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10 V.S.A. § 6507
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 157 - Storage of Radioactive Material|§ 6507. Scope of State regulation of radioactive materials and waste

§ 6507. Scope of State regulation of radioactive materials and waste|(a) This section applies to:  (1) waste or material, generated within the United States, with respect to which all of the following apply:  (A) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials classified as radioactive waste by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as of January 1, 1989; (B)(i) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials that were not eligible and approved for special disposal provisions under the NRC regulations in effect as of January 1, 1989; or  (ii) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials that have not been determined to be approvable for special disposal under NRC regulations in effect as of January 1, 1989, even though the determination is made after that date; and  (C) it was generated or utilized by any government agency or pursuant to a government contract or license;  (2) waste or material generated outside the United States with respect to which all of the following apply:  (A) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials that would have been classified as radioactive waste or radioactive materials by the NRC as of January 1, 1989, if it had been generated within the United States; (B)(i) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials that would not have been eligible and approved for special disposal provisions under NRC regulations in effect as of January 1, 1989, if it had been generated within the United States; or  (ii) it is radioactive waste or radioactive materials that have not been determined to be approvable for special disposal under those regulations in effect as of January 1, 1989, had it been generated within the United States, even though the determination is made after that date.     (b) Waste or materials covered by subsection (a) of this section shall not be treated, recycled, stored, or disposed of except at a facility with a specific license, whether or not that radioactive waste or those materials, since January 1, 1989, have been deregulated or declared exempt from regulatory control by the NRC or other federal agencies. (Added 1989, No. 242 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 6521
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 157 - Storage of Radioactive Material|§ 6521. Findings

§ 6521. Findings|The General Assembly finds:  (1) The Vermont Yankee nuclear power station (Vermont Yankee) in Vernon provides a very large fraction of the State's power supply and is by far the largest power plant operating in the State. (2) Whether the plant runs to the end of its current license, is relicensed by the federal government, or is required to shut down on short notice, that large fraction of the State's supply will need to be replaced. (3) The State's future power supply should be diverse, reliable, economically sound, and environmentally sustainable. (4) In order to make a smooth transition to the future, the State needs to accelerate Vermont's investment in electricity resources that are economically and environmentally sound and that can be acquired in modest increments. (5) In making this transition, there is a great value in investing in renewable energy sources; efficient, combined heat and power facilities; and energy efficiency. (6) In support of these objectives, the General Assembly and Public Service Board have:  (A) Created the Statewide Energy Efficiency Fund and authorized significant ratepayer charges to support cost-effective investments in end-use energy efficiency resources. (B) Provided significant support for renewable resources through the creation of a statewide purchasing pool with long-term contracts for qualifying facilities, and a renewable portfolio standard, and are creating a related program to accelerate investments in new renewable and combined-heat and power projects. (C) Assured that these resources are supported financially by Vermont's utilities and ratepayers, including the former owners of Vermont Yankee.  (7) In addition to these existing mechanisms, there is a need for a Clean Energy Development Fund to support investment in clean energy resources in order to permit adequate power supply diversity. (Added 2005, No. 74, § 2.)
10 V.S.A. § 6551
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 158 - Fragile Areas Registry|§ 6551. Definitions

§ 6551. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Fragile area" means an area of land or water that has unusual or significant flora, fauna, geological, or similar features of scientific, ecological, or educational interest. (2) "Register" means the fragile areas register that lists those fragile areas designated by the Secretary. (3) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources. (4) "Adjacent" means those lands and waters directly abutting a site on the register, including lands and waters separated from the site by highways or bodies of water where such separated lands and waters are an integral part of the site's ecosystem. (5) "Registry" means the act of voluntary agreement between the owner of a fragile area and the Secretary for designation of the fragile area and its placement on the register of fragile areas. (6) "Register of fragile areas" means the listing of fragile areas that are being managed by the owner of the fragile area according to guidelines adopted by the Secretary. (Added 1977, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1989, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 6552
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 158 - Fragile Areas Registry|§ 6552. Fragile areas

