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Open Burning Ban in effect statewide through Sept. 30
NEW! DNREC issues $75,000 penalty to Premcor Refining Group for pollution violations

Secretary's Order about Premcor's violations

NEW! Request for Proposal (RFP) for Port of Wilmington Engine Replacement Contract The Air Quality Management Section may extend the time and place for the opening of bids from what's described in the RFP, with not less than two calendar days' notice by certified delivery, facsimile transmission or by other verifiable electronic means to those bidders who obtained copies of the request for proposals. Anyone who downloads the RFP and intends to submit a proposal must contact Philip Wheeler at philip.wheeler@state.de.us, or at 302-739-9402 to verify the date for the bid opening.
Yard waste demonstration drop-off site report submitted in partial compliance with House Bill 525
Fox Point Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) consent decree

UPDATED: Industrial Site Information web site - Links to information on specific sites and facilities

Stabilized earth berm at Cherry Island is a tall order for Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch's engineers

A tethered DAWM contractor inspects the MSE berm at the confluence of the Delaware and Christina Rivers

Monitoring the monumental mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) berm that the Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA) is erecting around three sides of the Cherry Island Landfil requires careful inspection of each phase of construction by Division of Air & Waste Management inspectors from the Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch. When construction is complete, the Cherry Island berm will be one of the highest, most massive, reinforced earth structures ever built over soft soils in the United States. For more information on the project, see the spring issue of Air and Waste Matters newsletter.

DAWM hydrologist Frank Gavas (right) inspects geogrid installed on and in MSE wall for DSWA operations technician Joel Haley.

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Second Citizens' Scrap Tire Drop-Off Day Triples
Participation, Has More Tires Collected Than First

Some 300 vehicles brought almost 2,500 old and recyclable tires to 2009's first scrap tire drop-off day in Harrington April 18 Last fall's inaugural citizens' scrap tire drop-off day in Sussex County spurred the Division of Air & Waste Management's Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch’s (SHWMB) Scrap Tire Control & Cleanup Program to schedule another drop-off day for disposing of and recycling old tires. The first drop-off day of 2009 belonged to Kent County and took place recently at the Delaware State Fair Grounds in Harrington. Far surpassing the earlier event, more than 40 tons of scrap tires were collected from some 300 passenger vehicles. Stay tuned for more scrap tire drop-off days this year in Delaware.

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