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July 7, 2000
Vol. 30, No. 208
For further information, contact Peder Hansen, Division of Water Resources,
302-739-5731 or Melinda Carl, Information and Education, 302-739-4506.
Public Hearings on Kaneka Delaware, Metachem Products
and DP&L NPDES Permits Set for July 26
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will
hold public hearings to hear testimony and receive comments on proposed
changes to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits
held by Kaneka Delaware Corporation, Metachem Products LLC and Delmarva
Power and Light Company on Wednesday, July 26 beginning at 6 p.m. The
hearings will be held at DNREC’s offices located at 391 Lukens
Drive in the Riveredge Industrial Park in New Castle.
Kaneka Delaware Corporation has requested modification of its permit
to change the surfactant limit for Outfall 001 (discharge) from 0.5
mg/l maximum instantaneous concentration to 1.0 mg/L average daily concentration.
The Kaneka site discharges treated process wastewater and storm water
to the Delaware River and is located on Route 9 north of Delaware City.
Metachem Products LLC has requested modification of its permit to allow
recalculation of a combined freshwater and marine site-specific copper
water quality criterion for Outfall 001 for protection of aquatic life.
Outfall 001 discharges effluent from their wastewater treatment plant
which includes process wastewater, boiler blowdown, cooling tower blowdown,
storm water, and septic tank overflow; and effluent from the groundwater
recovery system to Zone 5 of the Delaware River. The site is located
north of Delaware City at 745 Governor Lea Road.
Delmarva Power and Light Company has requested modification of the
Edge Moor Power Plant permit to extend deadlines to complete both the
impingement and entrainment study and the implementation recommendations.
The Edge Moor Power Plant discharges condenser cooling water, boiler
blowdown, cooling tower blowdown, screen backwash, strainer backwash,
storm water run-off from fly ash disposal site II, water from a fish
hatchery and storm water to the Delaware Estuary and to Shellpot Creek.
The site is located at the intersection of Hay Road and Shellpot Creek
in Edge Moor.
The Department proposes tentatively to modify the permits for the
discharges subject to certain effluent limitations and conditions based
on a preliminary staff review and applications of legal standards and
regulations.
Individuals wishing to comment upon or object to the proposed determinations
may present statements and testimony orally or in written form at the
hearing. Those interested in presenting statements at the hearing are
asked to register in advance by mail. Written statements may be presented
prior to the hearing and should be addressed to: Robert R. Thompson,
Hearing Officer, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control,
89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901.
The applications, Statements of Basis and permits are available for
inspection or copies may be obtained by contacting Deborah Virdin, Surface
Water Discharges Section, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901, telephone
302-739-5731.
(document no. 40-01/00/07/05)
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