Division of Air and Waste Management

News Updates
Delaware City Refinery – Valero is in the process of restarting its Delaware city refinery. Feed was introduced to the fluid catalytic cracking unit on April 30, 2009. Remaining unit operations will be brought back on line over the next several days. For more information please contact the Division’s site engineers, Ravi Rangan and Bruce Steltzer, at (302) 323-4542. 

Open Burning Prohibited May 1 – September 30 to Protect Public Health - DNREC reminds Delawareans that open burning is prohibited statewide from May 1 through September 30 to protect public health. The only exceptions to Delaware’s open burning ban are cooking fires (BBQs), recreational campfires and ceremonial fires.  For more information on open burning, please contact Tom Postell, Air Quality Management Section, 302-739-9402; William (Chip) McDaniel, Chief, Environmental Crimes Unit, 302-739-9401; or Melanie Rapp, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/OpenBurningProhibitedMay1-September30toProtectPublicHealth.aspx

Public Asked to Report Sick or Dead Wild Birds to State for 2009 West Nile Virus Monitoring.  The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's Mosquito Control Section is again asking the public’s help in monitoring West Nile virus by reporting sick or dead wild birds that may have contracted the virus, a mosquito-borne disease of considerable concern to human health and unvaccinated horses.  Beginning Tuesday, April 28, Mosquito Control requests that the public report only sick or dead crows, blue jays, cardinals, robins and hawks or owls, plus clusters of five or more sick or dead wild birds of any species. Specimens should appear to have been dead for less than 24 hours and not killed by other obvious causes. For more information please contact  William Meredith, Division of Fish and Wildlife Mosquito Control Section, 302-739-9917 or Joanna Wilson, Public Affairs 302-739-9902 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/PublicAskedtoReportSickorDeadWildBirdstoStatefor2009WestNileVirusMonitoring.aspx

DNREC Seeks Students Who Make a Difference in the Environment for 2009 Young Environmentalists Awards and is encouraging teachers, classmates, parents, club or group leaders and others to nominate these students for the 2009 Young Environmentalist of the Year Awards. Nominations must be based on actions or projects which have taken place between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.  For more information please contact Joanna Wilson, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DNRECSeeksStudentsWhoMakeaDifferenceintheEnvironmentfor2009YoungEnvironmentalistAwards.aspx

DNREC Offers Rain Barrels at Discount Price to Delaware Residents as part of its comprehensive water conservation plan, the DNREC Division of Soil and Water Conservation is offering rain barrels at a discounted price to residents of Delaware. Having a rain barrel provides an innovative way to capture rainwater from your roof and store it for later use. Water collected from rain barrels can be used to wash cars and to water lawns, gardens and indoor plants. Regular retail price for these heavy duty plastic barrels is $119. However, by purchasing the barrels at a quantity discount, the Nonpoint Source Program can offer them for $66 each. A limited number of barrels are available and will be distributed on a first come first serve basis. For more information, please call 302-739-9922 or email sharon.webb@state.de.us. Or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DNRECOffersRainBarrelsatDiscountPricetoDelawareResidents.aspx

UPCOMING AIR AND WASTE-RELATED HEARINGS, MEETINGS AND EVENTS:

May 6 – Public Hearing for Grantham Lane Associates, LLC Application for a Coastal Zone Permit and will be held at the DNREC field office located at 391 Lukens Drive beginning at 6:00 PM. The hearing, originally set for Tuesday, April 14, was rescheduled to May 6, because the company submitted an amended application to DNREC that was different from the application on public display. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=393&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx.

May 8 – Brownfields Advisory Committee Meeting will meet from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM at the DNREC field office located at 391 Lukens Drive in New Castle.  The committee provides input to the Division 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/FFD8340BACA812918525759B004CF4B1?open.

