Pursuant to the Hazardous Substance Cleanup Act (HSCA), 7 Del. C. Chapter 91, §9126, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is required to issue a public notice within twenty days after entering into negotiations for a Brownfield Development Agreement (BDA). A BDA is an agreement between DNREC and a Brownfield developer with respect to a Certified Brownfield Site that sets forth a scope of work and schedule of remedial activities during the development of the Site.

DNREC’s Remediation Section (DNREC-RS) is negotiating a BDA with Blue Hens Limited Partnership’s the Fibre Processing (Site), located at 701 Garasches Lane & 901 Church Street, Wilmington, Delaware. Identified by New Castle County as tax parcel numbers 26-057.00-030 & 26-057.00-031 the Site may have had a release of hazardous substances as a result of historical activities on site. For more information, please see DNREC’s navigator at: den.dnrec.delaware.gov.

Details of the BDA are available online at den.dnrec.delaware.gov.

For additional information, please contact:

Bill Duy, Project Manager
DNREC – Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances
Remediation Section
391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720
RS_Public_Comments@delaware.gov
302-395-2600

The comment period ends at close of business (4:30PM) on March 2, 2026.

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