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10 V.S.A. § 1283a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1283a. Contaminants of Emerging Concern Special Fund

§ 1283a. Contaminants of Emerging Concern Special Fund|(a) The Contaminants of Emerging Concern Special Fund is established pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 to provide grants to public water systems responding to or remediating emerging contaminants in a public water supply. The Secretary of Natural Resources shall administer the Fund and may make disbursements from the Fund for the following costs:  (1) investigation of an actual or threatened impact to or contamination of natural resources or public assets presented by an emerging contaminant; (2) reimbursement to any person for:  (A) expenditures made to provide alternative water supplies or to take other emergency measures deemed necessary by the Secretary to protect human health from emerging contaminants; or (B) expenditures by a public asset to pay for the treatment or disposal of an emerging contaminant;  (3) payment of the costs of oversight or conducting assessment of a natural resource where injury has resulted or is likely to result from of an emerging contaminant; or (4) payment of the costs of oversight or conducting restoration, replacement, or rehabilitation of a natural resource injured by an emerging contaminant.   (b) The Secretary may bring an action under this section or other available State and federal laws to enforce the obligation to repay the Fund.(c) As used in this section:  (1) "Emerging contaminant" means:  (A) a hazardous material as defined in subdivision 6602(16) of this title; (B) any constituent for which the Department of Health has established a health advisory; or (C) any constituent that the Secretary determines is an imminent and substantial endangerment to human health, natural resources, or public assets.  (2) "Natural resources" means fish, wildlife, biota, air, surface water, groundwater, wetlands, drinking water supplies, or State-held public lands. (3) "Public asset" means:  (A) any wastewater treatment facility permitted under chapter 47 of this title; (B) any public water system or noncommunity system permitted under chapter 56 of this title; (C) any potable water supply permitted under chapter 64 of this title; or (D) any facility for the disposal of solid waste permitted under chapter 159, provided that the facility did not know that the waste was an emerging contaminant at the time of disposal.  (4) "Secretary" shall mean Secretary of Natural Resources.   (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude, supplant, or limit any other statutory or common-law rights or remedies. (Added 2019, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. July 6, 2020.)
10 V.S.A. § 1284
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1284. Water quality data coordination

§ 1284. Water quality data coordination|(a) To facilitate attainment or accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter, the Secretary shall coordinate and assess all available data and science regarding the quality of the waters of the State, including:  (1) light detection and ranging information data (LIDAR); (2) stream gauge data; (3) stream mapping, including fluvial erosion hazard maps; (4) water quality monitoring or sampling data; (5) cumulative stressors on a watershed, such as the frequency an activity is conducted within a watershed or the number of stormwater or other permits issued in a watershed; and (6) any other data available to the Secretary.   (b) After coordination of the data required under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall:  (1) assess where additional data are needed and the best methods for collection of such data; (2) identify and map on a watershed basis areas of the State that are significant contributors to water quality problems or are in critical need of water quality remediation or response.   (c) The Secretary shall post all data compiled under this section on the website of the Agency of Natural Resources. (Added 2015, No. 64, § 35.)
10 V.S.A. § 1301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1301. Deposit of sawmill waste in waters

§ 1301. Deposit of sawmill waste in waters|(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to deposit edgings, slabs, sawdust, shavings, or any other sawmill refuse in the waters of any stream, pond, reservoir, or lake in this State or on the shores or banks thereof in such a manner as to be subject to being washed in the main stream or body of water under normal high water conditions.(b) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined no more than $100.00 for each offense. (Amended 1963, No. 224; 1967, No. 112.)
10 V.S.A. § 1310
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1310. Designation of lake in crisis

§ 1310. Designation of lake in crisis|(a) The Secretary of Natural Resources (Secretary) shall review whether a lake in the State should be designated as a lake in crisis upon the Secretary's own motion or upon petition of 15 or more persons or a selectboard of a municipality in which the lake or a portion of the lake is located.(b) The Secretary shall designate a lake as a lake in crisis if, after review under subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary determines that:  (1) the lake or segments of the lake have been listed as impaired; (2) the condition of the lake will cause:  (A) a potential harm to the public health; and (B) a risk of damage to the environment or natural resources; and  (3) a municipality in which the lake or a portion of the lake is located has reduced the valuation of real property due to the condition of the lake. (Added 2017, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 22, 2018.)
10 V.S.A. § 1311
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1311. State response to a lake in crisis

