NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Sept. 15, 2008
Vol. 38, No. 417
For more information contact Crystal Nagyiski, Pollution Prevention Program, 302-739-9909, or Melanie Rapp, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.
Marine Spill Response Training Set for Sept. 17 at Rehoboth Bay Marina
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – Boat owners and marina operators are invited to attend marine spill response training offered by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control from 12 until 1 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 17 at Rehoboth Bay Marina, 1115 Highway One, Dewey Beach. The training is free and open to anyone interested in gaining first-hand knowledge of marine spill response and clean-up.
The training is being held during National Pollution Prevention Week as a way to encourage actions that will help prevent, recognize and react to a fuel or sewage release on Delaware waterways. DNREC’s Emergency Response Branch, Pollution Prevention and Delaware Clean Marina programs are offering the training and will demonstrate equipment and clean-up techniques and provide information of how to develop a spill response plan.
The training will be held immediately after the Delaware Clean Marina Certification Ceremony at Rehoboth Bay Marina.
Interested individuals are encouraged to sign up for the training by contacting Crystal Nagyiski, 302-739-9909 or Crystal.Nagyiski@state.de.us Walk-in registration will also be accepted.
