Notice has been given that:

DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC, has requested a permit to construct a new lab involving the chemical conversion of carbon monoxide (CO) at the DuPont Experimental Station, located at 200 Powder Mill Road in Wilmington within New Castle County. Short-term emissions from the lab’s activities will be limited to 11.5 pounds per hour (lbs/hr) of CO, 0.07 lbs/hr of hydrogen (H₂), 0.19 lbs/hr of ethylene (C₂H₄), 0.13 lbs/hr of ethanol (C₂H₆O), and 0.03 lbs/hr of 1-propanol (C₃H₈O) by Permit: APC-2024/0039-Construction. The permit will also contain rolling twelve (12) month limits of 16.6 tons for CO, 0.10 tons for H₂, 0.28 tons for C₂H₄, 0.18 tons for C₂H₆O, and 0.04 tons for C₃H₈O.

The application for this permit may be reviewed upon request. The application is posted at de.gov/dnrecnotices. To submit comments, for additional information or for information regarding how you can inspect the application, please contact Jennifer Childears at (302) 739 9402 or jennifer.childears@delaware.gov.

A public hearing on the above application will NOT be held unless the Secretary of DNREC receives a request for a hearing regarding the application within 15 days from the date of this notice, ending March 25, 2024. A request for a hearing shall be in writing. The request must also show a familiarity with the application and a reasoned statement of the permit’s probable impact.

Division of Air Quality
State Street Commons, Suite 6A
100 W. Water Street, Dover 19904
302-739-9402

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