Questions and Answers: White Creek Dredging

This page contains questions from the July 28 Public Information Session on the 2022 White Creek Dredging Project and answers to those questions from DNREC staff. The

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Comments and Questions: White Creek Dredging Project

This form is intended to provide a feedback mechanism for the 2022 White Creek Dredging Project. If you have questions that are not answered on the project page, or if you have comments about the project, please use this form to share them with our staff.

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Federal Consistency Certification: Paese Dock and Pier

The applicant proposes to dredge a portion of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal and build a fixed pier, fixed dock, boat lift, gangway, floating dock and a wetland walkway.

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2022 White Creek Dredging Project

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) is in the engineering phase of a project to dredge White Creek, an important navigation channel in the Inland Bays. Submit Comments Ask Questions

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Federal Consistency Certifications Submitted to the Delaware Coastal Management Program

Delaware City Refining Company proposes to dredge the cooling water intake channel and access channel. River View Industrial Park proposes to rectify non-permitted placement of fill by a previous owner.

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Determining Dredging Priorities

The DNREC Shoreline and Waterway Management Section uses a data-based method to prioritize statewide dredging projects in Delaware’s Inland Bays and along the Delaware Bay coast.

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2020 Masseys Ditch Dredging Project

The project to dredge Massey’s Ditch, an important navigation channel in the Inland Bays, was completed on February 27, 2020. The demobilization and removal of equipment such as pipeline concluded in mid-March 2020. Jesse Hayden Division of

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Waterway Management

An important part of the DNREC Division of Watershed Stewardship’s mission is to maintain and improve Delaware’s navigable waterways, including its bays and canals.

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