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Wastewater Program Contact Information

Direct Discharge and Pretreatment Wastewater Facility Assignments

For information about private water systems or home septic systems, please contact the Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection Division's Regional Office staff assigned to your location.

The State of Vermont Wastewater Program has reorganized to accommodate a new structure.

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Wastewater System & Potable Water Supply Permit Application FAQ

Summary

Where do I list the Applicant Info?
How do I list an accessory building or toilet?
Do I list SPAN, Parcel ID, or book/page for proposed lots?
Why can't I download my submission?
How do I print the application?

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Notice of Untreated or Unpermitted Discharges

Sewer overflows and release events have the potential to pose a threat to human and/or environmental health.

Avoid swimming, wading, boating, or fishing after wastewater overflow, releases, or illicit discharges!

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Wasteload Allocation Process Rule

Rules

September 15, 1987

The State of Vermont has established Water Quality Standards as a means of guiding the management of water quality to ensure the use and enjoyment of Vermont's lakes and streams. Typical uses may include fishing, swimming, boating, hydroelectric power generation and waste disposal. When a use such as waste disposal threatens to degrade water quality to the extent that other uses are impaired, a limit must be placed upon the quantity of waste that may be discharged. This limit, referred to as the assimilative capacity, is defined as the maximum quantity of waste the water body can accept, without water quality being degraded below established standards.

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Procedure for Determining Significant Non-Compliance for Vermont's Water Pollution Control Permit Program

Policy or Procedure

September 3, 1995

It is the purpose of this procedure to establish which types of non-compliance will normally be given priority in Agency response efforts with respect to discharge permits issues pursuant to 10 V.S.A. §1263; except that this procedure does not apply to indirect discharge permits issued pursuant to the Indirect Discharge Rules, Chapter 14: Environmental Protection Rules.

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Amendment to the Vermont Water Pollution Control Regulations, Chapter 13

Regulations

October 7, 1991

The 1991 amendment to the Vermont Water Pollution Control Regulations establish the overarching framework for the issuance of General Permits for the discharge of wastes with in a common geographic area, including state-wide, that share the same or substantially similar qualities such that the discharges can be regulated by the same or similar permit conditions. General Permits are typically employed to authorize the discharge of wastes from petroleum contamination remediation projects.

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Vermont Water Pollution Control Permit Regulations

Regulations

February 26, 1974

The 1974 Vermont Water Pollution Control Regulations establish the overarching framework under which Vermont exercises its federally delegated authority to issue National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for the discharge of treated wastewater to surface waters and for the discharge of treated industrial wastes to municipal sewage collection systems for conveyance to a wastewater treatment facility.