{"data":{"id":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1628","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"10 V.S.A. § 1628","heading":"Priorities","body":"The Department shall make grant awards under this chapter to eligible municipal water pollution abatement and control projects on the basis of need as determined according to a system of priorities adopted by rule by the Department and to the extent appropriate funds are available. The system of priorities shall require consideration of criteria, including:\n(1) whether a project is grant or loan eligible;\n(2) the condition of the waters affected by the project and whether the waters are:\n(A) not in compliance with the Vermont Water Quality Standards; or\n(B) have a total maximum daily load (TMDL);\n(3) whether the project will address water quality issues identified in a basin plan;\n(4) whether the project will abate or control pollution that is causing or may cause a threat to public health;\n(5) whether the project will address an emergency situation affecting or constituting a threat to the environment or the public health, safety, or welfare;\n(6) if the project repairs or replaces existing infrastructure, the condition and integrity of such infrastructure;\n(7) whether the project incorporates principles of environmental resiliency or sustainability, including energy efficiency, which reduce the environmental impacts of the project or a water pollution abatement and control facility;\n(8) the fiscal integrity and sustainability of the project, including whether the project is a cost-effective alternative, when compared to other alternatives;\n(9) whether the project serves a designated center;\n(10) affordability factors for the municipality or municipalities in which the project is located, including:\n(A) median household income;\n(B) unemployment rate; and\n(C) population trends; and\n(11) if the project removes a pollutant for which the water or waters affected by the project are impaired, the cost-effectiveness of the project at removing that pollutant.","path":["Title 10: Conservation and Development","Chapter 055: Aid to Municipalities for Water Supply and Water Pollution Abatement and Control","Subchapter 004: PRIORITY SYSTEM, REGULATIONS, APPEALS, AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/10/055/01628","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T15:24:51Z","sha256":"e13c303318b4975e209a47ad0b147d71a82b34c6af39811b14363024c1c8fad9","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1627","next":"us-vt/10-v.s.a.-1629"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}