VERMONT NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
. PHASE ONE OF THE STATE CLEAN WATER STRATEGY
prepared by Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation August 1988 VERMONT STATE CLEAN WATER STRATEGY (Phase I)
NONPOINT SOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (Including Point Sources on Targeted Waterbodies)
Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Water Quality Building 10 North 103 South Main Street Waterbury, Vermont 05676 802/244-6951 August 1988 TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. summary ...... 1 II. statutory Basis and Process . 3 III. Preliminary Nonpoint Source Management Program Needs ...... 11 IV. Water Resources of Primary Concern ...... 45 v. Vermont Nonpoint Source Task Force Resolutions . . . 153 VI. Consistency Review ...... 187 VII. Appendices ••.•...... 190 A. Notes from Regional Workshops B. Public Meeting Notes c. Task Force Membership and Affiliation
i LIST OF FIGURES
Figure 1. Number of High Priority Impaired Targeted Waterbodies by Drainage Basin and for Lake Champlain . 46
Figure 2. Vermont River Basins with Surface Waterbodies.. 49
Figure 3. Number of Targeted/Threatened Surface Waterbodies by Drainage Basin and for Lake Champlain • • . . • • . . • • • • • 90
LIST OF TABLES
Table 1. EPA Nonattainment Source List .. •. •••.• 4
ii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS DOCUMENT ACDA/DHCA...... Agency of community & Development Affairs/ Dept. of Housing & Community Affairs ACP...... Agricultural conservation Program ACP-LTA...... Agricultural conservation Program/Long Term Agreement AMP...... Acceptable Management Practice ANCF...... Aquatic Nuisance control Fund ANR/DEC...... Agency of Natural Resources/Dept. of Environmental conservation APA ...... Adirondack Park Agency BMP...... Best Management Practice CERCLA ...... Comprehensive Environmental Response compensation Liability Act cso ...... Combined sewer Overflow EB...... Environmental Board EMCP .. : ...... Eurasian Milfoil control Program FERC ...... Federal Energy Regulatory Commission FFNA ...... Fisheries Flow Needs Assessment FHWA ...... Federal Highway Administration HRS ...... Hazard Ranking System IJC ...... International Joint commission LCC...... Lake Champlain Committee LRP...... st.Micheal's College Local Roads Program LUST ...... Leaking Underground Storage Tank NEIWPCC ...... New England Interstate Water Pollution Control commission NH DWPC ...... New Hampshire Dept. water Pollution Control NOAA...... National oceanic & Atmospheric Adminis tration NPDES ...... National Pollution Discharge Elimination system NFL...... National Priorities List NWI ...... National Wetlands Inventory NRCD...... ; .. Natural Resources Conservation District NY DEC ...... New York Dept. of Environmental Conser vation PCB ...... Polychlorinated Biphenyl PL-83-566 ...... Watershed Protection & Flood Prevention Program POTW...... Publicly-owned Treatment works PRO ...... Protection, Permits, and Compliance Division, VT Dept. of Environmental Conservation FWD...... Public Works Department RC&D...... Resource Conservation & Development Program RPC...... Regional Planning Commissions RCRA...... Resource Conservation and Recovery Act RCWP...... Rural Clean Water Program US/ACOE...... U.S. Army,corps of Engineers
iii US/ARS ...... U.S. Agricultural Research service USDA/ASCS...... U.S. Dept. of Agriculture/Agricultural stabilization & Conservation Service USDA/NFS...... U.S. Dept. of Agriculture/National Forest Service USDA/SCS...... U.S. Department of Agriculture/Soil Con- servation service US/EPA ...... U.S. Environmental Protection Agency USF&WS...... U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service USGS...... U.S. Geological survey UST ...... Underground Storage Tank UVM...... University of Vermont VACD...... VT Association of conservation Districts VANSTF...... VT Agricultural Nonpoint Source Task Force VCES...... VT Cooperative Extension Service VDA...... VT Dept. of Agriculture VDFP&R ...... VT Dept. of Forests, Parks, & Recreation VDFW...... VT Dept. of Fish and Wildlife VDOH...... VT Dept. of Health VNRC...... VT Natural Resources council VAOT...... VT Agency of Transportation WWTF...... � ...... Wastewater Treatment Facility WRB ...... Vermont Water Resources Board.
