Vermont § 1081 - Jurisdiction of Department

§ 1081. Jurisdiction of Department

• (a) Powers and duties. Unless otherwise provided, the powers and duties authorized by this chapter shall
  be exercised by the Department of Environmental Conservation. Nonfederal dams at which
  the generation of electric energy is subject to licensing jurisdiction under the Federal
  Power Act, 16 U.S.C. chapter 12, subchapter 1, and the dam structure is regulated
  separately from electric generation shall be under the jurisdiction of the Department,
  except to the extent of regulation at those facilities related solely to electric
  generation under the Federal Power Act. (b) Transfer of jurisdiction. Jurisdiction over a federal dam is transferred to the Department when the license
  or exemption for a federal dam expires or is otherwise. (c) Transfer of records. Upon transfer of jurisdiction of any dam from the Public Utility Commission to the
  Department, the Public Utility Commission shall transfer copies of all records pertaining
  to the subject dam, including record drawings, construction drawings, engineering
  investigations and analyses, photographs, inspection reports, design, permitting,
  and emergency action planning documents and any other files pertaining to the subject
  dam, to the Department in digital and hardcopy format acceptable to the Department
  within 30 days following the jurisdictional transfer. (Amended 1959, No. 203; 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 39, eff. March 1, 1961; 1961, No. 100, § 2; 1981, No. 242 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2017, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2021, No. 42, § 1; 2023, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. July 1, 2024.)