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Senate committee advances study of water classification and anti‑degradation policy after removing $14,000 appropriation
Summary
The committee moved S.223 — a study of Vermont’s water reclassification and anti‑degradation rules — to the Senate floor but agreed to remove or make contingent a $14,000 appropriation for working‑group per diem and expenses to be decided in the budget process.
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced S.223, a study bill directing stakeholders to examine Vermont’s water classification rules and the state’s anti‑degradation policy, but the panel removed the bill’s $14,000 appropriation and moved the measure to the floor for further consideration.
A committee member introducing the bill said the state’s Agency of Natural Resources has been required to adopt implementing rules for the anti‑degradation policy but has not done so; the study group is intended to convene stakeholders and recommend regulatory and legislative options. The presenter said the policy has been…
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