§ 6552. Fragile areas|(a) The Secretary shall consider for designation on a register of fragile areas only a site that:  (1) is a significant statewide scientific, ecological, or educational value; or (2) is exemplary for the purposes of education or research in the natural sciences; or (3) has rare, remnant, or other unusual plants or animals or contains endangered species as determined by the Secretary under chapter 123 of this title; or (4) contains a necessary habitat as that term is defined in section 5401 of this title.   (b) To assist in the designation, the Secretary shall seek the advice of a fragile areas committee comprising five members, one from each of the following disciplines: zoology, botany, plant community ecology, geology, and wildlife.(c) Prior to designating a fragile area on the register, the Secretary shall:  (1) document the technical and scientific basis for the designation; (2) contact each owner of the fragile area to inform the owner of the significance of the fragile area and to achieve voluntary agreement from the owner to protect and manage the fragile area according to stewardship guidelines adopted by the Secretary; (3) provide information and assistance to each owner of the fragile area concerning the identification, protection, and management of the fragile area. (Added 1977, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
10 V.S.A. § 6553
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 158 - Fragile Areas Registry|§ 6553. Powers of the Secretary

§ 6553. Powers of the Secretary|(a) The Secretary shall:  (1) establish and maintain a register of fragile areas, including status, current ownership, and size of each area; and (2) adopt stewardship guidelines for maintenance and protection of registered fragile areas on private and State-owned lands.   (b) Actions by the Secretary shall be made pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25. (Added 1977, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
10 V.S.A. § 6554
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 158 - Fragile Areas Registry|§ 6554. Impact statement

§ 6554. Impact statement|A State agency, municipality, or organization, before making a capital improvement, which is funded in whole or in part by federal or State money, within or adjacent to a fragile area on public land shall, in compliance with rules adopted pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 3334, attach to the notice of intent for the State clearinghouse a statement of the impact of the proposed action on the fragile area. (Added 1977, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2015, No. 97 (Adj. Sess.), § 31.)
10 V.S.A. § 6555
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 158 - Fragile Areas Registry|§ 6555. Cooperation of agencies

§ 6555. Cooperation of agencies|State agencies shall:  (1) notify the Secretary before altering or transferring any publicly owned property that is listed in the register; and (2) provide for the maintenance or protection of State-owned properties listed in the register. (Added 1977, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
10 V.S.A. § 6556
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 158 - Fragile Areas Registry|§ 6556. Terms of fragile areas registry

§ 6556. Terms of fragile areas registry|(a) If the owner agrees to register a tract of land, and the Secretary so designates the tract a fragile area, the owner shall receive a certificate and stewardship guidelines to protect and manage the area.(b) The agreement may be terminated by either party by written notice to the other. The owner, upon termination, shall surrender the certificate.(c) The agreement shall be terminated when the owner of a registered fragile area sells, conveys, or otherwise transfers ownership or interest in the land containing the fragile area to another party, unless the new owner requests to remain on the register.(d) The name, location, and other information relating to the fragile area will be kept confidential if the owner so desires. (Added 1989, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
10 V.S.A. § 6601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 159 - Waste Management|§ 6601. Declaration of policy and purpose

§ 6601. Declaration of policy and purpose|(a) The developed world continues to pollute the environment and add to the depletion of the world's resources by burning and burying resources as waste. Furthermore, inefficient and improper methods of managing solid and hazardous waste result in scenic blights, hazards to the public health, cause pollution of air and water resources, increase the numbers of rodents and vectors of disease, have an adverse effect on land values, create public nuisances, and otherwise interfere with proper community life and development.(b) The overall problems of solid waste management have become a matter statewide in scope and in concern and necessitate State action through planning, financial, and technical assistance and regulation to reduce the amount of waste generated and to promote environmentally acceptable and economical means of waste management.(c) The generators of waste should pay disposal costs that reflect the real costs to society of waste management and disposal.(d) [Repealed.](e) It is the purpose of this chapter that the State provide technical and financial leadership to municipalities for the siting of solid waste management facilities and the implementation of a program for the management and reduction of wastes that over the long term is sustainable, environmentally sound, and economically beneficial and that encourages innovation and individual responsibility. The Program should give priority to reducing the waste stream through recycling and through the reduction of nonbiodegradable and hazardous ingredients. (Added 1977, No. 106, § 1; amended 1987, No. 78, § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 6603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 159 - Waste Management|§ 6603. Secretary; powers

