The Division of Air and Waste Management’s Emergency Prevention and Response Branch is responsible for all activities related to environmental emergencies, from planning to preventing to responding. The Branch is composed of three groups: Accidental Release Prevention, Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know and Emergency Response.
The Accidental Release Prevention (ARP) Group, formerly known as the Industrial Disaster Prevention program, provides protection for the lives and health of the citizens of Delaware by ensuring that companies with extremely hazardous substances have proper control plans and operations to prevent disasters.
The ARP Group is located at the Division’s Grantham Lane Office in New Castle. For more information, call 302.323.4542 and ask for Jay Brabson (jay.brabson@state.de.us) or Richard Antoff (richard.antoff@state.de.us).
The Emergency Planning & Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Group operates the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Program which requires the reporting of production, storage, and uses of hazardous chemicals and releases of these hazardous chemicals.
The EPCRA Group is located at the Division’s Priscilla Building office in Dover. For more information, contact Robert Pritchett, ECPRA Program Manager, at 302.739.9405 or robert.pritchett@state.de.us.
The Emergency Response Group responds statewide 24 hours-a-day to oil spills, hazardous material incidents, and weapons of mass destruction events. The Group also coordinates responses with local fire departments and various local, state, and federal agencies.
The Emergency Response Group has responders stationed in both New Castle and Kent Counties. For more information, contact Ellen Malenfant, EP&R Program Manager, at 302.739.9404 or ellen.malenfant@state.de.us
