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AUTHORIZATION TO CONDUCT ENVIRONMENTAL AUDIT TO: Whom it may concern: The undersigned, The [-lousing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Ramsey, Minnesota, ("Seller/Owner) being the owners of the property identified on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein, including all real estate described itt said Exhibit "A" (tile "Premises"), hereby authorizes Casey's General Stores, Inc. ("Casey's"), its subsidiaries, employees, agents, consultants and contractors to conduct at Casey's expense a pre- purchase/lease environmental audit of the Premises, to include, but not limited to, any or all of the following: To enter upon the Premises far the purpose of physically inspecting the land and any improvements to determine N,vhcther any iniproventeMs contain asbestos, lead, poisons, or other hazardous substances and to ascertain whether the Premises have. leen subject to any use or uses that may have caused hazardous substances or other contaminants to he kept, used or transported on the Premises, and to obtain samples fiom any buildings, improvements, or personal property found on the Premises for purposes of` analysis. 2, To review all records of the Owner relative to past uses and ownership of the Premises or containing any evidence concerning the environmental history of the same, including evidence of previous environmental audits, tests, monitoring, of cleanup or remedial work performed at any time on the Premises. 3. To enter upon the Premises at any time or times within a 90 -day period commencing immediately for the purpose of obtaining samples from the land, including residual materials thereon, and to cause tests of the soil and/or groundwater to be conducted to determine: a) Whether there is contamination from gasoline or other hydrocarbons, hazardous substances, or contaminants of any other kind on the Premises; b) Whether the Premises have at ante thne been used as a dump site or landfill and/or contain waste or other- fill material that is hazardous, unlawful, inappropriate to Casey's proposed development of the Premises, or requires removal or remediation of any kind, c) Whether the land is safe, stable, well -drained and otherwise suitable For construction and operation of a convenience store with gasoline sale facilities, whether the soil will satisfactorily percolate (if a septic system is in use), and whether there arc wells, septic tanks, drainage tiles or structures, cisterns, underground utility lines, or railer underground structures on the Premises.