U.S. District Court Throws Out Delaware Riverkeeper Lawsuit Against Soil Recycling Company Soil Safe

Judge Rejects All Riverkeeper Allegations Against Soil Safe

CAMDEN, NJ – July 14, 2017 – U.S. District Court Judge Renee Marie Bumb has rejected a three-year-old complaint filed by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, affirming that Soil Safe’s recycling product is safe and its process is “…`textbook’ recycling of materials."

Soil Safe operates a soil recycling facility in Logan Township, where it recycles low-level, petroleum-contaminated soil as permitted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The recycled and engineered soil product is then used to remediate three locations, known as the Birch Creek Property, the Logan Equine Park and Gloucester County Park.

In her June 30 ruling, Judge Bumb found that Soil Safe acted properly and rejected the Riverkeeper’s request for injunctive relief and compensation. In court, the company demonstrated it follows all regulations established for its “Class B” recycling permit, the Remedial Action Workplans for the three locations, and the 16 other permits the DEP and Gloucester County issued and regularly review.

“Having made its findings of fact, and as set forth below, the Court settles the issue: Soil Safe is not discarding petroleum-contaminated soil, but rather recycling it for deployment in site remediation.” and; “…this court is now firmly convinced that the Soil Safe process is `textbook’ recycling of materials." (Judge Bumb June 30, 2017)

“We are pleased with the Court’s decision that Soil Safe is in compliance with all environmental rules and regulations regarding its recycling and remediation processes. We look forward to putting this matter behind us and continuing to provide our high quality soil recycling services for our customers.” (Mark Smith, Soil Safe President)

Soil Safe is a nationally recognized leader in soil recycling, land reclamation, and brownfield redevelopment. Since its founding, Soil Safe has processed more than 26 million tons of soil from more than 40,000 remediation and construction projects. Learn more at www.SoilSafe.com and www.CarteretClean.com.