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Program Solid & Hazardous Waste
Served Date 10/30/2025
Violator DOW at DuPont Experimental Station
Address 200 POWDER MILL ROAD WILMINGTON DE
DNREC Contact Weiss, Jared
Location Address 200 Powder Mill Road Wilmington DE 19805
Site Business
Date Discovered 09/30/2025
Violation Date 09/30/2025
Corrected
Nature of Violation Failure to demonstrate accumulation time for universal waste batteries Failure to demonstrate accumulation time for universal waste batteries
Impact Description
2025-12975DOW at DuPont Experimental Station10/30/2025
Program Solid & Hazardous Waste
Served Date 10/29/2025
Violator PHASE SENSITIVE INNOVATIONS, INC.
Address 116 SANDY DRIVE NEWARK DE
DNREC Contact Gonzalez, Alee
Location Address 116 SANDY DRIVE NEWARK DE 19713
Site Business
Date Discovered 09/10/2025
Violation Date 09/10/2025
Corrected 09/10/2025
Nature of Violation Failure to have a “No Smoking” sign where ignitable waste is present Failure to have a “No Smoking” sign where ignitable waste is present
Impact Description
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2025-12972PHASE SENSITIVE INNOVATIONS, INC.10/29/2025
Program Industrial Stormwater
Served Date 10/28/2025
Violator Pictsweet - Bridgeville Plant
Address PO Box 398 18215 Wesley Church Road Bridgeville DE
DNREC Contact Slater, Colleen
Location Address 18215 Wesley Church Rd. Bridgeville DE 19933
Site Business
Date Discovered
Violation Date 10/28/2025
Corrected No
Nature of Violation Unpermitted discharge of wastewater 7 DE Admin. Code §7201, 9.1.7.1
Impact Description
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2025-12973Pictsweet - Bridgeville Plant10/28/2025
Program Industrial Stormwater
Served Date 10/27/2025
Violator Bioenergy Development Group, LLC
Address 28338 Enviro Way Seaford DE
DNREC Contact Slater, Colleen
Location Address 28338 Enviro Way Seaford DE 19973
Site Business
Date Discovered
Violation Date 10/27/2025
Corrected No
Nature of Violation Failure to investigate benchmark exceedances 9.1.4.4.1.6 Benchmark Exceedances
Impact Description
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2025-12968Bioenergy Development Group, LLC10/27/2025
Program Permitting and Regulation
Served Date 10/27/2025
Violator Bioenergy Development Group, LLC
Address
DNREC Contact Mann, Amy S
Location Address 28338 Enviro Way Seaford DE 19973
Site Business Air Contaminant Emissions/Compost Facility
Date Discovered 08/28/2025
Violation Date 01/01/2023
Corrected Yes 10/01/2023
Nature of Violation No odor surveys conducted for 1st Qtr 2023 through 3rd Qtr 2023 ---- Compliance with Condition 2.4 shall be demonstrated by conducting and recording the results of odor surveys of the entire property boundary at least once per calendar quarter.
Impact Description
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2025-12969Bioenergy Development Group, LLC10/27/2025
Program Solid & Hazardous Waste
Served Date 10/27/2025
Violator BTS Bioenergy Development Co. LLC
Address 28338 Enviro Way Seaford DE
DNREC Contact Border, Charles
Location Address
Site Business Accepts and manages agricultural wastes through co
Date Discovered 08/22/2025
Violation Date 08/22/2025
Corrected No
Nature of Violation “Annual reports appear to include information required in the RRF permit as identified in Section III.Q.2.a-c with the following exception: Annual reports from 2023 and 2024 do not appear to include tonnages of poultry litter received.” Describing what is required for Annual Reporting, Permit condition III.Q.2.c.1 states: “Tonnages and volumes for the same materials described in Section III.Q.1.a, total of each for the year and including state of origin.” Permit Condition III.Q.1.a lists: “Wood waste, hatchery waste, poultry litter, DAF sludge, and DAF cake, and any other incoming waste received…” Based on the above cited Self Report, BTS did not report tonnages of poultry litter received in 2023 or 2024, and is therefore in violation of Permit Condition III.Q.2.c.1.
Impact Description
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2025-12970BTS Bioenergy Development Co. LLC10/27/2025
Program Solid & Hazardous Waste
Served Date 10/21/2025
Violator DOVER AIR FORCE BASE
Address 600 Chevron Avenue Dover DE
DNREC Contact Weiss, Jared
Location Address 600 Chevron Avenue Dover DE 199025600
Site Business
Date Discovered 09/26/2025
Violation Date 09/26/2025
Corrected
Nature of Violation Failure to complete an annual review of initial hazardous waste training. Failure to complete an annual review of initial hazardous waste training.
Impact Description
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2025-12971DOVER AIR FORCE BASE10/21/2025
Program SW Activity
Served Date 10/14/2025
Violator Colonial Village Apartments DE LLC
Address 3 Colonial Village N, Unit 3-28 New Castle DE
DNREC Contact Karper, Sarah
Location Address 600 Moores Lane New Castle DE 19720
Site Business
Date Discovered 08/28/2025
Violation Date 08/28/2025
Corrected Yes 10/28/2025
Nature of Violation ---- 4.2 Property managers: 4.2.1 In the single or multi-family residential sectors shall ensure that single stream recycling services are available for tenants in accordance with 7 Del.C. §6053; ... 4.2.3 At a minimum, provide annual notification to their tenants that single stream recycling services will be provided with instructions on participation; and
Impact Description
2025-12944Colonial Village Apartments DE LLC10/14/2025
Program Waste Water (NPDES)
Served Date 10/07/2025
Violator Lewes Board of Public Works
Address 107 Franklin Avenue Lewes DE
DNREC Contact Slater, Colleen
Location Address 116 American Legion Road Lewes DE 19958
Site Business
Date Discovered
Violation Date 03/08/2025
Corrected Yes 03/08/2025
Nature of Violation Spill due to equipment failure, fully cleaned up and resolved within the same day
Impact Description
2025-12959Lewes Board of Public Works10/7/2025
Program SW Activity
Served Date 10/04/2025
Violator Penney OpCo LLC
Address 17301 Valley Mall Rd., Ste 400 Hagerstown MD
DNREC Contact Karper, Sarah
Location Address 1365 North DuPont Highway Dover Mall Dover DE 19901
Site Business
Date Discovered 09/04/2025
Violation Date 09/04/2025
Corrected No
Nature of Violation ---- 14.1 The purposes of these regulations are to ensure the following: 14.1.1 Plastic carryout bags, as defined by 7 Del.C. §6099A, are banned; 14.1.2 At-store collection of plastic carryout bags and film are implemented, maintained, and consistent with 7 Del.C. Ch. 60 Subchapter IX, Recycling and Waste Reduction; 14.1.3 Plastic bags and film enter the marketplace and are not disposed; and 14.1.4 Stores collect and report data to support the intent of 7 Del.C. §6099A.
Impact Description
2025-12946Penney OpCo LLC10/4/2025
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