§ 1311. State response to a lake in crisis|(a) Adoption of crisis response plan. When a lake is declared in crisis, the Secretary shall within 90 days after the designation of the lake in crisis issue a comprehensive crisis response plan for the management of the lake in crisis in order to improve water quality in the lake or to mitigate or eliminate the potential harm to public health or the risk of damages to the environment or natural resources. The Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets and the Secretary of Transportation in the development of the crisis response plan. The crisis response plan may require implementation of one or both of the following in the watershed of the lake in crisis:  (1) water quality requirements necessary to address specific harms to public health or risks to the environment or natural resources; or (2) implementation of or compliance with existing water quality requirements under one or more of the following:  (A) water quality requirements under chapter 47 of this title, including requiring a property owner to obtain a permit or implement best management practices for the discharge of stormwater runoff from any size of impervious surfaces if the Secretary determines that the treatment of the discharge of stormwater runoff is necessary to reduce the adverse impacts to water quality of the discharge or stormwater on the lake in crisis; (B) agricultural water quality requirements under 6 V.S.A. chapter 215, including best management practices under 6 V.S.A. § 4810 to reduce runoff from the farm; or (C) water quality requirements adopted under section 1264 of this section for stormwater runoff from municipal or State roads.    (b) Public hearing. The Secretary shall hold at least one public hearing in the watershed of the lake in crisis and shall provide an opportunity for public notice and comment for a proposed lake in crisis response plan.(c) Term of designation. A lake shall remain designated as in crisis under this section until the Secretary determines that the lake no longer satisfies the criteria for designation under subsection (b) of this section.(d) Agency cooperation and services. All other State agencies shall cooperate with the Secretary in responding to the lake in crisis, and the Secretary shall be entitled to seek technical and scientific input or services from the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets, the Agency of Transportation, or other necessary State agencies. (Added 2017, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 22, 2018.)
10 V.S.A. § 1312
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1312. Lake in crisis order

§ 1312. Lake in crisis order|The Secretary of Natural Resources, pursuant to chapter 201 of this title, or the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, pursuant to 6 V.S.A. chapter 215, may issue an order to require a person to:  (1) take an action identified in the lake in crisis response plan; (2) cease or remediate any acts, discharges, site conditions, or processes contributing to the impairment of the lake in crisis; (3) mitigate a significant contributor of a pollutant to the lake in crisis; or (4) conduct testing, sampling, monitoring, surveying, or other analytical operations required to determine the nature, extent, duration, or severity of the potential harm to the public health or a risk of damage to the environment or natural resources. (Added 2017, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 22, 2018.)
10 V.S.A. § 1313
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1313. Assistance

§ 1313. Assistance|(a) A person subject to a lake in crisis order shall be eligible for technical and financial assistance from the Secretary to be paid from the Lake in Crisis Response Program Fund. The Secretary shall adopt by procedure the process for application for assistance under this section.(b) State financial assistance awarded under this section shall be in the form of a grant. An applicant for a State grant shall pay at least 35 percent of the total eligible project cost or shall pay the specific cost share authorized by statute for the program from which the grant is awarded. The dollar amount of a State grant shall be equal to the total eligible project cost, less the percent of the total required to be paid by the applicant, and less the amount of any federal assistance awarded.(c) A grant awarded under this section shall comply with all terms and conditions for the issuance of State grants. (Added 2017, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 22, 2018.)
10 V.S.A. § 1314
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1314. Funding of State response to a lake in crisis

