Notices for Week of: January 28, 2010
PROPOSED STATE RULES
By law, public notice of proposed rules must be given by publication in newspapers of record. The purpose of these notices is to give the public a chance to respond to the proposals. The public notices for administrative rules are now also available online at http://vermont-archives.org/aparules/ovnotices.htm The law requires an agency to hold a public hearing on a proposed rule, if requested to do so in writing by 25 persons or an association having at least 25 members.
To make special arrangements for individuals with disabilities or special needs please call or write the contact person listed below as soon as possible
To obtain further information concerning any scheduled hearing(s), obtain copies of proposed rule(s) or submit comments regarding proposed rule(s), please call or write the contact person listed below. You may also submit comments in writing to the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, State House, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 (828-2231).
Vermont Wetland Rules (Proposed revisions to VWR text and to Vermont Significant Wetland Inventory Maps).
Vermont Proposed Rule: 10P001
AGENCY: Vermont Natural Resources Board, Water Resources Panel
CONCISE SUMMARY: These proposed revisions include a statewide update of the Vermont Significant Wetland Inventory (VSWI) maps, a private petition to reclassify a wetland near Balentine road and RT. 14 in Calais as Class I / II, and an update of the Vermont Wetland Rules (VWR) to conform to recent statutory changes. Pursuant to Act No. 31 of 2009, these VWR changes will establish a more efficient wetland reclassification process at the Agency of Natural Resources for most wetlands (Class II and Class III wetlands), and protect significant wetlands not yet on the VSWI maps. The proposed VWR changes also update certain technical definitions and provisions on wetland functions and values; provide for future VSWI map updates; update the individual and general wetland permit processes; expand allowed uses; and conform the VWR with changes in the law, effective in 2005, that transferred authority for the VWR from the former Water resources Board to the Water Resources Panel. Exemptions for agricultural and silvicultural activities remain unchanged.
TYPE OF PERSONS AFFECTED: Developers and builders, including those from the private sector, municipalities and state agencies; the environmental community, Agency of Natural Resources (ANR), the Natural Resources Board (NRB), Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) and Agency of Agriculture Food and Markets (AAFM).
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS: the impact should be neutral. There may be some increased costs at ANR and for some private developers, which should be offset by the efficiencies of the new administrative process.
SCHEDULED HEARINGS: February 19, 2010, from 6 - 8 p.m. via Vermont Interactive Television (VIT) at the following sites: St. Albans (Bellows Free Academy 4 Hospital Dr., St. Albans VT); Lyndonville (Lyndon State College, 1001 College Rd, Lyndonville, VT); Montpelier (Dept. of Labor 5 Green Mtn. Dr., Montpelier VT); Rutland (Stafford Tech. Center, 8 Stratton Rd. Rm. 222 Rutland VT); and Springfield (Howard Dean Education Ctr. 307 South St. 2nd Floor Springfield VT), and March 9, 2010, from 2 - 3 p.m. at the Natural Resources Board Conference Room in the National Life Records Center Bldg. National Life Drive Montpelier VT. For more information on how to participate in public hearings through the interactive television system please contact Vermont Interactive Television at (802) 728-1455 or visit their website at http://www.vitlink.org/.
DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: March 31, 2010
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Melanie Kehne, Associate General Counsel, National Life Records Center, Montpelier, VT 05620-3201 802-828-3305.
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- If you have general questions about the rulemaking process, please contact
- Louise Corliss by e-mail at or by phone 802-828-2863
This page was last updated on: 2010-01-21.
