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10 V.S.A. § 915
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 915. Class I wetlands

§ 915. Class I wetlands|The classification of any wetland as a Class I wetland, the reclassification of a Class I wetland as a Class II or III wetland, the reclassification of any Class II or III wetland as a Class I wetland, or the modification of the buffer zone of a Class I wetland shall be made by the Department pursuant to the rulemaking provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 25. (Added 2009, No. 31, § 5; amended 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. May 14, 2012.)
10 V.S.A. § 916
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 916. Revision of Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps

§ 916. Revision of Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps|The Secretary shall revise the Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps to reflect wetland determinations issued under section 914 of this title and rulemaking by the panel under section 915 of this title. (Added 2009, No. 31, § 5.)
10 V.S.A. § 917
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 917. Appeals

§ 917. Appeals|Any act or decision of the Secretary under this subchapter may be appealed in accordance with chapter 220 of this title. (Added 2009, No. 31, § 5.)
10 V.S.A. § 918-920
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§§ 918-920. [Reserved.].

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10 V.S.A. § 921
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 921. Definitions

§ 921. Definitions|As used in this subchapter:  (1) "Administrative cost" means program and project costs incurred by a clean water service provider or a grantee, including costs to conduct procurement, contract preparation, and monitoring, reporting, and invoicing. (2) "Basin" means a watershed basin designated by the Secretary for use as a planning unit under subsection 1253(d) of this title. (3) "Best management practice" or "BMP" means a schedule of activities, prohibitions, practices, maintenance procedures, green infrastructure, or other management practices to prevent or reduce water pollution. (4) "Clean water project" means a best management practice or other program designed to improve water quality to achieve a target established under section 922 of this title that:  (A) is not subject to a permit under chapter 47 of this title, is not subject to the requirements of 6 V.S.A. chapter 215, exceeds the requirements of a permit issued under chapter 47 of this title, or exceeds the requirements of 6 V.S.A chapter 215; and (B) is within the following activities:  (i) developed lands, sub-jurisdictional practices related to developed lands including municipal separate storm sewers, operational stormwater discharges, municipal roads, and other developed lands discharges; (ii) natural resource protection and restoration, including river corridor and floodplain restoration and protection, wetland protection and restoration, riparian and lakeshore corridor protection and restoration, and natural woody buffers associated with riparian, lakeshore, and wetland protection and restoration; (iii) forestry; or (iv) agriculture.   (5) "Co-benefit" means the additional benefit to local governments and the public provided by or associated with a clean water project, including flood resilience, ecosystem improvement, and local pollution prevention. (6) "Design life" means the period of time that a clean water project is designed to operate according to its intended purpose. (7) "Maintenance" means ensuring that a clean water project continues to achieve its designed pollution reduction value for its design life. (8) "Standard cost" means the projected cost of achieving a pollutant load reduction per unit or per best management practice in a basin. (Added 2019, No. 76, § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 925
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 925. Clean water service provider; Water Quality Restoration Formula Grant Program

§ 925. Clean water service provider; Water Quality Restoration Formula Grant Program|The Secretary shall administer a Water Quality Restoration Formula Grant Program to award grants to clean water service providers to meet the pollutant reduction requirements under this subchapter. The grant amount shall be based on the annual pollutant reduction goal established for the clean water service provider multiplied by the standard cost for pollutant reduction including the costs of administration and reporting. Not more than 15 percent of the total grant amount awarded to a clean water service provider shall be used for administrative costs. (Added 2019, No. 76, § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 926
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 926. Water Quality Enhancement Grant Program

§ 926. Water Quality Enhancement Grant Program|The Secretary shall administer a Water Quality Enhancement Grant Program. This program shall be a competitive grant program to fund projects that protect high quality waters, maintain or improve water quality in all waters, restore degraded or stressed waters, create resilient watersheds and communities, and support the public's use and enjoyment of the State's waters. When making awards under this program, the Secretary shall consider the geographic distribution of these funds. Not more than 15 percent of the total grant amount awarded shall be used for administrative costs. (Added 2019, No. 76, § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 927
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 927. Developed Lands Implementation Grant Program

