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10 V.S.A. § 1631
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 55 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Supply and Water Pollution Abatement and Control|§ 1631. Transfer of funds

§ 1631. Transfer of funds|The Commissioner of the Department, with the approval of the Secretary of Natural Resources, the Secretary of Administration, and the Emergency Board, may transfer any unexpended balance of funds between a municipal pollution control or water supply planning or construction and storm water separation project authorized under this chapter if, in his or her judgment, financial or economic conditions are such that the best interests of the State would be served thereby. (Added 1975, No. 254 (Adj. Sess.), § 139; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 37; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
10 V.S.A. § 1632
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 55 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Supply and Water Pollution Abatement and Control|§ 1632. State administrative departments

§ 1632. State administrative departments|For the purpose of constructing or substantially improving a water pollution abatement and control facility, any State administrative department as authorized in Title 3 shall be deemed a municipality under section 1623 of this title and subject to the terms and conditions applicable to municipalities; provided, however, that a State administrative department deemed a municipality shall only receive State assistance under this chapter if the Department has a surplus of funds at the end of each fiscal year after all municipal grant applicants have received committed funds. (Added 1979, No. 73, § 2, eff. May 7, 1979; amended 1981, No. 44; 2015, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. May 12, 2016.)
10 V.S.A. § 1650
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 55 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Supply and Water Pollution Abatement and Control|§ 1650. Department acting on behalf of municipality

§ 1650. Department acting on behalf of municipality|Any municipality may request the Department to act in its behalf in undertaking the planning and construction of facilities described in this chapter. (Added 1971, No. 97, § 3, eff. April 22, 1971; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 39.)
10 V.S.A. § 1651
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 55 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Supply and Water Pollution Abatement and Control|§ 1651. Application for assistance

§ 1651. Application for assistance|When the voters of the municipality at a duly warned meeting have authorized the proper officials of the municipality to make application to and to enter into a contract with the Department for specific engineering and technical services, the municipality pursuant to a written application to the Department submitted in a form prescribed by the Department may enter into a contract with the Department under this subchapter. (Added 1971, No. 97, § 3, eff. April 22, 1971.)
10 V.S.A. § 1652
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 55 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Supply and Water Pollution Abatement and Control|§ 1652. Contracts

§ 1652. Contracts|Upon approval of the application, the Department shall prepare and offer to the municipality a contract for services requested, which shall include such terms and conditions as the Department determines to be reasonable, including reimbursement of all costs of such services. (Added 1971, No. 97, § 3, eff. April 22, 1971.)
10 V.S.A. § 1653
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 55 - Aid to Municipalities for Water Supply and Water Pollution Abatement and Control|§ 1653. Eligibility

§ 1653. Eligibility|For the purposes of this subchapter, the Department, when acting on behalf of a municipality, is an eligible applicant for funds available under this chapter. Eligible planning and construction costs shall include the cost to the Department of undertaking these services on behalf of the municipality; however, in no case shall the Department administration charges exceed two percent of the project cost. Nothing in this subchapter shall relieve a municipality of its duty to provide the land required for the project or to contribute funds toward the cost of the project as otherwise required by law. (Added 1971, No. 97, § 3, eff. April 22, 1971; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 40.)
10 V.S.A. § 1673
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1673. Prohibitions

§ 1673. Prohibitions|(a) A person shall not alter, expand, or otherwise modify an existing public water system or public water source without a permit from the Secretary.(b) A person shall not construct a new public water system or public water source or change an existing water system or source into a public water system or public water source without a permit from the Secretary.(c) A person shall not operate a public water system or public water source without a permit from the Secretary.(d) As of July 1, 1993, a person shall not operate a public water system unless the Secretary has certified the person as a public water system operator pursuant to this chapter.(e) A person shall not operate or maintain a public water system or public water source in a manner that causes or allows that system or source to be at risk of damage or contamination.(f) A person shall not sell imported or domestic containerized, bottled, or packaged drinking water in the State of Vermont unless:  (1) the water and the source and system of the imported water is regulated by drinking water standards or requirements substantially equivalent to or more stringent than standards or requirements established by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 1672(b) of this title and the importer of the water has presented certification of such standards; (2) the water and the source and system of the domestic drinking water meet the standards or requirements established by the Secretary pursuant to subsection 1672(b) of this title; and (3) the name, source, and the location of the bottler of spring, artesian, or municipal water are identified. (Added 1991, No. 71, § 2; amended 1993, No. 47, § 2; 1999, No. 50, § 1; 1999, No. 63, § 4.)
10 V.S.A. § 1674
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1674. Certification of water system operators

