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ANR alternative proposed to shift CAFO permitting under federal NPDES rules; EPA urges urgency but flags remaining work
Summary
Stakeholders proposed an ANR-led alternative on April 2 that would let the Agency of Natural Resources adopt federal NPDES permitting for concentrated animal feeding operations immediately while a broadened stakeholder group and later state rulemaking work through Vermont-specific definitions and coordination.
A coalition of stakeholders told the House Natural Resources & Energy Committee on April 2 that ANR already has statutory authority to administer a CAFO permitting program under federal National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) rules and proposed a slimmed-down alternative to the broader S.124 draft to let ANR begin inspections and permitting without rewriting state law.
Eric Carpenter and colleagues said their alternative "disturbs existing law as little as possible" and uses existing statutory authority to adopt federal NPDES permitting and related procedures as a starting point while ANR convenes an expanded stakeholder group to advise on…
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