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DNREC - OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGION III REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM MEETING Marjorie A. Crofts, Director Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances May 19, 2011. OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: AIR QUALITY WASTE AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES WATER.
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DNREC - OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGION III REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM MEETING Marjorie A. Crofts, Director Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances May 19, 2011
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: • AIR QUALITY • WASTE AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES • WATER
Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances (WHS) • Emergency Prevention and Response • Site Investigation and Restoration • Solid and Hazardous Waste Management • Tank Management
Emergency Prevention and Response responsible for all activities related to environmental emergencies, from planning to preventing to responding. Includes 3 groups: • Accidental Release Prevention • Emergency Planning & Community Right-to- Know • Emergency Response
DNREC Emergency ResponseSummaryJuly 2009 – June 2010 • 4 SERT Level 1 responses • 50% responses in New Castle County • 19% responses in Kent County • 31% responses in Sussex County • 306 total responses
Port of Wilmington – Oil Spill from M/V Honor (March 2009) March 2009
Gas Tanker Rollover near Roth Bridge on Route 1 (April 2009)
Quality Carriers Overturned Tank Trailer in Newark (May 2009)
Emergency Prevention and Response Coastal Flooding (Nov. 2009)
Sulfuric Acid Spill– Chesapeake Green Fuels (July 2010) July 2010
Emergency Prevention and Response Joint Training Exercises (2009)
Coordinated Response Activities Flagship IV “Up the Creek” Dock (Feb. 2011)
TMB and EPRS Response - Fuel Oil Leak 2112 Valley Ave. (March 2011)
Joint EPA and EPRB Response Lighthouse Lane Lab (April 2011)
On-going Challenges • PBF Refinery Start-up • Coastal Flooding/Dike Breaches • Updating the Booming Strategy for Indian River Inlet • Updating the 1996 Environmental Sensitivity Maps