The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 10 : Conservation and Development
Chapter 047 : Water Pollution Control
Subchapter 002A : Lake in Crisis
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 1312)-
§ 1312. Lake in crisis order
The Secretary of Natural Resources, pursuant to chapter 201 of this title, or the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets, pursuant to 6 V.S.A. chapter 215, may issue an order to require a person to:
(1) take an action identified in the lake in crisis response plan;
(2) cease or remediate any acts, discharges, site conditions, or processes contributing to the impairment of the lake in crisis;
(3) mitigate a significant contributor of a pollutant to the lake in crisis; or
(4) conduct testing, sampling, monitoring, surveying, or other analytical operations required to determine the nature, extent, duration, or severity of the potential harm to the public health or a risk of damage to the environment or natural resources. (Added 2017, No. 168 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 22, 2018.)