May Meetings of the Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPCs) – The LEPCs were appointed by the Delaware State Emergency Response Commission. The LEPC provides a forum for interaction and information sharing among businesses, government officials, emergency organizations, and the public. The meetings will be held at the following times and locations:

May 11 – New Castle County LEPC will meet at 2:30 PM at Christiana Care in Newark For more information, please visit: http://www.serc.delaware.gov/information/ncclepc/ncclepc.shtml.

May 12 – Kent County LEPC will meet at 10 AM at the Kent County Dept. of Public Safety Building, 911 Public Safety Boulevard in Dover. For more information, please visit: http://www.serc.delaware.gov/information/kclepc/kclepc.shtml.  

May 14 – Sussex County LEPC will meet at 10 AM at the Sussex County Emergency Operations Center. For more information, please visit: http://www.serc.delaware.gov/information/sclepc/sclepc.shtml.

May 15 – Wilmington LEPC will meet at 10 AM at the new City of Wilmington Emergency Operations Center, located at 22 S. Heald St. in Wilmington.   For more information, please visit: http://www.serc.delaware.gov/information/wlepc/wlepc.shtml.

For more information on the May meetings, please contact Shannon Splittorff at (302) 739-9405, or visit: http://www.serc.delaware.gov/event.shtml. 

May 20 – The Recycling Public Advisory Council Meeting will meet from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM at the Appoqunimink State Service Center located at 122 Silver Lake Road in Middletown.  The Council meets regularly to discuss recycling issues in Delaware.  For additional information, please contact Bill Miller at (302) 739-9403, or visit: www.awm.delaware.gov/Info/Pages/RPAC.aspx

DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR APPEAL:

NOTICE OF A SIGNING OF A CONSENT DECREE FOR THE SHUSTER’S AUTO SALVAGE, INC. SITE - SIRB is requesting public comment regarding the Consent Decree for a Settlement of the  Shuster’s Auto Salvage, Inc. The public comment period will begin on April 27, 2009 and will close on May 18, 2009. For more information please contact Tim Ratsep at (302) 395-2600 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=407&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx

BROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM – The Division’s Brownfields Development Program encourages the cleanup and redevelopment of vacant, abandoned or underutilized properties which may be contaminated. A party seeking to develop such a property negotiates with the Division's Site Investigation and Restoration Branch (SIRB) for a Brownfields Development Agreement (BDA) or a Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) Agreement to perform an investigation and, if necessary, a remedial action or remedy, for the purpose of addressing the risks posed by past releases of hazardous substances at these sites. For site-specific information on the following sites, please see SIRB’s superfund site files database at: http://docs.dnrec.delaware.gov/sirbsitefiles.cfm.

NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REGARDING THE SIGNING OF ABROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE 512 SOUTH CLAYMONT PROPERTY (DE-0326) – SIRB negotiated a BDA with Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County regarding the 512 South Claymont Street Property (Site), located at 512 S. Claymont Street in Wilmington. The public comment period begins on April 27, 2009 and will close at the end of the business day on May 18, 2009. For more information please contact Wendy March at (302) 395-2600 or visit:
http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=406&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx

NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD REGARDING THE SIGNING OF A BROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE MILTON RAILS-TO-TRAILS PROPERTY (DE-1460) – SIRB negotiated a BDA with the Town of Milton (Delaware) regarding the Milton Rails-to-Trails Property.  The public comment period begins on April 27, 2009 and will close at the end of the business day (4:30 p.m.) on May 18, 2009.  For more information please contact Todd Keyser at (302) 395-2600 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=405&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx

NOTIFICATION OF NEGOTIATIONS AND PUBLIC COMMENT FOR A BROWNFIELDS VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM AGREEMENT FOR THE GARRETT HOUSE-609 WASHINGTON STREET SITE (DE-1466) SIRB negotiated a Brownfields VCP Agreement with United Cerebral Palsy of Delaware Inc. regarding the Garrett House Site-609 Washington Street  (Site) located at 609 Washington Street in Wilmington. The public comment period for this Brownfields VCP Agreement began on April 20, 2009 and will close at the end of the business day (4:30 p.m.) on May 11, 2009. For more information, please contact Randall Wolfe at (302) 395-2600 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=401&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx

NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC COMMENT FOR A BROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND FOR THE 925 NORTH CHURCH STREET PROPERTY (DE-1465) SIRB negotiated a BDA with Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County regarding the 925 North Church Street Property (Site) in Wilmington.  The public comment period begins on April 20, 2009 and will close at the end of the business day 4:30 p.m.) on May 11, 2009.  For more information, please contact Kate Durant at (302) 395-2600 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=400&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx

SOLID HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT PERMITTING PROGRAM - SHWMB hereby gives notice that a permit application has been received from the following companies to transport regulated RCRA hazardous and/or non-hazardous solid wastes in, out of, or through the State of Delaware. The applications may be inspected by appointment from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM Monday through Friday at the offices of DNREC.  For additional information or an appointment to inspect the applications, please contact Kenneth F. Green, DAWM/SHWMB, 89 Kings Hwy, Dover, DE 19901, 302.739.9403.

Lacy’s Express, Inc.; Page E.T.C., Inc.; Waste Recovery Solutions, Inc.; Weavertown Transport Leasing, Inc.  A public hearing request must be submitted by May 7, 2009.  For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=404&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx

Alpine Environmental Services, LLC; DRB, Inc. T/A Don’s Trucking; EQ Northeast, Inc.; Freehold Cartage, Inc.; Mid-Shore Environmental Services, Inc., dba M-T Trash; Wills Trucking Company.  A public hearing request must be submitted by May 14, 2009.  For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=411&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx

AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PERMITTING PROGRAM – Notice has been given that the facilities listed below have submitted applications for air quality management permits. The applications, the “draft/proposed” permits, all materials that the applicant has submitted (other than those granted confidential treatment under DNREC rules), and a copy of summary of other materials, if any, considered in preparing the “draft/proposed” permit may be inspected at the offices of the Division of Air and Waste Management, 156 S. State Street, Dover, Delaware and 715 Grantham Lane, New Castle, Delaware.  To submit comments, for additional information or for an appointment to inspect the application, please contact Joanna Austin at the Dover Office at 739-9402.

FEDERALLY ENFORCEABLE 7 DE ADMIN. CODE 1102 APPLICATIONS – Dover Air Force Base has requested a federally enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 construction permit for two gasoline storage tanks. A public hearing on the above application will NOT be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for a hearing regarding that application within 30 days from the date of this notice, ending May 20, 2009. For more information, please visit:http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=397&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx 

NATURAL MINOR PERMIT APPLICATIONS - Dover Air Force Base has requested a permit to construct and operate a 600 kW emergency generator at its Dover facility. A public hearing on application will not b be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for a hearing by May 18, 2009.  For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=413&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx

TITLE V SYNTHETIC MINOR PERMIT APPLICATIONS - Independence Construction Materials (ICM) of Delaware, Inc. - Cheswold has submitted an application, pursuant to 7 DE Admin. Code 1102, Section 2.1, 11.2(i), and 12.3 for an amendment to allow up to 7% manufacturer’s waste asphalt shingles in conjunction with up to 28% recycled asphalt paving (RAP) at 440 Twin Oaks Road, Dover, Delaware. A public hearing concerning the permitting action will not be held unless the Secretary of the DNREC receives a request for a hearing  by June 3, 2009.  For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=412&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx

EMPLOYEE NEWS:

Leilani Wall, Administrative Specialist III in the Director’s Office, was awarded her Human Resource Certificate on April 23, during the DNREC Employee Recognition Ceremony. Mr. James Terry of OMB/HRM’s Training and Development Office presented the certificate.

Dirk Gleysteen, an Environmental Engineer II, for the Emergency Prevention and Response Branch, resigned his position on April 24.

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