Vermont § 1387 - Findings; purpose; Clean Water Initiative

§ 1387. Findings; purpose; Clean Water Initiative

• (a)(1) The State has committed to implementing a long-term Clean Water Initiative to provide
  mechanisms, staffing, and financing necessary to achieve and maintain compliance with
  the Vermont Water Quality Standards for all State waters. (2) Success in implementing the Clean Water Initiative will depend largely on providing
  sustained and adequate funding to support the implementation of all of the following: (A) the requirements of 2015 Acts and Resolves No. 64; (B) federal or State required cleanup plans for individual waters or water segments, such
  as total maximum daily load plans; (C) the Agency of Natural Resources’ Combined Sewer Overflow Rule; (D) the operations of clean water service providers under chapter 37, subchapter 5 of
  this title; and (E) the permanent protection of land and waters from future development and impairment
  through conservation and water quality projects funded by the Vermont Housing and
  Conservation Trust Fund authorized by chapter 15 of this title. (3) To ensure success in implementing the Clean Water Initiative, the State should commit
  to funding the Clean Water Initiative in a manner that ensures the maintenance of
  effort and that provides an annual appropriation for clean water programs in a range
  of $50 million to $60 million as adjusted for inflation over the duration of the Initiative. (4) To avoid the future impairment and degradation of the State’s waters, the State should
  commit to continued funding for the protection of land and waters through agricultural
  and natural resource conservation, including through permanent easements and fee acquisition.