Public workshops scheduled for September 6, 7 and 14

DOVER – DNREC’s Division of Waste & Hazardous Substances will hold three public workshops next month across the state to introduce draft Universal Recycling Regulations for Delaware. The informal workshops will be held in each county, offering the public an opportunity to have the draft regulations explained and to hear about the purposes behind the new regulations, as well as discussing current issues related to universal recycling compliance.

The places, dates and locations for the workshops are:

• New Castle County – Tuesday, Sept. 6, Bear Library, 101 Governor’s Place, Bear, DE 19701
• Sussex County – Wednesday, Sept. 7, DNREC Lewes Field Office, 901 Pilottown Road, Lewes, DE 19958
• Kent County – Wednesday, Sept. 14, DNREC Auditorium, Richardson & Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway SW, Dover DE 19901

All workshops will be held from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The purpose of the proposed regulations is to ensure that collection services for recyclable materials are consistent with the law; that collected recyclable materials are not landfilled or incinerated; that recyclable materials are properly processed and enter the marketplace; that recycling in Delaware can be effectively measured; and that waste diversion is maximized through the reduction of solid waste deposited in the state’s landfills.

DNREC encourages all interested parties to attend, including waste service providers, property managers, and the commercial sector.

For more information please contact Don Long at 302-739-9403 (ext.8) or by email at donald.long@delaware.gov.

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Global Delaware is bringing back its team of international trade representatives to meet with local companies and explore opportunities for expanding their businesses abroad.

Reps from Canada, Germany, Israel, Mexico and South Korea will present an overview of export opportunities in their respective countries and be available for one-on-one meetings on Wednesday, September 7 at the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce.

Delaware’s trade reps work in-country to perform market research and analysis, develop product strategies for market entry, identify distributors and potential customers, and provide in-country logistical, translational and related support services on behalf of Delaware companies.

“Last year’s event gave a lot of local businesspeople real food for thought,” says Beth Pomper, Global Delaware’s Export Advisor. “They learned which products and services are in greatest demand in the represented markets, and what they can do to kick-start their export programs. As a result, many more signed up for trade missions and followed up on other exporting opportunities.”

The reps know the certification processes, regulations, and business laws in their home countries, Pomper notes, and can provide Delaware companies with the tools and resources to successfully sell their goods and services in the global marketplace. Plus, they have key connections Delaware businesses need to get appointments with people who are in a position to purchase their products and services.

“Our reps have been critical to the success of the State’s numerous trade missions over the past year, arranging strategic one-on-one in-country meetings and assisting with logistics,” Pomper explains.
Nanotechnology solutions company ANP Technologies is currently working with Delaware’s German trade reps to prepare for an upcoming trade mission to Germany. ANP will be traveling to multiple cities to meet with pharmaceutical and bioscience companies to generate new business, explore manufacturing opportunities, and discuss licensing prospects for their own and other companies’ products currently in the pipeline.
“We could never have put a trip like this together on our own,” says Greg Witham, ANP’s manager of Business Development and Contracts. “Not only have Alex Bothmann and his team done an outstanding job with logistics, they have been amazing at working with us to identify companies that would be the best match for our very specific industry. They have made it a point to learn our business, get us in front of the right people in Germany, and plan every detail of our trip so we can just focus on our science and getting the deals done.”

“Many of our Delaware businesses hope to connect with large foreign companies, and finding the right person can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, especially when you don’t speak the language,” Pomper notes. “We’ve worked with several companies that had been trying to penetrate a market for years and have now secured purchase orders working with Global Delaware and our in-country trade reps.”

Support at home and abroad

Global Delaware’s strategic export initiative focuses on offering tactical and practical services to increase exports and ultimately create jobs. Over the past year, Global Delaware has led trade missions to Mexico, Canada and South Korea, generating over $10 million in projected sales for the next 18 months. New missions to Germany and Canada are planned for this fall. In addition, 32 Delaware businesses have received financial assistance in the form of STEP grants to expand their exports this year.

“We are here to help Delaware businesses find and grow markets internationally,” explains Global Delaware Director Andrea Tinianow. “The world is changing fast, and we want Delaware businesses to be positioned for success in the global economy.”

The following reps will be available to talk about overseas opportunities:

Ludovic Ortuno, Canada
Based in the Montreal, Canada region, Ludovic has extensive experience launching new products in Canada. He is fluent in English, French and Spanish.

