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Title 10 : Conservation and Development
Chapter 158 : Fragile Areas Registry
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 6551)-
§ 6551. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Fragile area” means an area of land or water that has unusual or significant flora, fauna, geological, or similar features of scientific, ecological, or educational interest.
(2) “Register” means the fragile areas register that lists those fragile areas designated by the Secretary.
(3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources.
(4) “Adjacent” means those lands and waters directly abutting a site on the register, including lands and waters separated from the site by highways or bodies of water where such separated lands and waters are an integral part of the site’s ecosystem.
(5) “Registry” means the act of voluntary agreement between the owner of a fragile area and the Secretary for designation of the fragile area and its placement on the register of fragile areas.
(6) “Register of fragile areas” means the listing of fragile areas that are being managed by the owner of the fragile area according to guidelines adopted by the Secretary. (Added 1977, No. 129 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1989, No. 207 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)
