Delaware — statewide
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Air Quality
In short
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Air Quality issues 1 permit we publish for Delaware — statewide, last verified 2026-09-04. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auto Body Shop Air Quality Permitonly if it applies to you | Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Air Quality | A $90 permit processing fee plus a $165 advertising fee to open (the agency publishes these two components, which total $255, while its own summary figure elsewhere states $380; both figures are reported here); $125 a year afterward to keep operating. | annual, once opened | 2026-09-04 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Auto Body Shop Air Quality Permit
This permit reaches only auto body and collision shops that do spray-coating or painting — not general mechanical repair, which needs no equivalent state environmental permit. A shop generating hazardous waste such as used oil or solvents has separate hazardous waste compliance obligations under the same environmental agency, addressed through guidance rather than a standalone license fee.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Delaware — statewide
- Phone
- (302) 739-9402
- Website
- dnrec.delaware.gov/air/
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Delaware Business First Steps — auto body shop requirements checklist, referencing the air quality permitDelaware Department of State · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
- Delaware DNREC — auto repair shop hazardous waste and air quality permit guidanceDelaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-04
Other Delaware statewide offices
- Delaware Department of State, Division of Corporations
- Delaware Division of Revenue
- Delaware Division of Public Health, Office of Food Protection
- Delaware Board of Cosmetology and Barbering, Division of Professional Regulation
- Delaware Board of Electrical Examiners, Division of Professional Regulation
- Delaware Board of Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Examiners
- Delaware Board of Veterinary Medicine, Division of Professional Regulation
- Delaware Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing
Delaware jurisdictions
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