Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 10 > Chapter 48 > Subchapter 1 - Policy; Definitions

• Agency: means the Agency of Natural Resources. See
• Aquifer: means a water bearing stratum of permeable rock, sand, gravel, or other alluvial soils. See
• Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation or the Commissioner's designated representative. See
• Department: means the Department of Environmental Conservation. See
• Domestic: when applied to a corporation, company, association, or copartnership shall mean organized under the laws of this State; "foreign" when so applied, shall mean organized under the laws of another state, government, or country. See
• following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
• Groundwater: means water below the land surface, but does not include surface waters within the meaning of subdivision 1251(13) of this title. See
• Hole: means any excavation, deeper than 20 feet with at least one horizontal dimension less than five feet. See
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
• Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources or the Secretary's designated representative. See
• 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
• Well: means any hole deeper than 20 feet drilled, driven, or bored into the earth to locate, monitor, extract, or recharge groundwater or any hole deeper than 20 feet drilled, driven, or bored for the primary purpose of transferring heat to or from the earth's subsurface. See