25-WL-0173/202560256 - MARY POWELL at 817 Chester Ave, Baltimore, MD 21403 has applied to 1) Mechanically maintenance dredge a 10-foot long by 10-foot wide area to a depth of 2 feet at mean low water; 2) Mechanically dredge a 280 square foot area to a depth of 4 feet at mean low water; 3) Deposit approximately 16 cubic yards of dredged material on an approved upland disposal site located at 4944 Sands Rd, Lothian, MD 20711; and 4) To provide for periodic maintenance dredging for six years. The purpose of this project is to improve navigable access.  The proposed project is located within the tidal waters of Back Creek at 817 Chester Ave, Annapolis, MD 21403.  For more information, please contact Mel Throckmorton at mel.throckmorton@maryland.gov or at 410-375-2803.

25-WL-0056/25-WQC-0013/202560086- INDIAN LANDING BOAT CLUB, at 30 Indian Landing Road, Millersville, MD 21108 proposes the following: 1) Construct a living shoreline with eight low profile stone, sand containment structures totaling 1,160 feet in length and between 6 and 10-feet wide, extending a maximum of 48-feet channelward of the mean high water line; 2) Construct a living shoreline on an existing eroding island with nine stone sand containment structures totaling 497 feet in length and between 7 and 13-feet wide, extending a maximum of 54-feet channelward of the mean high water line; 3) Construct a living shoreline on an eroding island with two stone sand containment structures totaling 73 feet in length and 6-feet wide and one 207-foot long by 15-foot wide living breakwater, extending a maximum of 52-feet channelward of the mean high water line; 4) Fill and grade with 2,900 cubic yards of sand fill and plant with approximately 37,759-square feet of marsh vegetation. The purpose of the project is to prevent shoreline erosion, restore existing eroding islands, improve habitat and create bird nesting habitat.  The proposed project is located within the tidal waters of the Severn River at 30 Indian Landing Road, Millersville MD 21108 in Anne Arundel County.  For more information, please contact Alaina Johnson at alaina.johnson@maryland.gov or at 410-537-4272.

23-WL-0957/202361482 - ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS at 2662 Riva Road Annapolis, Maryland, 21401 has applied to mechanically maintenance dredge the following sections: (Segment A) a 1,095-foot long by 65-foot wide channel to a depth of 6.0 ft below mean low water; (Segment B) a 165-foot long by 50-foot wide channel to a depth of 6.0 ft below mean low water; (Segment C) a 215-foot long by 50-foot wide channel to a depth of 5.0 ft below mean low water; and to deposit approximately 7,874-cubic yards of dredged material at one of the three upland disposal sites: Rock Creek Dredge Material Placement (DMP) Site at Water Oak Point Road, Pasadena, MD 21122, South County Creek DMP at Sudley Road, West River, MD 20778, or Idlewilde DMP Site at Idlewilde Road, Shady Side, MD 20764; and to provide for periodic maintenance dredging for six years. The purpose of this project is to improve navigable access.  The proposed project is located within the tidal waters of The Little Magothy River between Bay Head Road and River Bay Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21409.  For more information, please contact Alaina Johnson at Alaina.Johnson@maryland.gov or at 410-537-4272.

24-WL-0055/202460071 - ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS at 2662 Riva Rd, Annapolis, Maryland, 21401 has applied to mechanically maintenance dredge the main channel and both segments of Lake Placid as follows: 1) Segment A – a 665 foot long by 49 foot wide channel to a depth of 5 feet at mean low water; 2) Segment B – a 475 foot long by 49 foot wide channel to a depth of 4 feet at mean low water; 3) Segment C – a 575 foot long by 46 foot wide channel to a depth of 4 feet at mean low water; 4) Segment D – a 465 foot long by 46 foot wide channel to a depth of 4 feet at mean low water; 5) Segment E – a 110 foot long by 36 foot wide channel to a depth of 4 feet at mean low water. This project also includes new mechanical dredging of five spur channels of various lengths, widths, and depths to match the main channel segment to which they are attached (24-WL-0157, 24-WL-0158, 24-WL-0159, 24-WL-0156, and 23-WL-1143) for a total of 114,558 square feet.  To deposit approximately 2,950 cubic yards of dredged material to a County approved upland dredged material disposal site at Rock Creek, South County, or Idlewilde. Mitigation for dredging impacts to SAV and shallow water habitat that are determined not to be maintenance dredging will be required. The purpose of the project is to improve navigable access. Written comments or requests for a hearing must be received on or before June 15, 2025. For more information contact Mel Throckmorton at mel.throckmorton@maryland.gov or at 410-375-2803.

