202461252 / 24-NT-2053 / 24-WL-0850 - A virtual public informational hearing has been scheduled for the referenced project on Thursday, November 13, 2025. The hearing will begin at 7:00 P.M. and end no later than 8:30 P.M. To participate in the virtual public informational hearing, please use the following link, meet.google.com/bqz-csku-dey or dial 1-609-735-6022, PIN 912 120 032#. The hearing record will remain open until 5:00 PM on Thursday, December 4, 2025.  

MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, STATE HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION (MDOT SHA), 707 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21202 has applied to construct a bicycle and pedestrian route in Somerset County. The project will include constructing a bicycle and pedestrian route on an abandoned railroad bed, constructing a boardwalk, constructing a parking lot for pedestrian access, constructing a new crossing over Big Annemessex River, constructing 156 linear feet of revetment at the crossing within a maximum of 9.3 feet channelward of the mean high water line, mechanically dredging a 175 square foot area to remove 6 cubic yards of material for the construction of the revetment, excavating a 786 square foot upland area to remove 185 cubic yards of material that will be subject to the tidal flows of Big Annemessex River, subsequent to excavation, for the construction of the crossing, installing stormwater management facilities, and using temporary erosion and sediment controls. The project will permanently impact 1,114 square feet of nontidal forested wetland, 3,823 square feet of nontidal scrub shrub wetland, 10,754 square feet of nontidal emergent wetland, 276,231 square feet of 25foot nontidal wetland buffer, 738 square feet of tidal scrub shrub wetland, and 570 square feet of tidal open water. The project will also temporarily impact 13,604 square feet of nontidal forested wetland, 7,327 square feet of nontidal scrub shrub wetland, 104,032 square feet of nontidal emergent wetland, 260,995 square feet of 25-foot nontidal wetland buffer, 817 square feet of tidal scrub shrub wetland, and 2,144 square feet of tidal open water. The project is proposed within the watersheds of Pocomoke Sound and Big Annemessex River, Use I/Use II waterways.  The project is located northbound along MD 413, between Davis Lane and approximately 1,000 feet north of Big Annemessex River, in Somerset County. Mitigation will be provided for all permanent impacts to nontidal wetlands via purchase of credits from an approved mitigation bank in Maryland. Mitigation will be provided for all permanent impacts to tidal vegetated wetlands via installation of reef balls at an approved offsite location. A virtual public informational hearing has been scheduled for the referenced project on Thursday, November 13, 2025. The hearing will begin at 7:00 P.M. and end no later than 8:30 P.M. To participate in the virtual public informational hearing, please use the following link, meet.google.com/bqz-csku-dey or dial 1-609-735-6022, PIN 912 120 032#. The hearing record will remain open until 5:00 PM on Thursday, December 4, 2025.  For more information regarding tidal and nontidal wetland impacts, please contact Ed Tinney at [email protected] or (410) 537-3745. Any further notices concerning actions on the application will be provided only by mail to those persons on the interested persons list. Please refer to Subsection 5-907 and 5-204 of the Annotated Code of Maryland or the Code of Maryland Regulations 26.23.02, 26.24.01, and 26.24.02 for information regarding the application process.

25-WL-0437/202560674 JACOB FRITZ at 21 Boone Trail Severna Park MD  21146 has applied to: 1) Remove existing pier and associated structures; 2) Replace in-kind a 330-foot long by 6-foot wide timber pier with a 10-foot long by 20-foot wide platform, construct one 21-foot long by 2-foot wide finger pier, two boat lifts with associated piles, one PWC lift with associated piles, and two mooring piles, all within a maximum of 340-feet channelward of the mean high water line; and 3) Replenish 1,600-square feet of historical beach area with 95-cubic yards of clean sand fill extending a maximum of 26-feet channelward of the mean high water line and install two 11-foot wide sand containment groins extending a maximum of 44-feet channelward of the mean high water line.  Mitigation as payment into the Tidal Wetlands Compensation Fund may be required for new impacts to submerged aquatic vegetation.  The purpose of this project is shoreline erosion control, beach nourishment and to improve navigable access.  The proposed project is located within the tidal waters of the Severn River at 21 Boone Trail, Severna Park MD 21146.  For more information, please contact Alaina Johnson at [email protected] or at 410-537-4272.

25-WL-0377 / 202560553 - AMY F. COLES AND STEVEN A. COLES at 1100 Waverly, McLean, Virginia 22101 have applied to reconstruct two stone, sand containment groins 56-feet long by 15-feet wide and one stone, sand containment groin 52-feet long by 15-feet wide and emplace 250 cubic yards of clean sand fill to nourish an existing beach, all extending a maximum of 27 feet channelward of the mean high water line. The purpose of the project is to prevent shoreline erosion and to provide beach nourishment.  The proposed project is located within the tidal waters of the Magothy River at 752 Skywater Road, Gibson Island, MD 21056 in Anne Arundel County.  For more information, please contact Melissa McCanna at [email protected] or at 410-537-4053.

