In 2003, Springfield Township became a Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) under the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's (DEP) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit regulations.
These state regulations required Springfield Township to establish its own Stormwater Management Program for compliance. The Township has adopted the DEP-approved Act 167 plan to maintain compliance.
The DEP's protocols provide our township with suitable guidelines to design a local program that address the DEP's six Best Management Practices (or BMPs), which are also known as "control measures." These six BMP's are designed to reduce the discharge of pollutants from MS4s, to the maximum extent practical, to protect water quality, and to satisfy the appropriate requirements of the federal Clean Water Act. The six BMP categories are:
- Public Education & Outreach Control Measure.
- Public Participation & Involvement Control Measure.
- Illicit discharge Detection & Elimination Control Measure.
- Contruction Site Stormwater Runoff Control Measure.
- Post Construction Stormwater Management in New Development & Redevelopment Control Measure.
- Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping for Municipal Operations & Maintenance Control Measure.
The federal regulations provide flexibility within these six categories of BMPs.
If you have questions or require additional information regarding stormwater, please contact the Township Engineer at 215-836-7600.
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