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Planning commission recommends adding construction-and-demolition recycling facility to county waste plan
Summary
The commission voted to find text amendment Case 2601 consistent with the Calvert County comprehensive plan, clearing the way to recommend a privately financed construction-and-demolition recycling and transfer facility in Prince Frederick that would require an MDE refuse-disposal permit.
The Calvert County Planning Commission voted to find text amendment Case 2601 consistent with the county comprehensive plan and recommended the Board of County Commissioners adopt the amendment, a staff motion approved by voice vote.
Public Works staff told the commission the proposal would add a privately owned and financed recycling and transfer facility at 5340 Catch Road in Prince Frederick that would need a Maryland Department of the Environment refuse-disposal permit before operating. "The facility will be a privately owned and financed [facility]...and have a permitted capacity of 750 tons per day of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste," Public Works staff said during the presentation. Staff said the amendment is required in the comprehensive solid waste management plan for the county before MDE can issue a permit.
Andrew Springer, the applicant partner who spoke at the hearing, said the company expects "the lion's share" of material will be generated within Calvert County and that haulers and construction firms, not regular residents, would deliver the mixed loads directly to the proposed facility. Planning staff and Public Works clarified the site is intended as a sorting and separation operation: separated material would be shipped to permitted processors rather than turned into final construction products on site.
Staff said any fiscal impact is unknown until the facility is operating and that the county currently does not recycle C&D waste; materials now go to the county transfer station and, in some instances, are taken out of county for disposal. Commissioners asked whether material processed at the private facility would count toward the countys recycling totals; staff replied that tonnage reported by the facility would be included in annual recycling reporting if provided to the county.
No members of the public had signed up to speak on the text amendment. A commissioner moved to find Case 2601 consistent with the Calvert County comprehensive plan and recommend adoption; the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote.
Next step: the commissions recommendation will be forwarded to the Board of County Commissioners, which must consider the amendment and the applicant will still need a permit from MDE before construction or operation can begin.
