The Rehoboth Outfall project will get one last look by the Delaware Environmental Secretary Shawn Garvin before permits for the project are issued.
Although he has said he has no intention of reopening the process it has given opponents of the projects hope.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that Garvin has been meeting quietly with environmentalists, the Sussex County wastewater treatment companies and Rehoboth Beach officials.
The pipeline would carry treated sewer water to the ocean to around a mile east of where many tourists swim.
The opponents say there are other options that would be better and would not have the environmental impact of the current proposal.