Alexander Bothmann, Germany
Alexander advises large international corporations as well as SMEs with cross-border business development. He is fluent in German and English.

Seth Vogelman, Israel
Covering the Middle East, Seth helps clients expand operations in the region, providing representation, networking, planning and trade development.

Miguel de Regil, Mexico
With more than four decades of international trade experience, Miguel brings extensive knowledge of consumer and industrial markets throughout Latin America.

Ken Yang, South Korea
As a trade expert with expertise in business development, Ken provides market research, marketing and investment advisory services for private and public businesses.

Registration for the event opens at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 7. at the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce, 12 Penns Way, New Castle, DE. Delaware trade reps will provide brief country overviews starting at 9:00 a.m., followed by one-on-one meetings throughout the morning.

Businesses unable to make this event are encouraged to contact Emma Pautler at global@delaware.gov to arrange an alternative meeting time.

To register for this event and sign up for one-on-one meetings, click this link and fill out the short form. Global Delaware and The Delaware Department of State would like to thank Fulton Bank for sponsoring this event.

(Smyrna) – A siren used to alert the public in the unlikely event of a serious problem at the Salem/Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station in Salem, New Jersey will be offline for 24 hours sometime during the week of September 5th.  The temporary condition will occur while electric service feeds are relocated as part of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) U.S. 301 project.

The affected siren is located at U.S. Route 13 and Hyett’s Corner Road, south of St. George’s.

There will be no other impacts to alerting and warning systems that would be used by emergency management officials in the event of a problem at the power plant.  There are a total of 37 warning sirens within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) in Delaware, and all others will be operational during the period.  The siren locations overlap each other in terms of where they are audible.  As a result, residents and businesses in the affected area will still be covered under normal conditions.

Additionally, standard notification procedures utilizing the Delaware Emergency Notification System (DENS), and Route Alerting will supplement remaining sirens if needed.

Once the electric service feeds have been relocated, the siren will again become operational.

Hunting opportunities offered on state wildlife areas for all game seasons with early start

DOVER – Delaware’s 2016/17 hunting seasons will start Thursday, Sept. 1 with the opening of the archery and crossbow deer season and the mourning dove and resident Canada goose seasons on private lands and state wildlife areas. Hunters can start adding teal to their bag on Friday, Sept. 9, when the Special September Teal Season opens in certain areas indicated in the 2016-2017 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide. The daily teal bag limit is six birds, and includes both green-winged and blue-winged teal, with a possession limit of 18 birds.

General Migratory Bird Hunting Information for the 2016/17 season

September season dates and legal hunting hours except for certain wildlife areas are:

• Doves*: Sept. 1-Oct. 1 (½ hour before sunrise to sunset)
• Resident Canada Geese: Sept. 1-24 (½ hour before sunrise to sunset)
• Teal: Sept. 9-27 (½ hour before sunrise to sunset)

For later dove seasons and other migratory game bird seasons, hunters should consult the 2016-2017 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide.

*REMINDER: Non-toxic shot must be used for all dove hunting on state wildlife areas during the month of September.

DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife offers many early-season hunting opportunities on wildlife areas throughout the state. In some locations, hunting hours may be affected by other activities taking place on the wildlife areas. A summary of hunting opportunities, procedures and rules for migratory bird hunting on state wildlife areas includes:

New Castle County Wildlife Areas

Dove
Sunflower fields have been planted at the Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area on the Guestford and Rocks tracts. Hunting spots for these tracts will be drawn through a lottery held at noon at the Cedar Swamp lottery station located on Collins Beach Road. Hunting days will be opening day Thursday, Sept. 1, Labor Day Monday, Sept. 5, all Saturdays in September, and the first Saturday in October. Hunting hours are 1 to 5 p.m. All other areas of Cedar Swamp outside of Zones 1 and 2 are open daily to dove hunting in accordance with all state and federal regulations from a half hour before sunrise to sunset.

Augustine Wildlife Area is open throughout dove season from a half hour before sunrise to sunset with no special permits required. No sunflower fields were planted there this year.

Dove hunting is also permitted on the C&D Canal Conservation Area and Blackbird Reserve Wildlife Area throughout the September season, with no special permits required. Dove hunting at the Augustine and Blackbird Reserve wildlife areas and the C&D Canal Conservation Area is permitted from a half hour before sunrise to sunset.

