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Wetlands and Subaqueous Lands Applications



Division of Water

Published: June 24, 2020
Comments Due: July 14, 2020

Subaqueous Lands Permit Application

Delaware Department of Transportation (adjacent to 332-1.07-153.00) – To temporarily impact approximately 1,731 square feet of Broad Creek for stream diversion and dewatering for the rehabilitation of bridge 3-162, on Delaware Ave, Laurel, Sussex County, DE

Thomas Ghigliotty (134-12.00-1537.00) – To install a boatlift with four (4) associated pilings in White’s Creek at 6 Tingle Street, Ocean View, Sussex County, DE

Delaware Department of Transportation (adjacent to 0701200073) – To replace two (2) bridges, temporarily impacting approximately 358 square feet subaqueous lands and permanently impacting 1,279 square feet of subaqueous lands at bridge 1-086 in an unnamed tributary to Wilson Run, and bridge 1-085 in Wilson Run, including stream relocation, placement of fill for roadway reconstruction, drainage improvements and utility relocations on Pyles Ford Road, Greenville, New Castle County, DE

Jim Stevens and Alicia Tompkins (3-34-20.09-176.02) – To construct a 4 by 8 foot pier and a 5 by 12 foot dock and to install 60 feet of coir-logs, planted with native plants to create a living shoreline at 131 Chesapeake St, Dewey Beach, Sussex County, DE

Christopher Durante (533-19.00-147.00) – To construct a 5 by 20 foot dock extension and a 4 by 12 foot floating dock with 3 by 3 foot steps located at 35693 Clamshell Circle, Bayview Estates, Selbyville, Sussex County, DE

Unionville Rowing Club, Inc. (2605000034) – To install a 12 by 30 foot gangway, a 16 by 20 foot floating dock, an 8 by 40 foot floating dock and two (2) approximately 40 foot  steel cables in the Christina River at 301 A Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Claymont Properties (0607300001) – To fill a sedimentation and cooling water swale and to repair and replace an existing stormwater outfall structure and associated rip-rap on Naamans Creek at 5988 Philadelphia Avenue in Claymont, New Castle County, DE

Steven Price Norman, Trustee (134-18.00-38.00 and 13.03) – To fill for road widening, install a stormwater outfall and utility crossing on Beaver Dam Tax Ditch at 34702 Cider Lane in Frankford, Sussex County, DE

Honeywell International, Inc. (0607300002) – To remove 500 linear feet of contaminated sediment from the lower sluiceway with placement of a low permeability cover and erosion protection armoring at the Delaware Valley Works Site in Claymont, New Castle County, DE

Subaqueous Lands Lease Renewal Application

Michael McCann (8-00-130.02-01-39.00-1000) – To maintain a 4.5 foot by 16.5 foot pier in Pratt Branch, at 94 Lea Court, Riverview Estates, Frederica, Kent County, DE

Richard and Sharon Robinson (1-34-23.12-23) – To maintain and utilize a 5 by 20 foot dock in Little Assawoman Bay at 1211 N. Schulz Road in Fenwick Island, Sussex County, DE

Darrick Elliott (233-11.00-82.00) – To maintain 133 feet of bulkhead and a 4 by 16 foot dock on a tax ditch at 28539 Oak Landing Road in Dagsboro, Sussex County, DE

Subaqueous Land Lease Application

James Russell Bruner (1-34-23.12-16.00) – To construct a 4 by 13 foot pier but only a 4 by 10 foot section will be channelward of the mean high water line, a 6 by 45 foot “L”dock and to install a boatlift with four (4) associated pilings and an elevator lift on two (2) associated pilings abutting the dock in the Little Assawoman Bay at 1306 N. Schulz Road, Fenwick Island, Sussex County, DE 

Subaqueous Lands Permit and Wetlands Application

Delaware Department of Transportation (adjacent to 1004500007 and 1004110023) – To replace two (2) bridges, temporarily impacting approximately 0.0469 acres of subaqueous lands, permanently impacting 0.0181 acres of subaqueous lands, temporarily impacting 0.0223 acres of State-regulated wetlands, permanently impacting 0.0304 acres of State-regulated wetlands, and creating 0.0061 acres of open water creation at bridge 1-302 in Tom Creek, and bridge 1-304 in Gambles Gut, both located on River Road (SR 9), New Castle, New Castle 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 July 14, 2020.

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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