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Current Petitions
Vermont Use of Public Waters Rules
Proposed Change to § 3 for Managing Wake Boats and Their Activities on Vermont Lakes and Ponds
Filed On: March 9, 2022
Filed By: Responsible Wakes for Vermont Lakes
Purpose: The petition proposes to manage and regulate the operation of wake boats and their use in the activities of wakesurfing and wakeboarding on Vermont lakes and ponds.
More information is available on the Secretary of State Rulemaking Page
Rulemaking Schedule for Proposed Change to § 3 for Managing Wake Boats and Their Activities on Vermont Lakes and Ponds
Activity | Date |
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Applied to Interagency Committee on Administrative Rules (ICAR) | May 24, 2023 |
Received Interagency Committee on Administrative Rules (ICAR) Approval |
June 12, 2023 |
Filed Proposed Rule with Secretary of State |
June 21, 2023 |
Public Notice Posted Online By Secretary of State | June 28, 2023 |
Newspaper Notice Published By Secretary of State | online: June 28, 2023 print: July 6, 2023 |
Public Hearing* Due to flood impacts, the in-person meeting has been moved from Montpelier to Richmond. If you signed up to speak in Montpelier, you will be automatically be signed up to speak in Richmond. If you can no longer make the new location, please email anr.wsmdlakes@vermont.gov |
There are two opportunities to attend a public hearing: in-person and virtual. To make a comment at one of the meetings, you must sign up ahead of time.
*Written comments will be accepted and given the same consideration as verbal comments. |
Public Comments Due Written comments may be submitted via email to anr.wsmdlakes@vermont.gov please use the subject line "wake boats" |
August 10, 2023, 4:30pm |
Filed Final Rule with Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (LCAR) | January 4, 2024 |
LCAR meeting |
February 1, 2024 at 8am and February 8, 2024 at 8am *Information on LCAR meeting available on the LCAR webpage |
Filed final 'adopted rule' with Secretary of State | |
Rule effective date |
Final Rule Documents Submitted to LCAR
*Note that the LCAR filing was corrected on 1/5/24 to correct an editorial oversight in Section 5.16.
*Note that the LCAR filing was updated again on 1/22/2024 to address editorial suggestions and based on a GIS review that resulted in wakesport eligible waterbodies to be reduced from 31 to 30. Additional updates were made on 2/5/2024 to address concerns from the LCAR hearing on 2/01/2024.
- ICAR Minutes (06/12/2023)
- APA Filing Forms - Final Rule Filing
- Use of Public Waters Rule Amendment Annotated Text
- Use of Public Waters Rules Amendment Clean Text
- Wakeboat Rulemaking Responsiveness Summary
- Written Comments Submitted
- Description of rule edits made for 2/08/2024 LCAR Meeting
Maps Identifying Wakesport Zones on Wakesport Eligible Lakes
Draft Rule Documents for Public Comment Period
Proposed Draft Rule annotated text
Proposed Draft Rule clean text
Interagency Committee on Administrative Rules (ICAR) minutes
Presentation from the August 1 and August 3 Public Hearings
Pre-Rulemaking Documents and Information
- DEC Presentation from Meeting on 2/15/2023
- Petition
- Petition Cover Letter
- Petition Appendices
- Supporting Documents (A)
- Supporting Documents (B)
- Notes from meeting between petitioners and DEC staff
- Public Meeting, Northern Vermont: June 29, 2022
- Public Meeting, Southern Vermont: July, 7, 2022
- Presentation from DEC presented at June 29th and July 7th meeting
- Presentation from Petitioners presented at June 29th meeting
- Recording of June 29th meeting (YouTube)
- Presentation from petitioners presented at July 7th meeting
- Recording of July 7th meeting (YouTube)
- Petitioners (RWVL) written responses to opposition comments from public meetings on 6/29/2022 & 7/7/2022
- Additional supporting documents submitted 7/29/2022
Past Use of Public Waters Petitions and Petition Decisions can be found here: https://dec.vermont.gov/watershed/laws/upw-decisions