Denali Water Solutions, LLC. is permitted, under State Permit Number AGU 1602-K-05, to operate a land treatment system for the agricultural utilization of DAF solids, from approved locations, under V of the Department’s Guidance and Regulations Governing the Land Treatment of Wastes. DAF solids are required to undergo periodic analysis for a list of parameters including nutrient content. The DAF solids do not contain sanitary waste.

The DAF solids are currently applied at agronomic rates onto approved portions of a farm, known as the Stanley Collier Farm, located on the south side of Brownsville Road (Road 111), the east side of Ingram Branch Road (Road 291), the north side of Layton Corners Road (Road 296) and approximately 7 miles west of Harrington, Delaware. The farm is comprised of a total of approximately 600 acres, 356 of which are suitable for land application.

Denali Water Solutions, LLC. has requested that their existing permit to operate a land treatment system for the agricultural utilization of DAF solids, under Part V of the Department’s Guidance and Regulations Governing the Land Treatment of Wastes, be renewed.

Part’s V of the Department’s Guidance and Regulations Governing the Land Treatment of Wastes allows for such activity pending public notice.

A copy of the permit above is available by contacting:

Brian Churchill
Surface Water Discharges Section
89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901
302-739-9946
Brian.Churchill@Delaware.gov

A public hearing on the above application 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 by 4:30 p.m. April 30, 2021. 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.

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