Soil Importation Regulations

Plumsted Township regulates the importation of soils for purposes of controlling biological contaminants (i.e., living organisms like diseases and pests, toxic chemical contaminants that can cause pollution).

Soils include mixes of inorganic and organic materials. This mixture can support biological activity and therefore carry and introduce harmful pests or diseases. The regulation of soil imports (or exports) for other kinds of contamination (e.g., toxic chemicals) would depend on the soil’s contamination level’s reaching those regulated by the hazardous and solid waste regulations under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) or Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).