Public Notices
MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT
WATER AND SCIENCE ADMINISTRATION
1800 WASHINGTON BOULEVARD
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21230
Notice of Application for State Wetland Licenses, Private Wetland Permits, Nontidal Wetlands and Waterways Permits, Dam Safety Permits, Water Quality Certification, and/or Federal Consistency Concurrence and the Opportunity to Provide Written Comment or Request an Informational Hearing
May 1st, 2025
The Water and Science Administration has received the applications listed below.
A preliminary 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 June 1st, 2025 unless otherwise noted in the Public Notice.
Wetlands and Waterways Protection Program - (410) 537-3456
Nontidal Wetlands Division - (410) 537-3456
Baltimore City
24-NT-0208/202461374, AI 183915, BALTIMORE CITY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, C/O Khalil Zaied at 200 North Holliday Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202 has applied to relocate a section of Quarantine Road through the adjacent Quarantine Road Landfill, which is to alleviate commercial truck traffic at Hawkins Point Road and a nearby commercial compost facility. The project will permanently impact 9,572 square feet of emergent nontidal wetland and 32,833 square feet of a 25-foot nontidal wetland buffer. The project will temporarily impact 52 square feet of an unnamed intermittent nontidal tributary to Thomas Cove (Use I). Mitigation will be required for this project. Mitigation will be required for permanent impacts to 9,572 square feet of emergent nontidal wetland at 1:1 (0.23 acres), which is to be completed through the purchase of 9,572 square feet of nontidal wetland credits from the Peige Mitigation Bank or a similar approved facility in Maryland. The Applicant has also proposed onsite relocation of 4,540 square feet emergent nontidal wetland vegetation from within a ditch, which will not require mitigation since this is considered to be a “self-mitigating” activity by MDE. Public comments should be received no later than May 30, 2025. The project is located at 6100 Quarantine Road (Quarantine Road Landfill), in addition to linear portions of Quarantine Road, in Baltimore City (Curtis Bay), Maryland 21226. For more information, please contact Louis Parnes at louis.parnes@maryland.gov or at 410-537-3786. Any further notice concerning actions on the application will be provided only by mail to those people 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.
Harford County
24-NT-0249/202461621, AI #142967, HARFORD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, C/O Naveed Shah at 212 South Bond Street, 3rd Floor, Bel Air, Maryland 21014, has applied to replace Bridge #H-0013 and its existing piers with a wider replacement bridge span structure over Bynum Run at Hookers Mill Road. The angle of the new bridge span is to be slightly shifted to one side for better driver visibility and will not require bridge piers. The project will permanently impact 2,769 square feet of a 25-foot nontidal wetland buffer, 186 square feet of a perennial Use III stream (Bynum Run), and 18,465 square feet of a 100-year nontidal floodplain to a perennial Use III stream (Bynum Run). In addition, the project will temporarily impact 318 square feet of a perennial Use III stream (Bynum Run). Public comments should be received no later than May 30, 2025. The project
is located on Hookers Mill Road over Bynum Run, which is north of the intersection of MD Route 136 and MD Route 7, Abingdon, Maryland 21009. For more information, please contact Louis Parnes at louis.parnes@maryland.gov or at 410- 537-3786. Any further notice concerning actions on the application will be provided only by mail to those people 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.
Tidal Wetlands Division (410) 537-3571
Anne Arundel County
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 600 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. For more information contact Mel Throckmorton at mel.throckmorton@maryland.gov or at 410-375-2803.
Calvert County
24-WP-0979/25-WQC-0009/202461475 - FLAG HARBOR LLC at 1565 Flag Harbor Blvd, Saint Leonard, MD, 20685 has applied to 1) Mechanically maintenance dredge a new irregularly shaped 10,957 sq. ft. wide area to a depth of 7.0 feet at mean low water; and 2) Mechanically dredge an irregularly shaped 7,594 sq. ft. wide area, of which 6,750 sq. ft. is maintenance dredging and 844 sq. ft. is new dredging, to a depth of 5.0 feet at mean low water; and 3) Deposit approximately 808 cubic yards of dredged material on an approved upland disposal site located at Red’s LLC, 3625 Adelina Rd., Prince Frederick, MD, 20678; and 4) 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 Chesapeake Bay. For more information, please contact Kathryn Burcham at kathryn.burcham@maryland.gov or at (410) 707-5254.
