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Federal Consistency Review Responses



This page is a collection of Coastal Zone Management Federal Consistency review responses from DNREC’s Delaware Coastal Programs. Federal Consistency Reviews help ensure that state and federal actions in the Coastal Zone are consistent and coordinated.

Activity reviews requiring public notification are posted on the DNREC Public Notices page.

This collection includes all review responses completed from July 1, 2024 to the present. They are sorted by date, with the most recent at the top.


2024.0054 — Indian River Inlet Dredging and Beneficial Use Project

Project Type: Federal License and Permit

Proposed Action: The DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship proposes to utilize a U.S. Army Corp of Engineers permit to hydraulically dredge up to 800,000 cubic yards of material from the Indian River Inlet Flood Shoal with approximately 550,000 cubic yards of material currently identified as suitable sand.

Response: Concur (11/8/2024)


2024.0048 — USACE L&R Canal Maintenance Dredging

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to maintenance dredge two sections of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal in Sussex County, Delaware in two phases.

Response: Concur (10/31/24)


2024.0052 — HUD Churchman Village

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposes to provide financial assistance by way of mortgage insurance for the Churchman Village Nursing Home located at 4949 Ogletown Stanton Rd., Newark, New Castle County, Delaware.

Response: Concur (10/29/24)


2024.0039 — USDA Choi Solar Project

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development (USDA RD) proposes to fund the installation of a 106.2 KW ground-mounted solar system at 33310 Horsey Church Rd, Laurel, Sussex County, DE.

Response: Concur (9/12/24)


2024.0038 — ESNG Irish Hill M&R Station

Project Type: Federal License and Permit

Proposed Action: Eastern Shore Natural Gas (ESNG) proposes to utilize a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Automatic Blanket Certificate to install an approx. 1,700-ft, 4-inch natural gas lateral line and a new 5,000 sq. ft. meter station in Felton, Kent County, DE.

Response: Concur (9/12/24)


2024.0049 — ESNG DEMEC Service Line Site 5

Project Type: Federal License and Permit

Proposed Action: Eastern Shore Natural Gas (ESNG) proposes to utilize a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorization to construct internal line inspection equipment at two existing pipeline systems.

Response: Concur (9/6/24)


2024.0036 — NFMS Whale Collision Speed Reduction

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is proposing amendments to the existing North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) vessel speed rule to further reduce the likelihood of mortalities and serious injuries to endangered right whales from vessel strikes.

Response: Concur (9/6/24)


2024.0033 — ESNG Internal Line Inspection

Project Type: Federal License and Permit

Proposed Action: Eastern Shore Natural Gas (ESNG) proposes to install permanent above-ground piping, below-ground piping, and valves at existing ESNG pipeline locations at four sites in the Newark and Middletown areas of New Castle County, DE, and the Bridgeville and Delmar areas of Sussex County, DE.

Response: Concur (9/6/24)


2024.0035 — USACE SPGP-20 Reissue

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District (USACE), proposes to reissue the Delaware State Programmatic General Permit-20 (SPGP-20), which authorizes certain existing and proposed piers, docks, mooring piles, boat lifts, breakwaters, and the replacement of existing serviceable bulkhead structures in navigable waters of the United States within the geographic boundaries of the Philadelphia District Corps of Engineers in the State of Delaware.

Response: Concur (8/26/24)


2024.0043 — HUD Cecil Street

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposes to provide financial assistance to assistance to Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity for the construction of a single-family home at 229 Cecil Street, Dover, Kent County, Delaware.

Response: Concur (8/23/24)


2024.0042 — HUD Willis Road

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposes to provide financial assistance to assistance to Central Delaware Habitat for Humanity for the construction of a single-family home at 106 and 108 Willis Road, Dover, Kent County, Delaware.

Response: Concur (8/23/24)


2024.0040 — HUD Seaford Townhomes

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposes to provide financial assistance to Sussex County Habitat for Humanity for the construction of nine townhomes on a 0.69-acre property at 0 North Porter Street, Seaford, Sussex County, Delaware.

Response: Concur (8/23/24)


2024.0034 — USDA Schlitter Wildlife Pond

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency (USDA FSA) proposes to provide financial assistance for the construction of a 0.2-acre Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program CP9 shallow water wildlife pond at 24106 Cedar Lane, Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware.

Response: Concur (8/16/24)


2024.0037 — HUD Riverview Place

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposes to provide financial assistance by way of mortgage insurance for a property currently occupied by Riverview Place, consisting of ten buildings and 88 residential units for multi-family residential use on a 4.62-acre parcel at 1 Golden Acres Drive, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE.

Response: Concur (8/7/24)


2024.0030 — Parkview Nursing and Rehab Center

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) proposes to provide financial assistance by way of mortgage insurance for the Parkview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center situated on the north side of West 6th Street and the west side of North Ford Avenue in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware.

Response: Concur (8/7/24)


2024.0031 — ESNG Amstrong Corner M&R Upgrade

Project Type: Federal License and Permit

Proposed Action: Eastern Shore Natural Gas (ESNG) proposes to utilize a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorization for the installation of gas metering and regulating upgrades within an existing natural gas facility at 465 Armstrong Corner Rd., Middletown, New Castle County, DE.

Response: Concur (8/2/24)


2023.0092 — Sea Colony Beach Renourishment

Project Type: Federal License and Permit

Proposed Action: Sea Colony Recreation Association, Inc. proposes to conduct periodic beach renourishment activities over a 10-year period, by hydraulic or hopper dredge, along a 2,350 linear foot stretch of shoreline extending from the southern town limits of Bethany Beach to the northern limits of the private community of Middlesex Beach, Sussex County, Delaware.

Response: Concur with conditions (8/2/24)


2022.0088D — US Wind Maryland Offshore Wind Project (USACE)

Project Type: Federal License and Permit

Proposed Action: US Wind proposes to develop an offshore wind project of up to two (2) gigawatts of generating capacity within OCS-A 0490 (the Lease), an area off the coast of Maryland on the Outer Continental Shelf.

Response: Concur with conditions (7/9/24)


2022.0088 — US Wind Maryland Offshore Wind Project (BOEM)

Project Type: Outer Continental Shelf

Proposed Action: US Wind proposes to develop an offshore wind project of up to two (2) gigawatts of generating capacity within OCS-A 0490 (the Lease), an area off the coast of Maryland on the Outer Continental Shelf

Response: Concur with conditions (7/9/24)


2024.0027 — Chesapeake Utilities Canary Creek

Project Type: Federal License and Permit

Proposed Action: Chesapeake Utilities Corporation proposes to utilize a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permit 12 for the installation of a 4-inch gas main under Canary Creek on the south side of New Road in Lewes, DE, via hydraulic directional drilling.

Response: Concur (7/5/24)


2024.0032 — NOAA OMAO Vessel Operations

Project Type: Federal Agency Activity

Proposed Action: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO) has prepared a nationwide consistency determination considering impacts related to vessel operation activities to be undertaken between 2023 – 2038.

Response: Concur (7/3/24)




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