Resident Canada Geese
Resident Canada goose hunting will be available on the C&D Canal Conservation Area and on and around Reedy Island in the Delaware River. No special permits are required. Hunting hours are a half hour before sunrise to sunset.

September Teal
Blinds on the Port Penn Tract of the Augustine Wildlife Area will be open for the early teal season. These blinds are available by permit only through lottery drawings held at the Augustine lottery station at the end of North Congress Street in Port Penn. Lotteries will be held opening day Sept. 9, and on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, with drawings taking place 1½ hours before legal shooting time throughout the season. Status of grassed blinds will be posted at the lottery station. Hunting hours are a half hour before sunrise to sunset.

Kent County Wildlife Areas

Dove
Sunflowers have been planted in fields on the Davey Crockett Tract of the Little Creek Wildlife Area and the Logan Lane and Buckaloo tracts of the Ted Harvey Wildlife Area. Permits to hunt these fields are issued through a noon lottery at the Little Creek lottery station on Route 9/Bayside Drive just south of the town of Little Creek. These areas will be open to hunting opening day Thursday, Sept. 1, Labor Day Monday, Sept. 5, and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in September and Saturday, Oct. 1 only. Hunting hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Dove hunting is restricted to the planted fields only on the three tracts.

The McKay Tract of the Woodland Beach Wildlife Area also has a sunflower field, which will be open to permit-only dove hunting with a lottery at the Cedar Swamp check station at noon on opening day Thursday, Sept. 1, again on Labor Day Monday (Sept. 5), and all Saturdays in September and the first Saturday in October. Hunting hours are 1 to 5 p.m.

Sunflower fields open for dove hunting throughout the season without a special permit are: the Smith Tract of the Blackiston Wildlife area, the Haines Tract of the Norman G. Wilder Wildlife Area and the Penuel Tract of the Milford Neck Wildlife Area. Hunting hours are a half hour before sunrise to sunset.

Resident Canada Geese
Resident Canada goose hunting will be available on the following wildlife areas with no special permits required: Blackiston, Tappahanna, Norman G. Wilder, Little Creek-Davey Crockett Tract, Ted Harvey-Morris and Buckaloo tracts, and Milford Neck-Penuel, Coverdale, Main and Rawley’s Island tracts. Hunting hours are a half hour before sunrise to sunset.

September Teal
Select blinds will be open at the Woodland Beach Wildlife Area through a lottery held daily 1½ hours before legal hunting time at the Woodland Beach check station on Route 9. Ted Harvey Wildlife Area river blinds and Roberts and Island Farm Tract blinds will be issued daily 2 hours before legal hunting time at the Little Creek lottery station. Status of grassed blinds will be posted at the lottery stations. The Little Creek-Davey Crockett Tract and Milford Neck-Penuel, Main, Rawley’s Island and Cedar Creek tracts are open for hunting without special permits. Hunting hours are a half hour before sunrise to sunset.

Sussex County Wildlife Areas

Dove
Dove hunting will be available on the Assawoman and Nanticoke wildlife areas over sunflower fields. At Assawoman, hunts will be on Saturdays only Sept. 3-Oct. 1. Hunting hours are 1 to 6 p.m. During the month of September, permits will be issued on a self-serve basis beginning at noon at the Assawoman Wildlife Area check station; no permits are required after September. Hunting hours after September will be a half hour before sunrise to sunset.

At the Nanticoke Wildlife Area, dove hunting will begin opening day Thursday, Sept. 1 over sunflower fields. No permits or checkout are required, with no limits on the number of hunters at the wildlife area. Hunting hours are a half hour before sunrise to sunset.

All other wildlife areas in Sussex County are open for dove hunting from a half hour before sunrise to sunset with no permits required.

Resident Canada Geese
No resident Canada goose hunts are planned for Sussex County on state wildlife areas as no resident goose flocks are known to be present on areas accessible for hunting.

September Teal
Prime Hook State Wildlife Area is open to teal hunting this year. Hunting days are Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. State blinds 1-5 and blind sites 6-8 will be open. Permits are free and will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis from the tag board at the boat ramp on Prime Hook State Wildlife Area at the end of Little Neck Road. All federal blinds are closed, and no drawings or checkout will occur. No other Sussex County state wildlife areas fall within the September teal season zones. Hunting hours are a half hour before sunrise to sunset.

