2011 Vermont Code
Title 06 Agriculture
Chapter 215 AGRICULTURAL WATER QUALITY
§ 4822 Eligibility for state assistance
§ 4822. Eligibility for state assistance
Vermont farmers shall be eligible to receive available state financial assistance with the installation of on-farm improvements designed to control agricultural nonpoint source waste discharges, provided that:
(1) for farmers who also seek federal financial assistance for this purpose, the improvements:
(A) are eligible for federal assistance through programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and
(B) are consistent with a "nutrient management plan" prepared by the Vermont field office of the NRCS, or with an animal waste management plan based on standards equivalent to those of the NRCS; or
(2) for farmers who decline to seek or accept federal financial assistance for this purpose, the improvements:
(A) are determined by the secretary to be equivalent to those eligible for federal assistance through programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and
(B) are consistent with an animal waste management plan based on standards determined by the secretary to be equivalent to those of the NRCS. (Added 1995, No. 62, { 37, eff. April 26, 1995; amended 2003, No. 42, { 2, eff. May 27, 2003.)
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