Vermont § 6650 - Program withdrawal

§ 6650. Program withdrawal

• (a) An applicant may withdraw from the Program at any time, provided the applicant does
  all the following: (1) Files with the Secretary a notice of intent to withdraw from the Program. (2) Ensures that the site is stabilized. Site stabilization includes any action necessary
  to ensure that work conducted at the property will not cause greater risk to human
  health and the environment than existed before the remediation work was begun and
  to ensure that the property will not pose an imminent hazard to human health or the
  environment. (3) Continues to comply with the general obligations of section 6644 of this title. (b) An applicant may withdraw from the Program after the approval of a corrective action
  plan and the Secretary has granted personal liability protection as authorized in
  subsection 6653(b) of this title provided the applicant does all the following: (1) Meets all the requirements of withdrawal pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. (2) Records a deed restriction on the property approved by the Secretary. The deed restriction
  shall include: (A) any limitations on the uses of the property based on risk-based exposure criteria
  used in developing the corrective action plan; (B) prohibitions against physical changes to the property; (C) a requirement that protective barriers to control remaining sources of contamination
  be installed and maintained; (D) restrictions on groundwater use and requirements that alternative water supplies be
  provided. (3) Does not engage in an activity at the property that is inconsistent or interferes
  with the approved corrective action plan. (4) Does not violate any use restriction imposed on the property by the Secretary. (5) Promptly reports and addresses contamination caused or exacerbated by a negligent
  or reckless action during corrective action. (Added 2007, No. 147 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)