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Find Preliminmy Assessment - Petduma Bombing Target In an attempt to provide complete information and a thorough evaluation of the site, TechLaw has conducted a site visit to gather additional information and record the current condition of the site. TechLaw staff recorded the current state of this site both on film and video tape. The results of this documentation are included as part of this report. The video tape documenting the results of the site visits is included in the file for the Stoclcton Ordnance Depot. Finally, TechLaw was required to evaluate the potential for hazards at the site and to complete an Ordnance and Explosive Risk Assessment Code (RAC) for the site. The RAC for this site has been provided as Appendix 5. 1.2 Site Background Petalurna Bombing Target is located south of Petaluma, in Sonoma County, California, Township 4 North, Range 6 West (Figure I) The closest major roadway to the site is Highway 101. The Petaluma Bombing Target was Iocated in the southwest comer of Section 17 and was comprised of 640 acres. During preliminary research, TechLaw determined that this area also comprised the Petaluma Rocket Range. The Rocket Range consisted of portions of Sections 17, 18, 19,20,21, 29 and 30 This target was used by the Navy for bombing practice and target gunnery (SB0071). The Petaluma Bombing Target is located in the Petaluma Marshlands which is usually flooded during heavy rains. Located approximately one mile away is Nelis Island which is owned by the Corda family. 1.3 Organization of the Report This Preliminary Assessment report is organized in the following manner: Section 2.0 - Ownership fistorv - This section of the report discusses the ownership history of the facility in question. It discusses the specific property and follows a basic chain of ownership from the 1930s to the present. Transactions are discussed in chronological order and properties are depicted on a red estate map (Figure 2) Section 3.0 - Deoartment of Defense Operations - Section 3 of the report provides a detailed discussian regarding the historical use of the site and focuses on DoD operations specifically. This section of the report is divided into subsections which relate to specific areas of interest Section 4.0 - Subsequent Develo~ment of the Site - TecKaw has evaluated the development of Petaluma Bombing Target subsequent to World War II and use by DoD, and included the results of this research in Section 4 of the report. Section 5.0 - Results of the Site Visit - Section 5.0 of this Preliminary Assessment Report contains a written summary of the observations made during TechLaw's visit to the site. The scope of the site visit included observations made fiom roads and publicly accessible trails. No sub-surface investigation was conducted. These results refer to the still photographs included in Appendix 3 of this report. Section 6.0 - Conclusions - This section of the report provides TechLaw's conclusions which TechLaw, Inc. May 7, 1999 2
Location LEGEND Figure 1 , - Location of the Petaluma Bombing Target and Rocket Range -4 SOURCE: Compass Maps-Map of Sonoma County
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