N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 §§ 363-6.18

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024
Section 363-6.18 - Final cover - topsoil

A topsoil layer must be designed and installed over the landfill, unless the department approves a geosynthetic designed to serve as the uppermost layer of the final cover system.

(a) Materials required. The topsoil or alternative material layer must be suitable to maintain vegetative growth.
(b) Construction requirements. The topsoil or alternative material layer must be at least six inches thick. A thicker layer will be required, if either of the following conditions exist:
(1) sufficient moisture retention cannot be maintained to sustain vegetative growth; or
(2) the proposed end uses of the site warrant a thicker layer.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 §§ 363-6.18

Adopted New York State Register September 20, 2017/Volume XXXIX, Issue 38, eff. 11/4/2017