2013 Vermont Statutes
Title 10 Conservation and Development
Chapter 165 GENERAL PERMIT AUTHORITY
§ 7503 Authorization under a general permit

7503. Authorization under a general permit

(a) Any person wishing to discharge, emit, dispose, or operate a facility or engage in activity subject to a general permit under this chapter shall file an application for authorization under the general permit on a form provided by the secretary. Each application shall be accompanied by a fee as specified by 3 V.S.A. 2822.

(b) For each application under this section, the applicant shall provide notice, on a form provided by the secretary, to the clerk of the municipality in which the discharge, emission, disposal, facility, or activity is located, to the local and regional planning commissions, and to the owners of land adjoining the site of the proposed discharge, emission, disposition, or facility operation. The applicant shall provide a copy of this notice to the secretary, with such confirmation as the secretary deems adequate to demonstrate that the clerk, planning commissions, and adjoining landowners have received the notice. Following receipt of that confirmation, the secretary shall provide an opportunity of at least ten working days for written comment regarding whether the application complies with the terms and conditions of the general permit under which coverage is sought.

(c) The secretary may grant an application for authorization to discharge, emit, dispose, operate a facility, or engage in activity to which a general permit under this chapter applies only after determining that each of the following applies:

(1) The filings required in subsections (a) and (b) of this section are complete.

(2) The discharge, emission, disposal, facility, or activity is eligible for coverage under and will meet the terms and conditions of the general permit.

(d) The secretary may:

(1) Allow a transfer from one person or entity to another of an authorization to discharge, emit, dispose, operate a facility, or engage in activity under a general permit issued under this chapter.

(2) Require notification to the secretary for changes to a discharge, emission, disposal, facility, or activity for which authorization has been issued under a general permit under this chapter.

(3) Under the procedures specified in subsection 814(c) of Title 3, revoke or suspend authorization to discharge, emit, dispose, operate a facility, or engage in activity under a general permit issued under this chapter. (Added 2009, No. 54, 90, eff. June 1, 2009.)