This is true. I've been doing SWM for 35 years in several states, and I can tell you that MD is much more difficult than PA, VA, WV, NY, NC, SC, and I guess others that I don't have experience in.
However, difficult does not equal good. Bureaucratic does not equal good either.
Besides, as has been pointed out, SWM is not done for 12" of rain. Our 100 year event is 7.3 (or 8.5, depending what you use) in 24 hours. No amount of hydrology can stop this. Hydraulics, OTOH, (the sizing of culverts and other conduits) could be improved, if there is room.
Ironically, a local stormwater group, Chesapeake Stormwater Network , http://chesapeakestormwater.net/category/publications/csn-technical-bulletins/ had their office in EC. Took almost a year for them to return after the 2016 flood (if I have that right).