Pennsylvania's Stormwater Management Act (Act 167) drives Monroe County's rules: the county adopts watershed plans and each township enacts an ordinance controlling runoff. On the steep, rocky Pocono slopes above Brodhead Creek, that control matters.
Under Act 167 (32 P.S. §680.1 et seq.), Monroe County prepares watershed stormwater plans and municipalities from Stroud and Pocono Townships to Coolbaugh adopt ordinances keyed to them. New development must manage runoff so post-construction flows into Brodhead Creek, McMichael Creek, Pocono Creek, and the Delaware River do not worsen downstream flooding. Steep slopes, often above 15 percent, and thin soils speed runoff, so many townships add steep-slope and impervious-cover limits. The Monroe County Conservation District reviews erosion and sediment control plans, and any earth disturbance of one acre or more needs a PA DEP NPDES construction permit.
Building without an approved stormwater plan draws stop-work orders and municipal fines, and illicit discharges to a stream or storm sewer trigger PA DEP enforcement under the Clean Streams Law, with penalties and mandatory restoration.
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