§ 1314. Funding of State response to a lake in crisis|(a) Initial response. Upon designation of a lake in crisis, the Secretary may, for the purposes of the initial response to the lake in crisis, expend up to $50,000.00 appropriated to the Agency of Natural Resources from the Clean Water Fund for authorized contingency spending.(b) Long-term funding. Annually, the Secretary of Natural Resources shall present to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations a multiyear plan for the funding of all lakes designated in crisis under this subchapter. Based on the multiyear plan, the Secretary of Administration annually shall recommend to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations recommended appropriations to the Lake in Crisis Response Program Fund for the subsequent fiscal year. (Added 2017, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 22, 2018.)
10 V.S.A. § 1315
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1315. Lake in Crisis Response Program Fund

§ 1315. Lake in Crisis Response Program Fund|(a) There is created a special fund known as the Lake in Crisis Response Program Fund to be administered by the Secretary of Natural Resources. The Fund shall consist of:  (1) funds that may be appropriated by the General Assembly; and (2) other gifts, donations, or funds received from any source, public or private, dedicated for deposit into the Fund.   (b) The Secretary shall use monies deposited in the Fund for the Secretary's implementation of a crisis response plan for a lake in crisis and for financial assistance under section 1313 of this title to persons subject to a lake in crisis order.(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of 32 V.S.A. § 588(3) and (4), interest earned by the Fund and the balance of the Fund at the end of the fiscal year shall be carried forward in the Fund and shall not revert to the General Fund. (Added 2017, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 22, 2018.)
10 V.S.A. § 1331
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1331. Preamble

§ 1331. Preamble|Whereas, the growth of population and the development of the territory of the New England states has resulted in serious pollution of certain interstate streams, ponds and lakes, and of tidal waters ebbing and flowing past the boundaries of two or more states; andWhereas, such pollution constitutes a menace to the health, welfare and economic prosperity of the people living in such area; andWhereas, the abatement of existing pollution and the control of future pollution in the interstate waters of the New England area are of prime importance to the people and can best be accomplished through the cooperation of the New England states in the establishment of an interstate agency to work with the states in the field of pollution abatement;Now, therefore, The states of Connecticut and Rhode Island and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont when authorized and do join herein) are now bound and do agree as follows:
10 V.S.A. § 1332
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1332. Waters subject to compact- Article I

§ 1332. Waters subject to compact- Article I|It is agreed between the signatory states that the provisions of this compact shall apply to streams, ponds and lakes which are contiguous to two or more signatory states or which flow through two or more signatory states or which have a tributary contiguous to two or more signatory states or flowing through two or more signatory states, and also shall apply to tidal waters ebbing and flowing past the boundaries of two states.
10 V.S.A. § 1333
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1333. Creation of Commission- Article II

§ 1333. Creation of Commission- Article II|There is hereby created the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (hereinafter referred to as the Commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic, having the powers, duties and jurisdiction herein enumerated and such other and additional powers as shall be conferred upon it by the act or acts of a signatory state concurred in by the others.
10 V.S.A. § 1334
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1334. Composition of Commission- Article III

§ 1334. Composition of Commission- Article III|The Commission shall consist of five commissioners from each signatory state, each of whom shall be a resident voter of the state from which he or she is appointed. The commissioners shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms provided by law of the state from which they shall be appointed. For each state there shall be on the Commission a member representing the state health department, a member representing the state water pollution control board (if such exists), and, except where a state in its enabling legislation decides that the best interests of the state will be otherwise served, a member representing municipal interests, a member representing industrial interests, and a member representing an agency acting for fisheries or conservation.
10 V.S.A. § 1335
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1335. General powers of Commission- Article IV

