DEP Invites Comments On New General Permit For Beneficial Use Of Post-Consumer Oyster Shells In Delaware Estuary

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.

[Posted: October 11, 2019]  www.PaEnvironmentDigest.com