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7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Application: Zack Excavating, Inc.

Zack Excavating, Inc., requests a (construction) permit to install an impact crusher, screen, and conveyor for use at 2935 South DuPont Blvd, Smyrna, 161 Twin Oak Drive, Cheswold, and 18195 DuPont Hwy, Harrington.


Title V Synthetic Minor Permit Application: Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. – Wilmington Hospital

Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. requests to revise their federally enforceable limits of operating hours and fuel usage in order to incorporate two 1500 kW emergency generators at the ir location at 501 West 14th Street, Wilmington.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Application: Wilmington PharmaTech

Wilmington PharmaTech requests a construction permit to install five reactors and two filters at their new R&D facility located at 2309 Sunset Lake Road, in Newark.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Application: Zack Excavating, Inc.

Zack Excavating, Inc., requests a construction permit to install an impact crusher, screen, and conveyor for use at its locations in Smyrna, Cheswold, and Harrington.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Application: Delaware Department of Agriculture

The Delaware Department of Agriculture requests a Natural Minor permit to install an incinerator at its animal crematory located at 2320 S. Dupont Highway, inn Dover.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Application: Atlantic Concrete Company Inc.

Atlantic Concrete Company Inc., requests a construction permit to install a 125 Ton Butler Storage Blimp at their 30548 Thorogood Road, Dagsboro, facility.


Federally Enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Application: Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation, LLC

Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation, LLC- Edge Moor Energy Center, located at 200 Hay Road, Wilmington, requests revisions to four 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 permits to agree with a recent Title V permit renewal.


Title V Permit Renewal Application: Wilmington Wastewater Treatment Plant

Wilmington Wastewater Treatment Plant having a facility at 12th Street and Hay Road in Wilmington, Delaware, has submitted a request for permit renewal pursuant to 7 DE Admin. Code 1130, Section 7 for operating permit: AQM-003/00389 – Renewal (3) Revision (2).


Federally Enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Application: Croda, Inc.

Croda, Inc. having a facility at 315 Cherry Lane, New Castle, has requested a construction permit for a distributed generator fired on landfill gas with selective catalytic reduction for pollution control.


Federally Enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Application: Christiana Care Health Services

Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. – Wilmington Hospital – has requested federally enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 construction permits for a natural gas fired emergency generator and a diesel/natural gas fired emergency generator to provide additional emergency back up support for the hospital’s expansion at 501 West 14th Street, Wilmington, Delaware.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Application: GFP Mobile Mix Supply, LLC

GFP Mobile Mix Supply, LLC, requests a construction permit to construct a cement storage silo and baghouse at their facility at 14 Hadco Road, in Wilmington.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Application: Ameresco Delaware Energy, and DSWA

Ameresco Delaware Energy, LLC and the Delaware Solid Waste Authority, have requested a permit to extend five existing exhaust stacks from a height of 32 feet to a height of 53 feet for five existing General Electric landfill gas generators (one megawatt each) at the Southern Solid Waste Management Center located at 29806 Landfill Lane (Route 20), Georgetown, Sussex County, Delaware.


Federally Enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Permit Application: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. requests a federally enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 construction permit for the installation of one natural gas fired emergency generator at Route 896 & Corporate Blvd, Newark, New Castle County, Delaware.


Title V Synthetic Minor Permit Application: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.

Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc. has submitted an application, pursuant to 7 DE Admin. Code 1102, for a permit amendment at 500 GBC Drive, Building 500, Newark, Delaware.


Title V Fee Status Report

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Air Quality has published the Calendar Year 2018 Title V Fee Status Report per Section 6097(l) of 7 Del. C. Chapter 60, Subchapter VIII.


Reg 1102 Permit Application: Hertrich Collision Center of Milford

Hertrich Collision Center of Milford, Inc. located at 1449 Bay Road, Milford has applied for a permit to operate an Auto Body Shop that conducts any or all of the following: collision repair, vehicle painting, paint stripping, or sanding.


