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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1312

  • Person: means any individual; partnership; company; corporation; 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. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources or his or her authorized representative. See

§ 1312. Lake in crisis order

The Secretary of Natural Resources, pursuant to chapter 201 of this title, or the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, pursuant to 6 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 215, may issue an order to require a person to:

(1) take an action identified in the lake in crisis response plan;

(2) cease or remediate any acts, discharges, site conditions, or processes contributing to the impairment of the lake in crisis;

(3) mitigate a significant contributor of a pollutant to the lake in crisis; or

(4) conduct testing, sampling, monitoring, surveying, or other analytical operations required to determine the nature, extent, duration, or severity of the potential harm to the public health or a risk of damage to the environment or natural resources. (Added 2017, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 22, 2018.)