25-WL-0081 / 202560131 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 580 Taylor Ave., B-2, Annapolis, MD 21409 has applied to restore approximately 1,000 acres of existing oyster bars located in water depths of approximately 8 feet at mean low water by depositing approximately 1,613,000 cubic yards of stone and concrete which may include granite, limestone, amphibolite, diorite and concrete rubble, creating a thickness of 12 inches on the river bottom substrate with a minimum clearance of 6 feet at mean low water above the elevation of the alternative substrate material. The project is located on Herring Bay and Hooper Straight in Anne Arundel, Calvert & Dorchester Counties. The purpose of the project is to restore oyster habitat. File material is available for inspection at https://dnr.maryland.gov/fisheries/Pages/oysters/hooper_herring.aspx. or a request for a hard copy of the file material may be made by contacting Laurinda Serafin at 410-260-2406. For more information, please contact Justin Bereznak at Justin.Bereznak@maryland.gov or 410-537-3782.

24-WL-0993/202461503/25-WQC-0014 - VIDI AQUAM LLC, 595 West Gravers Lane, Philadelphia, PA, 19118 has applied to construct the following: 1) To construct living shoreline with two headland control structures (breakwaters) that includes anchored woody material along approximately 631 linear feet of shoreline – a) Breakwater 1 is approximately 325 feet long by 87.5 feet wide, not to exceed 165 feet channelward of the mean high water line; b) Breakwater 2 is approximately 237.5 feet long by 87.5 feet wide, not to exceed 165 feet channelward of the mean high water line; c) install approximately 2,148 cubic yards of sand and 2,855 cubic yards of stone for tombolo/habitat construction and plant with approximately 8,612 square feet of low marsh vegetation, 9,559 square feet of high marsh vegetation, and 11,699 square feet of vegetation above the upper limits of tidal wetlands; 2) To install 1,195 square feet of cobble to extend an existing boat ramp past the proposed structures no more than 94 feet in length and 15.5 feet in width; and 3) construct a 165-foot long by 6-foot wide timber pier with a 20-foot long by 10-foot wide “hammerhead” platform, a 34-foot long “L” shaped finger pier, three boat lifts with associated piles, and two dolphins, all within a maximum of 165 feet channelward of the mean high water line. The purpose of the project is to control shoreline erosion, to establish/enhance habitat, to provide coastal resiliency, and to improve navigable access.  Areas created above the limit of tidal wetlands may require compensatory mitigation.  The project is located at 2625 Grove Neck Rd, Earleville, MD  21919. For more information, please contact R. Miles Simmons at robertm.simmons@maryland.gov or at 410-901-4044.

24-WL-1165/202461764 - GLENN GILLIS, 1936 Park Beach Drive, Aberdeen, MD 21001 has applied to remove three existing groins of various sizes, and construct three 35-foot long by 12-foot wide low profile stone, sand containment groins extending a maximum of 28 feet channelward of the mean high water line; and fill and grade with 110 cubic yards of sand along 150 feet of eroding shoreline to nourish a beach and plant with approximately 452 square feet of marsh vegetation. The purpose of the project is beach nourishment and shoreline erosion protection. The proposed project is located within the tidal waters of the Bush River in Harford County. For more information, please contact Melissa McCanna at Melissa.mccanna@maryland.gov or at 410-537-4053.

25-WQC-0016 /22-WL-1278 - CHESAPEAKE MARSHLANDS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE COMPLEX, 2145 Key Wallace Drive, Cambridge, Maryland 21613 has applied to construct six segmented stone breakwaters including marsh edging totaling 1,851 linear feet and ranging in size from 100 to 417-feet long by 14 to 20 feet wide extending a maximum of 249 feet channelward of the mean high water line; construct a 16-foot long by 13-foot wide groin all within a maximum of 16 feet channelward of the mean high water line; fill and grade with 7,758 cubic yards of sand and plant marsh vegetation resulting in 126,044 square feet of low marsh; emplace oyster reefballs within a 147,800 square foot area all within a maximum of 517 feet channelward of the mean high water line; and repair 180 feet of marsh edging all within a maximum of 4 feet from the mean high water line. The purpose of this project is to protect an eroding shoreline. The project is located at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge at 1730 Eastern Neck Road, Rock Hall in Kent County, Maryland 21661. For information, please contact Mary Phipps-Dickerson at Mary.Phipps-Dickerson@maryland.gov or 410 509-0797.

