A new draft of the Act 250 legislation was released today.  As proposed it takes even more review away from the Environmental Court.  Now, the citizen panel known as the “VERB” – Vermont Environmental Review Board – will be able to hear appeals from municipal panels when the municipal appeal concerns “land development” or also requires a permit from the Agency of Natural Resources or District Commission.

 

The new language is as follows:

 

(f) An appeal of an act or decision of an appropriate municipal panel under 24 V.S.A. chapter 117 may be to the Board if the act or decision pertains to land development, as defined in 24 V.S.A. § 4303(10), that requires a permit, certificate, or other approval from the Agency of Natural Resources or a District Commission under a statute listed in subsections (a) or (b) of this section. The provisions of 24 V.S.A. §§ 4471 (appeals to environmental 17 division) and 4471a(b) through (g) (environmental division) shall apply to such an appeal, except that the appeal shall be before the Board and may be consolidated with other appeals before the Board pursuant to subsection 8411(f) of this title. If an appeal is filed with the Board, any party may move to consolidate appeals or move to have the appeal of an act or decision of an appropriate municipal panel heard individually by the Environmental Division  of the Superior Court.

 

Full draft is here: https://legislature.vermont.gov/Documents/2020/WorkGroups/House%20Natural/Bills/19-0040/Drafts,%20Amendments%20and%20Summaries/W~Ellen%20Czajkowski~19-0040,%20Draft%20No.%209.2,%204-4-2019~4-4-2019.pdf

 

 

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From: vtdevelopment@simplelists.com [mailto:vtdevelopment@simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Stephanie Hainley
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2019 12:40 PM
To: vtdevelopment@simplelists.com
Subject: [VT Dev] Commission on Act 250 -- Draft Report and Legislation

 

FYI for the development community -- the report of the Commission on Act 250 and the proposed legislation are now posted on the State’s website: https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/document/2018.1/333/Date/1-4-2019#documents-section

 

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