Soil Handling and Disposal Plan. Soil will be exposed during trench and splice vault excavations as necessary for cable and splice vault installations. The Certificate Holder will backfill all excavations and trenches either with clean thermal fill material, which was removed, or with clean washed building sand or suitable thermal fill such as cementitious slurry backfill. The backfill material will comply with applicable code requirements and minimize heat retention of the newly installed cables. The Applicant will dispose of any excess spoils, debris, soils or fill, whether or not contaminated, in accordance with code requirements applicable to such substance. Excavated soils will be removed from the site to enable continued pedestrian or vehicular access. If necessary, soil will be staged within Contractor yards within covered or sealed roll-off containers. No excavated material shall be placed on or encroach on private property. The following sections detail the procedures through which soil generated during excavation activities will be evaluated for potential environmental impacts, evaluated for reuse or suitability as backfill, stored or stockpiled, and soils disposed of. Section 5.0- Soil and Erosion Control, and Section 5.1- Storm Water Pollution Protection Plan (“SWPPP”) contain more information regarding soil management. The SWPPP is attached as Appendix C.