Cecil County
24-WL-1147 / 25-WQC-0008 / 202461739: MCDANIEL YACHT BASIN, INC. at 15 Grandview Ave, North East has applied to reconfigure and reduce an existing 164 slip marina to 144 slips, replace 22,224 square feet of existing covered slips, install 4,077 linear feet of replacement bulkhead, 121 linear feet of new bulkhead, 525 linear feet of replacement wave screens, mechanically dredge a total of 16,433 square feet to depths of 5 feet and 4 feet below mean low water, mechanically maintenance dredge two existing travel lift wells to 5 feet below mean low water. 755 cubic yards of fill will be transported and disposed at Chase Clean Fill DMCF. Mitigation may be required for any dredging within shallow water habitat. The purpose of both the marina reconfiguration and the dredging is to improve navigable access. The proposed project is located within the tidal waters of the Northeast River at 15 Grandview Ave, North East, MD. For more information, contact Willem Brown at Willem.Brown@Maryland.gov or 667-408-0139.
St. Mary’s County
202560076/25-WL-0053 - SMITH CREEK INVESTMENTS LLC at 21027 Great Mills Rd., Lexington Park, MD, 20653 has applied for the following activities: 1) Emplace 350 feet of low profile stone sill within a maximum of 10 feet channelward of the mean high water line; 2) Emplace 40 feet of stone revetment within a maximum of 8 feet channelward of the mean high water line; 3) Remove 400 linear feet of concrete rubble and reuse the concrete material to repair 90 feet of stone revetment within a maximum of 8 feet channelward of the mean high water line; 4) Construct twenty low profile stone, sand containment structures extending a maximum of 25 feet channelward of the mean high water line; 5) To plant 1,200 square feet of spartina patens marsh vegetation along 50 feet of eroding shoreline within the upper limit of the tidal jurisdiction line; and 6) Construct a 100-foot long by 6-foot wide timber pier with one boat lift, one mooring pile, one osprey pole, all within a maximum of 100 feet channelward of the high waterline. The project is located on Calvert Bay at 16062 Smith Creek House Lane, Ridge, MD, 20680, Charles County. 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.
Water Quality Certifications – (410) 537-3456
25-WQC-0011 / 202462002 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, c/o Alexis Kolarz, at 2 Hopkins Plaza Baltimore, MD 21201 has requested a Water Quality Certification (WQC) under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act for the proposed modified reissuance of the Maryland State Programmatic General Permit-6 (MDSPGP-6) as the Maryland State Programmatic General Permit-7 (MDSPGP-7), for a five year period. The WQC application is for MDSPGP-7 activities that may result in a discharge of dredged and/or fill material in waters of the United States, including wetlands and navigable waters, within the State of Maryland except: Back Creek (of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal), east of a line extending from Welch Point to Courthouse Point to the Delaware line and to the Second Street Bridge to the south; Herring Creek east of the line extending from Welch Point to Courthouse Point to the dam that crosses Herring Creek; and Long Branch to the Boat Yard Road Bridge to the north, including jurisdictional wetlands adjacent and contiguous to these tidal waterways. The areas within Maryland waters identified above fall within the Philadelphia District’s regulatory geographic boundaries. A federal consistency determination has also been requested in accordance with the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) for this activity.
Arrangements may be made for inspection and copying of file materials. Interested parties may provide written comments on the requests or request an informational hearing. A request for a hearing must be in writing and include the following information: 1) Name, Address, and Telephone Number of the person making the request; 2) the identity of any other person(s) the requestor is representing; and 3) the specific issues proposed to be considered at the hearing related to water quality. Any person or party interested in commenting or requesting a hearing is requested to submit comments and requests to Alex Vazquez, Wetlands and Waterways Program, Water and Science Administration, Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800 Washington Blvd., Ste. 430, Baltimore, MD 21230, or email comments to alex.vazquez@maryland.gov or by phone at (410) 537-3541. Comments and/or a request for hearing must be received on or before June 16th, 2025 at 5:00 PM.
Waterway Construction Division – (410) 537-3456
No notices this period.
Stormwater, Dam Safety, and Flood Management Program - (410) 537-3552
Dam Safety Permits Division – (410) 537-3552
No notices this period.
