Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1301

  • Person: means any individual; partnership; company; corporation; association; joint venture; trust; municipality; the State of Vermont or any agency, department, or subdivision of the State; any federal agency; or any other legal or commercial entity. See
  • 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
  • Waste: means effluent, sewage, or any substance or material, liquid, gaseous, solid, or radioactive, including heated liquids, whether or not harmful or deleterious to waters; provided, however, the term "sewage" as used in this chapter shall not include the rinse or process water from a cheese manufacturing process. See
  • Waters: includes all rivers, streams, creeks, brooks, reservoirs, ponds, lakes, springs, and all bodies of surface waters, artificial or natural, that are contained within, flow through, or border upon the State or any portion of it. See

§ 1301. Deposit of sawmill waste in waters

(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to deposit edgings, slabs, sawdust, shavings, or any other sawmill refuse in the waters of any stream, pond, reservoir, or lake in this State or on the shores or banks thereof in such a manner as to be subject to being washed in the main stream or body of water under normal high water conditions.

(b) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall be fined no more than $100.00 for each offense. (Amended 1963, No. 224; 1967, No. 112.)