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ANR urges removing 'rare species' statutory requirement from Tier 1A to keep standards feasible
Summary
Billy Co, director of planning and policy at the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, told the committee that requiring towns to identify and plan for 'rare species' as part of Tier 1A designations is infeasible and inconsistent with Act 250; ANR proposed removing the 'rare' requirement while retaining protections for threatened and endangered species.
Billy Co, director of planning and policy for the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, told the Senate Natural Resources & Energy Committee that the agency supports the LURB’s (Land Use Review Board) markup to remove the statutory requirement that towns address "rare species" as part of Tier 1A designation requirements.
Co said: "Act 250 does not currently regulate rare species," and argued that asking towns to provide the same level of…
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