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nine requested backhoe excavations to confirm the soil depth estimates presented by Mr. Joyce; estimates which the engineer called “conservative.”
Seismic studies conducted at the site, Mr. Joyce added, had confirmed that sufficient dirt is there to handle the daily, yearly, and final cover requirements for the landfill. That was one of the assurances sought by the state. In the “borrow” area, where dirt will be excavated for cover, geophysicist E. W. Scarlett Jr. said his seismic studies indicated an average of between 17 and 21 feet of dirt.
Mr. Scarlett said that his studies had, in general, confirmed what Mr. Joyce had already found; that the proposed trench sites were crossed by outcroppings of rock. The usable trench depth, Mr. Scarlett said,
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