More DNREC Permits Go Digital
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Newsroom | Date Posted: Sunday, December 21, 2025
DNREC is continuing its effort to modernize environmental permitting. The DNREC Division of Air Quality has begun certain air permit applications online through Digital DNREC (ePermitting).
DNREC Demands Delaware City Refinery Install New Fenceline Air Sensors After Volatile Compound Release
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, December 12, 2025
DNREC has issued an order demanding the Delaware City Refining Company (DCRC) quickly install fenceline sensors at the Delaware City refinery after the facility revealed that a recent release of butane and related volatile organic compounds was significantly more extensive than initially reported.
DNREC Launches Statewide Survey to Gather Community Feedback on Air Quality
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 12, 2025
DNREC has launched a new public survey to gather feedback from Delaware residents about local air quality.
Limited Open Burning in Delaware Resumes Oct. 1 With End of Ozone Season
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
DNREC reminds Delawareans that open burning of materials such as tree limbs, brush and branches can legally resume this year on Thursday, Oct. 1 – the date when the state’s annual open burning ban is lifted. Residential open burning of cut or fallen limbs, dead branches, or shrubbery is allowed from Oct. 1 to April 30, with a maximum of 27 cubic feet of yard waste burned at one time.
DNREC Issues Notice of Violation to Refinery for May 25 to June 11 Unpermitted Emissions
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 10, 2025
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) has issued a Notice of Violation (NOV) to the Delaware City Refining Company (DCRC) for unpermitted emissions from DCRC’s Fluid Coking Unit that occurred between May 25 and June 11, 2025. DNREC’s NOV, which documents the Department’s findings and the calculated release quantities, is available at the dnrec.delaware.gov website.
