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The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy has jurisdiction over matters relating to the conservation, development, and planning of the State's natural resources, including water quality, geology, forestry, parks and recreation, and fish and wildlife; community and regional planning and development; and the conservation and planning of sources of energy.

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  • ANR
    • Annual Report of Permit Activity for State Fiscal Year 2015
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • Progress Report on River Basin Water Quality Management Planning (10 VSA 1253(d)
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • Environmental and Land Use Impacts of Renewable Electric Generation in Vermont
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • Ecosystem Restoration Program Annual Report 2014
      Friday, January 16, 2015
    • EPA Pollution Control Revolving Fund
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • Deferral of Title Encumbrance for Non-compliance with Pre-transition Stormwater Permits
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • Annual report of the Vermont Clean Water Initiative Program
      Monday, February 1, 2016
    • Annual Report on Section 248-248a Application Fees
      Friday, January 22, 2016
    • Annual Report on Bill-Backs Authorized Under 30 VSA 21
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • Annual Report - Wastewater System and Potable Water Supply Rules, January 15, 2015
      Thursday, March 12, 2015
    • Act 97 Clean Water Initiative
      Wednesday, January 14, 2015
    • Act 58 Paint Stewardship Update May 2016
      Thursday, May 5, 2016
    • Act 110 - River Corridor, Floodplain Management and Shoreland Protection Report
      Friday, January 16, 2015
    • ANR Press Release for Clean Water Initiative Report
      Wednesday, January 14, 2015
    • ANR Lands PILOT Program (2015, Act 58, Sec.E.701.3)
      Wednesday, November 25, 2015
    • 2015 Vermont Forest Fragmentation Report
      Friday, April 17, 2015
    • Recommendations in Support of Forest Health and Integrity in Response to Act 61 of 2015
      Thursday, March 24, 2016
    • Watershed Management web page
      Wednesday, January 28, 2015
    • Water Connection Permit Municipal Delegation Study
      Wednesday, January 14, 2015
    • Vermont EPA Pollution Control Revolving Fund Report
      Wednesday, January 14, 2015
    • Universal Recycling Timeline
      Wednesday, January 28, 2015
    • Universal Recycling Summary
      Wednesday, January 28, 2015
    • Tactical River Basin Planning and Maps
      Wednesday, January 28, 2015
    • Report on the Management of Wastewater Treatment Sludge and Septage in Vermont
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • Report on Regulatory Threshold for Permitting Stormwater Runoff from Impervious Surfaces
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • Report of the Beyond Waste Advisory Group
      Friday, March 13, 2015
    • Progress of Lake Protection Permitting (2014 Act 172 Sec.7)
      Monday, January 11, 2016
    • 2014 Annual Report on Bill-Backs
      Thursday, January 15, 2015
    • 2015 River Basin Water Quality Management Planning
      Wednesday, January 14, 2015
    • 2015 Report to the Legislature Regarding Act 98 (1989) Uniform Environmental Enforcement Act
      Tuesday, February 16, 2016
  • Agency of Agriculture
    • Agricultural Water Quality Enforcement Program
      Thursday, February 18, 2016
  • Agency of Agriculture and Agency of Natural Resources
    • Vermont's Surface Tile Drainage Interim Report
      Monday, February 15, 2016
  • Agency of Commerce and Community Development
    • Module 2 State Designation Programs Planning Manual
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • Module 1 The Municipal Plan Planning Manual
      Friday, January 15, 2016
  • Agriculture, ANR, ACCD, Transporation agencies
    • Clear Water Initiative Combined power point
      Friday, January 23, 2015
  • Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
    • Forestry Harvesting Guidelines
      Thursday, January 22, 2015
    • Sugarbush Enrollment Options in UVA
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • County Forester Staffing and UVA Delivery 2016
      Monday, March 7, 2016
  • Department of Public Service
    • Investigation of Manufacturing Competitive and Electricity Costs (Act 199)
      Tuesday, January 20, 2015
    • Procedures for Faciliating Development of Small and Micro Hydroelectric Projects
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • SPEED and Renewable Portfolio Standards Report
      Wednesday, January 14, 2015
    • Savings Realized Through the Use of Smart Meters Pursuant to 30 V.S.A. Section 2811(c)
      Tuesday, March 8, 2016
    • Total Energy Study
      Wednesday, January 14, 2015
    • 2014 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Annual Report
      Wednesday, January 21, 2015
    • 2015 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Annual Report
      Friday, January 15, 2016
    • 2016 Comprehensive Energy Plan Executive Summary
      Tuesday, January 19, 2016
    • 2016 Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan
      Tuesday, January 19, 2016
    • Act 99 Net Metering Study
      Tuesday, January 20, 2015
    • Clean Energy Development Fund Annual Report 2014
      Tuesday, January 20, 2015
    • Commercial Multifamily Mixed-Use Building Energy Label Report 2014
      Tuesday, January 20, 2015
    • Efforts to improve energy savings in affordable housing and increase the numbers served
      Monday, February 2, 2015
    • Energy Innovation Program
      Wednesday, January 21, 2015
    • Heat Pump Report(2015, Act 56,Sec.21a 30 V.S.A. Sec 8001(b))
      Tuesday, December 15, 2015
  • Energy Generation Siting Policy Commission
    • Siting Electronic Generation in Vermont Analysis and Recommendation
      Friday, April 12, 2013
  • Joint Energy Committee
    • Recommendations in Response to 2015 Acts and Resolves No. 56, Section 14b Energy Efficiency Entities
      Thursday, February 11, 2016
  • Michael O'Grady
    • Report on Regulatory Threshold for Permitting Stormwater Runoff from Impervious Surfaces
      Wednesday, March 30, 2016
  • Petroleum Cleanup Fund Advisory Committee
    • Twenty-eighth Report on the Status of the Petroleum Cleanup Fund
      Friday, January 15, 2016
  • Public Service Board
    • Biennial and Finald Report - SPEED Program
      Monday, April 13, 2015
    • Cover Letter for SMEEP - Self Managed Energy Efficiency Programs
      Friday, April 24, 2015
    • Management letter Vermont Energy Efficiency Utility Submitted to public service Bd Re- Independent Audit
      Friday, November 20, 2015
    • Vermont Energy Efficiency Utility (30 V.S.A. Sec. 209(f)
      Friday, November 20, 2015
    • Burlington Electric Department Letter in Response to Public Service Board Audit
      Friday, November 20, 2015
  • Public Service Department
    • Clean Energy Development Fund Annual Report Fy 2015
      Thursday, January 21, 2016
  • Senator Bray
    • Comparison- 10 Chapter 151 (Act 250) and 30 VSA Section 248
      Tuesday, January 20, 2015
  • Solar Siting Task Force
    • Solar Siting Task Force Report
      Friday, January 22, 2016
  • VHCB
    • VHCB Annual Report
      Monday, February 2, 2015
  • Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
    • 2015 Annual Report
      Monday, February 1, 2016
  • Vermont Law School Energy Clinic
    • An Analysis of Renewable Energy Credits in Vermont
      Friday, February 26, 2016
  • Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund
    • Farm to Plate Strengthening Vermont's Food System Annual Report Year 5 Fiscal 2015
      Friday, January 22, 2016
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