§ 1421. Policy To aid in the fulfillment of the State’s role as trustee of its navigable waters and to promote public health, safety, convenience, and general welfare, it is declared to be in the public interest to make studies, establish policies, make plans, make rules, encourage and promote buffers adjacent to lakes, ponds, reservoirs, […]
§ 1422. Definitions In this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) “Agency” means the Agency of Natural Resources. (2) “Board” means the Natural Resources Board. (3) “Department” means Department of Environmental Conservation. (4) “Navigable water” or “navigable waters” means Lake Champlain, Lake Memphremagog, the Connecticut River, all natural inland lakes within Vermont and […]
§ 1423. Water resources and shoreland use plan (a) The Secretary shall make studies, establish policies, and make plans for the efficient use, conservation, development, and protection of the State’s water resources and: (1) On the basis of these studies and plans, make recommendations to State agencies relative to their water resources activities. (2) Locate […]
§ 1424. Use of public waters (a) The Secretary may establish rules to implement the provisions of this chapter, including: (1) Rules to regulate the use of public waters of the State by: (A) defining areas on public waters wherein certain uses may be conducted; (B) defining the uses which may be conducted in the […]
§ 1424a. Outstanding resource waters (a) The Secretary, on his or her own motion, may hold a public hearing on the question of whether particular waters should be designated as outstanding resource waters, or whether an existing designation should be amended or repealed. On receipt of a signed written request, the Secretary shall consider the […]
§ 1425. Shoreland protection bylaws (a) The Secretary of Natural Resources shall establish a shoreland management program to aid and support municipalities in adopting municipal shoreland bylaws that comply with 24 V.S.A. § 4411. The Secretary shall prepare and provide general recommended standards and criteria for shoreland bylaws utilizing the criteria set forth in section […]
§ 1426. Penalty Any person who violates a rule adopted under this chapter shall be subject to the civil penalty provision of 23 V.S.A. § 3317(b). (Added 1969, No. 281 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 1989, No. 65, § 15; 1999, No. 42, § 2, eff. May 25, 1999; 2019, No. 14, § 36, eff. […]
§ 1427. River corridors and buffers (a) River Corridor and Floodplain Management Program. The Secretary of Natural Resources shall establish a River Corridor and Floodplain Management Program to aid and support the municipal adoption of a flood resilience plan under 24 V.S.A. § 4382 and of river corridor, floodplain, and buffer bylaws. Under the River […]
§ 1428. River corridor protection (a) River corridor maps. Upon completion of a sensitivity assessment for a river or river segment under section 1427 of this title, the Secretary shall provide to each municipality and regional planning commission in which the river or river segment is located a copy of the sensitivity assessment and a […]
