DNREC - OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGION III REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM MEETING
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DNREC - OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
REGION III REGIONAL RESPONSE TEAM MEETINGMarjorie A. Crofts, DirectorDivision of Waste and Hazardous
SubstancesMay 19, 2011
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION:
AIR QUALITYWASTE 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
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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
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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)
Sunoco Ethylene Plant Explosion (May 2009)
Quality Carriers Overturned Tank Trailer in Newark (May 2009)
Indian River Fly Ash Release (July 2009)
Blue Hen Corporate Center – Buried Drums (Sept. 2009)
Emergency Prevention and Response Coastal Flooding (Nov. 2009)
Massey’s Landing – Vehicle in Water (Dec. 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)
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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
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