Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1103

  • Dam: includes an artificial barrier that meets all of the following:

  • Department: means the Department of Environmental Conservation. See
  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See

§ 1103. Approval for flood control dams

(a) No department or agency of the federal government shall construct any flood control dam that is within the State of Vermont, either in whole or in part, or cause any land within the State of Vermont to be overflowed through the operation of a flood control dam located outside the State, except with the approval of the Governor and the General Assembly.

(b) For purposes of this section “flood control dam” means any dam that has among its principal purposes the prevention or control of floods either within or without the State, or that is financed in whole or in part with funds appropriated, allocated, or made available under a federal flood control program, excepting programs under Public Law 83-566, known as the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act. (Added 1971, No. 167 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)