§ 1571 - Definitions - Vermont Statutes

§ 1571. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

(1) "Agency" means agency of natural resources.

(2) "Board" means the natural resources board.

(3) "Combined sewer separation facilities" means sewers, pipe lines, pumps, structures and attendant facilities necessary to convey liquid wastes in such a manner that industrial wastes, domestic sewage, or both, are conveyed separately from storm water, and may include storm water treatment facilities.

(4) "Department" means the department of environmental conservation.

(5) "Municipality" means a municipality as defined in section 126 of Title 1.

(6) "Pollution abatement facilities" means municipal sewage treatment plants, pumping stations, interceptor and outfall sewers, and attendant facilities as prescribed by the department to abate pollution of the waters of the state.

(7) "Potable water supply facilities" means municipal water sources, water treatment plants, structures, pipe lines, storage facilities, pumps and attendant facilities necessary to develop a source of water, and to treat and convey it in proper quantity and quality for public use within a municipality.

(8) "Secretary" means the secretary of natural resources or the secretary's duly authorized representative.

(9) "Disadvantaged municipality" means a municipality or the served area of a municipality which:

(A) Has a median household income below the state average median household income as determined by the secretary, and which after construction of the proposed water supply improvements will have an annual household user cost greater than one percent of the median household income as determined by the secretary; or

(B) Has a median household income equal to or greater than the state average median household income as determined by the secretary, and which after construction of the proposed water supply improvements will have an annual household user cost greater than 2.5 percent of the median household income as determined by the secretary. (Added 1971, No. 97, § 3, eff. April 22, 1971; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 30; 1987, No. 76, § 18; 1997, No. 62, § 57, eff. June 26, 1997; 2003, No. 63, § 61, eff. June 11, 2003; 2003, No. 115 (Adj. Sess.), § 39, eff. Jan. 31, 2005; 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 63, eff. June 8, 2004.)