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  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control


DNREC’S Division of Parks & Recreation to hold March 21 open house to review Cape Henlopen State Park Trail Concept Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host a public open house Wednesday, March 21 in Lewes to review the Cape Henlopen State Park Trail Concept Plan. The open house will be held from 4-7 p.m. at the Lewes Public Library, at 111 Adams Avenue, in Lewes.




DNREC’S Division of Parks & Recreation to hold March 28 open house to review Killens Pond State Park Trail Concept Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host a public open house Wednesday, March 28 to review the Killens Pond State Park Trail Concept Plan. The open house will be held from 4-7 p.m. at the Killens Pond State Park Nature Center, at 5025 Killens Pond Road, in Felton.




DNREC’S Division of Parks & Recreation announces Rockland entrance to Brandywine Creek State Park will close beginning March 11 through April 9

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018

The Rockland entrance of Brandywine Creek State Park will be closed from the evening of March 11 through April 9 for stormwater culvert replacements. The eastern section of the Brandywine Trail from the Rocky Run Bridge to the Rockland entrance will also be closed. During the closure, failed stormwater culverts on the Brandywine Trail extending to the Rocky Run Bridge will be replaced with larger units.




Three additional private wells in Blades area return test results exceeding EPA’s health advisory level for PFCs

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2018

DNREC and the Division of Public Health announced today that three private wells tested Feb. 19 in the Blades area by the US Environmental Protection Agency had returned results exceeding the EPA’s national health advisory level for perfluorinated compounds (PFCs). DNREC and EPA immediately notified the property owners of the test results and provided home carbon filtration systems for their water supply.




DNREC, Delaware City Refining Company, LLC agree to penalty settlements totaling $218,000 on refinery’s outstanding violations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Division of Water | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2018

DNREC announced today that it has reached two separate settlement agreements with the Delaware City Refining Company, LLC (DCRC) over environmental violations by the company’s refinery in Delaware City. The two settlement agreements – totaling $218,000 – are the culmination of a series of violations for the refinery.







  Category: Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

DNREC’S Division of Parks & Recreation to hold March 21 open house to review Cape Henlopen State Park Trail Concept Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host a public open house Wednesday, March 21 in Lewes to review the Cape Henlopen State Park Trail Concept Plan. The open house will be held from 4-7 p.m. at the Lewes Public Library, at 111 Adams Avenue, in Lewes.




DNREC’S Division of Parks & Recreation to hold March 28 open house to review Killens Pond State Park Trail Concept Plan

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018

DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation will host a public open house Wednesday, March 28 to review the Killens Pond State Park Trail Concept Plan. The open house will be held from 4-7 p.m. at the Killens Pond State Park Nature Center, at 5025 Killens Pond Road, in Felton.




DNREC’S Division of Parks & Recreation announces Rockland entrance to Brandywine Creek State Park will close beginning March 11 through April 9

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018

The Rockland entrance of Brandywine Creek State Park will be closed from the evening of March 11 through April 9 for stormwater culvert replacements. The eastern section of the Brandywine Trail from the Rocky Run Bridge to the Rockland entrance will also be closed. During the closure, failed stormwater culverts on the Brandywine Trail extending to the Rocky Run Bridge will be replaced with larger units.




Three additional private wells in Blades area return test results exceeding EPA’s health advisory level for PFCs

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Public Health | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2018

DNREC and the Division of Public Health announced today that three private wells tested Feb. 19 in the Blades area by the US Environmental Protection Agency had returned results exceeding the EPA’s national health advisory level for perfluorinated compounds (PFCs). DNREC and EPA immediately notified the property owners of the test results and provided home carbon filtration systems for their water supply.




DNREC, Delaware City Refining Company, LLC agree to penalty settlements totaling $218,000 on refinery’s outstanding violations

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Division of Water | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2018

DNREC announced today that it has reached two separate settlement agreements with the Delaware City Refining Company, LLC (DCRC) over environmental violations by the company’s refinery in Delaware City. The two settlement agreements – totaling $218,000 – are the culmination of a series of violations for the refinery.