NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

March 5, 2008
Vol. 37, No. 84 

For further information, contact Elena Tkacz, Resource Planner, 302-739-9909, or Joanna Wilson, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.

Public Hearing to Be Held April 3 for Peninsula Composting Company’s Coastal Zone Act Permit Application

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will conduct a public hearing for Peninsula Composting Company’s application for a Coastal Zone Act Permit at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 3 at DNREC’s New Castle office at 391 Lukens Drive.   

Peninsula Composting Company submitted its revised application for the permit on Jan. 23, 2008 to operate a food and wood waste composting facility at 601 Christiana Avenue in Wilmington. The application is considered to be preliminarily, administratively complete and sufficient to proceed to public hearing. 

The application states that environmental impacts to the Coastal Zone will include air emissions generated from the equipment used to process the raw materials and increased stormwater runoff. The offset proposal, to include air emission reductions, Stormwater Best Management Practices, planting of native trees, and a financial contribution to the South Wilmington Special Area Management Plan, have been reviewed and provisionally accepted by the Department. 

The Peninsula Composting Company’s application is presently on public display at the DNREC Offices at 715 Grantham Lane south of New Castle and 89 Kings Highway in Dover.  The application can also be reviewed at the Hockessin, Wilmington and Delaware City public libraries. 

Public comments may be made at the public hearing or submitted in writing prior to the hearing. Written comments may be sent to Elena Tkacz, Resource Planner, Office of the Secretary, Richardson & Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901 or emailed to elena.tkacz@state.de.us.  

For more information, please contact Elena Tkacz at 302-739-9909.

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