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Wetlands and Subaqueous Lands Applications



Division of Water

Published: April 14, 2021
Comments Due: May 4, 2021

Subaqueous Lands Permit and Wetlands Permit Application 

Delaware Department of Transportation (335-8.15-39.00) – To remove an existing railroad bridge from 7,901 square feet of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal, and to place 36 cubic yards of rip-rap in State-regulated wetlands adjacent to Gills Neck Road, Lewes, Sussex County, DE

Subaqueous Lands Permit and Water Quality Application

Middlesex Beach Associates, Inc. (134-17.16-117.00) – To place up to 103,000 cubic yards of sand fill material excavated from offshore Borrow Area E for periodic beach replenishment along the Middlesex Beach shoreline over a10 year period in Sussex County, DE

Subaqueous Lands Permit Application

Canterbury Land Development, LLC (SM-00-113.00-02-32.00) to repair by replace an existing culvert with a 72 foot long 34 by 53-inch diameter reinforced concrete pipe and install rip-rap outfall scour protection utilizing 21 cubic yards of fill in an unnamed tributary to Trunk Branch, at Hatteras Subdivision, Sophers Row, Magnolia, Kent County, DE

Holly Lake Campground (2-34-17.00-14.00 & 2-34-17.00-15.00) – To install six (6) 36 inch diameter by 27 foot long HDPE pipes in Phillips Branch and to install six (6) 36 inch diameter by 36 foot long HDPE pipes in Unity Branch at Holly Lake Campground, Section IV Way, Millsboro, Sussex County, DE

Andrew Ricketts (5-33-20.09-53.00) – To reconstruct a 5 by 40 foot long dock and to repair 82 linear feet of bulkhead in an unnamed lagoon at 38364 Hickory Lane, Selbyville, Sussex County, DE

Paul and Honore Hoy (3-34-20.05-20.00) – To construct a 5 by 20 foot long dock parallel to the bank in Silver Lake at 316 Stockley Street, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, DE

Subaqueous Lands Lease Application

Eric and Marie Spess (2-33-7.00-40.00) – To construct a 3 by 80 foot long walkway, a 4 by 60 foot long pier connecting to a 6 by 30 foot long dock and to install a 10 foot wide by 14 foot long floating dock in Vines Creek at 161 Riverview Drive, Dagsboro, Sussex County, DE

These Documents/Applications above are available for review by contacting:

Wetlands and Subaqueous Lands Section
89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
302-739-9943

If you have any comments, please return this memo to this office by May 4, 2021.

A public hearing on the above applications will NOT be held unless the Secretary of DNREC determines that a public hearing is in the public interest or if a written meritorious objection to the application is received within 20 days from this notice. Please indicate in your letter whether your intention is to request a public hearing or whether you are simply providing comments for the Department’s consideration. If a public hearing is desired, please be advised that a public hearing request shall be deemed meritorious if it exhibits familiarity with the application and provides a reasoned statement of the action’s probable impact.




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