§ 2606a. Mountaintop use as communications sites
(a) State policy. It is hereby adopted as State policy to permit limited use of designated State-owned land under the jurisdiction of the Department for electronic communications broadcasting by both public and private entities. Use of the designated sites shall be in compliance with the policy set forth herein under the management of government and private users of the mountaintops. This policy implementation has the objectives of:
(1) protecting State-owned mountaintops from the development of new communications facilities that have a significant adverse environmental impact;
(2) protecting mountaintop communication signals from interference by existing or subsequent users; and
(3) maximizing use of limited mountaintop facilities through consolidation of equipment, efficient development and economic management of each site.
(b) Specific sites.
(1) Mountaintop designation. The State-owned mountaintops to which this section shall apply are: Ascutney Mountain North Peak and Ascutney Mountain South Peak, Burke Mountain, Okemo Mountain, and Killington Mountain.
(2)-(5) [Repealed.] (Added 1993, No. 233 (Adj. Sess.), § 63, eff. June 21, 1994; amended 1995, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 10d, eff. May 22, 1996; 2009, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 2009, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 26(4)(B).)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 10 - Conservation and Development
Chapter 83 - Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation
§ 2603. Powers and duties: Commissioner
§ 2605. Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
§ 2606. Acceptance of gifts; exchange, purchase, or lease of lands
§ 2606a. Mountaintop use as communications sites
§ 2606b. License of forestlands for maple sugar production
§ 2607. Natural areas; designation
§ 2608. Enforcement; penalties; liability
§ 2609. Forest Parks Revolving Fund
§ 2609a. Income from lease of mountaintop communication sites
§ 2610. Relocation assistance; when required
§ 2611. Vermont Youth Conservation Corps
§ 2612. Designation; Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, Inc
§ 2613. Abenaki place names in State parks
§ 2622a. Water Quality Assistance Program
§ 2622b. Accident prevention and safety training for logging contractors
§ 2622c. Financial assistance; logger safety; master logger certification; cost-share
§ 2623. Reports, management plans, and licensing
§ 2625. Regulation of heavy cutting
§ 2641. Town forest fire wardens; appointment and removal
§ 2642. Salary and compensation of town forest fire wardens
§ 2643. Town’s liability for suppression of forest fires; State aid
§ 2644. Duties and powers of fire warden
§ 2646. Proclamation by Governor prohibiting kindling of fires: Closing of woodlands
§ 2647. Fires in woods of another; permission
§ 2651. Municipal forest; definition
§ 2652. Municipal forests, State aid
§ 2653. Designation of municipal forest
§ 2661. Surveys and investigations
§ 2663. Infestation control; agreements with owners
§ 2664. Cost prorated; agreements
§ 2672. Complaint or information and summons
§ 2673. Procedure on failure to appear; notice; rules
§ 2674. Answer to Uniform Fire Prevention Ticket
§ 2681. Importation of firewood; protection from invasive pests