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In accordance with adopted federal EPA regulation, 40 CFR Part 58, Subpart B §58.10(1), the Vermont Air Quality & Climate Division is required to submit to EPA by July 1, 2018 an air monitoring network plan for the State of Vermont. The regulation requires that the network plan be posted on the AQCD website or other form of notification for public comment 30 days prior to submission to the EPA Region 1 Office. The 2018 Network Plan was posted on the “public notice” section of AQCD website from 5/25/18 through 6/26/18. During this period, the VT AQCD received no public comments.

The Black and Ottauquechee River Tactical Basin Plan (herein referred to as the Basin 10 Plan) provides an overall view of the health of the region’s waters and defines on-going and future actions to address high-priority stressors. This Plan includes targeted actions to achieve the State’s water quality goals laid out in the Vermont Clean Water Act, the Vermont Surface Water Management Strategy and the Long Island Sound Total Maximum Daily Load. The actions are described in the Summary Implementation Table in Chapter 5 and in the online Watershed Projects Database.

The Agency of Natural Resource (ANR) Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Wetlands Program retained consultation services from the Vermont Certified Public Managers Program (VCPM®) in November 2017 to assist with Wetland Consultant Accountability. This is their final report which outlines action items for improving the quality of wetland delineation work throughout the State.

Are you interested in purchasing lakefront property in Vermont? Maybe you are new to Vermont entirely, or perhaps you’ve lived here for years but are just now contemplating a camp on the lake. This booklet introduces a landowner to what a healthy lake shoreland looks like, describes how Vermont manages its public waters, and provides an overview of property development regulations.

A TMDL specifies the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can receive and still meet applicable WQS.

A TMDL specifies the maximum amount of a pollutant that a waterbody can receive and still meet applicable WQS.

This report fulfills the U.S. EPA Performance Partnership Agreement task of reporting on the gains and losses of wetlands state-wide and gives an update on state wetland regulation. The time-period reported on and analyzed in this report is from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2015.