Title 10, Conservation and Development

§ 495. Other regulations applying to permitted signs (a) No official business directional sign, on-premises sign, residential directional sign, or exempt sign may be erected or maintained, along a highway and visible from the highway, that: (1) Interferes with, imitates or resemb…

§ 497. Removal of signs The owner of a sign that is not licensed under this chapter and that is not a legal on-premises or exempt sign meeting the requirements set forth in this chapter, other than a sign that was lawfully erected and maintained prior to March 23, 1968, shall be …

§ 499. Applications and licensing of official business directional signs (a) Any person who believes that he or she is eligible under section 489 of this title for an official business directional sign may submit a written application on a form prescribed by the Travel Informatio…

§ 501. Fees Subject to the provisions of subsection 486(c) of this title, an applicant for an official business directional sign or an information plaza plaque shall pay to the Travel Information Council an initial license fee and an annual renewal fee as established by this sect…

§ 503. Penalty A person who violates this chapter shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than $50.00. Each day the violation continues shall be a separate offense. (Added 1967, No. 333 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. March 23, 1968; amended 1969, No. 92, § 16, eff. April 19, 1969…

§ 505. Relation to other laws; local ordinances (a) This chapter shall not supersede the provisions of any local ordinances whose requirements are more strict than those of this chapter, and not inconsistent therewith, whether those ordinances were enacted before or after the eff…

§ 506. Newspaper or other vending machines; delivery tubes (a) Newspaper or other vending machines may be allowed within the highway right-of-way subject to the requirements of 19 V.S.A. § 1111. (b) The copy permitted on newspaper delivery tubes shall be limited to identification…

§ 531. The Vermont Training Program (a) Authority. (1) The Secretary of Commerce and Community Development, in consultation with the State Workforce Development Board, shall have the authority to design and implement a Vermont Training Program, the purpose of which shall be to is…

§ 540. Workforce education and employment and training leaders (a) The Commissioner of Labor and the Executive Director of the Office of Workforce Strategy and Development shall be the leaders of workforce education and employment and training in the State and shall have the auth…

§ 541. Office of Workforce Strategy and Development (a) There is created within the Executive Branch the Office of Workforce Strategy and Development. (b) The Office of Workforce Strategy and Development shall have the administrative, legal, and technical support of the Departmen…

§ 541a. State Workforce Development Board; Executive Committee (a) Board established; duties. Pursuant to the requirements of 29 U.S.C. § 3111, the Governor shall establish the State Workforce Development Board to assist the Governor in the execution of his or her duties under th…

§ 541b. Workforce education and training; duties of other State agencies, departments, and private partners (a) To ensure the State Workforce Development Board, the Commissioner of Labor, and the Executive Director of the Office of Workforce Strategy and Development are able to f…

§ 542. Regional workforce education and training (a) The Commissioner of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce and Community Development, and in consultation with the State Workforce Development Board, is authorized to issue performance grants to one or more perso…

§ 546. State postsecondary attainment goal (a) It shall be the goal of the State of Vermont that not less than 70 percent of working-age Vermonters will hold a credential of value, as defined by the State Workforce Development Board, by the year 2025. (b) It is the policy of the …

§ 547. Work-Based Learning and Training Program (a) Vermont Work-Based Learning and Training Program. The Department of Labor shall develop the statewide Work-Based Learning and Training Program that serves transitioning secondary and postsecondary students and Vermonters seeking…

§ 551. Declaration of policy and purpose (a) It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this State and the purpose of this chapter to achieve and maintain such levels of air quality as will protect human health and safety, and to the greatest degree practicable, prevent inj…

§ 552. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Agency” means the Agency of Natural Resources. (2) “Air contaminant” means dust, fumes, mist, smoke, other particulate matter, vapor, gas, odorous substances, or any combination thereof. (3) “Air pollution” means the presence in th…

§ 553. Agency The Agency is designated as the air pollution control agency for the State. The Secretary or the Secretary’s duly authorized representative, within the Agency, shall perform the functions vested in the Agency, as specified in the following sections of this chapter. …

§ 554. Powers In addition to any other powers conferred on him or her by law, the Secretary shall have power to: (1) Appoint and employ personnel and consultants as may be necessary for the administration of this chapter. (2) Adopt, amend, and repeal rules, implementing the provi…

§ 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…