24-WL-1123/202461704 THE BIRD CONSERVATION MD, DAVID CURSON, DIRECTOR, 2901 E. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21224 has applied to excavate 5,347 linear feet of new runnels to a maximum depth of 12 inches, and remove 8,021 cubic feet of material, and perform maintenance dredging by mechanical method within 1,524 linear feet of existing ditches and remove 762 cubic feet of material.  The material removed is proposed to be used to construct 88 hummocks totaling 2,200 square feet at +1 foot above the mean high water within the existing marsh.  Temporary impacts include approximately 11,150 linear feet of 12-ft wide corridor for construction access (low ground-pressure excavators and hand excavation w/ shovels). Hummocks that do not revegetate from remnant natural vegetation would be vegetated with plugs or seeded.  The proposed project would be monitored for 4 years by Towson University and project partners. The purpose of this project is to improve tidal drainage for 31.1 acres of pools that were formerly “high” marsh to allow marsh vegetation regrowth, and to provide high marsh-hummock areas for bird nesting. The project is located near 4110 Rumbly Point Road, Marion Station, in Somerset County, Maryland. For more information, contact Mary Phipps-Dickerson at mary.phipps-dickerson@maryland.gov or (443) 509-0797.

202360750/23-WL-0807/25-WQC-0018 - ST. MARYS RECREATION AND PARKS, 44883 St. Andrews Church Rd, California, MD, 20674 has applied for the following activities: 1) To mechanically maintenance dredge an approximate 109-foot long by 36-foot wide area to the maximum depth of 4.0 feet at mean low water. The total area to be dredged is approximately 3,906 square feet with 3,367 square feet of impacts to shallow water habitat requiring mitigation; approximately 139 cubic yards of dredged material to be transported to an approved dredge material placement site located within Snow Hill Park; 2) To mitigate for the 3,367 square feet of proposed dredging in shallow water habitat by planting 7,334 square feet of marsh vegetation and installing coir fiber logs along 135 feet of eroding shoreline emplaced within a maximum of 75 feet channelward of the mean high water line; 3) Construct a 12-foot wide by 36-foot long boat ramp with two timber wing walls and a 48-foot long by 6-foot wide timber pier within a maximum of 77 feet channelward of the mean high water line; 4) Construct a 20-foot long by 6-foot wide timber pier with a 8.5-foot by 10-foot platform, an 8.5-foot by 24-foot platform and a 40-foot long by 5-foot 4-inch wide kayak launch, all within a maximum of 43 feet channelward of the high waterline; 5) Emplace 12 feet of stone revetment within a maximum of 8 feet channelward of the mean high water line. The project is located on the Patuxtent River at 26582 S. Sandgates Rd., Mechanicsville, MD 20659. The purpose of the project is to control shore erosion and improve navigable access. For more information, please contact Justin Bereznak at Justin.Bereznak@maryland.gov or 410-537-3782.

25-WP-0289/202560427 – CEDAR FARM LLC c/o Rick Polansky, 1500 W Pulaski Hwy, Elkton, MD 21921 has applied to 1) dredge by mechanical method a 3,000 square foot area to a maximum depth of 3 feet at mean low water and a 2,000 square foot area to a maximum depth of 4 feet at mean low water and transport 288 cubic yards of dredge material to an approved site located at Asherwood Branch Rd in Willards, MD and/or Friendship Rd in Berlin, MD; and 2) construct a 6-foot wide by 30-foot long parallel platform, 3 boat lifts with associated piles, one double PWC lift with associated piles, and six 3-pile dolphins, all extending a maximum of 200 feet channelward of the mean high water line.  The purpose of the project is to improve navigable access.  The project is located at 10468 Golf Course Rd, West Ocean City, MD  21842. For more information, please contact R. Miles Simmons at robertm.simmons@maryland.gov or at 410-901-4044.

25-WL-0063/202560095 - STOCKYARD INC, 12913 Ocean Gateway , Ocean City, MD 21842 has applied to mechanically maintenance dredge a 15,300 square foot area in State wetlands to a maximum depth of 3 feet at mean low water and transport approximately 535 cubic yards of dredge material to an approved disposal site at 10441 Friendship Road, Berlin, MD 21811.  The purpose of the project is to improve navigable access.  The project is located at 12913 Ocean Gateway, Ocean City, MD  21842. For more information, please contact R. Miles Simmons at robertm.simmons@maryland.gov or at 410-901-4044.​