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Title
10
:
Conservation and Development
Chapter
047
:
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
Subchapter
001
:
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
§
1258. Management of waters after classification, enforcement
(a) After the
classification of any waters has been determined by the Secretary, those waters
shall be managed under the supervision of the Secretary in order to obtain and
maintain the classification established. The Secretary may enforce a
classification against any person affected thereby who, with notice of the
classification, has failed to comply. An action to enforce a classification
shall be brought in the Superior Court of the county wherein the affected
waters are located.
(b) The
Secretary shall manage discharges to the waters of the State by administering a
permit program consistent with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System established by section 402 of Public Law 92-500 and with the guidelines
promulgated in accordance with section 304(h)(2) of Public Law 92-500. The
Secretary shall use the full range of possibilities and variables allowable
under these sections of Public Law 92-500, including general permits, as are
consistent with meeting the objectives of the Vermont Water Pollution Control
Program. The Secretary shall adopt a continuing planning process approvable
under section 303(e) of Public Law 92-500. Neither the Secretary nor his or her
duly authorized representative may receive or during the previous two years
have received a significant portion of his or her income directly or indirectly
from permit holders or applicants for a permit under this chapter. (Amended
1969, No. 252 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. April 4, 1970; 1971, No. 185 (Adj.
Sess.), § 236, eff. March 29, 1972; 1973, No. 103, § 4, eff. April 24, 1973;
1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 1987, No. 282 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2011, No.
138 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. May 14, 2012.)