The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 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.
Title 10 : Conservation and Development
Chapter 037 : Wetlands Protection and Water Resources Management
Subchapter 004 : WETLANDS DETERMINATIONS AND PROTECTION
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 916)-
§ 916. Update of Vermont Significant Wetlands Inventory maps
(a) On or before January 1, 2026, and not less than annually thereafter, the Agency of Natural Resources shall update the Vermont Significant Wetlands Inventory (VSWI) maps. The annual updates to the VSWI shall include integration of georeferenced shapefiles or similar files for all verified delineations performed within the State and submitted to the Agency of Natural Resources as part of a permit application, as well as a wetlands determination issued under section 914 of this title and rulemaking conducted pursuant to section 915 of this title. The VSWI layer shall include integration of any additional town specific inventories of otherwise unmapped wetlands performed by consultants on the Agency’s Wetland Consultant List if the consultant has presented the map to a municipality or the Agency of Natural Resources.
(b) On or before January 1, 2030, the Secretary of Natural Resources shall complete High Quality Wetlands Inventory (NWI) Plus level mapping for all of the tactical basins in the State. The high-quality mapping shall include a ground truthing component, as recommended by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). Once all tactical basins are mapped, the Agency shall evaluate the need for NWI Plus level map updates on a five-year cycle, simultaneously with updates to the corresponding tactical basin plan. (Added 2009, No. 31, § 5; amended 2023, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. July 1, 2024.)
