Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 2606a
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 2606a
- Department: means the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation within the Agency of Natural Resources. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
§ 2606a. Mountaintop use as communications sites
(a) State policy. It is hereby adopted as State policy to permit limited use of designated State-owned land under the jurisdiction of the Department for electronic communications broadcasting by both public and private entities. Use of the designated sites shall be in compliance with the policy set forth herein under the management of government and private users of the mountaintops. This policy implementation has the objectives of:
(1) protecting State-owned mountaintops from the development of new communications facilities that have a significant adverse environmental impact;
(2) protecting mountaintop communication signals from interference by existing or subsequent users; and
(3) maximizing use of limited mountaintop facilities through consolidation of equipment, efficient development and economic management of each site.
(b) Specific sites.
(1) Mountaintop designation. The State-owned mountaintops to which this section shall apply are: Ascutney Mountain North Peak and Ascutney Mountain South Peak, Burke Mountain, Okemo Mountain, and Killington Mountain.
(2)-(5) [Repealed.] (Added 1993, No. 233 (Adj. Sess.), § 63, eff. June 21, 1994; amended 1995, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 10d, eff. May 22, 1996; 2009, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2009, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 26(4)(B).)