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Page 2-9 SECTION 2- SITE OPERATIONS PLAN (and operations/dumping pad in) a corner of the new cell. After construction,the landfill operator should regularly inspect the access ramps for signs of subgrade failure (pumping). Should severe pumping occur, the geomembrane must be checked for damage. The initial waste layer (i.e. the waste placed directly on the liner drainage layer) must consist of select waste. The select waste will be free of large, sharp or protruding objects (such as rebar, nails, 2 x 4s, etc.) that could be forced through the geomembrane. On-site landfill personnel should assist in screening and removing or repositioning waste that could damage the geomembrane. Refuse collection trucks will remain on the operations pad when discharging the first loads of select waste onto the liner. It is recommended that when several loads have been discharged, the operator push refuse out on the liner with a tracked dozer. When a three to four foot thick bed of select refuse has been placed over the liner, the tracked dozer may safely move over it, and continue building the first lift. Maximum compaction is not the main goal for the first five feet of refuse. Instead, compaction should be sufficient to support subsequent refuse lifts, but minimized to protect the liner. Three passes with the tracked dozer over select refuse that is at least three to four feet deep should accomplish these goals. Maximum refuse compaction will be a desired goal once several feet of select waste have been placed over the liner. A minimum of five feet of select waste must cover the geomembrane and sand drainage layer before the waste compactor is allowed into the new cell. Until the five foot minimum is met, the tracked dozer will be used to place and compact the refuse. A minimum of five feet of compacted, select refuse must cover the geomembrane and drainage layer before a road can be built on the refuse to accommodate truck traffic. At that time, a minimum six inch thick, 26 foot wide (minimum) layer of on-site clean sand and gravel will be placed over the refuse to serve as the road bed. The edge of the road will be clearly marked to keep traffic from leaving the roadbed. Filling of the new cell will begin at the operations pad, working "up" until a road can be constructed on the refuse. At this point, the operation will begin working "down" to place the first lift of refuse. (That is, the refuse will be dumped from the road on top of the first lift of refuse and then pushed down the slope onto the liner system). All other lifts will be placed working "up." 2.1.7.2 Waste Unloading and Compaction Procedures To reduce the amount of blowing litter, vehicles should use an L-shaped dumping method. This L-shaped method consists of unloading the refuse along the toe of the previously constructed cell perpendicular to the working face (which creates the long leg of the "L") and along the toe of the advancing working face (which creates tlhe short leg of the "L"), as shown in Figure 2-2. The compaction equipment then pushes the refuse from each leg to the working face where it is spread and compacted. R.W.Back and Associates C::y of Stocxton 1811 002