24-WL-1192(R2)/202461807: MDOT MARYLAND PORT ADMINISTRATION, Amanda Peñafiel, World Trade Center, 401 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 has applied to modify the existing authorization to restore 1,994 acres of remote island habitat, with 45% upland and 55% wetland creation in the vicinity of the historic area of James Island located in Dorchester County near Taylors Island. The project is expected to provide the capacity for placement of up to 95 million cubic yards of dredged material from federal navigation channels within the Chesapeake Bay and will be located within 0.75 miles to 3.54 miles from the mean high water line at Taylor Island. The applicant has proposed to modify the existing authorization to change the dredge depth from 26 feet deep to 28-feet deep at mean low water. The dredging will be performed by hydraulic method within a 2,500-foot long by 1,000-foot wide turning basin and an 8,400-foot long by 600- foot wide access channel. This dredging will occur within a 209 acre area with the removal of up to 4.3 million cubic yards of material which will be placed within a confined cell if it is silty material or within the sand stockpile area if it can be used for construction. Public comments must be submitted by 5:00 PM on Tuesday, September 30, 2026. Please submit comments to Mary Phipps-Dickerson in writing addressed to the Maryland Department of the Environment, Wetlands and Waterways Protection Program, c/o Mary Phipps-Dickerson, 201 Baptist St., Suite 22, Salisbury, Maryland 21801 or by email at [email protected] or Telephone at 443-509- 0797.
Public Notices
- Tidal Wetlands License (24-WL-1192) and Water Quality Certification (25-WQC-0023)
- Modification to Tidal Wetlands License (24-WL-1192(R1))
