Wicomico Regional Airport project
(21-NT-2114/23-WQC-0014/202162246; AI No. 23101)
Public Informational Hearing - Virtual
Wicomico Regional Airport
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 at 7:00pm
A virtual public informational hearing was held for the referenced project on Wednesday, June 28, 2023.
Hearing Information
Project Description
WICOMICO REGIONAL AIRPORT, 5485 Airport Terminal Road, Salisbury, Maryland 21804, has applied to make improvements to the existing airport, which includes extending Runway 32, removing airspace obstructions, and upgrading airport facilities and infrastructure. These activities will permanently impact 211,482 square feet (4.85 acres) of emergent nontidal wetlands, 245,635 square feet (5.64 acres) of forested nontidal wetlands, and 852,981 square feet (19.58 acres) of the 25-foot nontidal wetland buffer as well as to permanently convert 595,703 square feet (13.68 acres) of forested nontidal wetlands to emergent nontidal wetlands. Mitigation will be required for all permanent nontidal wetland impacts and conversion. The Applicant has proposed to satisfy mitigation through an offsite permittee responsible mitigation site and purchase of credit from the Maple Dam Mitigation Bank. A virtual public informational hearing has been scheduled for the referenced project on Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The hearing will begin at 7:00 P.M. and end no later than 9:00 P.M. To participate in the public informational hearing, please use the following link, meet.google.com/jdv-xegc-yxc or dial 1- 507-591-1127, PIN: 155 141 390#. Written comments and requests to be included on the interested persons list may be sent by July 12, 2023 to Mieko Camp at mieko.camp@maryland.gov or 443-717-0951. 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.
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