§ 555 - Classification, reporting and registration - Vermont Statutes

§ 555. Classification, reporting and registration

(a) The secretary, by rule, may classify air contaminant sources, which in his judgment may cause or contribute to air pollution, according to levels and types of emissions and other characteristics which relate to air pollution, and may require reporting by any class. Classifications made pursuant to this subsection may apply to the state as a whole or to any designated area of the state, and shall be made with special reference to effects on health, economic and social factors, and physical effects on property.

(b) Any person operating or responsible for the operation of air contaminant sources of any class for which the rules of the secretary require reporting shall make reports containing information as required by the secretary concerning location, size and height of contaminant outlets, processes employed, fuels used and the nature and time periods of duration of emissions, and such other information relevant to air pollution and available or reasonably capable of being assembled.

(c) Any person operating or responsible for the operation of an air contaminant source emitting more than five tons of contaminants per year shall register the source with the secretary and renew the registration annually. Each day of operating an air contaminant source without a valid, current registration shall constitute a separate violation and subject the operator to a civil penalty not to exceed $ 100.00 per violation. The secretary shall, after notice and opportunity for public hearing, promulgate rules to carry out this section. (1967, No. 310 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 1971, No. 212 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1987, No. 76, § 3.)