§ 6603. Secretary; powers|In addition to any other powers conferred on him or her by law, the Secretary shall have the power to:  (1) Adopt, amend, and repeal rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 implementing the provisions of this chapter. (2) Issue compliance orders as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this chapter and enforce the same by all appropriate administrative and judicial proceedings. (3) Encourage local units of government to manage solid waste problems within their respective jurisdictions or by contract on a cooperative regional or interstate basis. (4) Provide technical assistance to municipalities. (5) Contract in the name of the State for the service of independent contractors under bond, or with an agency or department of the State, or a municipality, to perform services or to provide facilities necessary for the implementation of the State plan, including the transportation and disposition of solid waste. (6) Accept, receive, and administer grants or other funds or gifts from public and private agencies, including the federal government, for the purpose of carrying out any of the functions of this chapter. This would include the ability to convey such grants or other funds to municipalities or other instruments of State or local government. (7) Prepare a report that proposes methods and programs for the collection and disposal of household quantities of hazardous waste. The report shall compare the advantages and disadvantages of alternate programs and their costs. The Secretary shall undertake a voluntary pilot project to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of such a program when in the Secretary's opinion such can be undertaken without undue risk to the public health and welfare. Such pilot program may address one or more forms of hazardous waste. (8) Provide financial assistance to municipalities. (9) Manage the hazardous wastes generated, transported, treated, stored, or disposed in the State by administering a regulatory and management program that, at a minimum, meets the requirements of subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and amendments thereto, codified as 42 U.S.C. Chapter 82, subchapter 3, and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended. (10) Require a facility permitted under section 6605 of this title or a transporter permitted under section 6607 of this title to explain its rate structure for different categories of waste to ensure that the rate structure is transparent to residential consumers. (Added 1977, No. 106, § 1; amended 1983, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1989, No. 30, § 2, eff. April 27, 1989; 2011, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
10 V.S.A. § 6603d
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 159 - Waste Management|§ 6603d. User fee implementation assistance

§ 6603d. User fee implementation assistance|(a) The Secretary shall issue a grant to a municipality or a group of municipalities organized as a solid waste management district to develop and implement a system of user fees for municipally operated solid waste management facilities. Priority consideration shall be given to a municipality or a group of municipalities organized as a solid waste district that use privately owned or operated facilities for disposal of their solid waste. Within the amounts appropriated for this purpose, grants may be made for up to 100 percent of the costs of implementing a system of user fees.(b) After July 1, 1988, each municipality or solid waste district that pays a tax pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5952 shall be entitled to retain five percent of the amount due in order to defray costs of tax administration. (Added 1987, No. 78, § 7; amended 1989, No. 30, § 6, eff. April 27, 1989; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 26.)
10 V.S.A. § 6603g
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 159 - Waste Management|§ 6603g. Hazardous Waste Facility Grant Program

§ 6603g. Hazardous Waste Facility Grant Program|The Secretary shall administer a grant program under this section for any municipality that has received a notice of intent to construct a hazardous waste management facility under section 6606a of this title. The grant, not to exceed $75,000.00 and not to exceed 75 percent of the accepted estimated costs, may be used by the proposed host municipality to provide technical assistance and to otherwise assist the community to effectively assess the impacts of an existing application for a local permit for a hazardous waste treatment or disposal facility. (Added 1989, No. 282 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. June 22, 1990.)
10 V.S.A. § 6603h
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 159 - Waste Management|§ 6603h. Host community fee

§ 6603h. Host community fee|A municipality in which a facility certified under this chapter is located may negotiate a compensatory host payment from a solid waste district, a regional planning commission, the owner of the facility, or any combination of these. (Added 1991, No. 60, § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 6603i
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 159 - Waste Management|§ 6603i. Landfill closure grants

