Final cover definition

Final cover means cover that is not Interim cover or Loan settlement cover, which has been issued under the process as set out under “How to apply: Step 3 – When we issue final cover”.

Final cover means cover material which will be permanently exposed to the environment.

Final cover means the materials used to cover the top and sides of a landfill when fill operations cease.

Examples of Final cover in a sentence

• Final cover shall be a minimum of 24 inches of recompacted clay with a permeability of less than 1x10-7 cm/sec overlain with an approved geomembrane covering the entire area.

• Final cover slopes shall not be steeper than a horizontal to vertical ratio of one and three quarters to one and designs having any slopes steeper than a horizontal to vertical ratio of three to one, or having a geosynthetic component, shall have these aspects of their design specifically supported in the slope stability report required in Title 27, section 21750(f)(5) [Title 27, § 21090(a)].

• Final cover installation shall be initiated no later than 30 days after and shall be completed no later than 90 days after final grades are reached in each unit of a facility or the date of known final receipt of solid waste in the unit, whichever comes first.

• Final cover shall be placed on top of the daily or intermediate cover that is used as the grading layer to provide a stable base for subsequent layers.

• Final cover above the system shall be stabilized and graded to reduce infiltration of surface water and minimize erosion.

More Definitions of Final cover

Final cover means any combination of compacted or uncompacted earthen material, synthetic material, and suitable plant growth material which, after closure, will be permanently exposed to the weather and which is spread on the top and side slopes of a landfill or facility.

Final cover means any cover of a type, thickness, elevation, and slope approved by the commissioner for the termination of filling in an area.

Final cover means earth compacted to a thickness of at least 0.5 metre applied to the surface of the compacted waste cell that has achieved the final elevation for cell closure, and is graded to minimize ponding of water on the surface;

Final cover means any cover material that is spread and compacted on the top and side slopes of a disposal facility which will be permanently exposed to the environment.

Final cover means cover material that is applied upon closure of a hazardous waste disposal facility or unit and is perma- nently exposed at the surface.

Final cover means the materials used to cover the top and sides of a phosphogypsum stack upon closure.

Final cover means cover placed on intermediate cover on the final contours of the landfill footprint. The top of the final cover is the permanently exposed final surface of the landfill.