Vermont § 8011 - Permit stays

§ 8011. Permit stays

• (a) An administrative order may stay the effective date or processing of a permit: (1) when any activity has been commenced illegally without a permit. The order may stay
  the effective date of the permit for a period of time up to the number of days that
  the activity was commenced before the permit was issued. This period of time shall
  not include the time from the date that work was stopped until the date a permit is
  issued; or (2) when an applicant for a permit or for an amendment to a permit is not in compliance
  with an administrative order or an assurance of discontinuance with respect to a violation
  that is directly related to the activity that is the subject of the application; or (3) when an applicant for a permit or for an amendment to a permit has one or more current
  violations. (b) A stay shall be issued under this section only if the violation was caused by the
  applicant, by a person under the applicant’s control, or by a person who has control
  of the applicant. (c) The processing of the application may be stayed until the respondent is in compliance
  with the directives in the order. An order for a permit stay shall not be stayed pending
  a hearing. (d) In lieu of a permit stay under subdivision (a)(2) or (3) of this section, where an
  applicant for a permit or an amendment to a permit is not in compliance with an administrative
  order or an assurance of discontinuance, an administrative order may require the applicant
  to post a bond or other financial surety in an amount reasonably calculated to cover
  the costs necessary to achieve compliance as a condition for the processing of the
  application. (Added 1989, No. 98, § 1; amended 2007, No. 191 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)