§ 6603i. Landfill closure grants
(a) The Secretary is authorized to award grants to municipalities and solid waste management districts for the portion of the cost of closure of unlined landfills receiving municipal solid waste located within the municipality or district. These grants shall be available to assist in the closure of any existing unlined landfills accepting solid waste as of June 9, 1992.
(b) The amount of any grants made under this section shall not exceed the actual costs of closure of the facility, minus an amount equal to the total tonnage of waste disposed at the facility between July 1, 1989 and the last date of acceptance of solid waste for disposal at the facility, multiplied by $24.00 per ton. Eligible closure costs shall include all necessary construction costs, a reasonable cost for engineering oversight, and an amount, not to exceed five percent or $50,000.00, whichever is less, of the construction costs, to cover the legal, administrative, and fiscal costs. (Added 1991, No. 256 (Adj. Sess.), § 29, eff. June 9, 1992; amended 2005, No. 215 (Adj. Sess.), § 214; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 27.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 10 - Conservation and Development
Chapter 159 - Waste Management
§ 6601. Declaration of policy and purpose
§ 6603c. Implementation grants and loans for waste management
§ 6603d. User fee implementation assistance
§ 6603g. Hazardous Waste Facility Grant Program
§ 6603i. Landfill closure grants
§ 6603j. Curbside collection of waste oil
§ 6604. Solid waste management plan
§ 6604b. Testing of solid wastes prior to beneficial use on land or distribution and marketing
§ 6604c. Management of development soils
§ 6605. Solid waste management facility certification
§ 6605a. Review of existing landfills
§ 6605b. Interim certification
§ 6605c. Solid waste categorical certifications
§ 6605d. Provisional certification
§ 6605e. Closure extension orders
§ 6605f. Waste management personnel background review
§ 6605g. Incineration emissions
§ 6605h. Composting registration
§ 6605j. Accepted composting practices
§ 6605k. Food residuals; management hierarchy
§ 6605l. Public collection containers for solid waste
§ 6605m. Architectural waste recycling
§ 6606. Hazardous waste certification
§ 6606b. Permits issued by the Secretary related to hazardous waste facilities
§ 6606c. Management of unregulated hazardous waste
§ 6607. Transportation of hazardous wastes
§ 6607a. Waste transportation; commercial hauler permit requirement
§ 6608. Records; reports; monitoring
§ 6608b. Radioactive wastes mixed with hazardous wastes
§ 6609. Inspections; right of entry
§ 6611. Financial responsibility
§ 6615a. Diligent and appropriate investigation for hazardous materials
§ 6615b. Corrective action procedures
§ 6615d. Natural resource damages; liability; rulemaking
§ 6615e. Relief for contaminated potable water supplies
§ 6617. Person responsible for release; notice to Agency
§ 6618. Waste Management Assistance Fund
§ 6620. Permits issued by the Secretary related to solid waste facilities
§ 6620a. Limitations on the use of heavy metals in packaging
§ 6621a. Landfill disposal requirements
§ 6621b. Regulation of certain dry cell batteries
§ 6621c. Lead-acid batteries; collection for recycling
§ 6622. Source separation incentives
§ 6625. Toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction program
§ 6626. Plan and report formats; data information system
§ 6627. Technical and research assistance program
§ 6628. Plan, plan summary, and performance report review
§ 6629. Toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction plan; plan summary
§ 6630. Toxics use reduction and hazardous waste reduction performance report
§ 6633. Interagency Committee on Chemical Management
§ 6641. Brownfield Property Cleanup Program; creation; powers
§ 6648. Corrective action plan
§ 6649. Amendments to a corrective action plan
§ 6651. Implementation of corrective action plan
§ 6652. Certificate of completion
§ 6653. Release from liability; personal release from liability
§ 6654. Brownfield Revitalization Fund; creation; assistance
§ 6655. State Plan for Brownfield Reclamation
§ 6673. Paint Stewardship Program
§ 6674. Retailer responsibility
§ 6676. Anticompetitive conduct
§ 6677. Producer reporting requirements
§ 6678. Confidential business information
§ 6680. Universal waste designation for postconsumer paint
§ 6692. Single-use plastic carryout bags; prohibition
§ 6693. Recyclable paper carryout bag
§ 6694. Single-use plastic straws
§ 6695. Single-use plastic stirrers
§ 6696. Expanded polystyrene food service products
§ 6697. Civil penalties; warning
§ 6699. Application to municipal bylaws, ordinances, or charters; preemption