Vermont § 5319 - Disposition of remains of dead

§ 5319. Disposition of remains of dead

• (a)(1) The permanent disposition of human remains shall be by: (A) interment in the earth; (B) deposit in a chamber, vault, or tomb formed wholly or partly above the surface of
  the ground of a cemetery conducted and maintained pursuant to the laws of the State; (C) deposit in a crypt of a mausoleum; (D) cremation; or (E) natural organic reduction. (2) However, this shall not be construed to prevent a private individual from setting
  aside a portion of the private individual’s premises owned in fee by the private individual
  and using the premises as a burial space for the members of the private individual’s
  immediate family, provided the private individual’s use for such purpose is not in
  violation of the health laws and rules of the State and the town in which the land
  is situated. (b)(1) Interment of any human body in the earth shall not be made unless the distance from
  the bottom of the outside coffin or body shall be at least three and one-half feet
  below the natural surface of the ground. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed
  to prohibit the interment of a human body at a depth greater than three and one-half
  feet below the surface of the ground. (2) The burial boundaries of a new or expanded cemetery shall be located: (A) not less than 200 feet up gradient of a drilled bedrock well or a drilled well in
  a confined aquifer that is part of an exempt or permitted potable water supply or
  a transient noncommunity public water system source; (B) not less than 500 feet up gradient from any other groundwater source that is part
  of an exempt or permitted potable water supply or a transient noncommunity public
  water system; (C) not less than 150 feet cross or down gradient from any groundwater source that is
  part of an exempt or permitted potable water supply or transient noncommunity public
  water system; (D) outside zone one or two of the source protection area for an existing or permitted
  public community water system; (E) outside the source protection area for an existing or permitted nontransient, noncommunity
  public water system; (F) outside a river corridor as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1422 and delineated by the Agency of Natural Resources; and (G) outside a flood hazard area as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 752, and delineated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Flood Insurance
  Program.