§ 927. Developed Lands Implementation Grant Program|The Secretary shall administer a Developed Lands Implementation Grant Program to provide grants or financing to persons who are required to obtain a permit to implement regulatory requirements that are necessary to achieve water quality standards. The grant or financing program shall only be available in basins where a clean water service provider has met its annual goals or is making sufficient progress, as determined by the Secretary, towards those goals. This grant program shall fund or provide financing for projects related to the permitting of impervious surface of three acres or more under subdivision 1264(g)(3) of this title. Not more than 15 percent of the total grant amount awarded shall be used for administrative costs. (Added 2019, No. 76, § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 928
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 928. Municipal Stormwater Implementation Grant Program

§ 928. Municipal Stormwater Implementation Grant Program|.The Secretary shall administer a Municipal Stormwater Implementation Grant Program to provide grants to any municipality required under section 1264 of this title to obtain or seek coverage under the municipal roads general permit, the municipal separate storm sewer systems permit, a permit for impervious surface of three acres or more, or a permit required by the Secretary to reduce the adverse impacts to water quality of a discharge or stormwater runoff. The grant program shall only be available in basins where a clean water service provider has met its annual goals or is making sufficient progress, as determined by the Secretary, towards those goals. Not more than 15 percent of the total grant amount awarded shall be used for administrative costs. (Added 2019, No. 76, § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 929
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 929. Clean water project technical assistance

§ 929. Clean water project technical assistance|The Secretary shall provide technical assistance upon the request of any person who, under this chapter, receives a grant or is a subgrantee of funds to implement a clean water project. (Added 2019, No. 76, § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 930
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 37 - Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management|§ 930. Rulemaking

§ 930. Rulemaking|The Secretary may adopt rules to implement the requirements of this subchapter. (Added 2019, No. 76, § 1.)
10 V.S.A. § 951
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 39 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention|§ 951. Flood prevention, powers of Governor

§ 951. Flood prevention, powers of Governor|The Governor may employ such expert assistance as he or she deems advisable for the purpose of devising ways and means of averting and mitigating damage by floods, and may disseminate such practical information as he or she may obtain thereby.
10 V.S.A. § 952
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 39 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention|§ 952. Federal flood control program; natural resources conservation districts as sponsoring agencies

§ 952. Federal flood control program; natural resources conservation districts as sponsoring agencies|(a) The natural resources conservation districts may act as local sponsoring agencies under the provisions of Public Law 83-566, for carrying out programs for flood control, stream bank protection, and channel improvements, as well as land treatment and drainage, subject to review and approval by the Department of Environmental Conservation of all plans for projects that affect stream flow.(b) A municipality, when authorized by a majority of the voters voting at a meeting warned and held for that purpose, may purchase, or acquire by gift, title to land within the State for the purpose of constructing, maintaining, and operating improvements for flood prevention or conserving, developing, using, and disposing of water under Public Law 83-566, and may pay 100 percent or less of the nonfederal costs thereof. (Amended 1961, No. 100, § 2(b); 1963, No. 111; 1961, No. 79, § 1(b), eff. May 7, 1963; 1966, No. 27 (Sp. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 12, 1966; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 15(b), eff. March 22, 1968; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
10 V.S.A. § 953
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 39 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention|§ 953. Flood prevention contracts under federal programs

§ 953. Flood prevention contracts under federal programs|In addition to its powers and duties under chapters 37 and 43 of this title, the Department of Environmental Conservation, when requested by local agencies, and acting alone or with other State or local agencies, with the approval of the Governor, may contract in the name of the State for constructing, maintaining, and operating improvements for flood prevention or conserving, developing, using, and disposing of water under Public Law 83-566. The Department of Environmental Conservation may also give technical or other assistance to natural resources conservation districts and other local sponsoring agencies in carrying out their responsibilities under section 4 of Public Law 83-566. The Commissioner of Environmental Conservation may also acquire real and personal property, including property held for public use, by gift, purchase, lease, or eminent domain, in connection with constructing or carrying out projects under Public Law 83-566. (Amended 1961, No. 100, § 2; 1966, No. 27 (Sp. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 12, 1966; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 15(b), eff. March 22, 1968; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
10 V.S.A. § 954
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 39 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention|§ 954. Operation and maintenance of flood prevention structures

