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) negotiated a BDA with Wilmington Neighborhood Conservancy Land Bank Corporation regarding the DelSteel Property, OU-5 Site (Site), located at McMullen Lane and McMullen Circle, Wilmington, Delaware. Identified by New Castle County as tax parcel numbers 26-016.30-181, 26-016.30-180, 26-016.30-179, 26-016.30-178, 26-016.30-177, 26-016.30-176, 26-016.30-175, 26-016.30-174, 26-016.30-173, 26-016.30-172, 26-016.30-169, 26-023.10-093, 26-023.10-092, 26-023.10-091, 26-023.10-090, 26-016.30-126, 26-016.30-125, 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: www.nav.dnrec.delaware.gov/DEN3.

The public comment period begins on Monday, June 14, 2021 and will end at the close of business on Friday, July 2, 2021. Please submit written comments to the DNREC-RS Project Manager, Caleb Melvin at DNREC-RS, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle, DE 19720. A copy of the BDA is available by accessing the DNREC-RS’ site files database at www.nav.dnrec.delaware.gov/DEN3/.

Learn more about this Site and other Certified Brownfield sites by accessing the web page at de.gov/brownfields or by contacting the DNREC-RS Project Manager, Caleb Melvin at (302) 395-2600 or Caleb.Melvin@delaware.gov.

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