§ 1674. Certification of water system operators|(a)(1) The Secretary shall by rule establish processes and criteria for:   (A) the classification of public water systems for the purpose of certifying operators; and (B) the certification of persons qualified to operate specific classes of public water systems.  (2) The rules shall minimize the regulatory burden on smaller systems, to the extent allowable by State and federal law.   (b)(1) The Secretary may suspend or revoke a certificate granted under this section, after notice and opportunity to be heard, if the Secretary finds that the certificate holder has:   (A) submitted materially false or materially inaccurate information; or (B) violated any material requirement, restriction, or condition of the certificate.  (2) The Secretary shall set forth what steps, if any, may be taken by the certificate holder to relieve the holder of the suspension or enable the certificate holder to reapply for certification if a previous certificate has been revoked. (Added 1991, No. 71, § 2.)
10 V.S.A. § 1675a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1675a. Permitting exemption

§ 1675a. Permitting exemption|(a) The requirements of this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter, except the construction permitting requirements, shall not apply to a public water system that:  (1) Consists only of distribution and storage facilities and does not have any collection and treatment facilities; (2) Obtains all of its water from, but is not owned or operated by, a public water system to which this chapter applies; (3) Does not engage in the sale of water to any person. For purposes of this section and 30 V.S.A. § 203(3), a "sale" of water does not occur when:  (A) the rate charged to the consumer by the receiving water system is the same as the rate charged by the public water system for supplying water to the receiving water system; and (B) the receiving water system follows the uniform water and sewer disconnect requirements of 24 V.S.A. chapter 129, except that 24 V.S.A. § 5147 shall not apply and appeals shall be governed by the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure;  (4) Is not a carrier that conveys passengers in interstate commerce; (5) Serves less than 500 persons; and (6) Is served by a public water system that certifies to the Secretary that:  (A) the receiving public water system is responsible for the repair and maintenance of their own water system unless otherwise agreed to by the wholesale system; and (B) the public water system supplying water to the receiving water system is responsible for:  (i) including the receiving public water system in its water quality sampling plans; (ii) providing consumer confidence reports to the receiving system's users; and (iii) issuing public notice to the receiving system's users if a violation of a drinking water contaminant standard exists or if the Secretary determines that a condition exists that may present a risk to public health.     (b) The water system supplying water to the receiving water system is responsible for the requirements contained in subdivision (a)(6)(B) of this section until 180 days after the water system supplying water to the receiving water system files a notice with the Secretary of Natural Resources and the receiving system of its intent to withdraw from any obligation made under subdivision (a)(6)(B) of this section.(c) Notwithstanding the exemption contained in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of Natural Resources may take any reasonable steps that are necessary to abate a public health threat at a public water system that is otherwise exempt. (Added 2007, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 1676a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1676a. Permits; systems affecting farms; liability for contamination

§ 1676a. Permits; systems affecting farms; liability for contamination|(a) The Secretary shall issue a permit for a new source for a public water system only after making the findings required by subsection 1675(b) of this title. In addition, if the Secretary finds there are agricultural lands in the area that are likely to affect the proposed source but not likely to constitute a public health hazard, the Secretary shall require the applicant to certify in the permit that the proposed source will be abandoned, replaced, or treated if it becomes contaminated by agricultural activities conducted on the agricultural lands.(b) The Secretary may require the permittee to monitor the area around the permitted source to obtain knowledge of potential contaminants. If contamination occurs, the Secretary shall make a determination whether the permittee shall abandon the contaminated source and use an alternative source or, if use of an alternative source is not feasible, treat the contaminated source. If the source is treated, the Secretary shall find that it has been properly treated according to applicable drinking water standards and that continued use of the source will not adversely affect the health and safety of the public.(c) An owner or lessee of agricultural lands who alleges that the agricultural lands are within the area of a proposed new public water source may appeal a decision of the Secretary pursuant to section 1680 of this title.(d) An owner or lessee of agricultural lands shall not be liable for personal injury or property damage resulting from contamination of a permitted water source so long as the owner or lessee was utilizing required agricultural practices at the time the water source was contaminated and so long as the lands were agricultural at the time the permit was issued.(e) Nothing in this section shall prohibit an applicant from negotiating an agreement with an owner of agricultural lands or from using authority granted in any other provision of law to secure rights to the property in question. (Added 1991, No. 71, § 2; amended 2015, No. 64, § 13.)
10 V.S.A. § 1677
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1677. Inspection and application for search warrants

