Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 6626
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 6626
- Hazardous waste: means any waste or combination of wastes of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semi-solid form, including those that are toxic, corrosive, ignitable, reactive, strong sensitizers, or that generate pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means, that in the judgment of the Secretary may cause or contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, taking into account the toxicity of such waste, its persistence and degradability in nature, and its potential for assimilation, or concentration in tissue, and other factors that may otherwise cause or contribute to adverse acute or chronic effects on the health of persons or other living organisms, or any matter that may have an unusually destructive effect on water quality if discharged to ground or surface waters of the State. See
- Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources or his or her duly authorized representative. See
- Waste: means a material that is discarded or is being accumulated, stored, or physically, chemically, or biologically treated prior to being discarded or has served its original intended use and is normally discarded or is a manufacturing or mining by-product and is normally discarded. See
§ 6626. Plan and report formats; data information system
(a) On or before January 1, 1992, the Secretary shall adopt a format to be used by generators and large users for completing the toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction plan required by section 6629 of this title. On or before July 1, 1993, the Secretary shall adopt a format for the toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction performance report required by section 6630 of this title.
(b) On or before July 1, 1992, the Secretary shall establish a data and information system for use in administering the provisions of this subchapter. In establishing the data and information system, the Secretary shall:
(1) establish methods and procedures for appropriately processing or managing hazardous waste reduction and toxics use reduction information;
(2) use the data management expertise, resources, and forms of already established environmental protection programs, to the extent practicable;
(3) establish computerized data retrieval and data processing systems, including safeguards to protect trade secrets designated pursuant to section 6632 of this title or protected under 1 V.S.A. § 317;
(4) identify additional data and information needs of the program. (Added 1989, No. 282 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. June 22, 1990; amended 1991, No. 100, § 4.)