{"data":{"id":"us-vt/6-v.s.a.-4822","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"6 V.S.A. § 4822","heading":"Eligibility for State assistance","body":"Vermont farmers shall be eligible to receive available State financial assistance with the installation of on-farm improvements designed to control agricultural nonpoint source waste discharges, provided that:\n(1) for farmers who also seek federal financial assistance for this purpose, the improvements:\n(A) are eligible for federal assistance through programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and\n(B) are consistent with a “nutrient management plan” prepared by the Vermont field office of the NRCS, or with an animal waste management plan based on standards equivalent to those of the NRCS; or\n(2) for farmers who decline to seek or accept federal financial assistance for this purpose, the improvements:\n(A) are determined by the Secretary to be equivalent to those eligible for federal assistance through programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; and\n(B) are consistent with an animal waste management plan based on standards determined by the Secretary to be equivalent to those of the NRCS; and\n(3) improvements will be constructed on a farm that is in good standing with the Secretary at the time of the award on all grant agreements, contract awards, or enforcement proceedings.","path":["Title 6: Agriculture","Chapter 215: Agricultural Water Quality","Subchapter 003: WATER QUALITY; FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/06/215/04822","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:15:51Z","sha256":"97c31b0cbc1af3a6ef74ef3e2a374a27d7e82a44611cc0526e2778e161d27312","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/6-v.s.a.-4821","next":"us-vt/6-v.s.a.-4823"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}