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Detèminasyon Konsistans Federal: USCG Atlantic Fairways (2025.0048)

GadKòt Ameriken an ap pwopoze pou etabli mezi pou pasaj sekirite pou navigasyon sou kòt Atlantik la, soti nan fwontyè maritim Etazini-Kanada nan Gòlf Maine rive Miami, Florid, ki gen ladan yon ankraj pou pasaj la toupre bè Delaware.


Determinación de Constancia Federal: Canales USCG en el Atlántico (2025.0048)

La guardia costera de EE.UU. propone establecer canales de seguridad de embarcación a lo largo de la costa atlántica desde la frontera marítima entre EE.UU. y Canadá en el Golfo de Maine hasta Miami, Florida, incluido un ancladero de canales cerca de la Bahía de Delaware.


Federal Consistency Determination: USCG Atlantic Fairways (2025.0048)

The U.S. Coast Guard proposes to establish shipping safety fairways along the Atlantic Coast from the U.S.-Canada maritime border to Miami, Florida, including a fairway anchorage off Delaware Bay.


Delaware Ocean and Bay Activity Guide

The Delaware Ocean and Bay Activity Guide is one of three core components of the Delaware Ocean and Bay Plan. It serves as an inventory of the marine activities and resource types occurring off Delaware’s coast. Insights into marine activities and current uses, in both a spatial and temporal context, were provided


Marine Minerals

Activities associated with marine minerals are foundational elements of Delaware’s blue economy and environment. Sand and dredging support coastal resilience by replenishing beaches and maintaining navigable waterways critical for commerce and recreation. These activities also help protect coastal communities from erosion and storm impacts. While no other minerals, including oil, gas and sulfur, are currently


Submarine Infrastructure

Submarine infrastructure, such as cables and pipelines, along with archaeological resources and artificial reefs, form both the literal and figurative foundation of Delaware’s blue economy and environment. On the seafloor, these structures support essential services like communication, energy transmission and habitat creation. Archaeological resources are records of the past, while artificial reefs enhance biodiversity and


Water Quality

Water quality is a key element in planning for a healthy blue environment. Clean water supports the survival of marine life, sustains critical habitats and ensures safe conditions for recreation and fisheries. Poor water quality, caused by pollutants, excess nutrients or acidification, can lead to harmful algal blooms, habitat degradation and reduced survival in marine


Natural Resources

The marine resources off Delaware’s coast are forced to adapt to increased human interactions and disturbances, known as anthropogenic impacts, warming waters and acidification. As essential components of Delaware’s ecosystem, marine resources in the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay provide ecosystem services such as supporting biodiversity, regulating climate, absorbing carbon dioxide and providing clean air.


Marine Resource Conservation

Marine resource conservation is essential to maintaining a healthy blue environment off Delaware’s coast, ensuring the long-term sustainability of ecosystems that support commercial and recreational activities. By protecting habitats such as deep-sea corals and areas important to breeding populations of marine organisms, conservation efforts help preserve biodiversity and improve water quality. Thoughtful planning that considers


Offshore Energy

Offshore energy is an emerging facet of Delaware’s blue economy, with offshore wind leading the way in providing clean power, economic investment and job creation. Projects like US Wind’s MarWin and Ørsted’s Skipjack are expected to deliver over a gigawatt of power. Newer technologies and forms of marine energy being explored in other parts of


Maritime Activities

Maritime activities are vital to Delaware’s blue economy, supporting jobs, economic growth and coastal communities. Marine transportation facilitates the movement of goods through the Port of Wilmington, a key regional hub. Commercial fishing and aquaculture contribute to the state’s seafood industry and cultural heritage, while military operations provide national security and generate local economic activity.


Recreation and Tourism

Recreation and tourism play a major role in Delaware’s blue economy, supporting a wide range of businesses in Delaware, such as restaurants, hotels, marinas and sporting goods stores, especially in the summer months when beach visitation is at its peak. Recreation Photo: Sharon Denny The


Detèminasyon Konsistans Federal: Fòmasyon ak Tès Zòn Etid flòt atlantik marin ameriken an CCD (2025.0013)

Marin Etazini pwopoze pou fè fòmasyon ak aktivite tès nouvo ak ki deja egziste nan Fòmasyon Flòt Atlantik ak Zòn Etid Tès.


Determinación de Constancia Federal: Estudio de entrenamiento y pruebas de la flota atlántica de la Armada de EE. UU. en el área CCD (2025.0013)

La Armada de EE. UU. propone realizar actividades de entrenamiento y prueba nuevas y existentes en el área de estudio de entrenamiento y pruebas de la flota atlántica.


