Vermont Statutes
Chapter 14 - Natural Gas and Oil Conservation
§ 554. Penalties

§ 554. Penalties
(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or the rules or orders of the Board shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. In the case of a continuing violation, each day’s continuance may be deemed a separate offense for the purpose of the fine.
(b) Any person who knowingly makes a false statement, representation, or certification in any application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under this chapter or the rules, regulations, or orders of the Board shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 or be imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.
(c) Any person who unlawfully discloses or knowingly uses for his or her own purpose information made confidential under this chapter shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.
(d) Any person knowingly aiding or abetting any other person in the violation of this chapter or any rule, or order of the Board, shall be subject to the same penalties prescribed for the violation of that other person. (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