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News Updates
Code Orange Ozone Alert Forecast Today and Tomorrow, July 17 and July 18 – The hottest day of the summer so far is forecast for today with maximum temperatures reaching near 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Ozone concentrations will rise well into the Code Orange range due to a combination of clear skies and limited vertical mixing. With winds from the west, the highest concentrations will be found during the afternoon hours east of the I-95 Corridor. Humidity will rise during the day, but fine particulate matter is low region wide. Tomorrow will not be as hot, but it will be more humid with continued poor air quality. Ozone may well reach the Code Red range for the first time this summer. The ozone/air quality forecast is at: http://www.airqualitypartnership.org (sponsored by the Air Quality Partnership of the Delaware Valley). You can also view Delaware’s current ozone levels at DNREC’s air monitoring stations at: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/air/aqm_page/airmont/air.asp.
High levels of ozone irritate lung passages and can cause serious health problems for many people, especially children, seniors, and people with respiratory ailments. Particle pollution, another significant air pollutant in the region, consists of dust, metals, toxins and liquids and can be breathed deep into the lungs where they cause wheezing, coughing, and difficulty breathing, aggravating respiratory aliments such as bronchitis and asthma. DNREC’s web site includes a color-coded rating chart that describes the level of ozone in the air: www.dnrec.delaware.gov. To receive e-mail alerts when the ozone level in Delaware is anticipated to reach unhealthy levels, please visit: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/DNREC2000/admin/maillists/maillists.htm.
Air Quality Partnership Hosts Blue Rocks Giveaway Tomorrow to Promote Ozone/Air Quality Awareness – DNREC will be part of the region’s Air Quality Partnership effort to educate Delawareans about the hazards of ozone and particulate matter at the Wilmington Blue Rocks baseball game at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington tomorrow night, July 18. DNREC’s Air Quality Management Section, along with other members of the partnership, will host a table with air quality information and provide free soft-sided lunchboxes to people who visit the exhibit. The Air Quality Partnership table will be located on the stadium’s concourse area beginning at 7:00 PM. Gates open at 5:45 PM. For more information, please contact Terri Brixen, Air Quality Management Section, at (302) 323-4542 or Melanie Rapp, Public Affairs Office, at (302) 739-9902, or visit: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/dnrec2000/admin/press/story1.asp?PRID=2117.
Deadline for Proposals Extended to July 28 for Funding Regarding Waste Reduction Programs – Delaware-based businesses and non-governmental organizations are encouraged to apply for funding from DNREC’s Pollution Prevention Program. This one-time grant offering is designed to promote or incorporate pollution prevention (P2) strategies and/or solutions that will best reduce or eliminate generated wastes released to the air, land or water.
Applications will be accepted from any Delaware-based business or non-governmental organization, such as business sector associations, homeowner associations, academia and/or non-profit assistance providers. Award recipients will be notified by August 18. Request for Proposals, the application forms and guidelines, including information on pollution prevention approaches are available on DNREC’s website, www.dnrec.delaware.gov/p2/P2CostGrants.htm. For more information, please contact Crystal Nagyiski, Pollution Prevention Program Manager, at (302) 739-9909, or visit: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/dnrec2000/admin/press/story1.asp?PRID=2110.
Upcoming Air and Waste Related Hearings, Meetings & Events
July 17 – Multi-Pollutant Committee will meet from 12:30 to 3:30 PM in DNREC’s Auditorium
located at the Richardson and Robbins building at 89 Kings Highway in Dover, Delaware. An open discussion will be held on the draft Multi-Pollutant regulatory language. For additional information, please contact Bob Clausen, at (302) 739-9402 or visit: http://www.delaware.gov/eGov/Calendar.nsf/Meetings/C3660D564AB6D067852571A0005ADF20?open.
July 18 – Yard Waste Composting Guidance and Standards Committee will meet from 10 AM to noon on Tuesday in the conference room at Smyrna Rest Stop. The group has been formed to finalize the draft Guidelines for Yard Waste Composting Facilities. The agenda for the meeting includes discussion on: grandfathering existing municipal compost operations; exemptions for landscapers managing small quantities of yard waste; finalizing draft guidelines for yard waste composting; and commenting on draft approval document handed out at the June 5 meeting. For additional information or directions to the meeting location, contact Debra Nielsen at (302) 739-9403, or visit: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/DNREC2000/Admin/Press/Story1.asp?PRID=2106.
