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Lawmakers hear science and concern as S.218 aims to curb salt pollution in Vermont streams
Summary
Supporters and DEC staff told the Senate committee that S.218 would establish voluntary certification, reporting and incentives to reduce chloride use from private applicators, addressing stream impairments and TMDL development in small, highly impervious watersheds.
Supporters of S.218 and staff from the Department of Environmental Conservation told the Senate Natural Resources & Energy committee that chloride (road salt) is contributing to stream and aquatic biota impairments in many small, developed watersheds and that S.218 would create voluntary best management practices, certification and incentives to reduce private applicator use.
Jared Carpenter, representing proponents of the bill, described S.218 as the successor to prior proposals (H.319) with similar structure: establishing best management practices, creating commercial and municipal applicator…
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