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