Source: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/10/201/08007
Timestamp: 2020-08-04 09:10:03
Document Index: 800294629

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 8007', '§ 1', '§ 12', '§ 38', '§ 71', '§ 3', '§ 236', '§ 25', '§ 1']

Chapter 201 : ADMINISTRATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Subchapter 003 : ENFORCEMENT
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 8007)
(1) Prevention, abatement, alleviation, or restoration schedules.
(A) The respondent shall disburse all required contributions to the project or shall be in full and continuing compliance with a payment schedule established by the assurance of discontinuance no later than 180 days after the effective date of the assurance of discontinuance requiring the funding of such project.
(B) In the event that a respondent fails to comply with subdivision (A) of this subdivision (2), the respondent shall place the funds into either an attorneys' interest on lawyers' trust account (IOLTA) or an escrow account until such time as the terms of the agreement between the Secretary and the respondent authorize the release of the funds, provided that the Secretary may, as a term of the agreement, require payment of the funds as a monetary penalty if noncompliance with subdivision (A) of this subdivision (2) continues.
(D) Unless otherwise contrary to requirements of federal law, the Secretary may allow a contribution from a municipality to primarily benefit the municipality. For purposes of this subsection, "municipality" shall mean a city, town, or village.
(B) into the Treasury for the portion of a settlement attributable to the resolution of a violation under authority that the Secretary enforces under subsection 8003(a) of this title, for use by the Secretary.
(c) An assurance of discontinuance shall be in writing and signed by the respondent and shall specify the statute or regulation alleged to have been violated. The assurance of discontinuance shall be simultaneously filed with the Attorney General and the Environmental Division. The Secretary or the Natural Resources Board shall post a final draft assurance of discontinuance to its website and shall provide a final draft assurance of discontinuance to a person upon request. When signed by the Environmental Division, the assurance shall become a judicial order. Upon motion by the Attorney General made within 14 days after the date the assurance is signed by the Division and upon a finding that the order is insufficient to carry out the purposes of this chapter, the Division shall vacate the order.
(d) If the respondent complies with an assurance of discontinuance signed by the Division, the respondent shall not be liable for additional civil or criminal penalties with respect to the facts set forth in the assurance of discontinuance. (Added 1989, No. 98, § 1; amended 1993, No. 164 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 1993, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 38, eff. March 15, 1995; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 71, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2007, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2009, No. 146 (Adj. Sess.), § F17; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 236; 2013, No. 11, § 25; 2018, No. 8 (Sp. Sess.), § 1, eff. June 28, 2018.)