NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

Jan. 5, 2010
Vol. 40, No. 2

For more information, contact Jill Williams Hall, Tank Management Branch, 302-395-2500; or Melanie Rapp, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.

Hearing set for Jan. 12 on proposed revisions to Delaware's Regulations Governing Underground Tank Systems

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a public hearing on proposed revisions to Delaware’s underground storage tank (UST) regulations from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12 in the conference room at DNREC’s New Castle office, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle.

The proposed changes would incorporate federal requirements, clarify language and help ensure protection of human health, safety and the environment. They include:

• Requirements for a tank operator training program as required by the Federal Energy Policy Act of 2005.

• Requirements prohibiting installation of new USTs within specific distances of public, industrial and domestic wells to ensure protection of drinking water supplies.

• Clarifications to specific sections in response to public comment.

• Corrections to errors in the last edition of the UST regulations, issued Jan. 11, 2008.

• Corrections and additions to conform to the federal requirement that state regulations are at least as stringent as the federal UST regulations.

The public and interested parties are invited to attend the hearing and make comments. Written comments can be submitted to: Jill Williams Hall, DNREC Tank Management Branch, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720, and must be received by the end of the comment period as designated by the hearing officer at the hearing.

Copies of the proposed regulations are available online at www.dnrec.delaware.gov/info/Pages/Rules.aspx.

Copies also may be viewed during regular business hours at the Lukens Drive office, as well as, DNREC’s main Dover office, the Richardson & Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, and the Sussex County office, Route 113, Sussex Suites, Unit 6, Georgetown.

For more information, please call Jill Williams Hall, Tank Management Branch, 302-395-2500.