Specifications include, but are not limited to: NEW TOPSOIL: Shall be natural or manufactured, fertile, friable loam or sandy loam as classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Classification system, and typical of the cultivated topsoils of the locality. The soil shall contain not less than 4% or more than 8% by weight, of decayed organic matter (humus), as determined by ASTM F - 1647. The topsoil shall be taken from a well drained, arable site, free from sub-soil, large stones, earth clods, sticks, stumps, clay lumps, roots, or other objectionable, extraneous matter of debris. Topsoil shall also be free of Quack-grass rhizomes, Agropyron Repens, and the nut-like tubers of Nutgrass, Cyperus Esculentus, and all other primary noxious weeds. Topsoil shall not have a pH of less that 6.0 or greater than 7.5. Topsoil shall not be delivered or used for planting while in a frozen or muddy condition. If determined by a soil test the existing topsoil that was stripped does not meet these specifications, the topsoil shall be amended with a washed screened sand. The sand shall be approved by the Owners Testing Agent and Owners Representative prior to use and after review of a test report.
