of private utilities existing on either site please notify us <br />so we can adjust our scope and fee accordingly. Falcon is not proposing to locate all utilities on site nor provide <br />utility location mapping services. We will request only the utilities believed to be potentially in conflict with our <br />borings to be located and marked. <br />Field Investigation <br />We have included provisions for thirty-eight (38) borings throughout the site, advanced up to 20 feet below the <br />existing ground surface or to auger refusal, whichever occurs first. We will obtain two (2) bulk samples of auger <br />cuttings for laboratory testing from the proposed pond areas. <br />Following completion of drilling, initial groundwater and borehole cave-in measurements will be taken. Select <br />boreholes will be left open and protected from the public for at least 24 hours. Falcon staff will return to the site to <br />observe/measure stabilized groundwater depths and final borehole cave-in depths. Boreholes will be backfilled <br />with auger cuttings and any excess cuttings will be evenly distributed at the ground surface around the boring <br />Docusign Envelope ID: 378DAE36-0D96-451C-A95E-B9F402F5FDA8