Pursuant to its authority under 7 Del. C. §7007, the Coastal Zone Industrial Control Board (the “Board”) will hold a public hearing on Appeal No. 2025-01 filed by Atlantic Concrete Company (“Appellants”) and Motion of Julian Karpoff for Leave to Intervene as a Party and Suggestion of Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction. Appellants challenge the Secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s (“DNREC’s”) Decision on CZA-446SD, which requires a standard CZA permit for the 2001 parcel adjacent to the 4.97-acre parcel that Atlantic Concrete has owned since before the CZA was enacted.

The hearing will begin at 9:00 a.m. on July 17, 2025 and will be held as a hybrid hearing. It will be hosted on a virtual platform with the anchor location at the auditorium of the Richardson and Robbins building, located at 89 Kings Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901. The link to this hearing can be found on the CZICB website. The parties may present evidence, be represented by counsel and appear personally. The Board shall reach its decision based on the evidence presented at the hearing.

The Board may affirm or reverse the decision of the Secretary of DNREC with respect to applicability of any provision of Chapter 70, Title 7 of the Delaware Code to a proposed use; may modify any permit granted by the Secretary, grant a permit denied by the Secretary, deny a permit or confirm the Secretary’s grant of a permit. Provided, however, the Board may grant no permit for uses prohibited in Section 7003, Title 7 of the Delaware Code.

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