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Environmental complaints and enforcement actions

The Division of Air & Waste Management has compiled the number of Environmental Enforcement complaints made and actions taken in Delaware from 1995 to the present.

These statistics are broken down annually by county:

2007

Total complaints 4,374
New Castle 2,425
Kent 832
Sussex 1,117
Enforcement actions 326
New Castle 104
Kent 83
Sussex

139

2006

Total complaints 4,114
New Castle 2,110
Kent 864
Sussex 1,140
Enforcement actions 241
New Castle 86
Kent 51
Sussex

104

2005

Total complaints 4,043
New Castle 2,128
Kent 909
Sussex 1,006
Enforcement actions 289
New Castle 118
Kent 75
Sussex

96

2004

Total complaints 5,079
New Castle 2,824
Kent 1,042
Sussex 1,213
Enforcement actions 525
New Castle 203
Kent 164
Sussex 158

2003

Total complaints 5,338
New Castle 3,286
Kent 864
Sussex 1,188
Enforcement actions 356
New Castle 196
Kent 70
Sussex 90

2002

Total complaints 6,421
New Castle 3,797
Kent 1,008
Sussex 1,616
Enforcement actions 440
New Castle 177
Kent 93
Sussex 170

2001

Total complaints 6,170
New Castle 2,915
Kent 1,529
Sussex 1,726
Enforcement actions 397
New Castle 127
Kent 136
Sussex 134

 

 

 

 

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2000

Total complaints        6,309
New Castle 3,100
Kent 1,534
Sussex 1,694
Enforcement actions 462
New Castle 155
Kent 126
Sussex 181

1999

Total complaints 6,273
New Castle 3,337
Kent 1,365
Sussex 1,571
Enforcement actions 571
New Castle 263
Kent 131
Sussex 177

1998

Total complaints 6,155
New Castle 2,884
Kent 1,670
Sussex 1,601
Enforcement actions 543
New Castle 205
Kent 162
Sussex 176

1997

Total complaints 6,320
New Castle 3,355
Kent 1,365
Sussex 1,600
Enforcement actions 758
New Castle 478
Kent 151
Sussex 129

1996

Total complaints 6,828
New Castle 3,888
Kent 1,326
Sussex 1,614
Enforcement actions 602
New Castle 359
Kent 127
Sussex 116

1995

Total complaints 6,638
New Castle 3,674
Kent 1,263
Sussex 1,701
Enforcement actions 627
New Castle 380
Kent 149
Sussex 98

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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