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Federal Consistency Determination: HUD River House

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development proposes to build a new five-story, 150-unit multi-family apartment structure at 401 A Street, Wilmington.


Public Hearing: FujiFilm Coastal Zone Act Permit

DNREC will hold a public hearing on an application for a Coastal Zone permit from FujiFilm Imaging Colorants, Inc. to build and operate a new manufacturing plant at its facility at 233 Cherry Lane, New Castle.


Federal Consistency Certification: ESNG Seaford Offset and Southend Lateral Relocation

The Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company is seeking a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorization to relocate and/or perform maintenance on existing buried natural gas pipelines, at two locations along U.S. Route 13 in Sussex County.


Federal Consistency Determination: Emerson Grain Storage Bin

The USDA Farm Service Agency is proposing to fund the construction of a grain storage bin, involving ground disturbance below the plow line to pour a concrete foundation to be located at 1035 Jamison Corner Rd, Middletown.


Federal Consistency Certification: ESNG Delaware City

The Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company is seeking a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorization for a proposed gas-line expansion/improvement project at an existing compressor station facility located on School House Road, Delaware City.


Federal Consistency Determination: Wilmington Harbor Maintenance Dredging

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers proposes to extend their authorization to conduct maintenance dredging of the Federal navigation channel and turning basin at the Port of Wilmington for a ten-year period (2021-2030).


Federal Consistency Determinations Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) proposes to fund a grain storage bin near Dover and a Hay storage bin near Middletown.


Federal Consistency Certifications Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program

Delaware City Refining Company proposes to dredge the cooling water intake channel and access channel. River View Industrial Park proposes to rectify non-permitted placement of fill by a previous owner.


Federal Consistency Determinations Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program

The USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) proposes to fund the construction of grain storage bins in Dover and in Townsend.


Federal Consistency Certification: ESNG Elkton Road Relocation Project

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company (ESNG) is proposing to relocate a portion of a 6-inch diameter buried natural gas pipeline in the areas of Elkton Road (SR 279) and Otts Chapel Road, in New Castle County.


Federal Consistency Certification: ESNG Polk Branch Creek Crossing

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company proposes to relocate 680 linear feet of a buried natural gas pipeline adjacent to U.S. Route 13 in the Bridgeville area to allow for a DelDOT remediation project.


Federal Consistency Determination: USDA Farm Service Agency

The USDA Farm Service Agency proposes to subordinate a loan by an existing borrower to build a house/shop and install a driveway, parking area, well and septic system on approximately 9 acres of cleared cropland on Chapel Branch Road in Seaford.


Federal Consistency Certification: Middlesex Beach Nourishment

Middlesex Beach Association proposes to conduct periodic beach replenishment over 10 years by dredging sand from offshore and depositing it along a stretch of shoreline between Bethany Beach and the Town of South Bethany.


Federal Consistency Determination: Grain Storage Facility

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency proposes to provide loans for the construction of a new grain storage facility on a farm west of Seaford.


Federal Consistency Certification: Residences at River Place

Residences at River Place, LLC proposes to fill 1,982 square feet of non-tidal wetlands as part of a project to construct two apartment buildings with thirty six units each at The Residences at Riverplace Phase 3, Riverplace Drive, Seaford.


Coastal Zone Act Status Decision: Atlantic Concrete

The DNREC Secretary has determined that a proposal by Atlantic Concrete to build a new concrete manufacturing plant to replace two existing plants on Old Orchard Rd., Lewes, would not require a permit under the Coastal Zone Act.


Federal Consistency Certification: MMW Investments, LLC

MMW Investments, LLC proposes to remove existing, deteriorated docking facilities and construct new docking facilities at 640 Pilottown Road, in Lewes.


Federal Consistency Determination: Copen / Kirby Docking Additions

The applicant proposes adding a personal watercraft lift to an existing structure and installing a floating kayak dock with two support pilings at 32 Eleanor Lee Lane East, Rehoboth Beach.


Public Hearing: Proposed 2021 Weatherization Assistance Program Grant Application

The DNREC Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy will conduct a virtual public hearing on the proposed Weatherization Assistance Program 2021 grant application.


Public Participation

Public participation has been essential to developing Delaware’s Climate Action Plan. In addition to public workshops held in the spring and fall of 2020, online surveys and comment forms soliciting public input, DNREC sought insight from Delaware-based technical stakeholders in the buildings, electric power, industrial transportation and waste sectors —


Federal Consistency Determinations Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA) proposes to promulgate a new rule to implement an amendment to the Fishery Management Plan for the Dolphin and Wahoo Fishery of the Atlantic. It also proposes amendments to the Atlantic Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan.


Federal Consistency Determination: Proposed EPA Incidental Vessel Discharge Regulations

The EPA is proposing regulations to establish national standards of performance for marine pollution control devices for discharges incidental to the normal operation of primarily commercial vessels.


Coastal Zone Act Status Decision Request: Atlantic Concrete Company

The DNREC Coastal Zone Act Program has received a Request for Status Decision from Atlantic Concrete Company, Inc.


Delaware’s Climate Action Plan

The warming climate impacts our daily lives and economy, and it affects us all. With all that’s at stake, it’s time for us to act together.
The first Climate Action Plan Implementation Report, assembled by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control as required by legislation enacted


Federal Consistency Certifications: Carbone Dock and Pier

The property owner proposes construction of a deck, a retaining wall with stone rip-rap, and docking facilities in the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal at 99 Tidewaters Road, Lewes.


Federal Consistency Certifications: Diamond State Port Corporation

Diamond State Port Corporation proposes to conduct maintenance dredging at the Port of Wilmington Berths 1 through 7.


