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Sierra Club opposes plan for remedial action at Burton Island Coal Ash Disposal Site

The Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club opposes this Plan for Remedial Action for Operable Unit 2 of the Burton Island Ash Disposal Site.

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November 14, 2012: letter to DNREC regarding proposed changes to Delaware Regulations Governing Design, Installation and Operation of On-site Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems

Submitted by Amy Roe on Wed, 2012-11-14 13:32

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Public Hearing on Nov 15 on Wastewater Treatment Systems: concern over unequal treatment of Delaware's Watersheds

The Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club has concerns about the proposed changes to the Delaware Regulations Governing Design, Installation and Operation of On-Site Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Systems, as they pertain to different standards that are set for the Chesapeake Bay tidal areas than Delaware’s other watersheds.

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Sierra Club Challenges Coastal Zone Permit for Wandendale Wastewater Treatement Plant

In 2010 the Sierra Club, along with other environmental groups, challenged the Secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Order and Coastal Zone Permit for the Wandendale Regional Wastewater Treatment and Disposal Facility on grounds that the Secretary’s Order and Coastal Zone Permit violated the Coastal Zone Act and acted arbitrarily, capriciously, and in violation of law in issuing the permit.

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Delaware Chapter supports an amendment to the Nutrient Management Act

We support an transparency in our state's regulatory programs and an amendment to the Nutrient Management Act that would remove the Freedom of Information Act exemption.

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May 14: Club Forum, Nutrient Management and Water Quality

We gathered in Dover to discuss the State of Delaware's efforts to manage nutrients from contaminating water bodies. Club member Bill Moyer, President of the Inland Bays Foundation, described an alarming situation in which nutrient management plans are exempted from public inspection in Delaware law. This renders the effectiveness of our Nutrient Management Act suspect, as the benchmarks for evaluating the programs impact by disclosing the details of individual nutrient management plans are protected from a public discourse.

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Delawareans must be environmental advocates, by Bill Moyer

William F. Moyer, President, Inland Bays Foundation, Inc., Dover. Letter to the Editor appeared in the April 25, 2012 edition of the News Journal.

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Nutrient Management Act Needs Improvement

The Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club is delighted that steps are being taken to strengthen the state’s water quality, including Delaware’s Nutrient Management Act (Title 3 Delaware Code Chapter 22), the purpose of which is:

To regulate those activities involving the generation and application of nutrients in order to help improve and maintain the quality of Delaware's ground and surface waters and to meet or exceed federally mandated water quality standards, in the interest of the overall public welfare (Title 3 Delaware Code §2201).

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