Title 10, Title 10: Conservation and Development

§ 555. Classification, reporting and registration (a) The Secretary, by rule, may classify air contaminant sources, which in his or her judgment may cause or contribute to air pollution, according to levels and types of emissions and other characteristics that relate to air pollu…

§ 556. Permits for the construction or modification of air contaminant sources (a) No person shall construct or install any air contaminant source classified within a class or category identified by rule of the Secretary as being subject to permitting requirements under this sect…

§ 556a. Operating permits (a) Upon a date specified in the rules adopted by the Secretary to implement this section, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate an air contaminant source that has allowable emissions of more than 10 tons per year of all contaminants, excluding …

§ 557. Inspections Any duly authorized officer, employee, or representative of the Secretary may enter and inspect any property, premise or place on or at which an air contaminant source is located or is being constructed or installed at any reasonable time for the purpose of asc…

§ 558. Emission control requirements The Secretary may establish such emission control requirements, by rule, as in his or her judgment may be necessary to prevent, abate, or control air pollution. The requirements may be for the State as a whole or may vary from area to area, as…

§ 560. Emergency procedure (a) Any other provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, if the Secretary finds that a generalized condition of air pollution exists and that it creates an emergency requiring immediate action to protect human health or safety, with the concurre…

§ 561. Variances (a) A person who owns or is in control of any plant, building, structure, process, or equipment may apply to the Secretary for a variance from the rules adopted under this chapter. The Secretary may grant a variance if the Secretary finds that: (1) the emissions …

§ 562. Hearings and judicial review appeals (a) No rule or regulation and no amendment or repeal thereof shall take effect except after public hearing. The Secretary shall appoint a time and place for the hearing and shall order the publication of the substance thereof and of the…

§ 563. Confidential records; penalty (a) Confidential records. The Secretary shall not withhold emissions data and emission monitoring data from public inspection or review. The Secretary shall keep confidential any record or other information furnished to or obtained by the Secr…

§ 564. Local air pollution control programs (a) A municipality may establish and thereafter administer within its jurisdiction an air pollution control program that: (1) provides by ordinance or local law for requirements compatible with, or stricter or more extensive than, those…

§ 565. Burning wood within municipality (a) Any other provision notwithstanding, the legislative branch of a municipality may authorize the burning of natural wood and chemically untreated wood at a place within the municipality. The burning of the wood shall be conducted under t…

§ 566. State and federal aid Local air pollution control agencies established or approved pursuant to this chapter may make application for, receive, administer, and expend federal funds for the control of air pollution or the development and administration of programs related to…

§ 567. Motor vehicle pollution (a) The Secretary in conjunction with the Department of Motor Vehicles may provide rules for the control of emissions from motor vehicles. Such rules may prescribe requirements for the installation and use of equipment designed to reduce or eliminat…

§ 568. Penalties (a) Any person who knowingly violates any provisions of this chapter or the rules adopted under this chapter or who knowingly fails or refuses to obey or comply with any order or the terms or conditions of any permit issued in accordance with this chapter, shall …

§ 569. Limitations Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to: (1) Affect the relations between employers and employees with respect to or arising out of any condition of air contamination or air pollution. (2) Supersede or limit the applicability of any law or ordinance relat…

§ 570. Exemption from taxation Approved air pollution treatment facilities shall be exempted from real and personal property taxation in the same manner provided tax exemption of water treatment facilities under the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 3802. (Added 1967, No. 310 (Adj. Sess.…

§ 572. Exemption; steam locomotives and engines The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any steam locomotives, engines and rolling stock used in connection with the operation of a railroad within the State. (Added 1971, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), eff. March 28, 1972.)

§ 573. Motor vehicle air conditioning (a) No person may perform service on motor vehicle air conditioners, unless that person uses equipment that is certified by the Underwriters Laboratories, or an institution determined by the Secretary to be comparable, as meeting the Society …

§ 574. Regulation of ozone-depleting products (a) After January 1, 1990, no person shall sell or offer to sell fire extinguishers for noncommercial or nonindustrial usage, if those fire extinguishers contain halons or other ozone-depleting substances as may be identified by rule …

§ 574a. Ozone-depleting chemicals in industry (a) By July 1, 1993, any person who uses an ozone-depleting chemical as part of a manufacturing process (excluding any associated refrigeration or air conditioning) shall notify the Secretary of the person’s plans for eliminating the …

§ 575. Hazardous air contaminant monitoring program The Secretary shall establish a hazardous air contaminant monitoring program. The goals of the program shall be to: (1) measure the presence of hazardous air contaminants in ambient air; (2) identify sources of hazardous air con…

§ 576. Small equipment for burning waste oil Effective July 1, 1997, the burning of waste oil in small fuel burning equipment described as “pot burners” or “vaporizing” burners shall be prohibited, as shall the retail sale of these burners. (Added 1993, No. 219 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.…

§ 577. Prohibition on addition of gasoline ethers to fuel products (a) Effective January 1, 2007, no person shall knowingly sell at retail in this State, sell for use in this State, or store in an underground or aboveground storage tank in this State any fuel product that contain…

§ 578. Greenhouse gas reduction requirements (a) Greenhouse gas reduction requirements. Vermont shall reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from within the geographical boundaries of the State and those emissions outside the boundaries of the State that are caused by the use of en…

§ 579. Vehicle emissions labeling program for new motor vehicles (a) The Secretary of Natural Resources, in consultation with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, shall establish, by rule, a vehicle emissions labeling program for new motor vehicles sold or leased in the State with…

§ 580. 25 by 25 State goal (a) It is a goal of the State, by the year 2025, to produce 25 percent of the energy consumed within the State through the use of renewable energy sources, particularly from Vermont’s farms and forests. (b) By no later than January 15, 2009, the Secreta…

§ 581. Building efficiency goals It shall be goals of the State: (1) To improve substantially the energy fitness of at least 120,000 housing units and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 0.15 MMTCO2e by 2031. (2) To reduce annual fuel needs and fuel bills by an average of 25 perce…

§ 582. Greenhouse gas inventories; registry (a) Inventory and forecasting. The Secretary shall work, in conjunction with other states or a regional consortium, to establish a periodic and consistent inventory of greenhouse gas emissions. The Secretary shall publish the Vermont Gr…

§ 583. Repeal of stage II vapor recovery requirements (a) Effective January 1, 2013, all rules of the Secretary pertaining to stage II vapor recovery controls at gasoline dispensing facilities are repealed. The Secretary may not issue further rules requiring such controls. For pu…

§ 584. Inefficient outdoor wood-fired boiler change-out program; retirement (a) At the earliest feasible date, the Secretary shall create and put into effect a change-out program within the Air Pollution Control Division of the Department of Environmental Conservation to purchase…

§ 585. Heating oil content; sulfur; biodiesel (a) Definitions. In this section: (1) “Heating oil” means No. 2 distillate that meets the specifications or quality certification standard for use in residential, commercial, or industrial heating applications established by the Ameri…

§ 586. Regulation of hydrofluorocarbons (a) As used in this section: (1) “Class I substance” and “class II substance” mean those substances listed in the 42 U.S.C. § 7671a, as it read on November 15, 1990 and Appendix A or B of Subpart A of 40 C.F.R. Part 82, as those read on Jan…