The Water and Science Administration has received the applications listed below. ​
A prel​iminary review has indicated that the listed projects may be subject to the opportunity for a public hearing once the application is substantially complete.  Projects may be significantly altered during the review process.  The applications and related information are available for inspection and copying.  You may also request written notice of any hearing opportunity by having your name placed on the interested persons list for each project in which you are interested.  To inspect the file or to have your name placed on the interested persons list, contact​​ the assigned division at the telephone number indicated below no later than January 1st​, 2025 unless otherwise noted in the Public Notice.

24-NT-3061/202460643 Oakdale Investments, LLC, 1355 Beverly Road, Suite 240, McLean, Virginia 22101, has applied to construct a residential subdivision with associated infrastructure including, roads, utilities, and amenities. The project will result in permanent impacts to 689 square feet of emergent nontidal wetland, 517 square feet of 25-foot nontidal wetland buffer, 241 linear feet (2,090 square feet) of stream, and 4,390 square feet of 100-year nontidal floodplain. The project will result in temporary impacts to 1,518 square feet of emergent nontidal wetland, 4,608 square feet of 25-foot nontidal wetland buffer, 299 linear feet (1,998 square feet) of stream, and 3,440 square feet of 100-year nontidal floodplain.  The project is proposed adjacent to Unnamed Tributaries to Linganore Creek (USE IV-P). Mitigation will be required for all permanent wetland and waterway impacts. The proposed mitigation is to purchase credits from an approved Mitigation Bank. The project is located north of Gas House Pike, west of Central Church Road, New Market, Maryland. Written comments, requests for a public informational hearing and requests to be included on the interested persons list must be sent by January 1, 2025, to the Maryland Department of the Environment, Attn: Pavla Dilnesahu, 1800 Washington Boulevard, Baltimore, MD  21230 or at Pavla.Dilnesahu@maryland.gov or 410-537-3806. 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 of the Annotated Code of Maryland or the Code of Maryland Regulations 26.23.02 for information regarding the application process.