The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 555)
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§ 555. Classification, reporting and registration
(a) The Secretary, by rule, may classify air contaminant sources, which in his or her
judgment may cause or contribute to air pollution, according to levels and types of
emissions and other characteristics that relate to air pollution, and may require
reporting by any class. Classifications made pursuant to this subsection may apply
to the State as a whole or to any designated area of the State, and shall be made
with special reference to effects on health, economic, and social factors, and physical
effects on property.
(b) Any person operating or responsible for the operation of air contaminant sources of
any class for which the rules of the Secretary require reporting shall make reports
containing information as required by the Secretary concerning location, size, and
height of contaminant outlets, processes employed, fuels used and the nature and time
periods of duration of emissions, and such other information relevant to air pollution
and available or reasonably capable of being assembled.
(c)(1) Any person operating or responsible for the operation of an air contaminant source
shall register the source with the Secretary and renew the registration annually if
the source emits:
(A) more than or equal to five tons of contaminants per year; or
(B) less than five tons of contaminants per year and is a source specified in rule by
the Secretary.
(2) Each day of operating an air contaminant source without a valid, current registration
shall constitute a separate violation and subject the operator to a civil penalty
not to exceed $100.00 per violation. The Secretary shall, after notice and opportunity
for public hearing, adopt rules to carry out this section. (Added 1967, No. 310 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 1971, No. 212 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1987, No. 76, § 3; 2015, No. 23, § 96; 2015, No. 57, § 22b.)