Common use of Physical Setting Clause in Contracts

Physical Setting. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Field lies 35 miles south of San Francisco, 10 miles north of San ▇▇▇▇, and about 1 mile south of San Francisco Bay (Plate 1). The facility encompasses about 2,000 acres in Santa ▇▇▇▇▇ County and borders the cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale, California. To the north of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Field are saltwater evaporation ponds and wetlands associated with San Francisco Bay; Stevens Creek lies to the west; U.S. Highway 101 runs along the southern perimeter; and Lockheed-▇▇▇▇▇▇ Aerospace facilities are located to the east. NASA ▇▇▇▇ Research Center is in the northwest portion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Field. The area south of U.S. 101 is and has been industrial and includes a group of companies located or formerly located in a 0.5 square-mile area bounded by East Middlefield Road, ▇▇▇▇▇ Street, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Road, and U.S. 101 referred to as the MEW Superfund Site. These companies are cleaning up soil and groundwater contamination believed to originate within the MEW Superfund site that has also affected groundwater quality beneath the NRP (Tetra Tech, 1998c). The NASA Research Park Parcels (Plate 2) are in the southern portion of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Field and comprise 213 acres. The NASA ▇▇▇▇ Research Center lies to the north and west of the NRP, U.S. 101 bounds the NRP to the south, and the runways and hangars of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Federal Airfield lie to the east.