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ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS NOTIFIES DNREC OF INTENT TO BEGIN MAIN CHANNEL DEEPENING PRIOR TO OBTAINING REQUIRED STATE PERMITS - Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Collin O’Mara made the following statement following notification from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of the Corps’ intent to commence the Main Channel Deepening project prior to obtaining the required permits from the State: “The Army Corps of Engineers notified DNREC last night that they intend to proceed with their proposal to dredge the Delaware River to 45 feet without first securing the required permits from the State of Delaware,” O'Mara said. “DNREC recently denied the Corps’ first permit application, in part, because the proposed project had changed significantly since originally submitted for consideration and many of the potential environmental impacts of the changed project were unknown or
based upon outdated information. DNREC remains committed to considering a new application through an efficient, science-based, and transparent permitting process. It is therefore especially troubling that the Corps now seeks to proceed without a current environmental assessment and without any public consideration of the project as currently proposed.” For more information, please contact Melinda Carl at (302) 632-1078 or visit: www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/Army_Corps_of_Engineers_notifies_DNREC_of_
intent_to_begin_main_channel_deepening_prior_to_obtaining_required_state_permits.aspx
SCRAP TIRE DROP-OFF DAY SET FOR SATURDAY, NOV. 7 - CITIZENS ENCOURAGED TO RECYCLE TIRES TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT - Delaware residents are encouraged to recycle scrap tires, free of charge, during Scrap Tire Drop-Off Day 8 a.m. – 4 p.m., rain or shine, Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Frawley (Blue Rocks) Stadium, 801 S. Madison Street, Wilmington. Up to 10 tires – passenger car or light duty truck tires – can be dropped off per Delaware household; larger tires, tires on rims or bicycle tires will not be accepted. Scrap tire drop-off is limited to residents; tires from commercial dealers will not be accepted. Proof of residency is required – either a driver’s license or utility bill. For more information, please contact Laurene Eheman, at (302) 739-9403; or Melanie Rapp, at (302)739-9902 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/ScrapTireDrop-offDaysetforSat,Nov7.aspx
ST. JONES RESERVE OPEN HOUSE SET FOR NOV. 7 EVENT INCLUDES THE DELAWARE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY’S ANNUAL PLANT SALE - The St. Jones Reserve will host a free Open House and the Delaware Native Plant Society’s 9th Annual Native Plant Sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Nov. 7. The Open House and plant sale will be held rain or shine at the Reserve located at 818 Kitts Hummock Road near Dover. Held every year on the grounds of the St. Jones Reserve, the Delaware Native Plant Society’s Annual Plant Sale is a much anticipated event that offers beautiful native plants for sale for home landscapes. Native trees, shrubs, and perennial plants, including ferns, cardinal flower, pawpaw, and other difficult-to- find plants, will be available to purchase at exceptionally low prices. For the best selection, buyers are encouraged to arrive early. For more information, please contact Kimberly Cole at (302) 739-3436 or Melanie Rapp at (302) 739-9902 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/StJonesReserveOpenHouseSetforNov7.aspx
SECRETARY’S ORDER:
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) Secretary Collin P. O’Mara has issued a Notice of Administrative Penalty Assessment and Secretary’s Order to Stoltz Management Company of Delaware Inc. for violations of the Delaware Code and regulations governing the control of air pollution. The Order includes a cash penalty of $12,775 and an additional $1,916.25 as cost recovery reimbursement to the Department for expenses associated with its investigation. For more information please contact Paul Foster at (302) 323-4542, or Michael Globetti, at (302) 739-9902 or.visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DNREC_Issues_Penalty_Notice_to_Stoltz_Management_Company_for_air_pollution
_violations.aspx
DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR APPEAL:
The Solid Hazardous Waste Management Branch (SHWMB) hereby gives notice that a permit application has been received from Jag Expansion Group, LP and Paoli Services, Inc.to transport regulated RCRA hazardous and/or non-hazardous solid wastes in, out of, or through the State of Delaware. A public hearing concerning these applications will NOT be held unless the Secretary of DNREC, receives a request for a hearing by November 2, 2009. For more information, please contact Ken Green or Karen J’Anthony at (302) 739-9403 or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=565&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 COMMENT PERIOD AND THE RE-OPENING OF THE RECORD REGARDING THE FINAL PLAN OF REMEDIAL ACTION FOR THE DUPONT HAY ROAD SLUDGE DRYING “IRON RICH” SITE (A/K/A HAY STREET SLUDGE DRYING SITE) (DE- 0024) - The Site Investigation and Restoration Branch (SIRB) announces the re-opening of the existing public hearing record regarding the Final Plan of Remedial Action (Final Plan) for the DuPont Hay Road Sludge Drying “Iron Rich” Site (Site), which DNREC issued pursuant to Secretary’s Order No. 2009-A-005 (Secretary’s Order), dated January 16, 2009. The re-opening of the public hearing record will begin on October 5, 2009 and it will close on November 3, 2009 at 5:00 pm. For more information, please contact Wilmer Reyes or visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=556&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx
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
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 Edgemoor Materials, Inc. has submitted an application, pursuant to 7 DE Admin. Code 1102, Section 2.1, 11.2(i), and 12.3, for the construction of a 300 ton/hour counter-flow drum mixer at 1230 Railcar Avenue, Wilmington. A public hearing concerning the permitting action will not be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for such hearing by November 3. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=552&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx
- 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
7 DE ADMIN. CODE 1102 NATURAL MINOR PERMIT APPLICATIONS - Notice has been given that: Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials CMP. Inc. requests a Natural Minor permit to construct the replacement of the B5 Urethane Processing System at Building 5 of their 451 Bellevue Avenue, Newark facility. A public hearing on any of the above applications will NOT be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request by November 9, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=573&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx
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