§ 1677. Inspection and application for search warrants|Any health officer or municipal board of health is authorized:  (1) to inspect public water sources, public water systems, or public water source protection areas, pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 107; and (2) to apply for search warrants pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 121. (Added 1991, No. 71, § 2.)
10 V.S.A. § 1678
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1678. Prohibition on use of lead pipes, solder, and flux

§ 1678. Prohibition on use of lead pipes, solder, and flux|(a) No person shall use any pipe, solder, or flux in the installation or repair of any public water system, or in any plumbing providing drinking water that is connected to a public water system, unless it is lead free.(b) For purposes of this section, the term "lead free" means:  (1) solders and flux containing not more than 0.2 percent lead; (2) pipes and pipe fittings containing not more than 8.0 percent lead.   (c) Each public water system shall identify and provide notice in the manner required by the Secretary by rule to persons that may be affected by lead contamination of their drinking water where such contamination results from the following:  (1) the lead content in the construction materials of the public water system; or (2) corrosivity of the public water source sufficient to cause leaching of lead.   (d) This section shall not apply to leaded joints necessary for the repair of cast iron pipes. (Added 1991, No. 71, § 2.)
10 V.S.A. § 1680
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1680. Appeals

§ 1680. Appeals|Appeals of any act or decision of the Department under this subchapter shall be made in accordance with chapter 220 of this title. (Added 1991, No. 71, § 2; amended 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 41, eff. Jan. 31, 2005.)
10 V.S.A. § 1681
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1681. Criminal enforcement

§ 1681. Criminal enforcement|(a) Any permit holder or person who violates a provision of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, who fails or neglects to obey or comply with the terms of a permit issued under this chapter, or who fails or neglects to obey or comply with an assurance of discontinuance or order relating to this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000.00. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance shall be deemed a separate violation.(b) Any permit holder or person who refuses to obey or comply with the terms of a permit issued under this chapter or who refuses to obey or comply with an assurance of discontinuance or order relating to this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than $25,000.00 or be imprisoned not more than six months, or both. Each violation shall be a separate offense and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance shall be deemed a separate violation.(c) Any person who knowingly makes a false statement, representation, or certification as to any material fact in any application, record, report, plan, testing result, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this chapter, or who falsifies, tampers with, or knowingly renders inaccurate a testing device or method required to be maintained under this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter, or any permit or certification issued pursuant to this chapter, or any assurance of discontinuance or order relating to the provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than $10,000.00 or be imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.(d) When a municipal corporation, as defined in 24 V.S.A. § 3301, acquires any existing public water source or existing public water system, as defined in subdivisions 1671(4) and (5) of this title, the Secretary shall establish, in a permit issued under this chapter, a compliance schedule that provides for reasonable time and effort for the municipal corporation to achieve compliance with this chapter for any deficiencies in the acquired source or system. If the municipal corporation remains in compliance with the terms of its permit, no cause of action or grounds for enforcement shall lie against the municipal corporation for violations due to the reasons giving rise to the compliance schedule. (Added 1991, No. 71, § 2; amended 1993 No. 164 (Adj. Sess.). § 11; 2019, No. 14, § 39, eff. April 30, 2019.)
10 V.S.A. § 1682
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1682. Private right of action

§ 1682. Private right of action|The provisions of 18 V.S.A. § 122 shall apply to this chapter. (Added 1991, No. 71, § 2.)
10 V.S.A. § 1683
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1683. Filtration requirements

