11th Peck Lecture: Predesign Geotechnical Investigation for the OII Superfund Site Landfill
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 139, Issue 11
Abstract
The predesign geotechnical investigation for closure of the Operating Industries, Inc. (OII) Superfund site landfill significantly advanced the state of the art for solid waste landfill engineering. Contributions to solid waste landfill engineering from the OII predesign geotechnical investigation include a solid waste classification system, a method for in situ measurement of waste unit weight, an enhanced understanding of the mechanical properties of solid waste, including unit weight, compressibility, shear strength, shear wave velocity, and equivalent linear shear modulus and equivalent viscous damping, and a methodology for seismic stability and deformation analysis of the waste mass. Many of the procedures and waste property relationships developed for the OII predesign geotechnical investigation remain the state of practice today for solid waste landfill engineering.
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledges the contributions to this work from people too numerous to name, including their colleagues at Geosyntec Consultants, the engineering firm responsible for the predesign geotechnical investigation for the OII Superfund site landfill; the staff at New Cure, Inc., the management organization representing the PRPs for the site; the EPA and New Cure Technical Review Panels; and staff from the EPA and California Department of Toxic Substances Control who participated in the project and provided valuable suggestions in the course of the work.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 139 • Issue 11 • November 2013
Pages: 1849 - 1863
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Received: Feb 14, 2013
Accepted: Mar 10, 2013
Published online: Mar 14, 2013
Published in print: Nov 1, 2013
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