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NEWS UPDATES:
Delaware City Refinery – DNREC issued a second stipulated penalty to the Premcor Refining Group on April 3, for failing to complete construction of the new pneumatic coke storage and handling system. Timely construction is now more than three months overdue. Premcor has 60 days from receipt of the demand to submit payment. For more information on DNREC’s regulatory oversight at the refinery, please contact the Division’s site engineers, Ravi Rangan and Bruce Steltzer, at (302) 323-4542.
UPCOMING AIR AND WASTE-RELATED HEARINGS, MEETINGS & EVENTS:
April 21 – DNREC Public Hearing on Proposed Revisions to Delaware Administrative Code 1351, Delaware Regulations Governing Underground Storage Tank Systems, will be held at 7:00 p.m. in the conference room at the DNREC field office located at 391 Lukens Drive in New Castle. For more information, please visit the DNREC website at: www.dnrec.delaware.gov/info/Pages/Rules.aspx and the Statewide Calendar at: https://calendaradmin.delaware.gov/eGov/Calendar.nsf/Meetings/85AD8961FBDC79C285257582006544A6?open.
April 22 – 2009 Kickoff Event for Air Quality Partnership of Delaware in Coordination with Wilmington’s Earth Day Celebration will be held from 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Rodney Square Park, Wilmington. Speakers will include: Governor Jack Markell; Mayor James M. Baker, City of Wilmington; James D. Werner, Director of DNREC Air and Waste Management; Jen Adkins, Partnership for Delaware Estuary; and Deb Brown, American Lung Association. For more information, please visit: https://calendaradmin.delaware.gov/eGov/Calendar.nsf/Meetings/47A8FB471437C40585257599006B7224?open.
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 8 – 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.
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.
For more information on the May meetings, please contact Shannon Splittorff at (302) 739-9405, or visit: http://www.serc.delaware.gov/event.shtml.
VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES:
DNREC Issued $15,000 Notice of Penalty to Baltimore Aircoil Company of Milford for Propane Tank-Related Violations – DNREC issued a Notice of Administrative Penalty Assessment and Secretary’s Order to Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC) for violations of the Delaware Code and Delaware environmental regulations in an incident involving a propane release. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/DNRECIssues$15,000NoticeofPenaltytoBaltimoreAircoilCompanyofMilfordforPropaneTank-RelatedViolations.aspx.
Environmental Violations at INVISTA’s Seaford Plant Resolved Through Consent Decree Filed in District Court – DNREC joined the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Board in a settlement with INVISTA S.à r.l which resolves environmental violations found through audit at various INVISTA facilities, including the INVISTA-Seaford Plant. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/News/Pages/EnvironmentalViolationsatINVISTA’sSeafordPlant.aspx.
DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR APPEAL:
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.
AMENDED FINAL PLAN OF REMEDIAL ACTION FOR SUNDAY BREAKFAST MISSION SITE (DE-1083) OPERABLE UNIT 1 The Department has adopted the amended final plan to clean up the Sunday Breakfast Mission Site – Operable Unit 1 at 100 to 110 North Poplar Street in Wilmington. For additional information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=386&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 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 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
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 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 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 A BROWNFIELDS VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSOLIDATED FABRICATION SITE (DE-1462) SIRB negotiated a BDA with JDR Properties, LLC who purchased the portion of the Consolidated Fabrication site located at 900/901 Green Street in Wilmington. The other portion of the site is located at 1216 D Street and 700 South Heald Street in Wilmington. The public comment period began on April 8, 2009 and will close at the end of the business day (4:30 p.m.) on April 28, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=387&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
TITLE V MODIFICATION APPLICATION - Ameresco Delaware Energy, LLC and Delaware Solid Waste Authority have requested a federally enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 construction permit for a one (1) megawatt generator. A public hearing concerning the following permitting action will not be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for such hearing by April 28, 2009. For more information please visit: please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=373&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx.
TITLE V SYNTHETIC MINOR PERMIT APPLICATIONS:
Micropore Incorporated (Micropore) has submitted an application, pursuant to 7 DE Admin. Code 1102, Section 2.1, 11.2(i), and 12.3 for a synthetic minor construction/operation permit for its carbon dioxide absorbent manufacturing facility at 350F Pencader Drive in Newark. A public hearing concerning the following permitting action will not be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for such hearing by April 22, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=363&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FPages%2Fdefault%2Easpx.
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has submitted an application, pursuant to Regulation No. 1102, Section 2.1, 11.2(i), and 12.3 for Construction and Operation of two Emergency Generators at the Newark Data Center, 645 Paper Mill Road in Newark. A public hearing concerning the following permitting action will not be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for such hearing by April 28, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=375&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx.
NATURAL MINOR PERMIT APPLICATIONS:
Schroedl Cleaners requested a permit to operate a dry cleaning facility at 2 Lewis Circle in Wilmington. A public hearing concerning the following permitting action will not be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for such hearing by April 27, 2009. For more information on the permit application, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=385&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx.
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. requested permission for the operation of one 1 emergency generator, rated 560 kW (750 HP) at 555 Paper Mill Road in Newark. A public hearing on the application will not be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for a hearing by April 27, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=390&Source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ednrec%2Edelaware%2Egov%2FLists%2FPublic%2520Notices%2FAllItems%2Easpx.
Sussex County Council requested permission for the operation of one emergency generator, rated 1250 kW (2220 HP), at their Sussex County Airpark Water Treatment Plant located at 21635 Baltimore Ave., Georgetown. A public hearing on application will not be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for a hearing by May 4, 2009. For more information, please visit: http://www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Lists/Public%20Notices/DispForm.aspx?ID=396&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 - 302-672-7653
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
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