July 19 – Early Compliance and Detection Incentive (ECDI) Meeting will be held from 9:30 to 12 noon at the DNREC field office located at 391 Lukens Drive in New Castle, Delaware. The committee will review ECDI application reimbursements for approval. For additional information or directions to the meeting location, contact Tara Susee at (302) 395-2500, or visit: http://www.delaware.gov/eGov/Calendar.nsf/Meetings/AA5E7B1678A4A60D8525719C0053CA0C?open.
July 19 – Regulation 1142 Committee will meet from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the DNREC field office located at 715 Grantham Lane, New Castle, Delaware, 19720. DNREC is considering revising Delaware Regulation 1142 (Specific Emission Control Requirements), by adding Section 2, to require new and/or additional controls on industrial boilers and process heaters with heat input capacity equal to or greater than 200 mmBTU/hour at petroleum refining facilities in Delaware. This is part of DNREC’s overall efforts to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions in Delaware and attain the 8-hour ozone standard. For additional information, please contact Frank Gao at (302) 323-4542, or visit: /Info/Regs/AQMMultiPReg.htm.
July 21 – Brownfields Advisory Committee will meet from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM at the DNREC field office located at 391 Lukens Drive in New Castle, Delaware. The committee provides input to DNREC regarding brownfields-related issues. For additional information, please contact Christina Wirtz at (302) 395-2600, or visit: http://www.delaware.gov/eGov/Calendar.nsf/Meetings/925A06923B58CDDA8525718100601E15?open.
August 1 – Public Hearing for Delaware Reasonably Available Control Technology (RACT) State Implementation Plan will be held from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the Priscilla Building Conference Room, 156 South State Street, Dover, Delaware. DNREC has developed a draft RACT State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision that demonstrates: (1) it has implemented required RACT controls on all relevant stationary sources of VOC and NOx emissions, with one potential exception, in Delaware; (2) all those RACT controls have been approved by the EPA under the 1-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS); and (3) all those RACT controls have been certified, based on the EPA’s guidance and standards, to represent RACT control levels under the new 8-hour ozone NAAQS. The proposed SIP revision may be inspected at the Department’s offices located at 156 S. State Street, Dover, and 715 Grantham Lane, New Castle. For additional information, or to make an appointment to inspect the proposed amendments, please contact Mr. Frank Gao at (302) 323-4542. More information can be found at: http://www.delaware.gov/eGov/Calendar.nsf/Meetings/74839044CE469C7B852571A800469095?open. The proposed SIP revision was noticed in the July 1, 2006, issue of Delaware Register at: http://www.state.de.us/research/register/july2006/general%20notice/index.shtml#P-1_0.
August 3 – Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUST) Committee Meeting will meet from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM at the Legislative Hall Senate Hearing Room in Dover, Delaware. This is a regularly scheduled meeting of the LUST Committee. The statutory purpose of the Committee is to guide the development of regulations and other requirements of Title 7, Chapter 74 of the Delaware Code. For more information, please contact Tara Susee at (302) 395-2500 or visit:
http://www.delaware.gov/eGov/Calendar.nsf/Meetings/B12895D42A8949928525719C00543085?open.
Documents Available for Public Comment or Appeal
VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM (VCP) AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PARCELS 6, 7, AND 8 AND THE ROADS OF THE JUSTISON LANDING REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, PHASE II, IN WILMINGTON – DNREC is negotiating two VCP Agreements with the City of Wilmington and the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) for the Justison Redevelopment Project, Phase II. The site is located on a portion of 221 S. Madison Street, which comprises the roads and Parcels 6, 7 and 8, formerly the Wilmington Coal Gas North Site, as well as a portion of the former “Triangle Parcel” of the Wilmington Public Works Yard. For additional information, please contact Wilmer Reyes and/or Rick Galloway at (302) 395-2600, or visit: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/dnreceis/redirect.asp?ID=1988&MsgType=P.
PREMCOR SUBMITS REGULATION 1102 PERMIT APPLICATION
Notice Start Date: 07/09/2006 Notice End Date: 07/24/2006
The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. has submitted an application to construct an enhanced petroleum coke storage and handling complex to replace their existing system. This application is required pursuant to the Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) between Premcor and the Department, dated April 3, 2006, with the intent of reducing particulate emissions (PM and PM10) resulting from the on-site handling and storage of coke. The proposed storage and handling complex will consist of a pneumatic coke transport line, four storage silos, a surge bin for railcar loading, two ball mills, and eleven baghouses. The reduced potential to emit from this project is 35.7 tons per year of PM and 26.4 tons per year of PM10.
