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NEWS UPDATES:
EPA SOLICITING APPLICATIONS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GRANT FUNDING - U.S. EPA is accepting grant applications for a total of $1 million in funding for projects aimed at addressing environmental and public health issues in communities. EPA expects to award approximately 40 grants of up to $25,000 each and will accept applications until January 8, 2010. Local governments and non-profit organizations are eligible to apply. For more information, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/environmentaljustice/grants/ej-smgrants.html
DNREC PRESENTS FUNDING WORKSHOPS FOR COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS – A public workshop on funding opportunities for environmental projects that benefit Delaware communities will be held by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s (DNREC) Community Involvement Advisory Council (CIAC). Approximately $379,350 in grant funds are available in 2010 from Delaware’s Community Environmental Project Fund for projects that restore or provide environmental benefits to communities were civil or administrative environmental violations have occurred. The workshop will be held on Monday, November 16 from 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m., DNREC Offices, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle. Workshop pre-registration is requested but not required by contacting Vicki Ward, Office of the Secretary, (302) 739-9000 or Vicki.Ward@state.de.us. Grant requirements and the application form can be found on DNREC’s website, www.dnrec.delaware.gov/CIAC. The CIAC will accept applications for CEPF funding until 4:30 p.m., January 15, 2010. For more information, please contact James Brunswick at (302) 739-9000 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DNRECpresentsfundingworkshopsforcommunityenvironmentalprojects.aspx
UPCOMING AIR AND WASTE-RELATED HEARINGS, MEETINGS & EVENTS:
RECYCLING PUBLIC ADVISORY COUNCIL (RPAC) MEETING - will be held at the DNREC- Lewes Facility, 910 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958 on November 18 from 1:30pm-3:30pm. For more information, please contact Bill Miller or Lynette Lee at (302) 739-9403 or visit: http://www.delaware.gov/eGov/Calendar.nsf/Meetings/00BD2EA018E2C20385257664006FAD2B?open
SEPTEMBER LEPC MEETINGS -
November 12 – Sussex County LEPC - will hold their bi-monthly meeting from 10 a.m. - noon at Sussex EOC in Georgetown.
November 13 – Wilmington LEPC – will hold their bi-monthly meeting at 10 a.m. at 22 S. Heald Street in Wilmington.
For more information, please visit: http://www.serc.delaware.gov/event.shtml
SECRETARY’S ORDER:
SECRETARY'S ORDER NO. 2009-W-0042 - Application of Premcor Refining Group, Inc. to dredge portions of the Delaware River and Cedar Creek near Delaware City, New Castle County. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Info/Pages/SecOrders.aspx
DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR APPEAL:
PERMITS PENDING – The Solid Hazardous Waste Management Branch (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: Disposal Consultant Services, Inc.; Industrial Petroleum Corporation of Delaware; LJF, Inc.; MDM Contracting, LLC; Miniscalco Construction, LLC. A public hearing concerning these applications will NOT be held unless the Secretary of DNREC received a request by November 23, 2009. For more information, please contact Ken Green at (302) 739-9403 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=589&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 NEGOTIATIONS FOR BROWNFIELDS VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM AGREEMENT FOR THE FOR THE KEMPF STORAGE SITE (DE-1481) – The Site Investigation and Restoration Branch (SIRB) is negotiating a Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Plan (VCP) Agreement with Peninsula Ventures VIII, LLC regarding the Kempf Storage Site, located at 1101 East 7th Street/1220 East 8th Street in Wilmington. For more information, please contact Lindsay Hall at (302) 395-2600 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=568&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx
FINAL PLAN OF REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE RAMBLETON ACRES AUTO SERVICE SITE (DE-1470) - The Site Investigation and Restoration Branch (SIRB) has adopted a plan to clean up the Rambleton Acres Auto Service Site at 135 Christiana Street in New Castle. The site is the location of two former hydraulic lifts with buried tanks. The site soil was contaminated with Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) and Diesel fuel only at the hydraulic lift area. For more information, please contact Krystal Stanley at (302) 395-2600 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=566&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx
NOTIFICATION OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR A BROWNFIELDS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE FORMER CHRYSLER NEWARK PLANT SITE (DE-0105) – The Site Investigation and Restoration Branch (SIRB) is negotiating a Brownfields Development Agreement with the University of Delaware regarding the Former Chrysler Newark Plant located at 550 S. College Avenue in Newark. For more information, please contact Wendy March or Lindsay Hall at (302) 395-2600 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=572&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 FORMER CHRYSLER NEWARK PLANT SITE (DE-0105) – The Site Investigation and Restoration Branch (SIRB) negotiated a Brownfields Deveolpment Agreement with the University of Delaware regarding the Former Chrysler Newark Plant located at 550 S. College Avenue in Newark. For more information, please contact Lindsay Hall or Wendy March at (302) 395-2600 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=582&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 and 715 Grantham Lane, New Castle. 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.
TITLE V SYNTHETIC MINOR PERMIT APPLICATIONS – The following companies have submitted applications:
- Notice is hereby given that David A. Bramble, Inc. has submitted an application, pursuant to 7 DE Admin. Code 1102, Section 2.1, 11.2(i), and 12.3 for an amendment at 22288 Coverdale Road, Seaford. A public hearing concerning the permitting action will not be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for by November 23, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=575&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx
- Notice is hereby given that Mike Davidson Enterprises, LLC has submitted an application, pursuant to 7 DE Admin. Code 1102, Section 2.1, 11.2(i), and 12.3 for construction of an aggregate drum dryer at 3051 Willow Grove Road, Camden-Wyoming. A public hearing concerning the permitting action will not be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request by November 23, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=574&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx
- Notice is hereby given that Contractors Materials, LLC 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 recycled asphalt paving (RAP) up to forty (40) Percent at 4048 New Castle Avenue, New Castle. A public hearing concerning the permitting action will not be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request by November 30, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=583&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx
EMPLOYEE NEWS:
Shaikh A. Tayeb from the Engineering & Compliance Branch of the Air Quality Management Section has been certified by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers as a Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE). He is also a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in multiple states including the state of Delaware.
Effective November 1, 2009, Jim Walmer, Scientist III with the Air Quality Management Engineering and Compliance branch retired.
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
Environmental Crimes Unit - 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
