NEWS FROM THE DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

April 15, 2009
Vol. 39, No. 160

Contact:  Jim Short, Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch, Division of Air and Waste Management, 302-739-9403; or Melanie Rapp, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.

    Public Meeting April 16 on Polly Drummond Hill Yard Waste Site
                        Moved to Deerfield Golf and Tennis Club
                                                         Meeting Held at 7:30 p.m.

DNREC’s Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch has changed the location of the April 16 public meeting on the Polly Drummond Hill Yard Waste Drop-off site to Deerfield Golf and Tennis Club, Ball Room, 507 Thompson Station Road, Newark. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m.

The meeting is being moved from its original location, the Judge Morris Estate, to a larger facility, the Ball Room at the Deerfield Golf and Tennis Club, to accommodate greater public attendance than was originally anticipated.

Public Meeting on the Polly Drummond Hill Road Community Yard Waste Demonstration Site
7:30– 9:00 p.m., Thursday, April 16
Deerfield Golf and Tennis Club
Ball Room
507 Thompson Station
Newark, Del. 19711

In response to House Bill 525, DNREC is required to hold public meetings on the three sites and submit a plan for maintaining their operations to the General Assembly by May 2009.

Written comments will also be accepted and must be submitted by 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 24 to James.Short@state.de.us or by mail to DNREC, Division of Air and Waste Management, Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE  19901, Attn: Jim Short.