Company Applies to Delaware Agency for Permit

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control is inviting the public to review a newly submitted application from Alma LLC. The company, located in New Castle, Del., is seeking a permit to build bulk product transfer operation in Wilmington, Del.

The goal of the project is to use the transfer operation to move construction and demolition debris from a docking facility on to barges. From there, the material would be moved out of the state for either recycling or disposal.

According to the Alma application, filed this month, no manufacturing will take place at the site, and no hazardous waste will be either managed or disposed of. The barges will be loaded by crane or conveyor belt.

According to local reports the company is seeking to have the DNREC exempt the project from the state’s Coastal Zone Act’s general ban on new bulk transfer piers along the Delaware River.

The Coastal Zone Status Decision Application from Alma Available for Review

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control invites the public to review an application for a Coastal Zone Act status decision from Alma LLC of New Castle to establish a 5-10 acre bulk product transfer operation at 601 Christiana Avenue, Wilmington, Del.

Environmental impacts appear to consist of air emissions from a diesel engine and some dust.

The application is available for public review at DNREC’s offices at 89 Kings Highway in Dover and 715 Grantham Lane south of New Castle, the Hockessin Public Library, the Wilmington Public Library and the Delaware City Public Library.

All comments should be sent to the DNREC by the end of day March 28. After reviewing all the comments the DNREC secretary will make a final decision on the application.