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| Name | Acres | Located | Description |
| Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Crows Landing | 3808.31 | Crows Landing | On April 9, 1957, the Navy acquired .90 acre for relocation of a substation for the pre-existing Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Crows Landing. The Navy also acquired 1,126.78 acres of off-post property in the late 1950s and 1960s to establish the Baker 3 Bomb Target (addressed under J09CA7474) and access roads to the bomb target. Of these 1,126.78 acres, only 47.35 acres are FUDS-eligible under this site number. On February 9, 1973, .90 acre was quitclaimed to private landowners and on June 30, 1977, the remaining 47.35 acres were terminated. Based on the foregoing findings of fact, Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Crows Landing has been determined to be formerly used by the Department of Defense (DoD). Therefore, it is eligible for funding under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program for Formerly Used Defense Sites established under 10 USC 2701 et seq. --Note: Because the data recorded in the Inventory project Report (INPR) was found to be inaccurate, this data entry reflects the correction documented in the Draft Archive Search Report (ASR), September 2003. |
| Hammond General Hospital | 220.82 | Modesto | On 21 January 1942, the U.S. Government acquired 180.66 fee acres from the County of Stanislaus, 40 fee acres from the Modesto Irrigation District, and .16 license acre from the Central Pacific Railways and Southern Pacific Company. The total acreage acquired was 220.82 and the site was known as Hammond General Hospital. The site was used as a general hospital by the Army. On 16 November 1946, 220.82 fee acres were turned over to the War Assets Administration. The site is currently owned and used by the Yosemite Community College District and the County of Stanislaus Juvenile Hall. Based on the foregoing findings of fact, the site has been determined to be formerly used by the Department of Defense. Therefore, the site is eligible for the Defense Environmental Restoration Program-Formerly Used Sites established under 10 USC 2701 et seq. |
| Stanislaus Bombing Target | 640.00 | Patterson | Crows Landing Target No. 7 is included on a list of targets available for immediate release as of January 1946, and is listed as being no longer needed as of February 2, 1946. According to a report on the Status of Facilities as of February 15, 1947, the lease for Facility No. 7, Crows Landing was terminated by the Commandant of the Twelfth Naval District effective approximately May 15, 1946. The status of the target was listed as surplus. There is no record of reactivation. |
| Prc-patterson Incorporated | Patterson | PRC-Patterson, Inc. was a former waste oil and recycling facility that operated from approximately 1980 through 1997. PRC-Patterson is now in bankruptcy and reportedly has no assets with which to fund the cleanup. According to the available manifests, the Army Corps of Engineers was one of many organizations that sent waste to PRC-Patterson for processing. The waste was from various Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) activities. Other Federal contributors include the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and U.S. Navy. Region IX, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has written to the COE and other Federal agencies notifying them of potential liability for cleanup. Based on the foregoing findings of fact, the site has been determined to not have been formerly owned or controlled by the Department of Defense (DoD) but was used as a disposal facility for several FUDS, it is eligible as a third party site for the Defense Environmental Restoration Program-FUDS established under 10 U.S.C.2701 et seq. |
| Turlock Bomb Loading Plant | 156.50 | Turlock | In 1945, Reconstruction Finance Corporation acquired fee title to 156.50 acres of land by means of a Declaration of Taking. The unimproved site was poor quality agriculture land containing a considerable amount of alkali. A facility was constructed on the site by Chemurgic Corporation to fulfill a war contract with the Chemical Warfare Service of the U.S. Army for M-69 (Incendiary Oil) bomb loading and storage. The contract was terminated with Chemurgic in 1945 and a new contract was immediately entered into with the Day & Night Flare Corporation to complete the established program. In 1946, accountability of the total 156.50 acres of land and selected improvements was assumed by the War Assets Administration. A letter in the historical files indicates that Chemurgic purchased the facility and land in 1946. Based on the foregoing findings of fact, the site has been determined to be formerly used by the Department of Defense (DoD). Therefore, it is eligible for funding under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program for Formerly Used Defense Sites established under 10 U.S.C: 2701 et seq. |
| Turlock Rehabilitation Center | 131.41 | Turlock | From 1943 to 1944, the U.S. acquired 19.27 fee acres by a Declaration of Taking and obtained 111.81 lease acres and 0.33 easement acres to total 131.41 acres. The site was used by the War Department for use as a Japanese-American receiving center and internment center. In 1946, accountability of the 19.60 acres (19.27 acres + 0.33 acres) was assumed by the Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation and the remaining 111.81 lease acres was terminated for a total disposal of 131.41 acres. Based on the foregoing, the site has been determined to be formerly used by the DOD and is eligible for the Defense Environmental Restoration Program for Formerly Used Defense Sites, established under 10 U.S.C. 2701 et seq. |
| Naval Auxiliary Air Station Vernalis | 700.00 | Vernalis | NAAS, Vernalis was disestablished as of 1946 and then temporarily reactivated in 1950. During the 1950s and 1960s sections of the site were used for various Department of Defense activities including the Air Force Air Support Group and the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory, while other sections were leased to private concerns. In 1960 a 45.21 acre portion of the site was transferred to the Department of the Interior for the Delta-Mendota Canal. The remainder of the property was disposed of by 1963. |
| Vernalis Dive Bomb No. 7 | 3420.00 | Vernalis | The Vernalis Dive Bomb and Rocket Range consisted of four separate targets located within 15 miles of each other in Stanislaus and Santa Clara Counties, Target numbers: 3, 4, 5, and 8. All of Target 3 and parts of Target 4 were evaluated in the Inventory Project Report (INPR) for Naval Auxiliary Landing Field, Crows Landing (J09CA7019). The total acreage for all four targets is 4,060 acres. Baker 3 and Baker 4 were acquired in 1951 by the U.S. Government. In 1955, the Navy investigated the possibility of acquiring two other targets that would be closer and more accesible during periods of inclement weather. Sometime in the 1950s, the Navy requested a lease for the proposed targets, but upon meeting strong opposition from the public decided to cancel the proposal. Baker 3 and 4 were used during the 1960s for bombing practices by Naval Air Station (NAS) Moffett. Sometime during the 1960s the Navy abandoned Baker 4 and renamed Baker 3 to Bravo 3. In 1968, Baker 4 reverted back to public domain. A definite lease ending or Quitclaim date could not be determined, however, in 1976, Bravo 3 was purchased by a private landowner. Based on the foregoing findings of fact, the site has been determined to be formerly used by the Department of Defense (DoD). It is therefore eligible for the Defense Restoration Program-Formerly Used Defense Sites established under 10 USC 2701 et seq. |