Reg 1102 Permit Application: B & G Auto Body

B & G Auto Body located at 863 Old Baltimore Pike, Newark has applied for a permit to operate an Auto Body Shop that conducts any or all of the following: collision repair, vehicle painting, paint stripping, or sanding.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Application: Sunoco Pipeline

Sunoco Pipeline, L.P., requests a temporary operation permit for a portable 7344 SCFM EXPRO Model No. FS6X25 23.6 mmBTU\hr butane fired flare at their Claymont, Delaware, facility in order to support required pipeline testing and to minimize the safety risk and emissions impact for the required maintenance activities.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Application: Amick Farms

Amick Farms, LLC, requests a construction permit to replace existing cyclones (particulate control devices) with three new high efficiency cyclones for an existing pellet cooler at their 10281 Amick Drive, Delmar, Sussex County facility.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Application: Normaco

Normaco requests a construction permit to add two new chemicals to their pharmaceutical manufacturing process at their 500 Swedes Landing Road, Wilmington, New Castle County, facility.


Federally Enforceable Air Permit Applications: GT USA Wilmington, LLC

GT USA Wilmington, LLC has submitted applications for construction/operation permits for diesel engines for three existing mobile cranes for unloading and loading of cargo at the Port of Wilmington.


Moveable Monitoring Platform

DNREC has developed a Moveable Monitoring Platform (MMP) to increase its air monitoring capabilities and assist with special projects. The movable monitor improves DNREC’s response to air quality concerns in areas where no permanent air monitoring station can be placed. The Moveable Monitoring Platform is designed to support state-of-the-art


Special Projects

The DNREC Division of Air Quality conducts special studies to examine air quality issues and concerns tied specific locations around the state.

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Air Monitoring Program Division of Air Quality 302-323-4542



Regional Haze

Air pollutants can cause haze, a veil of white or brown that obscures and blurs what we can see in the distance. Federal law requires states to prepare implementation plans to reduce the pollutants that can cause haze in important scenic areas. Delaware was determined to have an impact on haze only for the Brigantine


The Delaware Particulate Matter Advance Program

The state and local governments in Delaware have joined together to work with industry to reduce particulate matter emissions and protect the public under the EPA’s Particulate Matter Advance Program.

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Renae Held Division of Air Quality 302-739-9402



Particulate Matter

Tiny airborne particles found in haze, smoke and airborne dust, and known as “particulate matter” and usually abbreviated as PM2.5, can occur year-round and can cause serious health problems. Delaware monitors for particulate matter at sites around the state, and works with local governments and other partners in the Delaware Particulate Matter Advance Program to reduce


Ozone

Ozone is a colorless, naturally occurring gas found in two layers of the atmosphere. In the upper layers of the atmosphere, ozone protects life on Earth by absorbing some of the sun’s ultraviolet rays. In the layer closest to the ground, however, ozone is an air pollutant that is a key ingredient of smog and


Air Toxics

Toxic air pollutants, also referred to as air toxics or hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), are chemicals that, at sufficient concentrations and exposures, are known or suspected to cause cancer. They can also cause other serious health problems or cause adverse environmental effects. DNREC monitors Delaware’s air for air toxics and publishes regular Air Toxics Strategic Plans


Air Quality Monitoring

The DNREC Division of Air Quality operates a series of monitoring stations throughout the state. This monitoring network measures pollutants for which national air quality standards have been defined to protect public health. These are known as “Criteria Air Pollutants.”

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Air Quality

The Division of Air Quality manages programs to monitor air quality, mitigate air quality problems, and forecast air quality conditions in Delaware.
Air Quality Forecast See current air quality readings and get the latest air quality forecast for our region.



Regulation 1102 Permit Application: Eurshall Miller’s Collision Center

Notice has been given that Eurshall Miller’s Collision Center located at 36371 Sussex Highway, Delmar, has applied for a permit to operate an Auto Body Shop.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Applications: GSOE I, LLC

GSOE I, LLC, requests a permit to construct, operate, and decommission an unmanned Meteorological Buoy (Met Buoy) to collect meteorological data in Delaware’s Outer Continental Shelf approximately 16.5 statute miles off the coast of Rehoboth Beach.


