The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 10 : Conservation and Development
Chapter 164B : Collection and Management of Household Hazardous Products
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 7187)-
§ 7187. Agency responsibilities
(a) Review and approve collection plans. The Secretary shall review and approve or deny collection plans submitted under section 7183 of this title according to the public notice and comment requirements of section 7714 of this title.
(b) Criteria for plan approval.
(1) The Secretary shall approve a collection plan if the Secretary finds that the collection plan:
(A) complies with the requirements of subsection 7183(b) of this title;
(B) provides adequate notice to the public of the collection opportunities available for covered household hazardous products;
(C) ensures that collection of covered household hazardous products will occur in an environmentally sound fashion that is consistent with the law or with any special handling requirements adopted by the Secretary;
(D) promotes the collection and disposal of covered household hazardous products; and
(E) is reasonably expected to meet performance goals and convenience standards.
(2) If a manufacturer or a stewardship organization fails to submit a plan that is acceptable to the Secretary because it does not meet the requirements of this chapter, the Secretary shall modify the submitted plan to make it conform to the requirements of this chapter and place the modified draft plan on notice pursuant to section 7714 of this title.
(c) Collection plan amendment. The Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion or at the request of a manufacturer or a stewardship organization, may require a stewardship organization to amend an approved collection plan. Collection plan amendments shall be subject to the public input provisions of section 7717 of this title.
(d) Registrations. The Secretary shall accept, review, and approve or deny registrations required by this chapter. The Secretary may revoke a registration of a stewardship organization when the actions of the stewardship organization are unreasonable, unnecessary, or contrary to the requirements or the policy of this chapter. The Secretary shall only approve one stewardship organization for the first collection plan.
(e) Supervisory capacity. The Secretary shall act in a supervisory capacity over the actions of a stewardship organization registered under this section. In acting in this capacity, the Secretary shall review the actions of the stewardship organization to ensure that they are reasonable, necessary, and limited to carrying out requirements of and policy established by this chapter.
(f) Special handling requirements. The Secretary may adopt by rule special handling requirements for the collection, transport, and disposal of covered household hazardous products.
(g) Agency collection plan. If no stewardship organization is formed on or before July 1, 2025 or the stewardship organization fails to submit a plan or submits a plan that does not meet the requirements of this chapter, the Secretary shall adopt and administer a plan that meets the requirements of section 7183 of this title. If the Secretary administers the plan adopted under section 7183, the Secretary shall charge each manufacturer the prorated costs of plan administration, the Agency’s oversight costs, and an additional hazardous waste reduction assessment of 10 percent of the plan’s total cost to be deposited in the Solid Waste Management Assistance Account of the Waste Management Assistance Fund, for the purpose of providing grants to municipalities and small businesses to prevent pollution and reduce the generation of hazardous waste in the State. When determining a manufacturer’s assessment under this section, the Agency may allocate costs to a manufacturer of covered household hazardous products based on the sales of covered household hazardous products nationally prorated to the population of Vermont. (Added 2023, No. 58, § 2, eff. June 12, 2023; amended 2025, No. 59, § 11, eff. June 11, 2025.)
