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The base liner in the central portion of WMU FU-04 will encompass approximately 15 acres and will extend approximately 820 feet in the north-south dimension and 800 feet in the east-west dimension. The base of WMU FU-04 will be approximately elevation 15-feet, which is about 25 feet below he surrounding ground surface. A composite lining system consisting of a 2-foot-thick clay liner overlain by a 60-mil, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) geomembrane, and LCRS consisting of 1 foot of granular drainage material will be constructed on the WMU FU-04 base. Permanent double composite lined sumps will be constructed at the southern edge of the WMU FU-04 base. Side slope liners will be constructed on the northern and southern slopes. The side slope liner consists of a geosynthetic clay liner(GCL) overlain by a 60-mil, single-sided textured, HDPE geomembrane, and a single-sided geocomposite drainage net (GDN). A portion of the northern WMU FU-04 slope is at an approximately 5:1 (horizontal to vertical) slope and is underlain by the former Austin Road Landfill. To provide support for the side slope liner, an approximately 4 to 5-ft thickness of subgrade fill (1-ft of subgrade fill was previously placed as intermediate cover over the former Austin Road Landfill) will be placed and compacted over the portion of the former Austin Road Landfill that underlies WMU FU-04. The northeast portion of WMU FU-04 encompasses a portion of the interim final cover that was constructed over the former Austin Road Landfill in the fall of 2002. The 2-ft foundation, I-ft thick clay liner, and 1-ft vegetative layer of the interim final cover serve as the base components of the WMU FU-04 cell in this area. The interim final cover generally grades at a 3 percent slope from north to south. Construction of the remainder of the northeast portion of WMU FU-04 consists of placement of a 6- inch thick blanket LCRS composed of granular drainage material with perforated piping spaced at approximately 200-ft centers. The blanket LCRS is both underlain and overlain by an 8-ounce nonwoven geotextile. A 1-ft protective operations layer overlies the blanket LCRS. Leachate in the northeast portion of WMU FU-04 is routed through 3-inch perforated pipes and collected along the southern top deck boundary of the former Austin Road Landfill. The cell is bounded by lined perimeter berms on the north, south, and east sides to maintain leachate within the cell. The western side of the northeast portion of WMU FU-04 is connected to WMU ART-03. Leachate exits the cell in a 3-inch diameter leachate header pipe that routes the leachate to the base of WMU FU-04. Municipal solid waste (Class III refuse) is currently being placed in WMU ART-03 at a 3:1 grade. Once refuse placement in WMU ART-03 achieves final grades, an approximately 441 thick layer of subgrade fill will be placed over the refuse to provide support for the side slope interface liner. The side slope interface liner will be placed to separate the municipal solid wastes in WMU ART-03 from the designated wastes (Class Il refuse)placed in WMU FU-03. The side slope interface liner consists of a geosynthetic clay liner(GCL) overlain by a 60-mil, single-sided textured, HDPE geomembrane, and a single-sided geocomposite drainage net(GDN). Leachate from this portion of the WMU FU-04 construction will drain into WMU FU-03. A relatively flat area exists between the toe of the WMU ART-03 refuse and the top of the approximately 5:1 former Austin Road Landfill southern slope. Because this area is underlain by refuse, geogrid reinforcement will be placed to support the overlying liner and LCRS.