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?ASE 3 _- 3 <br />:ra..'x:,= arscc~css ~~.rs=~';a.::~:r .:~:~vr~.. ^- <br />as!s/co <br />SANITARY FACILITIES <br />EndnaCe -- SANITARY FACILITIES--Continued <br />on soil properties, site features, and observed performance of Che soils. Permeability, depth to bedrock or Co a <br />cemented pan, a high wafer table, elope, and flooding affect both types of landfill. Texture, stones and boulders, <br />a <br />highly organic layers, soil reaction, axid condent of salts and sodium affect french type landfills. Unless otherwise <br />stated, the ratings apply only to Chat part of the Boil within a depth of abouC 6 feet. For deeper Crenchea, a <br />limieaCion rate ^S1ighC" or "Moderate" may noC be valid. OnsiCe inveaCigation is needed. <br />DAILY CDV&R FGR I,ANDFTTS, is the soil material thaC is used to cover CompacCed,solid wa9Ce in an area type sanitary <br />land#ill. The soil material is obtained offsiCe, transported to the landfill, and spread over thn waste. <br />Soil texture, wetness, coarse fragments, and elope affect the ease of removing and spreading Che material during weC <br />and dry periods. Loamy or silty soils that are free o! lazge atones or excess gravel are the beat coves [or a <br />landfill- Ciayey soils may be sticky or cloddy and are difficult to spread; sandy soils are subject Co soil <br />blowing. Aftcr soil material has been removed, Che soil material remaining in Che borrow area moat be thick enough <br />over bedrock, a cemented pan, or Che water table to permit revegetation. The evil material used as final cover #or a <br />landfill should be suitable for plants. The aurfacn layer generally has the beat workability, more organic matter Chas <br />the rear o! Che pro#fle, and the best potenCial for pleats. Material'#rvm Che surtave layer should be•.aCOCkpiled Lar use <br />as Che final cover. - <br />