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  Category: Division of Water


DNREC and Mountaire Farms of Delaware, Inc. enter into consent decree addressing violations at Mountaire’s Millsboro poultry processing facility

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Date Posted: Monday, June 4, 2018

DOVER – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control today filed a complaint in state Superior Court against Mountaire Farms of Delaware, Inc. that requests civil penalties for Mountaire’s violations of its spray and land application permits at its Millsboro facility. The complaint, which includes reimbursed costs for DNREC, calls for Mountaire to make short-term corrective measures, long-term system upgrades at the plant, along with environmental mitigation, and for Mountaire to provide an alternative water supply to nearby residents. The complaint also requests that the Superior Court approve a consent decree that redresses those permit violations through monetary penalties and mitigation measures that abate the total nitrogen amount sprayed above permit limits by Mountaire’s Millsboro facility. DNREC has also filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, raising claims that Mountaire has violated the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act.



DNREC to host Wetlands Celebration and Get in Gear Family Bike Rally May 5 at Trap Pond

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Date Posted: Monday, April 30, 2018

DNREC is celebrating May as American Wetlands Month with a variety of activities to honor wetlands as an important natural resource that plays key roles in protecting Delawareans from storms and flooding and providing habitat for wildlife.



Charter School of Wilmington wins 2018 Delaware Envirothon competition sponsored by DNREC

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Division of Water | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, April 27, 2018

GREENWOOD – Charter School of Wilmington Team A was named the champion of the 2018 Delaware Envirothon competition held today at Swartzentruber Farm in Greenwood and sponsored by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Today’s win marks the school’s 19th win in the event’s 22-year history, including an unbroken winning streak since 2002. Charter School of Wilmington Teams’ B and C placed second and third, respectively, in this year’s Envirothon competition.



Citizens Source Water Protection Committee to meet May 2 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Kent County | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The Source Water Protection Citizens and Technical Advisory Committee (CTAC) of the Source Water Assessment and Protection Program will meet from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 2, in Conference Room 220 A&B of the Kent County Administrative Offices on Bay Road in Dover.



Written comment period remains open from two DNREC public hearings on amended waste transporter permit applications

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Date Posted: Friday, April 13, 2018

DNREC’s Office of the Secretary announced today that the written public comment period remains open for amended waste transporter permit applications for Denali Water Solutions and Clark’s Environmental Services (dba Chesapeake Environmental Services LLC). Public hearings for both companies’ amended permit applications were held by the Department Wednesday, April 11 in Milton.






  Category: Division of Water

DNREC and Mountaire Farms of Delaware, Inc. enter into consent decree addressing violations at Mountaire’s Millsboro poultry processing facility

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Date Posted: Monday, June 4, 2018

DOVER – The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control today filed a complaint in state Superior Court against Mountaire Farms of Delaware, Inc. that requests civil penalties for Mountaire’s violations of its spray and land application permits at its Millsboro facility. The complaint, which includes reimbursed costs for DNREC, calls for Mountaire to make short-term corrective measures, long-term system upgrades at the plant, along with environmental mitigation, and for Mountaire to provide an alternative water supply to nearby residents. The complaint also requests that the Superior Court approve a consent decree that redresses those permit violations through monetary penalties and mitigation measures that abate the total nitrogen amount sprayed above permit limits by Mountaire’s Millsboro facility. DNREC has also filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, raising claims that Mountaire has violated the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conversation and Recovery Act.



DNREC to host Wetlands Celebration and Get in Gear Family Bike Rally May 5 at Trap Pond

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Date Posted: Monday, April 30, 2018

DNREC is celebrating May as American Wetlands Month with a variety of activities to honor wetlands as an important natural resource that plays key roles in protecting Delawareans from storms and flooding and providing habitat for wildlife.



Charter School of Wilmington wins 2018 Delaware Envirothon competition sponsored by DNREC

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Fish and Wildlife | Division of Parks and Recreation | Division of Water | Division of Watershed Stewardship | Date Posted: Friday, April 27, 2018

GREENWOOD – Charter School of Wilmington Team A was named the champion of the 2018 Delaware Envirothon competition held today at Swartzentruber Farm in Greenwood and sponsored by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Today’s win marks the school’s 19th win in the event’s 22-year history, including an unbroken winning streak since 2002. Charter School of Wilmington Teams’ B and C placed second and third, respectively, in this year’s Envirothon competition.



Citizens Source Water Protection Committee to meet May 2 in Dover

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Kent County | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2018

The Source Water Protection Citizens and Technical Advisory Committee (CTAC) of the Source Water Assessment and Protection Program will meet from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, May 2, in Conference Room 220 A&B of the Kent County Administrative Offices on Bay Road in Dover.



Written comment period remains open from two DNREC public hearings on amended waste transporter permit applications

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Water | Date Posted: Friday, April 13, 2018

DNREC’s Office of the Secretary announced today that the written public comment period remains open for amended waste transporter permit applications for Denali Water Solutions and Clark’s Environmental Services (dba Chesapeake Environmental Services LLC). Public hearings for both companies’ amended permit applications were held by the Department Wednesday, April 11 in Milton.