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0 Percent finer that 5 microns 30% During construction of the final cover over the north and northeast slopes, the constructed soils were found to be generally consistent with the requirements of the CQA Plan. Of particular significance, the saturated hydraulic conductivity exceeded the maximum requirement and varied from 1 x 10-6 cm/s to 4 x 10-8 cm/s with geometric mean of about 3.2 x 10.7 cm/s. This compares well with testing completed for the initial borrow evaluation which yielded a geometric mean saturated hydraulic conductivity of 2.0 x 10 cm/s. In addition, it is our understanding that the compaction and moisture content testing completed during construction yielded results consistent with the original CQA Plan. A minor deviation from the CQA standard was identified for the percent passing the #200 Sieve in that, while the average for these tests yielded the recommended 70% passing, several individual tests results did not. Somewhat more consistant deviations are noted for the percent finer than 5 microns which yielded an average of only about 22% rather that the recommended 30%. In fact, a majority of the tests yielded less than 30%. DISCUSSION While the as -built characteristics of the final cover system constructed over the north and northeast slopes of the Forward Landfill deviate slightly from the recommendations of the site Final Closure Plan and associated Construction Quality Assurance Plan, these deviations are believed to be minor. Since the saturated hydraulic conductivity significantly exceeds the minimum requirements of the project, the slight deviations in grain -size distribution are considered even less significant and it is concluded that the as - built final cover still satisfies all 27 CCR criteria for closure of an unlined Class III landfill. With regard to extrapolation of the as -built data in support of future implementation of a similar final cover system as an alternative to prescriptive standards, GLA is completing supplemental soil suction analyses on the as -built soils and intends to analyze the long- term performance of the as -built system as soon as that data becomes available. It is believed that the slight reduction in the fines content will not significantly affect the modeling results and may, in fact, yield a benefit since a reduced clay content should produce a system that is less susceptible to desiccation. Regardless of the minor deviations identified in construction and the modeling results that will be derived from the as -built soils analyses, Forward still anticipates installation of the final cover performance monitoring systems late in the Winter of 2006. Assuming a twice/month downloading event, GLA will evaluate the downloaded data from each monitoring unit on a quarterly basis to incorporate the data into a running summary. This task would be repeated throughout the two-year monitoring period. At the end of the each year of monitoring, a report will be prepared to summarize the data received from the instruments, to identify significant identifiable trends, and to present conclusions drawn with regard to the performance of the system as a whole. This report will include a CA2005.0082 1/06/06,