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0 0 areas that may be found during construction would need to have a contingency. See below for requirements for post closure land use.Robert Robert McClellon, Program Coordinator REHS San Joaquin County Environmental Health Department Ph (209) 468-0332 Fax(209) 468-8392 21190. CIWMB - Postclosure Land Use. (T14:Section 17796) (a) Proposed postclosure land uses shall be designed and maintained to: (1) protect public health and safety and prevent damage to structures, roads, utilities and gas monitoring and control systems; (2) prevent public contact with waste, landfill gas and leachate; and (3) prevent landfill gas explosions. (b) The site design shall consider one or more proposed uses of the site toward which the operator will direct its efforts, or shall show development as open space, graded to harmonize with the setting and landscaped with native shrubbery or low maintenance ground cover. (c) All proposed postclosure land uses, other than non -irrigated open space, on sites implementing closure or on closed sites shall be submitted to the EA, RWQCB, local air district and local land use agency. The EA shall review and approve proposed postclosure land uses if the project involves structures within 1,000 feet of the disposal area, structures on top of waste, modification of the low permeability layer, or irrigation over waste. (d) Construction on the site shall maintain the integrity of the final cover, drainage and erosion control systems, and gas monitoring and control systems. The owner or operator shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the EA that the activities will not pose a threat to public health and safety and the environment. Any proposed modification or replacement of the low permeability layer of the final cover shall begin upon approval by the EA, and the RWQCB. (e) Construction of structural improvements on top of landfilled areas during the postclosure period shall meet the following conditions: (1) automatic methane gas sensors, designed to trigger an audible alarm when methane concentrations are detected, shall be installed in all buildings; (2) enclosed basement construction is prohibited; (3) buildings shall be constructed to mitigate the effects of gas accumulation, which may include an active gas collection or passive vent systems;