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Virtual Public Hearing: Congo Funeral Home Natural Minor Construction Permit

Date and Time:
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
6:00 pm

Location:


, Delaware
Details:

The Division of Air Quality will conduct a public hearing (Docket #2020-P-A-0019) on a natural minor construction permit application for Congo Funeral Home to build a crematory unit at their facility at 100 N. Cleveland Avenue, Wilmington. This matter is closed and the application has been returned.


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Should the permit be issued, the facility will be permitted to emit 0.35 lb/hr and 0.70 TPY of Particulate Matter (PM), 0.19 lb/hr and 0.40 TPY of Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), 0.31 lb/hr and 0.60 TPY of Nitrogen Oxides (NOX), 0.26 lb/hr and 0.50 TPY Carbon Monoxide (CO), and 0.03 lb/hr and 0.05 TPY of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) by Permit# APC-2020/0177-CONSTRUCTION.

Please note that live comments will not be accepted during the virtual hearing. Written comments may be submitted to the Hearing Officer via the online comment form at de.gov/dnreccomments, via email to DNRECHearingComments@delaware.gov, or via USPS to the below address. The Department will accept public comment through Wednesday, August 19, 2020.


Docket #2020-P-A-0019


Public Hearing Officer

Lisa A. Vest
DNREC Office of the Secretary
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901

Transcript

Public Hearing Transcript

DNREC Exhibits

Exhibit 1: Permit Application

Exhibit 2: Legal Notices of Application (News Journal and State News)

Exhibit 3: Request for Public Hearing Letter

Exhibit 4: Public Hearing Legal Notices (News Journal and State News)

Exhibit 5: Notification of Public Hearing to Requestor

Exhibit 6: Notification of Public Hearing to Concerned Citizens

Exhibit 7: Notification of Public Hearing to Applicant

Exhibit 8: DNREC Division of Air Quality Public Hearing Presentation

Applicant’s Exhibits

Exhibit 1: Congo Funeral Home Presentation

Public Comments

Southwest Civic Assoc., et al., Petitions in Opposition to Permit (7/28/20)

Barbara Howard-Jeffers (7/28/20)
Supplemental Comments (8/19/20)

Lynn Little (8/4/2020)

Marie Winchester (8/5/2020)

Karen Washington (8/5/2020)

Brianna Rahaim (8/5/2020)

Karen Stewart (8/5/2020)

Vicki Laws (8/5/2020)

Susana Casado (8/6/2020)

Brian Bailey (8/6/2020)

Sally Smith (8/7/2020)

Gail Skeen (8/8/2020)

Gregory Pappas (8/9/2020)

Nancy DeCrease (8/9/2020)

Kenneth T. Kristl, Esq. (8/10/2020)

Southwest Civic Association (8/17/20)

Lisa Spitelli (8/18/20)

Daniella Spitelli (8/18/20)

Jim Miller (8/18/20)

L. Anthony (8/18/20)

Theophilus R Nix, Jr., Esq. (8/19/20)
DNREC Response (8/20/20)

Loretta Walsh and Cristofer Johnson, Wilmington City Council (8/19/20)

Claudette B. Evans (8/19/20)

Etrula Wells (8/19/20)

Theodore E. Wells II (8/19/20)

Michele Roberts, Environmental Justice Health Alliance for Chemcial Policy Reform (8/19/20)

Tanya Washington, Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Wilmington (8/19/20)

 

 



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