Federal Consistency Determination: US Navy Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Study Area CCD (2025.0013)

The United States Navy proposes to conduct new and existing training and testing activities in the Atlantic Fleet Training and Testing Study Area.


Detèminasyon Konsistans Federal: HUD Seaford Townhomes (2024.0040)

Ministè Etazini pou lojman ak devlopman vil ofri pou l bay Sussex County Habitat for Humanity bourad lajan pou yo ka konstwi nèf kay endividyèl nan North Street, Seaford.


Determinación Federal de Congruencia: HUD Seaford Townhomes (2024.0040)

El Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de EE. UU. propone brindar asistencia financiera a Hábitat para la Humanidad del condado de Sussex para nueve viviendas adosadas en North Porter Street, Seaford.


Federal Consistency Determination: HUD Seaford Townhomes (2024.0040)

The U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development proposes to provide financial assistance to Sussex County Habitat for Humanity for nine townhomes on North Porter Street, in Seaford.


Verifye Regilarite Federal: NFMS Whale Collision Speed Reduction (2024.0036)

Sèvis Nasyonal Lapèch Maritim nan te pwopoze chanjman nan règleman ki gen nan bato moman an konsènan vitès nan Atlantik Nò a pou plis diminye ris ki genyen pou balèn nwa k ap disparèt yo mouri e pou yo blese akoz bato k ap frape ansanm.


Federal Consistency Certification: ESNG Irish Hill M&R Station (2024.0038)

Eastern Shore Natural Gas proposes to install a natural gas lateral line and a new meter station in Felton.


Federal Consistency Determination: USDA Choi Solar Project (2024.0039)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture proposes to fund the installation of a ground-mounted solar system at 33310 Horsey Church Rd, Laurel.


Federal Consistency Determination: NFMS Whale Collision Speed Reduction (2024.0036)

The National Marine Fisheries Service has proposed amendments to the existing North Atlantic right whale vessel speed rule to further reduce the likelihood of mortalities and serious injuries from vessel strikes.


Determinación Federal de Congruencia: Disminución de la Velocidad para Reducir Colisiones con Ballenas de NFMS (2024.0036)

El Servicio Nacional de Pesca Marina propuso enmiendas a la norma vigente sobre la velocidad de los buques para reducirá las probabilidades de muertes y lesiones graves de ballenas francas en peligro de extinción debido.


Delaware Ocean and Bay Plan

DNREC’s Coastal Programs is spearheading the development of a Delaware Ocean and Bay Plan to identify responsible management and stewardship practices that are applicable to the use and conservation of marine resources off Delaware’s coast.
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Federal Consistency Determination: National Marine Fisheries Service

National Marine Fisheries Service proposes to update fishery management plans regarding Atlantic king mackerel and Atlantic migratory group Spanish mackerel.


Federal Consistency Certification Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program: Chesapeake Utilities

Chesapeake Utilities proposes to construct, own, operate and maintain approximately 5.5 miles of 8-inch diameter buried natural gas main in the Selbyville and Fenwick Island areas of Sussex County.


Federal Consistency Certifications Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program

A recent application to the Delaware Coastal Management Program for Federal Consistency Determination.


Federal Consistency Determination: Garey Grain Storage Bin

The USDA Farm Service Agency proposes to fund the construction a Grain Storage Bin at 3939 Hopkins Cemetery Road, in Felton.


Federal Consistency Determination: NOAA Atlantic Migratory Group Rulemaking

The National Marine Fisheries Services is proposing to promulgate a rule that would increase the commercial quota for Atlantic migratory group cobia.


Federal Consistency Determination: Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company

The Eastern Shore Natural Gas Company proposes to relocate a section of buried natural gas pipeline along Polly Drummond Hill Road and Red Mill Road, near Newark, in coordination with a DelDOT road improvement project.


Federal Consistency Determination: Emerson Grain Bin and Grain Dryer

The USDA Farm Service Agency is proposing to fund the construction of a grain storage bin and install a grain dryer on a property in Middletown.


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.


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: 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 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 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 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: 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


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.


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 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 USDA, Farm Service Agency, proposes to provide financial assistance for the purchase of an existing poultry operation with residence at 24735 Nine Foot Road, Millsboro.


Federal Consistency Certifications Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program

Federal Consistency Certifications have been submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program for the Lawton 10-Slip Docking Facility for construction of a 10-slip marina in Herring Creek at Sisters Lane.


Federal Consistency Certifications Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program

A listing of recent Federal Consistency Certifications submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program.





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