Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 7022

  • Agency: means the Agency of Natural Resources. See
  • Authority: means the Vermont Low-Level Radioactive Waste Authority. 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
  • Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
  • Yankee site: means a site for a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility on land presently owned by and contiguous to the Vermont Yankee nuclear generating facility. See

§ 7022. Screening and certification process

Under the authority of section 7020 of this title, the Agency shall adopt rules regarding screening for potential alternative sites and certification of sites, which must at least establish the procedures and criteria for:

(1) screening, by the Authority, of the Town of Vernon and the rest of the State;

(2) selecting and studying potential alternative sites by the Authority;

(3) submission, by the Authority, of each selected potential alternative site to the Agency for certification;

(4) certification, by the Agency, of alternative sites and the Yankee site as meeting applicable siting requirements;

(5) characterization of an alternative site;

(6) deciding, by the Authority, to characterize a certified alternative site or to prepare a draft license application for a disposal facility at a characterized site. (Added 1989, No. 296 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 29, 1990.)