§ 954. Operation and maintenance of flood prevention structures|The Department of Environmental Conservation may operate and maintain structures constructed under section 953 of this title or may provide for their operation and maintenance through contracts with natural resources conservation districts or other local organizations. (Amended 1961, No. 100, § 2; 1963, No. 79, § 1(b), eff. May 7, 1963; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 15(b), eff. March 22, 1968; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 16; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
10 V.S.A. § 955
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 39 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention|§ 955. Apportionment of State funds

§ 955. Apportionment of State funds|The Department of Environmental Conservation may apportion among districts or agencies State funds available for maintenance and operation. Apportionment of State funds for this purpose by the Department shall be final. (Amended 1961, No. 100, § 2; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
10 V.S.A. § 956
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 39 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention|§ 956. Personnel

§ 956. Personnel|The Department of Environmental Conservation may, with the approval of the Governor, employ personnel necessary in the performance of its duties and the exercise of its powers under this chapter. (Amended 1961, No. 100, § 2; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
10 V.S.A. § 957
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 39 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention|§ 957. State contributions authorized

§ 957. State contributions authorized|The Department of Environmental Conservation may pay 100 percent or less of the nonfederal costs of projects under Public Law 83-566 for the following purposes:  (1) Flood prevention. (2) Public recreation or fish and wildlife development. (3) Storage for stream flow augmentation for multiple purposes. (1966, No. 27 (Sp. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 12, 1966; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 19; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
10 V.S.A. § 958
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 39 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention|§ 958. Eminent domain; determining necessity

§ 958. Eminent domain; determining necessity|(a) The Commissioner of Environmental Conservation may file a complaint in the Civil Division of the Superior Court for any county in which a portion of the real estate lies to determine that necessity requires that the State acquire real estate within the State, including real estate held for public use in the name of the State or any municipality, for the purpose of flood control projects.(b) "Necessity" means a reasonable need that considers the greatest public good and the least inconvenience and expense to the condemning party and to the property owner. It shall not be measured merely by expense or convenience to the condemning party. Due consideration shall be given to the following factors:  (1) The adequacy of other property and locations. (2) The quantity, kind, and extent of cultivated and agricultural land that may be made unfit for use by the proposed taking. In this connection, the effect on long-range agricultural land use as well as the immediate effect shall be considered. (3) The effect of the taking upon home and homestead rights and the convenience of the owner of the land. (4) The effect of the taking upon scenic and recreational values in the areas involved. (5) The effect upon town grand lists and revenues. (6) The effect upon fish and wildlife, forests and forest programs, the natural flow of water and the streams both above and below any proposed structure, upon hazards to navigation, fishing, and bathing, and upon other public uses. (7) Whether the cutting clean and removal of all timber and tree growth from all or any part of any flowage area involved is reasonably required.   (c) The complaint, the service thereof and the proceedings in relation thereto, including rights of appeal, shall conform with and be controlled by 19 V.S.A. chapter 5. (Added 1966, No. 27 (Sp. Sess.), § 4, eff. March 12, 1966; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 236; 2011, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
10 V.S.A. § 960
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 39 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention|§ 960. Entry authorized

§ 960. Entry authorized|The Commissioner of Environmental Conservation or his or her authorized agents may enter upon any real estate at reasonable times and places for the purpose of making surveys or other investigations under this section, subsection 952(b) and sections 953, 957-958, and 961 of this title. The owners of damaged real estate may recover for damages sustained by reason of the preliminary entry authorized by this section in an action at law against the Commissioner. (Added 1966, No. 27 (Sp. Sess.), § 6, eff. March 12, 1966; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 22; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 2011, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
10 V.S.A. § 961
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 39 - Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention|§ 961. Construction contracts administered

§ 961. Construction contracts administered|A sponsoring organization that enters into a project under section 952 of this title may administer construction contracts pertaining to the project, except that the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation may administer those contracts if State funds are involved in the project. (1966, No. 27 (Sp. Sess.), § 7, eff. March 12, 1966; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 23; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
10 V.S.A. § 1001
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 41 - Regulation of Stream Flow|§ 1001. Purpose

