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ADVISORY: DNREC's Tank Management Section will hold three public workshops, all from 10-12 noon, for the Proposed Changes to the Notification and Soil Sampling Guidance:

June 6, 2012 at DNREC's Lewes Field Office (901 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE)
June 7, 2012 at DNREC's Dover Office (89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE)
June 13, 2012 at DNREC's New Castle Office (391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE)

Proposed changes to Notification and Soil Sampling Guidance can be found in the documents below:

Read more about it in the Tank Management Section’s Think Tank newsletter!

An overview of the Indian River Generating Station near Millsboro NRG's Remedial Investigation (RI) Report for the Indian River Generating Station's Operable Unit No. 2 - Burton Island historical ash disposal area in Millsboro, Del. is now available here. Other related documents are available as follows:

The appendices for the remedial investigation report and other associated data may be reviewed on DNREC's Environmental Navigator (DEN) by searching for Site #1399 at: http://www.nav.dnrec.delaware.gov/DEN3/ Haven't used DEN before? Click here and follow the easy steps! For a brief summary on the site, please click here.

NOW ONLINE: "Environmental Protection Matters" The newsletter's winter issue features articles from DNREC's Office of Environmental Protection, which includes the Divisions of Air Quality, Water, and Waste & Hazardous Substances. Found in this issue are articles on:

Going Green at Metachem?
Toxics Inventory Report in Delaware
Extreme Makeover – Delaware Gives Generously
Cleaner Air for Claymont
New Castle County's Premier HAZMAT Team

Click here to visit the Delaware Brownfield Marketplace

Visit the new Delaware Brownfields Marketplace! The Marketplace is an interactive database that contains a list of market-ready brownfield sites available for redevelopment in Delaware. The inventory is designed to make it easier for potential buyers and developers to locate available Brownfield properties. Brownfield property owners may also submit their properties for potential listing on the Marketplace.

All single-family residential customers with trash service will also have curbside recycling service by September 15, 2011.

Learn more about recycling in Delaware

DNREC Environmental Crimes Unit
spearheads TrashStoppers campaign to curtail illegal dumping

With DNREC's Environmental Crimes Unit manning a network of surveillance cameras and reaching out to citizens for help in cleaning up Delaware, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has launched the “TrashStoppers” campaign as the next phase of the agency’s strategy to curtail and eliminate illegal trash dumping throughout the state. More...