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DNREC issues $241,013 penalty and Secretary’s Order to Formosa Plastics Corporation for hazardous waste violations

DOVER – DNREC Secretary David Small has issued a Notice of Administrative Penalty and Secretary’s Order to Formosa Plastics Corporation for violations of Delaware’s laws and regulations governing hazardous waste management, with Formosa Plastics ordered to pay a penalty of $241,013 along with $3,563 in cost recovery for the department.



DNREC holding public workshops Sept. 27, 28 and 29 for state’s Clean Power Plan

DNREC’s Division of Air Quality will hold three public workshops later this month to share information with Delawareans on climate change, the EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) and how Delaware plans to comply with it, as well as how to take advantage of grants and other programs offered by DNREC’s Division of Energy & Climate.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Aug. 29-Sept. 4

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between Aug. 29-Sept. 4 made 2,161 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 215 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks.



First 2016 finding of West Nile Virus in DNREC Mosquito Control Section’s sentinel chickens reported

West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in Delaware in blood samples taken from DNREC’s sentinel chickens that are monitored for mosquito-borne diseases. The samples are collected as part of a statewide surveillance program conducted by DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section. So far in Delaware this year, no cases of West Nile virus have been found in horses, humans or wild birds.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police blotter: Aug. 15-21

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 2,546 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public, including 434 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks, between Aug. 15 and Aug. 21.






 Pages Tagged With: "health and safety"

DNREC issues $241,013 penalty and Secretary’s Order to Formosa Plastics Corporation for hazardous waste violations

DOVER – DNREC Secretary David Small has issued a Notice of Administrative Penalty and Secretary’s Order to Formosa Plastics Corporation for violations of Delaware’s laws and regulations governing hazardous waste management, with Formosa Plastics ordered to pay a penalty of $241,013 along with $3,563 in cost recovery for the department.



DNREC holding public workshops Sept. 27, 28 and 29 for state’s Clean Power Plan

DNREC’s Division of Air Quality will hold three public workshops later this month to share information with Delawareans on climate change, the EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) and how Delaware plans to comply with it, as well as how to take advantage of grants and other programs offered by DNREC’s Division of Energy & Climate.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police Blotter: Aug. 29-Sept. 4

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers between Aug. 29-Sept. 4 made 2,161 contacts with anglers, hunters, boaters and the general public, including 215 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks.



First 2016 finding of West Nile Virus in DNREC Mosquito Control Section’s sentinel chickens reported

West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in Delaware in blood samples taken from DNREC’s sentinel chickens that are monitored for mosquito-borne diseases. The samples are collected as part of a statewide surveillance program conducted by DNREC’s Mosquito Control Section. So far in Delaware this year, no cases of West Nile virus have been found in horses, humans or wild birds.



Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police blotter: Aug. 15-21

Fish & Wildlife Natural Resources Police officers made 2,546 contacts with anglers, boaters and the general public, including 434 vessel boardings for boating safety and fishing regulation compliance checks, between Aug. 15 and Aug. 21.