Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1416
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 1416
- Agency: means the Agency of Natural Resources. See
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Department: means the Department of Environmental Conservation. See
- Farming: means farming as the term is defined in subdivision 6001(22) of this title. See
- Groundwater: means water below the land surface, including springs. See
- Hole: means any excavation, deeper than 20 feet with at least one horizontal dimension less than five feet. See
- Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Spring: means a groundwater source where groundwater flows naturally to the surface of the earth and is collected with a developed structure that is designed to locate or extract groundwater. 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
- Surface water: means waters within the meaning of subdivision 1251(13) of this title. See
- Well: means any hole drilled, driven, bored, excavated, or created by similar method into the earth to locate, monitor, extract, or recharge groundwater where the water table or potentiometric surface is artificially lowered through pumping. See
§ 1416. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Farming” means farming as the term is defined in subdivision 6001(22) of this title.
(2) “Groundwater” means water below the land surface, including springs.
(3) “Person” means any individual, partnership, company, corporation, cooperative, association, unincorporated association, joint venture, trust, the State of Vermont, or any department, agency, subdivision, or municipality, the U.S. government or any department, agency, or subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity.
(4) “Spring” means a groundwater source where groundwater flows naturally to the surface of the earth and is collected with a developed structure that is designed to locate or extract groundwater.
(5) “Surface water” means waters within the meaning of subdivision 1251(13) of this title.
(6) “Water resources” means groundwater or surface water.
(7) “Well” means any hole drilled, driven, bored, excavated, or created by similar method into the earth to locate, monitor, extract, or recharge groundwater where the water table or potentiometric surface is artificially lowered through pumping.
(8) “Withdraw” or “withdrawal” means the intentional removal by any method or instrument of groundwater from a well, spring, or combination of wells or springs. (Added 2007, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 9, 2008.)