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Chief Superior Judge: Vermont environmental docket moving faster; proposed standing changes would expand who may sue
Summary
Chief Superior Judge Tom Zoney told the House General and Housing Committee that environmental-division municipal appeals are being resolved faster than in prior years, and he warned that a drafting change to standing in the committee draft would expand who can appeal municipal land-use decisions.
Chief Superior Judge Tom Zoney told the House General and Housing Committee on Thursday in February that the state’s environmental division is disposing municipal appeals more quickly than in recent years, but that changes to standing in the committee draft would broaden who may bring appeals.
Zoney said he has reviewed draft 5.1, section 9, and told the committee that the environmental division’s clearance rate exceeded 150% over the past year, meaning the division disposed of more cases than it received. "In 2024 . . . the average time to disposition . . . for the ones that have been resolved . . . was 123 days," he said; by comparison he said the division’s 2023 average was 190 days. He added that, if parties are ready for trial, the court can schedule a short trial within about 30 days.
Those performance figures…
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