The proposed Chesapeake Terrace Rubble Landfill would be located along Patuxent Road in Odenton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (39.042° N, 76.740° W). The landfill would be bounded on the northeast by the Little Patuxent River, on the west by the Amtrak Railroad, on the southwest by Conway Road, and the southeast by Patuxent River Park.
National Waste Managers, Inc. has applied for a Refuse Disposal Permit to construct and operate a non-hazardous solid waste acceptance facility that would accept land clearing debris and construction and demolition debris for disposal and/or recycling. The proposed landfill is estimated to provide approximately 9.3 million cubic yards of landfill capacity to encompass a 114.4-acre fill area on a 480-acre site. The landfill would be required to have a liner and leachate collection system to capture and collect water that infiltrates into the landfill. There would also be a network of monitoring wells around the landfill to monitor the quality of the groundwater beneath the site.
Map: Site Location for the proposed Chesapeake Terrace Rubble Landfill
Documents
The permit application and supporting documents are available for public review at the Anne Arundel County Public Library located at 1325 Annapolis Road, Odenton, Maryland 21113, and the MDE offices by appointment.
Factsheet - Chesapeake Terrace Rubble Landfill (February 2023)
Phase I Report - Chesapeake Terrace Rubble Landfill (May 1989)
Notice of Public Informational Meeting (November 2019)
Phase II Report - Chesapeake Terrace Rubble Landfill (June 2020)
Notice of Informational Meeting (May 2022)
Informational Meeting Presentation Slides (May 2022)
DRAFT Refuse Disposal Permit (January 2023)
Notice of Tentative Determination and Public Hearing (February 2023)
Public Hearing Presentation Slides (February 2023)
Public Hearing Transcript (February 2023)
Phase III Report (January 2022):
Phase III Report Volume 1 (January 2022)
Phase III Report Volume 2 (January 2022)
Phase III Report Volume 3 (January 2022)
Phase III Report Drawings (January 2022)
Final Determination (November 2024):
Final Determination Letter
Notice of Final Determination
MDE Response to Public Comments
NWM Response to MDE Comments
Second Supplement Memorandum Of Opinion
Transportation Facility Planning Conway Road Phase I: Existing Conditions
Transportation Facility Planning Conway Road Phase III: Future Conditions
Transportation Facility Planning Conway Road Memo
Fish and Wildlife Service Letter
Meetings
A Public Hearing was held on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 5:00 pm at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel located at 210 Holiday Court, Annapolis, Maryland 21401, in the Coastal Room and Lower Lobby. The Public Hearing was held to provide the citizens an opportunity to formally comment on MDE’s Tentative Determination concerning the proposed landfill. The permit application, supporting documents, and draft permit will be available for public review at the Anne Arundel Public Library (Odenton Branch) located at 1325 Annapolis Road, Odenton, Maryland 21113 and at MDE by appointment .
MDE held an Informational Meeting regarding this application at the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Mainsail and East Conference Rooms, located at 210 Holiday Court, Annapolis, Maryland 21401, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 starting at 5:00 p.m. There were different displays available at the meeting from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. describing the proposed facility and the permit application process, followed by an Informational Meeting at 6 p.m.
Written comments regarding the application were submitted to Tyler Abbott, Director, Land and Materials Administration, Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 610, Baltimore, Maryland 21230 through May 1, 2023.
Final Determination
In accordance with Sections 1-604 and 1-605 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE) has made a Final Determination to deny the Refuse Disposal Permit Application for the Chesapeake Terrace Rubble Landfill to be located along Patuxent Road in Odenton, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. This Final Determination is pursuant to an application made by National Waste Managers, Inc. and received by MDE on December 20, 1988, in accordance with Section 9-204 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, and other pertinent sections under that subtitle.
Having found the application to be technically complete and in compliance with the applicable State laws and regulations, the Department published notice of its Tentative Determination on January 25, 2023 and February 1, 2023 in The Capital and Maryland Gazette newspapers. The Final Determination is based upon the review of the permit application and supporting documents submitted by the applicant, and upon testimony and evidence presented at the public hearing held on February 23, 2023. Pursuant to Section 9-212.1(2) of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, MDE is denying the application as the operation of a sanitary landfill system would harm public health. The proposed East Entrance from Conway Road constitutes a risk to public health due to its proximity to the recently constructed Two Rivers Elementary School (formerly West County Elementary School) and its intersection with the WB&A Trail.
The Department’s Final Determination and supporting documents will be available for public review at the Odenton Branch of the Anne Arundel Public Library System located at 1325 Annapolis Road, Odenton, Maryland 21113 and at the Department by appointment after November 6, 2024. Any person adversely affected by this Final Determination may file a petition for judicial review, provided that person: 1) meets the threshold standing requirements under federal law; and 2) is the applicant or participated in a public participation process through the submission of written or oral comments. Petitions for judicial review of a Final Determination or permit decision subject to judicial review must be filed in accordance with Section 1-605 of the Environment Article, Annotated Code of Maryland, within 30 days after publication of a notice of final determination and must be filed in a circuit court in Maryland. Petitions for judicial review must conform to the applicable Maryland Rules of Civil Procedure. Failure to file a petition for judicial review within 30 days after publication of a notice of final determination will constitute a waiver of any right to a judicial review of this Final Determination.
For further information regarding this notice or to schedule an appointment to review the Department’s Final Determination or permit application, please contact Mr. Samuel Ogbogu at (410) 537-3315.
