DNREC-SIRS

NOTIFICATION OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR A BROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE GENERAL MOTORS CORP. WILMINGTON ASSEMBLY PLANT SITE (DE-1149)

Pursuant to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act (HSCA), 7 Del. C. Chapter 91, §9126, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is required to issue a public notice within twenty days after entering into negotiations for a Brownfields Development Agreement (BDA).  A BDA is an agreement between DNREC and a Brownfields developer with respect to a Certified Brownfield Site that sets forth a scope of work and schedule of remedial activities during the development of the Site.

DNREC’s Site Investigation and Restoration Section (DNREC-SIRS) is negotiating a  new BDA with Boxwood Industrial Park, LLC regarding the General Motors Corp. Wilmington Assembly Plant Site (Site), located at 801 Boxwood Road and Terry Place in Wilmington.  Identified by New Castle County as tax parcel numbers 07-042.10-055 and 07-042.20-010, the 141 acre Site may have had a release of hazardous substances as a result of past use as an automotive manufacturing plant.  For more information, please see DNREC’s navigator at http://www.nav.dnrec.delaware.gov/DEN3.
  
Learn more about this Site and other Brownfields sites by accessing DNREC-SIRS’ web page at http://www.awm.delaware.gov/SIRB/Pages/Brownfields.aspx    or
by contacting the DNREC-SIRS Project Manager, Rick Galloway at (302) 395-2600 or rick.galloway@state.de.us.