§ 1683. Filtration requirements|(a) The Department of Environmental Conservation shall review each application for a construction grant to determine whether the project qualifies for an avoidance of filtration waiver under the surface water treatment rule and notify the applicant of the results of that review. The Department shall provide an opportunity for the applicant to submit information in support of an affirmative finding.(b) The Department of Environmental Conservation shall grant waivers to requirements for water filtration and exemptions to public and private water systems as provided under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, surface water rule, when a water system owner demonstrates that the water system has a proven record of delivering adequate quantities of clean and safe drinking water and that adequate protection of the surface water source is or may be assured. (Added 1991, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. June 9, 1992; amended 1995, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 42, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2019, No. 14, § 40, eff. April 30, 2019.)
10 V.S.A. § 1684
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1684. Conservation requirements

§ 1684. Conservation requirements|The General Assembly finds that water is a natural resource that should be managed efficiently to reduce waste through promotion of water conservation. It shall be the policy of the State to conserve the water resources of Vermont through technology, methods, and procedures designed to promote efficient use of water; to consider water conservation in all water use decisions; and to reduce or minimize the waste of water through water supply management practices. (Added 1997, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
10 V.S.A. § 1685
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 56 - Public Water Supply|§ 1685. Public water system capacity

§ 1685. Public water system capacity|The Secretary, by rule, shall establish standards and requirements for implementing a public water system capacity program for community water systems and nontransient, noncommunity water systems. The program shall place particular emphasis on addressing the problems and capital needs facing the State's small, rural community water systems and public water systems operated by school districts. The program may include the following measures to improve public water system infrastructure and to provide safe drinking water to small community water systems and schools:  (1) source water protection programs; (2) capital improvement planning; (3) minimum design and construction standards; (4) operation and management practices; (5) development of a program to assess the capacity of public water systems in order to prevent formation of new systems lacking capacity; to assess existing system capacity; and to promote restructuring of systems lacking capacity; and (6) to the extent it is consistent with federal law, preference in providing State financial and technical assistance to small systems whose water supply is contaminated or threatened by contamination or who fail to comply with State drinking water standards. (Added 1997, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
10 V.S.A. § 1921
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 59 - Underground and Aboveground Liquid Storage Tanks|§ 1921. Purpose

§ 1921. Purpose|The ground and surface waters of the State are an essential and significant portion of the natural resources of the State historically protected by State programs. Significant contamination of these natural resources and hazard to the public health results from the failure of aboveground storage tanks and underground facilities for the storage and handling of petroleum liquids, related sludges, and other chemicals. It is the purpose of this chapter to prevent ground and surface water contamination from these facilities by authorizing the establishment of State standards and criteria for the design, installation, operation, maintenance, and monitoring of underground liquid storage facilities. It is the intent of this chapter to provide authority to the Secretary to enable the Secretary to operate a program consistent with or more stringent than that contained in Title VI of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984. (Added 1985, No. 66, § 1; amended 1997, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 23, 1998.)
10 V.S.A. § 1923
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 59 - Underground and Aboveground Liquid Storage Tanks|§ 1923. Notice of new or existing underground storage tank

§ 1923. Notice of new or existing underground storage tank|(a) New tanks. When an underground storage tank is installed or entered into service after June 30, 1985, the owner shall notify the Secretary of the existence of that tank.(b) Tanks in service on June 30, 1985. Before April 1, 1986, any person who on June 30, 1985 owns an underground storage tank currently in use shall notify the Secretary of the existence of that tank.(c) Tanks no longer in service. Any person who knowingly owned or used an underground storage tank after January 1, 1974, and who does not have knowledge that the tank has been closed in accordance with tank closure requirements prescribed by the rules, shall make a one-time notification to the Secretary regarding the existence of that tank. No person is required under this section to report a tank that has been reported under subsection (b) of this section.(d) Notices. Notices under this section shall be in the form and manner prescribed by the Secretary.  (1) All notices shall include at least the following information, to the extent known by the person reporting:  (A) the tank's size, type, and location; and (B) the type and quantity of substance, if any, stored in it.  (2) Notices for tanks that are no longer in operation shall also include the following information, to the extent known by the person reporting:  (A) the date the tank was taken out of operation; and (B) the age of the tank at that time.    (e) Applicability. Notices under this section and section 1925 of this title shall apply to any underground storage tank, except for: farm or residential tanks of equal to or less than 1,100 gallons capacity that are used for storing motor fuel for noncommercial purposes; and heating oil tanks used for on-premises heating purposes that are less than or equal to 1,100 gallons capacity. (Added 1985, No. 66, § 1; amended 1991, No. 85, § 2; 1997, No. 132 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. April 23, 1998.)