§ 4814. Education and technical assistance
§ 4814. Education and technical assistance The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets may: (1) Develop educational programs dealing with agricultural non-point source reduction, with the assistance of other organizations, utilizing various types of media, group meetings, tours, on-farm demonstrations and one-on-one farm visits. (2) Provide technical assistance, or contract for services to provide technical […]
§ 4815. Waste storage facility
§ 4815. Waste storage facility (a) No person shall construct a new waste storage facility or expand or modify a waste storage facility in existence on July 1, 2006 unless the facility meets the standard established for such facilities by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or an equivalent standard. […]
§ 4816. Seasonal application of manure
§ 4816. Seasonal application of manure (a) Prohibition on application. A person shall not apply manure to land in the State between December 15 and April 1 of any calendar year unless authorized by this section. (b) Extension of prohibition. The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall amend the required agricultural practices by rule […]
§ 4817. Management of non-sewage waste
§ 4817. Management of non-sewage waste (a) As used in this section: (1) “Non-sewage waste” means any waste other than sewage that may contain organisms pathogenic to human beings but does not mean stormwater runoff. (2) “Sewage” means waste containing human fecal coliform and other potential pathogenic organisms from sanitary waste and used water from […]
§ 4818. Farming; scope of activities
§ 4818. Farming; scope of activities (a) As used to determine the scope of nuisance protection in 12 V.S.A. chapter 195, “agricultural activities” shall include “farming” as defined in this title. (b) For purposes of the application of 12 V.S.A. § 5753, all “agricultural activities” defined in this chapter, subject to the limitations and requirements […]
§ 4813. Basin management; appeals to the Environmental Division
§ 4813. Basin management; appeals to the Environmental Division (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall cooperate with the Secretary of Natural Resources in the basin planning process with regard to the agricultural non-point source waste component of each basin plan. Any person with an interest in the agricultural non-point source component of […]
§ 4810. Authority; cooperation; coordination
§ 4810. Authority; cooperation; coordination (a) Agricultural land use practices. In accordance with 10 V.S.A. § 1259(i), the Secretary shall adopt by rule, pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, and shall implement and enforce agricultural land use practices in order to satisfy the requirements of 33 U.S.C. § 1329 that the State identify and implement […]
§ 4810a. Required Agricultural Practices; revision
§ 4810a. Required Agricultural Practices; revision (a) The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets shall maintain the Required Agricultural Practices in order to improve water quality in the State, assure practices on all farms eliminate adverse impacts to water quality, and implement the small farm certification program required by section 4871 of this title. At […]
§ 4811. Powers of Secretary
§ 4811. Powers of Secretary The Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter may: (1) Make, adopt, revise, and amend reasonable rules that define practices described in section 4810 of this title as well as other rules deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. (2) […]