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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1571

  • Agency: means Agency of Natural Resources. See
  • Board: means the Natural Resources Board. See
  • Department: means the Department of Environmental Conservation. See
  • Municipality: means a municipality as defined in 1 V. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources or the Secretary's duly authorized representative. See
  • Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
  • Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See

§ 1571. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Agency” means Agency of Natural Resources.

(2) “Board” means the Natural Resources Board.

(3) [Repealed.]

(4) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Conservation.

(5) “Municipality” means a municipality as defined in 1 V.S.A. § 126.

(6) “Water pollution abatement and control facilities” means such equipment, conveyances, and structural or nonstructural facilities owned or operated by a municipality that are needed for and appurtenant to the prevention, management, treatment, storage, or disposal of stormwater, sewage, or waste, including a wastewater treatment facility, combined sewer separation facilities, an indirect discharge system, a wastewater system, flood resiliency work related to a structural facility, or a groundwater protection project.

(7) [Repealed.]

(8) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Natural Resources or the Secretary’s duly authorized representative.

(9) [Repealed.]

(10) “Designated center” means a downtown development district, village center, new town center, growth center, Vermont neighborhood, or neighborhood development area designated under 24 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 76A.

(11) “Sewage” shall have the same meaning as used in 24 V.S.A. § 3501.

(12) “Stormwater” shall have the same meaning as stormwater runoff in section 1264 of this title.

(13) “Waste” shall have the same meaning as used in section 1251 of this title. (Added 1971, No. 97, § 3, eff. April 22, 1971; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 30; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1997, No. 62, § 57, eff. June 26, 1997; 2003, No. 63, § 61, eff. June 11, 2003; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 39, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 63, eff. June 8, 2004; 2013, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. June 1, 2014; 2015, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 12, 2016.)