DNREC to Hold Regulatory Review Hearings in Late June

June 4, 2025/Joe Ciccanti

DNREC has initiated a comprehensive review of Department regulations that have not been amended during the past four years. By statute, every state executive branch agency must reassess older regulations on a four-year cycle to determine whether these regulations should be modified or eliminated. DNREC will hold regulatory review hearings June 24th, 25th and 26th across the state. The current review runs through July 11th. At the end of the review period, the Department will evaluate all comments and submit any proposed regulatory changes to the state’s Register of Regulations. A DNREC report summarizing eliminated or amended rules will be forwarded to the General Assembly within 12 months. The three DNREC public hearings – one in each Delaware county –include one on Tuesday, June 24th at 10 a.m. at the DNREC Lewes Field Office on Pilottown Road in Lewes. Another hearing will be held on Thursday, June 26th at 2 p.m. at the DNREC Dover Auditorium on Kings Highway SW in Dover.

Additional Information from DNREC:

The three DNREC public hearings – one in each Delaware county – are scheduled as follow:

  • Sussex County: June 24, 10 a.m. — DNREC Lewes Field Office, Conference Room, 901 Pilottown Road, Lewes
  • New Castle County: June 25, 10 a.m. — DNREC New Castle Field Office, Conference Room B, 391 Lukens Drive, New Castle
  • Kent County: June 26,  2 p.m. — DNREC Dover Auditorium, 89 Kings Highway SW, Dover

Written comments referencing specific regulations and explaining suggested changes for them must be received by July 11. Comments can be made by the following means:

A complete list of regulations under review is available at dnrec.delaware.gov/regulatory-review/. DNREC’s Title VI non-discrimination policy can be found at de.gov/titlevi.

 

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