The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
001
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 1003)
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§ 1003. Conference; recommendations
Whenever, in the opinion of the Department, it appears that the artificial regulation
of stream flow as maintained by any person threatens the public interest or welfare
or an emergency exists or is threatened, the Department may call to conference the
owner or owners of the dam causing the artificial regulation and other persons having
an interest therein, for the purpose of seeking cooperation in altered regulation
to minimize damage to the public interest under the policy of this chapter. As a
result of the conference, the Department may require action be taken by the person
owning the dam with respect to the release of water as it may consider necessary and
proper in the public interest, and shall issue findings of fact developed at the conference.
For dams or diversions not licensed under 16 U.S.C. § 800, existing permits may be amended where those permits do not contain conditions with
respect to minimum stream flow. For federally licensed facilities, the Secretary
may negotiate the modification of stream flow, and if the Secretary’s recommendations
are not agreed to, the Secretary may petition the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) for license amendments. (Added 1965, No. 37, § 3; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 1987, No. 67, § 11.)