Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 6627
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 6627
- 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
- Solid waste: means any discarded garbage; refuse; septage; sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply plant, or pollution control facility; and other discarded material, including solid, liquid, semi-solid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations and from community activities but does not include animal manure and absorbent bedding used for soil enrichment; high carbon bulking agents used in composting; or solid or dissolved materials in industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permits under the Water Pollution Control Act, chapter 47 of this title. 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
§ 6627. Technical and research assistance program
The Secretary shall establish a technical and research assistance program to assist generators, exempt small quantity generators, and large users in identifying and applying toxics use reduction methods and hazardous waste reduction methods. The program shall emphasize assistance to smaller businesses that have inadequate technical and financial resources to obtain information, assess and develop and apply toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction methods. The program shall also emphasize the merits of use reduction as a means of reducing the amount of hazardous waste generated or hazardous materials released into the environment. In the program:
(1) The Department shall encourage presentations by private or public consultants, including on-site consultation at sites or locations where hazardous waste is generated or toxic substances are used to aid those generators or large users requiring assistance in developing and implementing the toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction plan, plan summary, and performance report required by this subchapter.
(2) The Department shall conduct plan assistance programs, seminars, workshops, training programs, and other similar activities to assist generators and large users to evaluate toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction alternatives and to identify opportunities for toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction.
(3) The Department shall establish a program to assemble, catalogue, and disseminate information about source reduction methods, with emphasis on the merits of use reduction, available consultant services, and regulatory requirements.
(4) The Department shall identify the range of technical solutions that can be applied by particular types of hazardous waste generators to reduce hazardous waste generation.
(5) The Department may also direct on-site technical assistance to generators and large users in developing the plans.
(6) The Department shall coordinate its technical assistance with trade associations and local colleges and universities as appropriate.
(7) Technical services provided under this section shall not result in inspection or other enforcement actions unless there is reasonable cause to believe there is an imminent threat to human health or the environment.
(8) The Department shall provide direct technical assistance to solid waste management districts and regional planning entities including training and information exchange and shall coordinate technical assistance with the solid waste management districts and regional planning entities. (Added 1989, No. 282 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. June 22, 1990; amended 1991, No. 100, § 5.)