The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), Division of Watershed Stewardship will conduct a virtual public hearing (Docket #2023-R-WS-0004) to consider comments from the public on proposed revisions to selected sections of the Delaware Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook. The Handbook supports the Sediment and Stormwater Regulations (7 DE Admin. Code 5101), as set forth at 7 Del.C. §4006(h) and (i).   

For additional information on the above matter, and to review the above-referenced regulatory guidance documents, visit de.gov/dnrechearings or contact Elaine Webb, Division of Watershed Stewardship’s Sediment and Stormwater Program, 285 Beiser Boulevard, Suite 102, Dover, DE 19904, by phone at 302-739-9921, or by email at elaine.webb@delaware.gov.

The virtual public hearing will be held on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, beginning at 6:00 PM. The web link to the virtual hearing can be accessed through the DNREC Public Hearings site at de.gov/dnrechearings. If prompted, use Meeting ID 944 5074 3962 and Passcode 085538. To access the audio-only portion of the virtual hearing, dial 1-646-558-8656 and enter the Meeting ID and Passcode noted above.

Those wishing to offer verbal comments during DNREC virtual public hearings must pre-register no later than noon on the date of the virtual hearing at de.gov/dnreccomments or by telephone at 302-739-9925.

The Department will also accept public comments through the close of business on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Comments pertaining to the above matter will be accepted in written form via email to DNRECHearingComments@delaware.gov, or by using the online form at de.gov/dnreccomments, or via U.S. Mail to the following address:

Lisa A. Vest, Hearing Officer
Office of the Secretary
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901

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