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KLEINFELDER Waste was covered daily with a minimum of 6 inches of on-site soil. Areas not active for long periods (generally 6 months or longer) were covered with a minimum of 12 inches of on-site soil. Special Waste: Special wastes accepted, consisting of tires and biomedical waste, were handled separately from the municipal waste. The tires were generally segregated from the waste fill and place in the bottom of waste lifts. Biomedical waste, was received in segregated loads contained in plastic bags. The bags were placed in the lower portion of the current lift or a trench and covered immediately. This practice was required by the Local Health District to reduce the potential for landfill equipment to puncture the bags of medical waste during operations. 2.3 SITE CONSTRUCTION The landfill is not equipped with a liner or leachate collection and removal system. As indicated in Section 2.2.2, trenches were excavated for waste placement. After trenches were filled, areas filled to date have been filled to elevations which generally exceed the _ original topography. The majority of the site filled to date has received approximately one foot of intermediate cover. The landfill does not have a landfill gas collection or removal system. Gas monitoring probes were installed at the site as part of an Air Quality SWAT performed by EMCON, in June 1987, pursuant to the California Health and Safety Code Section 41805.05. (A copy of the AIR SWAT was also submitted to the RWQCB as part of Appendix H to the landfill Report of Waste Discharge, May 1988). See Section 5 of this report for additional information about the AIR SWAT. Inspections of site operations have been performed periodically by the San Joaquin County Department of Public Health Services (the Local Enforcement Agency) and occasionally by the California Integrated Waste Management Board and Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Region (RWQCB). FOOTHILL 14