The application for this permit may be reviewed at the offices of the Division of Air and Waste Management, 156 South State Street, Dover, Delaware or 715 Grantham Lane, New Castle, Delaware. For additional information or for an appointment to review the application, please contact Joanna Austin at (302) 739 9402, or Ravi Rangan, P.E. or Bruce Steltzer at (302) 323-4542. A public hearing on the application will NOT be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for a hearing by July 24, 2006. A request for a hearing shall be in writing. For more information on the application or on requesting a hearing, please visit: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/dnreceis/redirect.asp?ID=1990&MsgType=P.
PREMCOR SUBMITS REGULATION 1102 PERMIT AMENDMENT APPLICATION
Notice Start Date: 07/16/2006 Notice End Date: 08/01/2006
The Premcor Refining Group, Inc. has submitted an application to amend Permit: APC-82/0981 – Construction (Amendment 5 NSPS) in order to install low nitrogen oxides (NOx) burners in the Carbon Monoxide Boiler (COB) of the Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit (FCCU). The installation of the low NOx burners is required as part of the interim control measures to be implemented under Section II of the Administrative Order of Consent with the intent of reducing NOx emissions. A specific NOx emission level has not been specified in the application because the effectiveness of the interim measures has not been previously assessed under equivalent circumstances. The Department anticipates approximately 300 to 500 tons per year NOx reductions as a result of implementing the interim measures with no corresponding increases in any other pollutant.
The application for this permit and the draft revised permit may be reviewed at the offices of the Division of Air and Waste Management, 156 South State Street, Dover, Delaware or 715 Grantham Lane, New Castle, Delaware. For additional information or for an appointment to review the application, please contact Joanna Austin at (302) 739 9402, or Ravi Rangan, P.E. or Bruce Steltzer at (302) 323-4542. A public hearing on the application will NOT be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for hearing by August 1, 2006. A request for a hearing shall be in writing. For more information on the application or on requesting a hearing, please visit: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/dnreceis/redirect.asp?ID=1992&MsgType=P.
FINAL PLAN OF REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE ION POWER SITE IN NEW CASTLE COUNTY Notice Start Date: 07/09/2006 Notice End Date: 07/29/2006
DNREC adopted the proposed plan of remedial action as the final plan of remedial action for the Ion Power site. The site is located at 720-750 Governor Lea Road in New Castle County, Delaware. The site is approximately 18.5 acres in size, and was used for agricultural land until the 1980s when Standard Chlorine, and later Metachem Products, LLC, used the site as a parking facility, a "change house" and administrative offices. The final remedial investigation report, dated December 27, 2005, did not reveal any contaminants of concern above DNREC's Uniform Risk Based Standards (URS) values for restricted (commercial) use in surface soils or sediments. However, elevated concentrations of manganese and a volatile organic compound (VOC), tetrachloroethylene (PCE), were identified in the groundwater samples collected at the site.
The proposed and final plans for the site may be reviewed at the Delaware City Library, or at the office of DNREC–SIRB, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720. DNREC invited verbal and written comments on the proposed plan until June 27, 2006; no comments were received. The public may appeal the final plan by July 29, 2006. For additional information, please contact Todd Keyser at (302) 395-2600, or visit: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/dnreceis/redirect.asp?ID=1984&MsgType=P.
FINAL PLAN OF REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE NORTHERN PATHWAY SITE IN WILMINGTON Notice Start Date: 07/09/2006 Notice End Date: 07/29/2006
DNREC adopted the proposed plan of remedial action as the final plan of remedial action for the Northern Pathway Site, located along the Christina Riverfront section in Wilmington. The site is approximately 0.22 acres in size and is located southeasterly of the right-of-way line of the former Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company. The Christina Crescent redevelopment project borders the site to the south, and Justison Street borders the site to the west. The proposed future use of the site is for a public pathway and as a fire access road in support of the Christina Crescent redevelopment project.
Several contaminants were detected in soil above Delaware's Uniform Risk-Based Standard (URS) values for restricted (commercial) use including arsenic, lead, and benzo(a)pyrene. The groundwater at Christina Crescent is also contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The proposed and final plans are available at the Wilmington Library or at the office of DNREC–SIRB, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720. DNREC invited written and verbal comments on the plan; the public comment period began on June 11, 2006 and closed on July 3, 2006. DNREC did not receive any public comments on the proposed plan. The public may appeal this final plan by July 29, 2006. For additional information, please contact at Rick Galloway at (302) 395-2600 or visit: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/dnreceis/redirect.asp?ID=1989&MsgType=P.
