Gov. Markell signs Senate Bill 261 establishing dedicated funding for DNREC’s waterway management operations and responsibilities
DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK (July 22, 2016) – Today at the Indian River Marina with DNREC Secretary David Small, legislators, and members of the Delaware Waterways Management and Financing Advisory Committee looking on, Governor Jack Markell signed legislation that establishes a dedicated and sustainable funding source for the state’s waterway management operations. Sponsored by Senator Gerald Hocker and Representatives Ronald Gray and Ruth Briggs King, Senate Bill 261 allocates increased revenue from the state’s boat registration program to a newly-created Waterway Management Fund for the exclusive support of Delaware’s waterway management operations, as directed by DNREC, to keep channels open and safe for boaters.
Amended Delaware Regulations Governing Beach Protection and Use of Beaches go into effect Aug. 11
DOVER (July 22, 2016) – Final amendments to Delaware’s Regulations Governing Beach Protection and the Use of Beaches – that implement legislative changes to the state’s Beach Preservation Act and clarify and codify the process for construction to help preserve the state’s fragile dune and beach system – will go into effect Aug. 11.
The amendments, pursuant to 7DE Admin. Code §5102, were approved July 15 in an order signed by DNREC Secretary David Small, and will be submitted to the State of Delaware’s Register of Regulations for publication Aug. 1.
Delaware’s Recycling Public Advisory Council to meet Wednesday, July 27 in Middletown
DOVER – The Recycling Public Advisory Council (RPAC) will meet from 1 – 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, at the Appoquinimink Library, 651 N. Broad Street #101, Middletown, DE 19709.
DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation launches ‘Poké Park Adventure’ contest in Delaware State Parks
Riding the wave of the popularity of the summer’s hottest craze, DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation today launched “Poké Park Adventure,” a contest for kids of all ages, in Delaware State Parks.
DNREC takes action to thwart ‘upwind states’ from transporting air pollution into Delaware, which brings with it a wide range of public health problems
DOVER – On behalf of Delawareans and public health, DNREC has taken two recent actions through the federal court system and US Environmental Protection Agency aimed at requiring “upwind states” to reduce air pollution generated within their borders that carries into and pollutes Delaware’s air, causing asthma, respiratory disease, and other public health problems for Delawareans.