24-WL-0248/25-WQC-0035/202460334 ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DPW at 2662 Riva Rd., Annapolis, MD 21401 has applied to construct the following: REACH 1 - 1) Remove an existing pier and associated structures;  2) Construct a 324-foot long by 8-foot wide fixed pier with a 40-foot long by 8-foot wide fixed “T” shaped platform, two fixed 10-foot long by 8-foot wide platforms, a 60-foot long by 8-foot wide fixed pier, a 22-foot long by 5-foot wide gangway, all within a maximum of 332 feet channelward of the mean high water line; 3) Construct a 658-linear feet of low profile stone, sand containment sill, incorporating coarse woody debris; and fill and grade with 3,660 cubic yards of sand along 640 feet of an existing bulkhead and plant with 8,142 square feet of low marsh vegetation, 2,234 square feet of high marsh vegetation, and 12,902 square feet of upland vegetation extending a maximum of 85 feet channelward of the mean high water line; 4) Construct 56 linear feet of riprap armor within 10 feet of the existing bulkhead; and, REACH 2 – 1) Remove an existing pier and associated pilings; 2) Construct 213 linear feet of low profile stone, sand containment sill, incorporating coarse woody debris; and fill and grade with 367 cubic yards of sand along 183 feet of eroding shoreline and plant with 6,081 square feet of low marsh vegetation within a maximum of 70 feet channelward of the mean high water line. Mitigation for impacts to open water tidal wetlands may be required. The purpose of this project is to improve navigable access and to stabilize an eroding shoreline.  The proposed project is located within the tidal waters of the South River at 839 Londontown Road, Edgewater, MD 21037.  For more information, please contact Mel Throckmorton at [email protected] or at 410-375-2803.

19-WL-0839(R2)/ 201961366 - RICHARD AND AMY ZANTZINGER at 23 Grafton Street, Chevy Chase, MD 20815 has applied to construct a living shoreline consisting of 604-linear feet of low profile stone, sand containment sills; and fill and grade with 353 cubic yards of sand along 661 feet of eroding shoreline and plant with intertidal marsh vegetation totaling 15,344 square feet, all within a maximum channelward distance of 50 feet. The purpose of controls is to prevent and reduce erosion.  The proposed project is located at 4508 Forest Point Road, Harwood, MD 20776 within the tidal waters of the West River in Anne Arundel County.  For more information, please contact Melissa McCanna at [email protected] or at 410-537-4053.

23-WQC-0012 (R1)/202261295The United States Coast Guard (USCG), 2401 Hawkins Point Road, MD 21226 has requested to modify Water Quality Certification (WQC) # 23-WQC-0012 to expand the dredging area and depths originally presented, and to perform up to 100 core borings in Curtis Creek located at latitude 39.207296 and longitude -76.580547. The dredging methods and placement site will not change from what was previously certified. The drilling program is needed to collect geotechnical information and to supplement the 2022 sediment characterization for the USCG Yard Improvement and dredging project. USCG is requesting the following modifications to 23-WQC-0012:

Dredging in navigational channel, turning basin, and berth areas from a depth of 27.5 feet

(2023 work description) to 30 feet MLLW.

Dredging along Pier 3/future dry dock area from a depth up to 34.5 feet (2023 work description) to a depth of 45 feet MLLW.

Expansion of the proposed dredging limits from just south of the I695 Bascule bridge to under and just north of the Bascule bridge.

The borings will be advanced using hollow-stem augers (up to 12 inches in diameter), direct pushing, or vibratory coring. Boreholes will be advanced up to 100 feet below the mudline for geotechnical purposes. Soil cuttings from all testing will be properly disposed of. Field testing will consist of standard penetration testing, cone penetration testing, dilatometer testing, direct-push sampling, vane shear testing, and collection of Shelby tubes. Samples from the drilling program will be taken to a geotechnical laboratory for physical and chemical testing.

Written comments or requests for a public informational hearing concerning water quality issues related to this project must be received prior to November 15, 2025. Comments of hearing requests can be provided to: Maryland Department of the Environment, Attn: Alex Vazquez, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 430, Baltimore, MD  21230, or [email protected] or 410-537-3541. Please refer to the Code of Maryland Regulations 26.08.02 for information regarding the Water Quality Certification process.

25-WQC-0039/202561509 - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, has requested a Water Quality Certification to allow seasonal navigational maintenance dredging of the Ocean City Inlet and associated waterways and placement of dredged sand in the surf zone off Assateague Island. Each dredging cycle is expected to remove an average of 6,000 cubic yards (four events per year amounts to 24,000 cubic yards) of material consisting primarily of sand, with some gravel and shell, will be removed using a shallow-draft hopper dredge, and the sand will be transported between approximately 3.75 and 5.25 miles south of the inlet to Assateague for beach nourishment. Dredging will be performed continuously for five to ten days during each cycle. The USACE proposes maintenance dredging of the Ocean City Inlet, the Isle of Wight Bay Channel, the Ocean City Harbor Channel, and the Sinepuxent Bay Channel to the authorized dimensions:

Ocean City Inlet: 16 feet mean lower low water (MLLW) with up to two feet of allowable overdepth; Width of 300 feet from the 16-foot contour in the Atlantic Ocean to the Isle of Wight Bay Channel, narrowing to 150-200 feet toward Ocean City Harbor. Currently maintained at 10 feet.

Harbor Channel: Depth of 16 feet with two feet of allowable overdepth; Width of 100-150 feet, including two turning basins. Currently maintained at 10 feet.

Isle of Wight Bay Channel: Depth of six feet; Width of 125 feet from the inlet to North 8th Street, then 75 feet into the Isle of Wight Bay.

Sinepuxent Bay Channel: Depth of six feet; Width of 150 feet from the inlet to Green Point, then 100 feet in Chincoteague Bay.

Written comments or requests for a public informational hearing concerning water quality issues related to this project must be received prior to November 15, 2025. Comments of hearing requests can be provided to: Maryland Department of the Environment, Attn: Alex Vazquez, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 430, Baltimore, MD  21230, or [email protected] or 410-537-3541. Please refer to the Code of Maryland Regulations 26.08.02 for information regarding the Water Quality Certification process.