The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 12 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a new General Permit (WMGM064) to authorize the processing and beneficial use (by shell planting, reef construction and living shoreline stabilization/enhancement) of post-consumer oyster shells for natural habitat restoration projects in the Delaware Estuary or other shoreline and subtidal areas.

Click Here to review a copy of the proposal.

DEP will accept comments until December 11. Comments may be submitted through DEP’s eComment webpage. Read the entire PA Bulletin Notice for more information.

Questions should be directed to Chris Solloway, DEP, by sending email to: csolloway@pa.gov or calling 717-787-7381.

For more information on recycling oyster shells in the Delaware Estuary, visit the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary’s Oyster Shell Recycling Program webpage.

A similar effort is underway in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed through the Oyster Recovery Partnership.

NewsClips:

Click Here for a Week’s Worth Of Environment & Energy NewsClips

Related Articles:

Schuylkill River Greenways Awards $326,000 In Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants

Brandywine Conservancy Receives Grant For Restoration Work In Red & White Clay Creek Watersheds, Chester County

Stormwater Bioswale To Be Unveiled At Pike County Conservation District Education Center Oct. 21

Delaware River Basin Commission Names Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, P.E. Deputy Executive Director

[Posted: October 11, 2019]

10/14/2019