Sierra Club Appeals North Shores Groin Permit
to Protect Cape Henlopen State Park
 On
behalf of the Sierra Club, we are acting to protect the beach at Cape
Henlopen State Park by appealing a permit issued to the community of
North Shores for the repair of a large stone groin. A "groin" is
a long stone wall like jetty that extends into the water perpendicular
to the beach to control erosion. The Sierra Club believes that the planned
reconstruction of the groin will increase erosion at the badly eroding
Cape Henlopen State Park beach, located to the north of the North Shores
groin.
In connection with this matter, we also appealed a related letter of
approval issued by Delaware's Division of Soil and Water Conservation
approving the reconstruction of the groin under Delaware's Beach Protection
Regulations. This second appeal was denied by DNREC on April 23, 2003.
On May 18, 2004, the Superior
Court entered an order preventing the Environmental Appeals Board from
hearing the
Sierra Club's appeal because the hearing was not held within the 180-day
period set
by statute.
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