The Division of Air and Waste Management oversees the handling, transferring and storing of solid and hazardous materials by regulating, monitoring, inspecting, enforcing and responding to emergencies. The Division also implements the state’s air monitoring, permitting and compliance programs. The Division’s responsibilities include:
- Administering Delaware’s Air Quality Program, including air monitoring and regulating air emissions.
- Administering a program for the maintenance and installation of underground and above ground storage tanks, and overseeing cleanup of tanks that may leak.
- Administering programs to prevent industrial accidents, to ensure emergency planning and the community’s right to know, and to respond to environmental emergencies.
- Administering programs to remediate sites contaminated by hazardous substances.
- Administering programs for the reuse, recycling, transport and disposal of solid and hazardous waste.
Director’s Office: administers and directs the operations of the Division of Air and Waste Management’s Air Quality Management, Waste Management and Environmental Crimes Unit, as well as the Emergency Prevention & Response Branch. The Director’s Office carries out cost recovery procedures to recoup state monies used in the cleanup of environmental violations and emergency incidents, develops and implements policies and procedures for the Division, coordinates legal assistance for the Division, provides all Division accounting services, and coordinates Division outreach.
Director
James D. Werner
302.739.9400
Deputy Principal Assistant
Marjorie Crofts
302.739.9400
Outreach Ombudsman
Christina Wirtz
302.395.2515
Accounting Office
Janice Sunde
302.739.9406
DAWM Organizational Chart
Director’s Office
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
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Air Quality Management Section issues permits to construct and permits to operate to air contaminant sources, maintains emission inventories from business and industry, inspects air contaminant sources, monitors air quality and inspects asbestos removal sites. The Section is also responsible for: developing the State Implementation Plan as required by the Clean Air Act; adopting new regulations; enforcing existing regulations and permits; and implementing the Small Business Technical Assistance Program.
Section Administrator
Ali Mirzakhalili
302.739.9402
New Castle 302.3234542
Dover Office:
156 S. State Street
Dover, DE 19901
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New Castle Office:
715 Grantham Lane
New Castle, DE 19720
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Emergency Prevention and Response Branch responds statewide 24 hours a day to oil spills, hazardous material incidents, and possible terrorist threats. The Branch also coordinates responses with local fire departments and various local, state, and federal agencies and implements the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know and Accidental Release Prevention Programs.
24 Hour Complaint Line 1.800.662.8802
Emergency Prevention and Response Branch Organizational Chart
Branch Manager
Ellen D. Malenfant
302.739.9404
Dover Office:
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
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New Castle Office:
715 Grantham Lane
New Castle, DE 19720
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Environmental Crimes Unit enforces the state’s air, waste and water pollution laws and assists the Emergency Prevention and Response Branch in responding to environmental emergencies. Officers are available 24 hours per day to investigate complaints.
24-Hour Complaint Line 1.800.662.8802
Environmental Crimes Unit Organizational Chart
Chief William "Chip" McDaniel
302.739.9401
Message from the Chief
Dover Office:
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
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New Castle Office:
715 Grantham Lane
New Castle, DE 19720
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Georgetown Office:
114 E. Market Street
Georgetown, DE 19947
Site Investigation & Restoration Branch is responsible for the identification, evaluation and remediation of hazardous waste sites, from Brownfields to federal Superfund sites, in the State.
Site Investigation & Restoration Branch Organizational Chart
Branch Manager
Kathleen Stiller Banning
302.395.2600
391 Lukens Drive
New Castle, DE 19720
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Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch ensures - through regulation and permitting mechanisms - that waste generated, transported, treated, recycled, reused or disposed in Delaware is managed in an environmentally safe manner. The Branch also encourages, through voluntary means, waste reduction, reuse, and recycling activities. (Also see Delaware's Green Industries Program.)
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch Organizational Chart
Branch Manager
Nancy C. Marker
302.739.9403
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
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Tank Management Branch administers and assists with the installation, management of abandonment, removal and cleanup of underground and above-ground storage tank systems, to prevent contamination of soils and groundwater supplies. The staff also permits the installation and operation of vapor recovery equipment and inspects boilers and pressure vessels to ensure public safety.
Tank Management Branch Organizational Chart
Branch Manager
E. Alex Rittberg
302.395.2500
391 Lukens Drive
New Castle, DE 19720
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Boiler Safety Director
Jim B. Harlan
302.744.2735
303 Transportation Circle
Dover, DE 19903
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