PUBLIC NOTICE

Middle Branch Resiliency Initiative Demonstration Project (Site 5a)

S. Hanover St (39.2463 N, 76.6092 W)

Baltimore City, Maryland

Application for Qualitative and Quantitative Control Waiver

The City of Baltimore Department of Public Works is accepting public review and comments on this project’s application for a qualitative control and quantitative control waivers.

Applicant: GreenVest, LLC, 4201 Northview Drive, Suite 202 Bowie, MD 20716

BCNR #: 10754

Watershed(s): Patapsco River

Project Description: The project has an approximate area of 12.3 acres and is located east at the intersection of S Hanover St and Potee St. The project will consist of the construction of an elevated offshore berm and 8.6 acres of tidal wetlands in the Middle Branch community of Baltimore Harbor as well as stabilize 1,500 LF of eroding existing shoreline.     

The Applicant is requesting a qualitative control waiver in accordance with Article 7, Division II, §23-2 of the City Code.  The Applicant has demonstrated that the 12.3 ac of the project will return the disturbed area to a predevelopment runoff condition. The applicant will not be required to provide qualitative control controls for 12.3 ac of this project. 

The Applicant is requesting a Quantitative Control Waiver in accordance with Article 7, §23-1 of the City Code.  The Applicant has demonstrated that 0.02 ac of the project has a direct, concentrated discharge of stormwater to tidal waters. The applicant will not be required to provide quantitative controls for 12.3 ac of this project. 

To obtain information about this waiver request, please contact Norman Seldon, Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Office of Research and Environmental Protection, Room 228, 3001 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, MD 21215, (410-396-0732) or by e-mail to DPW.Plansreview@baltimorecity.gov.

Send information or comments about this waiver request to Norman Seldon, Baltimore City Department of Public Works, Office of Research and Environmental Protection, Room 228, 3001 Druid Park Drive, Baltimore, MD  21215, (410-396-0732) or by e-mail to DPW.Plansreview@baltimorecity.gov by 4:30 PM, May 26, 2023.  Comments received after 4:30 PM, May 26, 2023, will not be considered.

Any further notices about actions on this application will be posted on the Department’s website.