DOVER — On Thursday, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Secretary Shawn Garvin approved authorizing a temporary emergency variance to Mountaire Farms of Delaware Inc., providing relief from certain spray irrigation operational limitations.

The 60-day temporary emergency variance authorizes the discharge of treated wastewater (effluent) on Mountaire’s spray fields during precipitation events (i.e., wet weather) on a temporary and limited basis, subject to the conditions set forth in the variance. The conditions outlined in the department’s temporary emergency variance authorization letter and the approved wet-weather variance work plan will limit potential impacts to the environment if Mountaire performs any wet-weather spraying.

Documentation for the Mountaire temporary variance can be found on the DNREC website.