Mid-Bay Islands
Request:  $1.5 billion
Maryland Department of Transportation
7201 Corporate Center Drive
P.O. Box 548
Hanover, MD 21076

The Mid-Chesapeake Bay Island Restoration Project, as recommended in the Chief Engineer’s Report of August 24, 2009, is necessary to provide placement capacity for material to be dredged from the approximately 125 miles of channels leading to the Port of Baltimore following closure of the current dredged material placement sites.   This project will restore approximately 2,100 acres at James and Barren Islands in the Chesapeake Bay through the beneficial reuse of dredged materials.

Anacostia Watershed Restoration Plan Implementation
Request: $50 million
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Suite 300
777 North Capitol Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002

WRDA 2007 directed the Corps to develop a 10-year comprehensive restoration plan for the Anacostia and its tributaries.  The plan, to be released early 2010, is expected to identify more than 2,500 projects at a cost of over $1 billion over 10 years.  Funding would enable the Corps of Engineers to begin implementation of the restoration plan.

Chesapeake Bay Section 510 Program
Request: $50 million
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Avenue
Tawes State Office Building
Annapolis, Maryland 21401

The Chesapeake Bay Environmental Restoration and Protection Program (Section 510 of WRDA 1996) authorized the Army Corps of Engineers to provide design and construction assistance to State and local authorities in the environmental restoration of the Chesapeake Bay.    This request would modify the program to include all states in the watershed, establish a small watershed grants program, and enable the use of in-kind services or contributions to match federal funds.  It would also increase the authorization level from $40 million to $50 million.

Mattawoman Wastewater Treatment Plant
Request: $16.9 million
Charles County, Maryland
Department of Planning and Growth Management
200 Baltimore Street
La Plata, Maryland 20646

Funding would be used for a variety of upgrades to the Mattawoman Wastewater Treatment Plant, including upgrades to current instrumentation, clarification, pumping, grit, and utility water systems, as well as bar screen and sluice gate replacements.

Benedict Central Sewer System
Request: $12 million
Charles County, Maryland
Department of Planning and Growth Management
200 Baltimore Street
La Plata, Maryland 20646

Funding would provide a central sewer collection/treatment system to replace the current failing sewer septic system which negatively impacts the Patuxent River and the Chesapeake Bay.

Greenbelt Lake Dam Rehabilitation
Request: $2 million
Prince George’s County, Maryland
Department of Environmental Resources
9400 Peppercorn Place
Largo, MD 20774

Funding would rehabilitate the 80 year-old Greenbelt Lake Dam at Indian Creek which is in need of correction of structural issues and dredging.  The dam is classified by the Maryland Department of the Environment as a High Hazard Dam.

Rehabilitation of County Storm Water Management Facilities (Ponds)
Request: $8 million
Prince George’s County, Maryland
Department of Public Works and Transportation
9400 Peppercorn Place
Largo, MD 20774

Funding would be used to restore capacity and design intent of the County’s 446 storm water management ponds. Functional maintenance currently performed does not include requisite major maintenance work such as dredging and re-grading activities to meet design storage capacity, or include modifications to the ponds to meet recent storm water management regulation requirements.

Little Paint Branch Stream Restoration
Request: $3 million
Prince George’s County, Maryland
Department of Environmental Resources
9400 Peppercorn Place
Largo, MD 20774

Funding would be used to restore the Little Paint Branch Stream in Prince George’s County.  This project includes five elements: creation of an extended detention wetland marsh; improving storm drain outfall; stream bank protection of approximately 2,000 linear feet using selective rip-rap or brush bundles; reforestation of riparian land adjacent to channelized section of stream; and installation of in-stream baffles and boulders where appropriate.