This office has under consideration the application of:

Town of Smyrna
27 South Market Street, Smyrna, DE 19977
Site Tax Map ID: 28-003.00-005-DE; 28-002.00-033-DE
Physical Site Address: Intersection of Dupont Highway (SR-13) and Duck Creek Road (RD 486), Smyrna, DE 19977

Project Description: Town of Smyrna proposes to install approximately one thousand two hundred fifty feet (1250 ft) sanitary sewer force main to serve future facilities constructed on the adjacent State of Delaware/OMB property warehouse parcel. OMB will install on-site pumping facilities privately to connect. The force main crosses under the adjacent westbound SR-1 entrance ramp via horizontal directional drill. The force main then connects to existing gravity sewer owned by the Town of Smyrna and located with a utility easement parallel to SR-13. One new drop manhole will be installed at the point of transition, an existing gravity sewer pipe stub is already in place for the connection of this manhole.

The application for this Public Notice is posted at:
La solicitud y planes de este Aviso Público están publicados en:
Aplikasyon ak plan pou Avi Piblik yo poste sou: dnrec.delaware.gov/dnrec-public-notices/

For questions regarding the application and plans, please contact:

Commercial and Government Services Section
DNREC Div. of Water
89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901
(302) 739-9948
Commercial_Government_LegalNotice@delaware.gov

A public hearing on the above applications will NOT be held unless the Secretary of DNREC determines that a public hearing is in the public interest or if a written meritorious objection to the application is received within 14 days from this notice. A public hearing request shall be deemed meritorious if it exhibits a familiarity with the application and provides a reasoned statement of the action’s probable impact.

Please submit all written comments and/or a meritorious request for a public hearing to the email address Commercial_Government_LegalNotice@delaware.gov.

Related Topics:  force main, permitting and regulation, public notice, wastewater, water