2017 Vermont Statutes
Title 10 - Conservation and Development
Chapter 43 - Dams
§ 1080 Definitions
§ 1080. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Department" means the department of environmental conservation.
(2) "Person" means any individual; partnership; company; corporation; association; joint venture; trust; municipality; the state of Vermont or any agency, department, or subdivision of the state, any federal agency, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(3) "Person in interest" means, in relation to any dam, a person who has riparian rights affected by that dam, a substantial interest in economic or recreational activity affected by the dam, or whose safety would be endangered by a failure of the dam.
(4) "Engineer" means a professional engineer registered under Title 26 who has experience in the design and investigation of dams.
(5) "Time" shall be reckoned in the manner prescribed by 1 V.S.A. § 138. (Added 1981, No. 242 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1987, No. 76, § 18; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 22.)