Secretary’s Orders
DNREC SECRETARY HUGHES ISSUES ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT TO PREMCOR REFINING GROUP INC., settling an appeal pending before the Environmental Appeals Board that will result in reductions of nearly 800 tons per year of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from the refinery. Premcor is required to install a wet gas scrubber at the refinery’s fluid catalytic cracking unit – one of the major units used in the refinery process – under an earlier consent agreement in federal court. The new consent order resolves issues in the company’s permit appeal relating to the fluid catalytic cracking unit and wet gas scrubber and sets out a timeframe for Premcor to significantly decrease its NOx emissions. Ultimately, the order requires a reduction of NOx emissions to 20 parts per million from the fluid catalytic cracking unit by May 1, 2009. Unanticipated delays, including those caused by the permitting process or other factors, could cause this date to be moved to the next scheduled turnaround after 2009 (or no later than 3 years from the resolution of any material permit appeal). In the interim, Premcor will begin implementing measures expected to reduce NOx emissions by 300 to 500 tons per year by the turnaround of 2006 and no later than May 1, 2008.
Notices for Bids
CHRISTINA PARK AND JOE WHITE MEMORIAL BALL FIELD REMEDIAL ACTION IN WILMINGTON – Competitive sealed bids for the Christina Park and Joe White Memorial Ball Field Remedial Action will be received by the State of Delaware, DNREC, Division of Air and Waste Management, Site Investigation and Restoration Branch, c/o Tetra Tech, 56 W. Main Street, Suite 400, Christiana, Delaware, 19702 until 2:00 PM local time on July 31, 2006, at which time they will be opened and read aloud. In Wilmington, Christina Park is located south of the intersection of Church and 4th Streets. Joe White Memorial Ball Field is located at the intersection of Northeast Boulevard and Vandever Avenue.
The work requires that the contractor provide all labor, materials, equipment and supervision necessary for demolition of select ball field equipment, placement of a one-foot thick protective barrier across the park sites, and ball field reconstruction. A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on July 24, 2006 at the Christina Park Site in the vicinity of the ball field diamond, at 10:00 AM local time, for the purpose of establishing the listing of subcontractors, reviewing selected project requirements and to answer questions. For additional information on bidding, please contact Lindsay Hall, Project Manager, at (302) 395-2600, or Ralph Boedeker, Tetra Tech, at (302) 738-7551.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT FOR REMEDIATION SERVICES–REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS – DNREC is seeking requests for proposals (RFP) from qualified consultants regarding professional services for remediation services for four (4) separate contracts known as Contract Numbers 06-374-MS-A, 06-374-MS-B, 06-374-MS-C and 06-374-MS-D. Each RFP for professional services is issued pursuant to 29 Del. C. §§ 6981, 6982 and 6986. Each RFP covers one of four tasks. Contract # 06-374-MS-A is for Site Investigations and Assessments; Contract # 06-374-MS-B is for Human Health Based Risk Assessments and Toxicology, Contract # 06-374-MS-C is for Ecological Consulting Services and Contract # 06-374-MS-D is for Environmental Engineering Services.
The proposal must conform to the requirements of the Proposal Procedures and the Required Information Sections of the RFP. The RFP and Proposal Procedures are available at DNREC’s Site Investigation and Restoration Branch office, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720 and also are posted at the following website: http://www.state.de.us/dss/contracting/contracts/374.shtml#. The deadline for receipt of proposals on all four contracts is July 31, 2006 and the date of Notification of Award for each contract is August 8, 2006. All proposals must be delivered in person or by mail to: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Site Investigation and Restoration Branch,391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720, Attn: Qazi Salahuddin. For further information on bidding, please contact Qazi Salahuddin at (302) 395-2600, or visit: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/dnreceis/redirect.asp?ID=1997&MsgType=P.
Contact the Division
- 24-Hour Report and Spill Notification Line - 1-800-662-8802
- Aboveground Storage Tanks - 302-395-2500
- Air Quality - Dover Office - 302-739-9402
- Air Quality - New Castle Office - 302-323-4542
- Asbestos New Castle - 302-323-4542
- Asbestos Kent & Sussex - 302-739-9402
- Boiler Safety - 302-744-2735
- Brownfields - 302-395-2600
- Director’s Office - 302-739-9400
- Emergency Prevention and Response - 302-739-9404
- Enforcement - 302-739-9401 or 1-800-662-8802
- Hazardous Waste - 302-739-9403
- Medical Waste - 302-739-9403
- Open Burning - 302-739-9402
- Outreach Ombudsman - 302-395-2515
- Recycling - 302-739-9403
- Site Investigation & Restoration Branch (Superfund/Brownfields) - 302-395-2600
- Solid Waste - 302-739-9403
- Underground Storage Tanks - 302-395-2500
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