§ 1335. General powers of Commission- Article IV|The Commission shall annually elect from its members a chair and vice chair and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge such officers. It may appoint and employ a secretary who shall be a professional engineer versed in water pollution and may employ such stenographic or clerical employees as shall be necessary, and at its pleasure remove or discharge such employees. It shall adopt a seal and suitable bylaws and shall promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control. It may maintain an office for the transaction of its business and may meet at any time or place within the signatory states. Meetings shall be held at least twice each year. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no action of the Commission imposing any obligation on any signatory state or on any municipal agency or subdivision thereof or on any person, firm or corporation therein shall be binding unless a majority of the members from such signatory state shall have voted in favor thereof. Where meetings are planned to discuss matters relevant to problems of water pollution control affecting only certain of the signatory states, the Commission may vote to authorize special meetings of the commissioners of the states especially concerned. The Commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall make an annual report to the governor and the legislature of each signatory state setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this compact, and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the signatory states which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this compact. The Commission shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office, administrative, traveling or other expenses prior to the allotment of funds by the signatory states adequate to meet the same; nor shall the Commission pledge the credit of any of the signatory states. Each signatory state reserves the right to provide hereafter by law for the examination and audit of the accounts of the Commission. The Commission shall appoint a treasurer who may be a member of the Commission, and disbursements by the Commission shall be valid only when authorized by the Commission and when vouchers therefor have been signed by the secretary and countersigned by the treasurer. The secretary shall be custodian of the records of the Commission with authority to attest to and certify such records or copies thereof.
10 V.S.A. § 1336
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1336. Water standards; classification- Article V

§ 1336. Water standards; classification- Article V|It is recognized, owing to such variable factors as location, size, character and flow and the many varied uses of the waters subject to the terms of this compact, that no single standard of sewage and waste treatment and no single standard of quality of receiving waters is practical and that the degree of treatment of sewage and industrial wastes should take into account the classification of the receiving waters according to present and proposed highest use, such as for drinking water supply, industrial and agricultural uses, bathing and other recreational purposes, maintenance and propagation of fish life, shellfish culture, navigation and disposal of wastes.The Commission shall establish reasonable physical, chemical and bacteriological standards of water quality satisfactory for various classifications of use. It is agreed that each of the signatory states through appropriate agencies will prepare a classification of its interstate waters in entirety or by portions according to present and proposed highest use and for this purpose technical experts employed by state departments of health and state water pollution control agencies are authorized to confer on questions relating to classification of interstate waters affecting two or more states. Each signatory state agrees to submit its classification of its interstate waters to the Commission for approval. It is agreed that after such approval all signatory states through their appropriate state health departments and water pollution control agencies will work to establish programs of treatment of sewage and industrial wastes which will meet standards established by the Commission for classified waters. The Commission may from time to time make such changes in definitions of, classifications and in standards as may be required by changed conditions or as may be necessary for uniformity.
10 V.S.A. § 1337
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1337. Interstate inland and tidal waters- Article VI

§ 1337. Interstate inland and tidal waters- Article VI|Each of the signatory states pledges to provide for the abatement of existing pollution and for the control of future pollution of interstate inland and tidal waters as described in Article I, and to put and maintain the waters thereof in a satisfactory condition consistent with the highest classified use of each body of water.
10 V.S.A. § 1338
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1338. Effect on local legislation; pending causes- Article VII

§ 1338. Effect on local legislation; pending causes- Article VII|Nothing in this compact shall be construed to repeal or prevent the enactment of any legislation or prevent the enforcement of any requirement by any signatory state imposing any additional condition or restriction to further lessen the pollution of waters within its jurisdiction. Nothing herein contained shall affect or abate any action now pending brought by any governmental board or body created by or existing under any of the signatory states.
10 V.S.A. § 1339
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1339. Expenses; obligation of signatories- Article VIII

§ 1339. Expenses; obligation of signatories- Article VIII|The signatory states agree to appropriate for the salaries, office, administrative, travel and other expenses such sum or sums as shall be recommended by the Commission. The commonwealth of Massachusetts obligates itself only to the extent of $6,500.00 in any one year, the state of Connecticut only to the extent of $3,000.00 in any one year, the state of Rhode Island only to the extent of $1,500.00 in any one year, and the states of New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont each only to the extent of $1,000.00 in any one year.
10 V.S.A. § 1340
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 47 - Water Pollution Control|§ 1340. Separability of provisions- Article IX

§ 1340. Separability of provisions- Article IX|Should any part of this compact be held to be contrary to the constitution of any signatory state or of the United States, all other parts thereof shall continue to be in full force and effect.