Hunters, review licensing and other requirements before heading afield

A Delaware resident annual hunting license costs $25 for ages 16 through 64. A resident junior hunting license costs $5 for ages 13 through 15. To hunt waterfowl in Delaware, including teal, residents age 16 through 64 are required to purchase a state waterfowl (duck) stamp, which costs $9. Higher license prices apply to non-resident hunters, and no exemptions are made for non-residents age 65 and older on purchasing a Delaware hunting license or waterfowl stamp.

Hunters who are exempt from purchasing a license must obtain an annual, free License Exempt Number (LEN). Teal, dove and goose hunters also must obtain a Federal Harvest Information Program (HIP) number. Both are available online or by calling 855-335-4868 toll-free.

If hunting waterfowl on a state wildlife area from a blind that was selected through a lottery, all hunters in the blind are required to carry the $20 annual blind permit, available for purchase online or where hunting licenses are sold. This requirement is waived for hunters participating in Division of Fish & Wildlife-designated youth hunting days.

Delaware hunting licenses, blind permits and waterfowl stamps are sold online, at the licensing desk in DNREC’s Richardson & Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901, and by license agents statewide. To find a participating hunting license agent, to purchase a license or blind permit or to obtain a HIP or LEN number online, click Delaware Licenses and Permits. For additional information on Delaware hunting licenses, call 302-739-9918.

A Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp, available for purchase online, at U.S. Post Offices and at Bombay Hook and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuges, is required for all waterfowl hunters age 16 and older; no exemptions are made for persons 65 years or older for purchasing federal stamps.

For general information on hunting in Delaware, hunters should consult the 2016-2017 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide along with wildlife area maps. Both are available online at Delaware Hunting Information. Hard copies of the guide and the hunting maps are also available at the license desk in DNREC’s Dover office, or by calling the Wildlife Section office at 302-739-9912.

Hunters encouraged to check out Division of Fish & Wildlife public shooting sports ranges near New Castle, Greenwood

Hunters looking to hone their skills before fall hunting seasons open are encouraged to consider a trip to Ommelanden Hunter Education Training Center and Range near New Castle and Owens Station Shooting Sports & Hunter Education Center near Greenwood. Ommelanden offers wingshooters a variety of training choices, including trap, skeet and five-stand, a 35-yard archery sighting-in range that is now crossbow compatible, a 2-D and 3-D archery course and a 25-meter and 50-meter shotgun/rifle/pistol sighting-in range. Owens Station offers wingshooters the opportunity to practice on trap and five-stand courses. The center also features an outstanding sporting clays course. For more information, click Division of Fish & Wildlife Public Ranges.

Media Contact: Joanna Wilson, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902

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Informational workshop set for Sept. 13 at State Street Commons in Dover

DOVER (Aug. 29, 2016)– DNREC’s Division of Watershed Stewardship is now accepting project proposals for matching grants for community water quality improvement projects. Delaware non-profit organizations, conservation districts, community organizations and homeowner’s associations are eligible to apply. Proposals must be received by 4:30 p.m. Oct. 26, 2016.

Community Water Quality Improvement Grants assist in implementing projects or programs to improve water quality on developed lands consistent with specific plans developed for watershed improvements. Programs and projects selected will demonstrate innovative and sustainable methods, techniques, and/or practices for water quality improvements, with cost effective and measurable results. Projects will be recommended for funding by the Delaware Water Infrastructure Advisory Council through a competitive grant process.

Funding for projects receiving a grant award in this cycle is anticipated to range from $25,000 minimum to $75,000 maximum. This grant requires a 25 percent cash match which may be federal, state, or local cash. Applicants may submit up to two project proposals per grant cycle.

An informational workshop will be held 1 – 3 p.m. Sept. 13 at State Street Commons, Commons Training Center, 100 W. Water Street, Dover, DE 19904. Pre-registration is required by Sept. 8 by contacting Sharon Webb, Nonpoint Source Pollution Program, at 302-739-9922.

Proposals must be submitted by email by 4:30 p.m. Oct. 26 to Sharon.Webb@delaware.gov (Subject: Community Water Quality Improvement Grant). Proposals submitted by email must be less than 10 MB. Project guidelines and the application can be found on DNREC’s website on the Environmental Finance page. For more information, contact Sharon Webb at 302-739-9922.

Media Contact: Melanie Rapp, DNREC Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.

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