Vermont Statutes
Chapter 14 - Natural Gas and Oil Conservation
§ 517. Standards for rulemaking

§ 517. Standards for rulemaking
(a) Rulemaking power granted by this chapter shall be exercised in the manner provided by the Vermont Administrative Procedure Act.
(b) Rules adopted under this chapter shall be consistent with the purposes of this chapter and within the intent of the Legislature.
(c) Rules adopted under this chapter concerning administrative procedures, such as rules of evidence during hearings, shall be in accordance with due process of law.
(d) The power under this chapter to establish fees by rule shall be construed to authorize only fees which are approximately sufficient to cover the costs associated with the program or part of the program intended to be financed by the fee. (Added 1981, No. 240 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 28, 1982.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 29 - Public Property and Supplies

Chapter 14 - Natural Gas and Oil Conservation

§ 501. Title of chapter

§ 502. Purposes

§ 503. Definitions

§ 504. Composition of the Board

§ 505. Authority of the Board

§ 511. Hearings conducted by examiners

§ 512. Hearings conducted by the Board

§ 513. Subpoena

§ 514. Appeal

§ 515. Personnel

§ 516. Governmental cooperation

§ 517. Standards for rulemaking

§ 521. Waste prohibited

§ 522. Drilling units

§ 523. Pooling

§ 524. Antitrust immunity for voluntary units

§ 525. Field-wide unitization

§ 526. Ratable takes required

§ 531. Management of State oil and gas resources

§ 532. State oil and gas leases authorized

§ 533. Notice of intention to lease State lands

§ 534. Gas produced from State lands

§ 535. State reservation of oil, gas, and minerals

§ 541. Drilling permits

§ 542. Drilling reports

§ 543. Reports of oil and gas operations

§ 544. Abandonment of wells

§ 545. Conveyance and acquisition of oil and gas interests

§ 551. Illegal oil, gas, and product

§ 552. Illegal oil, gas, or product declared contraband

§ 553. Disclosure of confidential information prohibited

§ 554. Penalties

§ 555. Enforcement

§ 561. Release of oil and gas leases

§ 562. Subdivision of land subject to an oil and gas lease

§ 563. Abandonment of oil and gas interests; preservation

§ 564. Surface use value appraisal of agriculture and forestlands

§ 565. Governor authorized to join in interstate compact

§ 566. Construction

§ 571. Hydraulic fracturing; prohibition