A Community Information Session will be held on a permit application for a thermal oxidizer unit and associated batch process equipment at the Chemours Discovery Hub in Newark.

The Chemours Company FC, LLC has applied for a Natural Minor Permit under Delaware’s Air Quality Permits regulation (7 DE Admin. Code 1102) to construct an Edwards Atlas Thermal Oxidizer unit and associated 3P batch process equipment at 201 Discovery Boulevard, in Newark. The equipment will be permitted to emit 0.63 TPY VOC, 0.70 TPY NOX, 0.58 TPY CO, 0.01 TPY PM10/PM2.5, 0.001 TPY SO2, 0.06 TPY HAPs, 0.75 TPY fluorinated organic compounds (FOCs), and 1 pound per year Hexafluoropropylene Oxide Dimer Acid (HFPO-DA).

The application, supporting information and a draft permit are available for review on DNREC Public Notice No. AQ20260411, published on Oct. 28, 2026.

The application is considered administratively complete and sufficient to proceed to public hearing on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2026, beginning at 6 p.m. (Hearing Docket No. 2026-P-A-0006).

The Community Information Session provides the public with an opportunity to ask questions about this project prior to the hearing. Questions and comments received at the Community Information Session are not part of the public hearing record.

The Department will accept comments for consideration into the public hearing record through December 23, 2026. Detailed information on how to submit comments for the record are available on the Public Notice and on the Public Hearing page.