§ 6603i. Landfill closure grants|(a) The Secretary is authorized to award grants to municipalities and solid waste management districts for the portion of the cost of closure of unlined landfills receiving municipal solid waste located within the municipality or district. These grants shall be available to assist in the closure of any existing unlined landfills accepting solid waste as of June 9, 1992.(b) The amount of any grants made under this section shall not exceed the actual costs of closure of the facility, minus an amount equal to the total tonnage of waste disposed at the facility between July 1, 1989 and the last date of acceptance of solid waste for disposal at the facility, multiplied by $24.00 per ton. Eligible closure costs shall include all necessary construction costs, a reasonable cost for engineering oversight, and an amount, not to exceed five percent or $50,000.00, whichever is less, of the construction costs, to cover the legal, administrative, and fiscal costs. (Added 1991, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. June 9, 1992; amended 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 214; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 27.)
10 V.S.A. § 6603j
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 159 - Waste Management|§ 6603j. Curbside collection of waste oil

§ 6603j. Curbside collection of waste oil|(a) Municipalities that have more than 4,000 residents or that have mandatory curbside collection of recyclables shall be eligible for State grants under this section if they implement a program for the curbside collection of used oil by July 1, 1996. A private hauler that, by July 1, 1996, implements or participates in a program for the curbside collection of used oil shall be eligible if the private hauler serves a community or group of communities with a population of more than 4,000 or serves a community with mandatory curbside collection of recyclables. Eligibility in all cases shall depend upon the municipality's or the hauler's compliance with all State program requirements and upon the taking of all necessary precautions to minimize contamination while collecting used oil.(b) Municipalities that provide curbside collection services as specified in subsection (a) of this section and private haulers that provide such services may apply to the Secretary for grants under this subsection. Financial assistance may be provided in the form of grants to compensate up to 60 percent of the costs incurred:  (1) to retrofit collection vehicles to collect used oil at the curb (in an amount not to exceed $360.00 per truck); and (2) to purchase pumps necessary to transfer oil from collection vehicles to the larger aggregation container (in an amount not to exceed $300.00 per pump) as part of the operations of a used oil collection program that is part of the State program.   (c) Funding for this program shall come from the Petroleum Cleanup Fund, from which funds may be disbursed for this purpose in addition to those purposes authorized under 10 V.S.A. § 1941. The Secretary shall allocate grants under this section in amounts totaling not more than $20,000.00 per year after consulting with the technical advisory committee on solid waste and after establishing equitable limits on the number of grants that may be awarded, under this section, to particular areas of the State.(d) Recipients of grants under this section, for a period of three years from the date of receipt of the grant, shall be required to provide to their customers, on a quarterly basis, information that encourages those customers to participate in the curbside used oil collection program.(e) The Secretary may adopt rules establishing criteria for eligible collection programs and rules to manage grant allocation under this section. (Added 1993, No. 220 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 6604b
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 159 - Waste Management|§ 6604b. Testing of solid wastes prior to beneficial use on land or distribution and marketing

§ 6604b. Testing of solid wastes prior to beneficial use on land or distribution and marketing|(a) The Secretary of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets and with the Commissioner of Health, shall adopt rules to establish a testing program for all sewage sludge, or similar liquid wastes, prior to their beneficial use on land or prior to distribution and marketing of those wastes in liquid or solid form. The testing program shall establish a process for the determination of minimum testing frequencies and specific parameters for which analysis must be completed and shall detail procedures by which samples are collected, stored, and tested.(b) In establishing the process for the determination of test parameters and frequency, the rules shall take into account the size and complexity of the facility, the nature of the service area or collection system, including industrial contributions, the frequency of sewage sludge use on the land, and any existing data that is pertinent to the facility.(c) Rules regarding the application of waste to fields shall take into consideration the characteristics of the specific waste involved and shall calculate the heavy metal or micronutrient soil holding capacity based on a pH of 5.5 for the soil type at the application site, as appropriate.(d) A person subject to this section shall make all analytical results derived from the testing program provided for in this section available to the public upon request. (Added 1991, No. 157, § 1, eff. May 5, 1992; amended 2003, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)