Federal Consistency Determinations: Delaware Army National Guard

The Delaware Army National Guard proposes the demolition of bunkers 30, 31 and 44 at the River Road Training Site, at 1197 River Road, New Castle.


Federal Consistency Determinations: Delaware Army National Guard

The Delaware Army National Guard proposes the demolition of Wings A & B of the Wilmington Readiness Center, on First Regiment Road, in Wilmington.


Federal Consistency Determinations: Kruger Road Project

The USDA proposes to fund the purchase of a farm property and the installation of a high-tensile fence using wood posts on approximately 5 acres of property on Kruger Road, near Georgetown.


Federal Consistency Certifications: Hayward Project

The applicant proposes to repair/replace an existing bulkhead and install a new pier and dock adjacent to the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal at 63 Anchor Road, in North Shores, Rehoboth Beach.


Federal Consistency Determinations: USACE NWP Reissuance

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is proposing to re-issue the existing 52 nationwide permits (NWPs) and to issue two new NWPs.


DSPC Public Hearing: DCMP Exhibits

A list of public hearing exhibits submitted for the record by the Delaware Coastal Management Program for the Sept. 29, 2020, Diamond State Port Corporation public hearing (Docket #2020-P-MULTI-0024). Exhibit 1: Federal Consistency Application, dated and received March 18, 2020 Exhibit 2: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Permit Application, Application


Federal Consistency Determinations: USDA FSA Poultry Operation

The USDA proposes to subordinate its lien to another lender in order for the other lender to finance construction of two poultry houses, a generator shed, a manure shed/composter, and other related infrastructure on an existing farm on South Old State Road in Georgetown.


Federal Consistency Determinations: PSEG Offshore Wind Support Marine Terminal Facility

PSEG proposes to develop an offshore wind marshalling port at the Salem and Hope Creek Generating Station on Artificial Island, Salem County, NJ, to support offshore wind development in New Jersey and throughout the eastern United States.


Public Meeting Notice for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Evaluation of the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve

NOAA will hold a virtual public meeting on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, as part of the federal performance evaluation of the Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve.


Federal Consistency Determinations: Shelton Dredging Project

An applicant proposes the hydraulic dredging of approximately 200 cubic yards of accumulated sediment in a boat slip in the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal near the intersection of Pilottown Road and New Road in Lewes.


Notice Of Joint Public Hearing: Diamond State Port Corporation

DNREC will hold a public hearing on a proposal from Diamond State Port Corporation to build a new container port at Edgemoor. The project will require permits from the Div. of Water and Div. of Waste and Hazardous Substances, as well as a Federal Consistency Certification from the Delaware Coastal Management Program.


Federal Consistency Determinations submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program

Federal Consistency Determinations have been submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program for two assistance projects by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.


Diamond State Port Corporation Proposal

In 2020, Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC) proposed to build a new container port on the Delaware River at 4600 Hay Road, Edgemoor, in New Castle County. The project requires permits from the DNREC Division of Water and Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances. It also needs Federal Consistency Certification from the Delaware Coastal Management


Federal Consistency Determinations: Eastern Shore Natural Gas

Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company is proposing to temporarily relocate a 10 inch main within a DelDOT right-of-way, create a 14,000 square foot temporary workstation, and create a 23-acre temporary contractor lay yard near the intersection of SR 8 and SR 15 in Kent County.


Federal Consistency Determinations: USDA FSA Grain Storage Bin

The USDA, Farm Service Agency is proposing to provide financing to construct a 42-foot, 13-ring grain storage bin with 39,400 bushel capacity on a farm at 1027 Alley Mill Rd, Smyrna.


Federal Consistency Determinations: NMFS Emergency Fishery Management Plan Rule

The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing to use an emergency rule under the Fishery Management Plan for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Resources in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Region to increase the recreational bag limit for Atlantic king mackerel in federal waters.


Federal Consistency Certifications: Unionville Rowing Club

The Unionville Rowing Club, Inc. proposes to install a gangway, dock, and two steel cables in the Christina River at 301 A Street, Wilmington.


Federal Consistency Certifications: Delaware Coastal Airport Shed

The Delaware Coastal Airport proposes the placement of a 12 x 20 foot pre-constructed, wooden shed on the property at 21424 Cedar Creek Ave, Georgetown.


Delaware Coastal Programs Section 309 Draft Enhancement Assessment

The Delaware Coastal Management Program has submitted its draft 2021-2025 Section 309 Enhancement Area Assessment and Strategy to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office for Coastal Management.


DNREC – Delaware Coastal Programs and Delaware Army National Guard Joint Public Notice

The Delaware Army National Guard is proposing to construct a 13,240 square foot housing barracks with an overall height of approximately 30 feet and a 6,500 square foot footprint within the 100-year floodplain of Salt Pond and the Atlantic Ocean on a 99 acre property owned by the State of Delaware located at 163 Scannell Blvd., Bethany Beach.


Federal Consistency Determinations Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program

The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing to adjust the current regulations for North Atlantic swordfish and shark retention limits for certain permit holders in U.S. Atlantic and Caribbean waters, including modifying retention limits and adding regulatory criteria for in season adjustment of retention limits.


Federal Consistency Determinations Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program

The National Marine Fisheries Service proposes to adopt Amendment 21 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to establish updated Summer Flounder commercial quota allocations.


Delaware Coastal Management Program – Program Changes

The NOAA Office for Coastal Management has approved program changes that reflect a structural reorganization of the DCMP to move the program into the DNREC Division of Climate, Coastal, and Energy.


Coastal Zone Act Permit: AgroRefiner LLC

DNREC has issued a standard Coastal Zone permit to AgroRefiner LLC (Project CZA-439P) to operate a hemp processing facility in an existing warehouse at 51 Steel Drive, New Castle.





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