Title V Permit Renewal Applications – DSWA Georgetown

The Delaware Solid Waste Authority has submitted a request for an Air Quality permit renewal pursuant to 7 DE Admin. Code 1130, Section 7, for an operating for its facility at 28560 Landfill Lane, Georgetown, Delaware.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Applications

Noramco has applied for an air quality construction permit to add two batch manufacturing processes at their facility located at 550 Swedes Landing Rd, in Wilmington, Delaware.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Applications

Division of Air Quality Start Date: 4/14/2019 End Date: 4/29/2019
Noramco requests a construction permit to add two batch manufacturing processes at their facility located at 550 Swedes Landing Rd, in Wilmington, Delaware.


Title V Permit Renewal Applications – Veolia Red Lion Plant

The Veolia Red Lion Plant at 766 Governor Lea Road, New Castle, Delaware, has submitted a request for permit renewal pursuant to 7 DE Admin. Code 1130, Section 7 Permit: AQM-003/00673 Renewal 1 and associated Permit: APC-2003/0739-OPERATION (Amendment 3)(NSPS)(CAP).


Federally Enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Applications

MEDAL Air Liquide has requested a federally enforceable 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 construction permit for a new regenerative thermal oxidizer (RTO) at a facility at 305 Water St., Newport.


Title V Permit Renewal Applications

Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation, LLC, Hay Road Energy Center has submitted a request for a Title V permit renewal for a facility at 198 Hay Road, Wilmington.


Title IV Permit Renewal Application

Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation, LLC., Hay Road Energy Center has submitted a request for Title IV permit renewal for a facility at 198 Hay Road in Wilmington, Delaware.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Applications

Comcast requests permission for the operation of one (1) emergency generator, rated 2500kW (3621 HP) at 400 Commerce Dr., Newark, Delaware.


7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Applications

Division of Air Quality Start Date: 3/31/2019 End Date: 4/15/2019
Notice has been given that: SUEZ Water Delaware (formerly known as United Water of Delaware) requests a permit to construct


Reg. 1102 Permit Application

Division of Air Quality Start Date: 3/20/2019 End Date: 4/4/2019
Notice has been given that I.G. Burton located at 24799 Sussex Hwy., Seaford has applied for a permit to operate an Auto Body


Division of Air Quality and Tank Management Section Public Workshop

Division of Air Quality and Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances Start Date: 3/17/2019 End Date: 4/16/2019
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Air Quality (DAQ) and Tank Management Section


Public Notices: Title V Synthetic Minor Permit Applications

Division of Air Quality Start Date: 3/13/2019 End Date: 4/11/2019
Notice is hereby given that Orient Corporation of America has submitted an application, pursuant to 7 DE Admin. Code 1102, Section 2.1, 11.2.9, and 12.3 for operation


Get Involved

You can take simple steps every day to help keep our air cleaner and more safe. The DNREC Division of Air Quality offers information, educational materials and more to help you take control.



Public Notices: 7 DE Admin. Code 1102 Natural Minor Permit Applications

Division of Air Quality Start Date: 3/10/2019 End Date: 3/25/2019
Notice has been given that: DuPont Nutrition USA, Inc. – Newark Site (formerly FMC) having a facility at 1301 Ogletown


Regulations and Plans Under Development

The DNREC Division of Air Quality is committed to openness and transparency as it updates and amends state Air Quality Regulations and related state implementation plans. This page provides information on items under development. Learn more about the DNREC regulatory development process and find useful tools to participate.


Public Hearing Materials

The Division of Air Quality holds public hearings on permit applications, regulation updates, and other matters related to maintaining and enhancing Delaware’s air quality. All Division of Air Quality public hearings and meetings are posted on the state Public Meeting Calendar. Applications, plans, exhibits and other materials related to


Title V: Major Air Sources

Title V is an air pollution control program, based on federal law, designed to standardize air quality permits and the permitting process for major sources of air emissions across the country.

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Angela Marconi Division of Air Quality 302-323-4542
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Smaller Sources of Air Pollution

Smaller sources of air pollution are known as “Area Sources.” Unlike large, very obvious, single sources of pollution, like industrial smokestacks, Area Sources are smaller activities by businesses or facilities that, when measured across a group of sites, can accumulate to large amounts of pollution impacting Delaware’s air quality. [column md=”5″ xclass=”col-xs-12





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