Pages Tagged With: "climate coastal energy"
Low- to Moderate-Income Solar Pilot Program
The DNREC Low- to Moderate-Income (LMI) Solar Pilot Program is meant to bring renewable energy to a segment of the Delaware population that has historically been underserved by existing state programs and incentives. Grant funding is available to promote the use of renewable energy in Delaware for low-Federal Consistency Certification: Angola by the Bay Living Shoreline
The Angola by the Bay Property Owners Association proposes to build a living shoreline project within its community, in Lewes.Federal Consistency Certification: Marcus Hook Terminal Dredging
Energy Transfer proposes to conduct mechanical maintenance dredging over a 10-year period at berths and water intakes at the Marcus Hook Facility within Delaware and Pennsylvania portions of the Delaware River.Federal Consistency Determinations Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program
Federal consistency determinations have been submitted for an amendment to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fishery Management Plan and for a plan to dredge the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal.Federal Consistency Certification: North Millsboro Bypass
DelDOT is seeking a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit for the construction of the North Millsboro Bypass.Implementing Delaware’s Climate Action Plan
Delaware has for more than a decade been working to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and increase the state’s resilience to climate change. The Climate Action Plan outlines broad strategies and specific actions that can be taken to further those efforts. Climate-related Bills Passed in the 2023 Legislative SessionFederal Consistency Certification: Eastern Shore Natural Gas
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company is proposing to replace 9,000 linear feet of a six-inch natural gas pipeline in an unincorporated area near Bridgeville.Federal Consistency Certification: South Shore Marina Entrance Channel Relocation
South Shore Moorings proposes to relocate the entrance channel of a 92-slip marina.Federal Consistency Certification: STA Pharmaceutical Plant
STA Pharmaceutical proposes to construct a new pharmaceutical manufacturing campus in Middletown.Federal Consistency Determination Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program: National Marine Fisheries Service
The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing to implement a flexible shortfin mako shark retention limit.Coastal Zone Act Application Materials
Manufacturing, heavy industry, and bulk product transfer activities since 1971 in Delaware’s coastal zone require a coastal zone permit in addition to other applicable DNREC permits.Contact Us
Delaware Coastal Zone Act Program
The Coastal Zone Act regulates new and existing manufacturing, heavy industry, and bulk product transfer activities in Delaware’s coastal zone through a permitting system.Contact Us
History of the Coastal Zone Act
Then-Governor Russell Peterson and the Delaware General Assembly passed the Delaware Coastal Zone Act (CZA) in 1971. It was signed into law on June 28, 1971. The Act is designed to protect the coastal areas from the impacts of heavy industrialization and bulk product transfer and safeguard their use primarily for recreation and tourism.Federal Consistency Certification Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program: Port Mahon Maintenance Dredging
Delaware Storage and Pipeline Company proposes to maintenance dredge the berth and access channel leading to its fuel berth/docking facility near Port Mahon, in Kent County.Federal Consistency Certification Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program: DelDOT Interchange
The Delaware Department of Transportation is seeking a United States Army Corps of Engineers permit to reconfigure the existing I-95 and SR 896 interchange to a double flyover interchange with new and realigned/widened ramps.Federal Consistency Determination Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program: Bobola Hopper Tank
The USDA has received an application for financing for an additional Hopper Tank and a Bucket Elevator at an existing grain storage yard on Chestnut Grove Road, in Dover.Federal Consistency Certification Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program: White Creek Dredging
On behalf of the Division of Watershed Stewardship, Anchor QEA proposes to dredge 70,000 cubic yards of material from White Creek and Assawoman Canal channel in Sussex County.Federal Consistency Determination Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program: Delaware Air National Guard
The Delaware Air National Guard proposed building a new Fuel Cell and Corrosion Control Hangar to replace existing facilities at the Guard base in New Castle.Federal Consistency Determination Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program: Green Meadow Farms
The USDA has received an application for financing for an additional Grain Storage Bin and a Grain Dryer on a property at 1708 Hemping Rd., in Harrington.Federal Consistency Determination Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program: National Marine Fisheries Service
The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing to implement changes to the American lobster fishery in Federal waters of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.Federal Consistency Determination Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes to use U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permit 3 to conduct phase 2 of their marsh restoration project located along the Delaware River front at the Supawna Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Pennsville Township, New Jersey.Offshore Wind
Delaware continues to explore opportunities and challenges presented by the growing offshore wind industry. The state has set a target of achieving 40% renewable energy by 2035. Increasing renewable energy in Delaware is also identified as a strategy in Delaware’s Climate Action Plan to reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions that are drivingFederal Consistency Determinations Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program
The Delaware State Housing Authority proposes to use Recovery Housing Program funds to acquire and rehabilitate single-family housing units in Seaford and Harbeson.Coastal Research
DNREC’s Delaware Coastal Programs conducts a variety of coastal research programs to study the affects of climate change, impacts from human pollutants, and other factors impacting the changing coastal environment of Delaware.Contact Us
Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve 302-739-6377
Collaborations
The Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) collaborates with various partner organizations and hosts visiting scientists who conduct research of local and national significance that focuses on enhancing coastal management.Contact Us
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