§ 1001. Purpose|The Department of Environmental Conservation is created to administer the water conservation policy of this State. It is in the public interest that the waters of the State shall be protected, regulated, and where necessary controlled under the authority of the State. The proper administration of the water resources now and for the future require careful consideration of the interruption of the natural flow of water in our watercourses resulting from the construction of new, and the operation of existing dams, diversion, and other control structures. This subchapter is intended to identify this need, to provide a means for the investigation of the cause and effect of intermittent or diverted flow, and for the consideration of corrective actions required to assure as nearly continuous flow of waters in the natural watercourses as may be possible consistent with reasonable use of riparian rights. (1965, No. 37, § 1; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 1987, No. 76, § 18.)
10 V.S.A. § 1002
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 41 - Regulation of Stream Flow|§ 1002. Definitions

§ 1002. Definitions|Wherever used or referred to in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:  (1) "Artificial regulation of stream flow" means the intermittent or periodic manipulation of water levels and the intermittent or periodic regulation of discharge of water into the stream below the dam. (2) "Banks" means that land area immediately adjacent to the bed of the stream, which is essential in maintaining the integrity thereof. (3) "Bed" means the maximum area covered by waters of the stream for not less than 15 consecutive days in one year. (4) "Board" means the Natural Resources Board. (5) "Cross section" means the entire channel to the top of the banks. (6) "Dam" applies to any artificial structure on a stream, or at the outlet of a pond or lake, that is utilized for holding back water by ponding or storage together with any penstock, flume, piping, or other facility for transmitting water downstream to a point of discharge, or for diverting water from the natural watercourse to another point for utilization or storage. (7) "Department" means the Department of Environmental Conservation. (8) "Instream material" means:  (A) all gradations of sediment from silt to boulders; (B) ledge rock; or (C) large woody debris in the bed of a watercourse or within the banks of a watercourse.  (9) "Person" means any individual; partnership; company; corporation; association; unincorporated association; joint venture; trust; municipality; the State of Vermont or any agency, department, or subdivision of the State; any federal agency; or any other legal or commercial entity. (10) "Watercourse" means any perennial stream. "Watercourse" shall not include ditches or other constructed channels primarily associated with land drainage or water conveyance through or around private or public infrastructure. (11) "Secretary" means the Secretary of Natural Resources, or the Secretary's duly authorized representative. (12) "Berm" means a linear fill of earthen material on or adjacent to the bank of a watercourse that constrains waters from entering a flood hazard area or river corridor, as those terms are defined in subdivisions 752(3) and (11) of this title. (13) "Large woody debris" means any piece of wood within a watercourse with a diameter of 10 or more inches and a length of 10 or more feet that is detached from the soil where it grew. (Added 1965, No. 37, § 2; amended 1975, No. 150 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 1983, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 27, 1984; 1987, No. 67, § 10; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1997, No. 106 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 27, 1998; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2009, No. 110 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. March 31, 2011; 2011, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 14, 2012.)
10 V.S.A. § 1003
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 10 - Conservation and Development|Chapter 41 - Regulation of Stream Flow|§ 1003. Conference; recommendations

§ 1003. Conference; recommendations|Whenever, in the opinion of the Department, it appears that the artificial regulation of stream flow as maintained by any person threatens the public interest or welfare or an emergency exists or is threatened, the Department may call to conference the owner or owners of the dam causing the artificial regulation and other persons having an interest therein, for the purpose of seeking cooperation in altered regulation to minimize damage to the public interest under the policy of this chapter. As a result of the conference, the Department may require action be taken by the person owning the dam with respect to the release of water as it may consider necessary and proper in the public interest, and shall issue findings of fact developed at the conference. For dams or diversions not licensed under 16 U.S.C. § 800, existing permits may be amended where those permits do not contain conditions with respect to minimum stream flow. For federally licensed facilities, the Secretary may negotiate the modification of stream flow, and if the Secretary's recommendations are not agreed to, the Secretary may petition the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for license amendments. (Added 1965, No. 37, § 3; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 1987, No. 67, § 11.)