The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
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WATER QUALITY; FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
(Cite as: 6 V.S.A. § 4826)
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§ 4826. Cost assistance for waste storage facilities
(a) The owner or operator of a farm required under section 4815 of this title to design, construct, or modify a waste storage facility may apply in writing to
the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets for cost assistance. Using State or
federal funds, or both, a State assistance grant shall be awarded, subject to the
availability of funds, to applicants. Such grants shall not exceed 90 percent of the
cost of an adequately sized and designed waste storage facility and the equipment
eligible for Natural Resources Conservation Service cost share assistance. Application
for a State assistance grant shall be made in the manner prescribed by the Secretary.
(b) If the Secretary lacks adequate funds necessary for the cost assistance awards required
by subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary shall appear before the Emergency
Board, as soon as possible, and shall request that necessary funds be provided. If
the Emergency Board fails to provide adequate funds, the design and construction requirements
for waste storage facilities under subsection 4815(b) of this title and the RAPs for groundwater, as they relate to a waste storage facility, shall be
suspended for a farm with a waste storage facility subject to the requirements of
subsection 4815(b) of this title until adequate funding becomes available. Suspension of the design and construction
requirements of subsection 4815(b) of this title does not relieve an owner or operator of a farm permitted under section 4858 or 4851 of this title from the remaining requirements of the owner’s or operator’s permit, including discharge
standards, groundwater protection, nutrient management planning, and land application
of manure. This subsection does not apply to farms permitted under 10 V.S.A. § 1263.
(c) The owner or operator of a farm with a waste storage facility may apply in writing
to the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets for a State assistance grant for
the costs of complying with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation
Service requirements for inspection of a waste storage facility. Such grants shall
not exceed 90 percent of the cost of the inspection of the waste storage facility.
Application for a State assistance grant shall be made in the manner prescribed by
the Secretary. (Added 2005, No. 78, § 5, eff. June 24, 2005; amended 2011, No. 104 (Adj. Sess.), § 28c, May 7, 2012; 2015, No. 39, § 6.)