Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 7114

  • Agency: means the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. See
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See

§ 7114. Mercury planning

(a) The Agency shall develop a plan and identify the necessary resources to accomplish the plan that would provide the necessary data to answer the following questions concerning mercury contamination of fish:

(1) Are fish contaminant levels changing with time and in response to management actions?

(2) Is there a baseline water-column concentration of mercury above which risks to humans and wildlife from mercury become unacceptable?

(b) The plan shall be developed in collaboration among the Departments of Environmental Conservation, of Fish and Wildlife, and of Health and be submitted to the General Assembly not later than January 15, 2006. (Added 2005, No. 13, § 1.)