iv I. Summary Nonpoint source pollution is now acknowledged to be the major source of water use impairment to Vermont surface and ground water resources. Four recently completed assessments on nonpoint source (NPS) pollution indicate that nonpoint-related impacts occur in each drainage basin of Vermont. The types and extent of water quality problems associated with these sources of pollution, however, showed a considerable degree of variation between basins. overall, the major causes of use impairment to surface water from nonpoint sources were siltation and turbidity, nutrients, flow alteration, and noxious aquatic plants. The major causes of ground water contamination were from pollutants originating from landfills, petroleum product storage or transport, and human waste disposal systems. In order to respond to the variety of nonpoint source problems in an orderly and effective manner over the next four fiscal years and beyond, a series of management program objectives and action plans have been developed to increase the efficiency of federal and state nonpoint source controls. Achieving visible water quality improvement or protecting high quality waters from degradation will be accomplished using either one or a combination of six management programs--education, financial assistance, technical assistance, monitoring and evaluation, regulatory, and continued planning. Certain impaired and threatened surface waters and ground water resource areas were designated as water resources of primary concern worthy of special attention through a series of public meetings. This series of meetings has assisted the assessment and targeting phases of both the Nonpoint source Management Program and the State
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Clean Water Strategy. This subset or list of "targeted" waters are the subjects of a strategic, multiyear action program to restore water uses or protect uses from becoming impaired from either point or nonpoint sources of pollution. The Vermont NPS Management Program includes a comprehensive list of 87 impaired surface waterbodies and 4 ground water resource areas referred to as "targeted/high priority." Another list contains 276 surface waterbodies referred to as "targeted/threatened." Targeting ground and surface water resources with medium and low priorities has yet to occur. The Vermont Clean Water Strategy will describe how the state will focus its implementation programs to address water quality problems in targeted waterbodies. Administrative and fiscal opportunities will dictate the number and order of restoration or protection activities. In addition to the public process to target waterbodies, a separate process was conducted to review the technical and programmatic adequacy of nonpoint source control measures (including best management practices and implementation programs). This review process was performed by the Vermont Nonpoint Source Task Force that had been established by the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. Although deficiencies to some practices and programs were identified, the creation of new laws was not viewed as important in controlling nonpoint source pollution as the enforcement of existing laws, rules, or regulations. 3
II. Statutory Basis and Process The 1987 Amendments to the Federal Clean Water Act (CWA) focus on the development and implementation of programs to control nonpoint sources (NPS) of water pollution which are typically diffuse and which do not result from a discharge at a specific single location such as a pipe. NPS pollution has been defined by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as: "caused by diffuse sources that are not regulated as point sources and normally is associated with agricultural, silvicultural and urban runoff, runoff from construction activities, etc. Such pollution results in the human-made or human-induced alteration of the chemical, physical, biological and radiological integrity of water. In practical terms, NPS pollution does not result from a discharge at a specific, single location but generally results from land runoff, precipitation, atmospheric deposition or percolation••. " The listing of categories and subcategories of point and nonpoint sources of pollution recognized by EPA to result in nonattainment of federal fishable and swimmable water quality goals is presented in Table 1. In order for the goals of the CWA to be met, control programs are to be established in an expeditious manner through the State Nonpoint Source Assessment Report, the State Nonpoint Source Management Program, and the State Clean Water Strategy. The Assessment Report is to identify the nature and extent of water quality problems caused by NPS pollution. The Management Program is to provide an overview of the state's NPS control programs and to indicate the state's intentions for addressing NPS problems in conjunction �ith point sources over the next four fiscal years and beyond. The State Clean Water Strategy is a document which describes how the State will bias or focus its implementation 4
Table 1. EPA Nonattainment Source List
POINT SOURCES NONPOINT SOURCES Industrial Resource Extraction/ Municipal Exploration/Development Municipal pretreatment Surface mining . (indirect dischargers) Subsurface mining Combined sewer (end-of-pipe) Placer mining storm sewers (end-of-pipe) Dredge mining other dischargers Petroleum activities Mill tailings Mine Tailings Land Disposal (Runoff/ NONPOINT SOURCES Leachate from Permitted Areas) Agriculture Sludge Non-irrigated crop production Wastewater Irrigated crop production Landfills Specialty crop production Industrial land treatment (e.g. truck farming and orchards) Onsite wastewater systems Pasture land (septic tanks, etc.) Range land Hazardous waste Feedlots - all types Septage disposal Aquaculture Animal holding/management areas Hydromodification Manure lagoons Channelization Dredging Silviculture Dam construction Harvesting, restoration, Flow regulation/ residue management modification Forest management Bridge construction Road construction/maintenance Removal of riparian vegetation Construction Stream.bank modification/ Highway/road/bridge destabilization Land development Draining/filling of wetlands Urban Runoff Storm sewers Other Combined sewers Atmospheric deposition Surface runoff Waste storage/storage tank leaks Highway maintenance and runoff Spills In-place contaminants Natural * Recreational activities Upstream impoundment Salt storage sites * Includes the spread of Eurasian milfoil 5
programs in an integrated fashion to efficiently address problems in "targeted" or waterbodies worthy of special attention. Surface and ground water quality of Vermont was assessed (see Vermont Nonpoint Source Assessment Report or the Vermont 1988 Water Quality Assessment 305(b) Report) to (1) identify. impaired waters needing pollution prevention or restoration, (2) identify threatened waters needing protection, and (3) to identify deficiencies in water quality information which may serve as the basis for ongoing or future water quality data collection activities. The six steps used in identifying NPS problem areas to surface water during the Assessment process were to: obtain and utilize existing data or water quaiity information; evaluate the quality or reliability of data and information; designate the surface waters of Vermont into "waterbodies" to be used for planning purposes; identify affected waters which cannot attain or maintain water quality standards or support designated use or uses due to water pollution; identify high quality waters where potential degradation from NPS due to proposed or actual changes in cultural activities is a threat; and identify the cause(s) of impairment and the source(s) of pollution. The Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program is a strategic, multiyear action document which has involved the process of "targeting" or identifying those water resources which would create the greatest public benefit from activities of protection or restoration. The long list of impaired surface waterbodies and ground waters identified in the Assessment Report was shortened creating a subset of problem areas by evaluating the level of risk 6 or threat created by a NPS problem and by evaluating the opportunity for problem abatement. Targeting of surface waterbodies for the Vermont NPS Management Program included public participation and a comparative evaluation procedure. Interviews were conducted with the twelve Regional Planning and Development Commissions, the fourteen Natural Resource Conservation Districts, and the five District Fisheries Managers with the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife. In addition, the public was invited to become involved with the process at twelve regional workshops and at a statewide public meeting. Notes obtained during the workshops and public meeting are included in Appendix A and Appendix B, respectively, of this report. A comparative evaluation procedure was developed and applied to each impaired surface waterbody. The following four considerations were used to generate the list of "targeted/high priority" waters (beginning on page 50) which would ultimately maximize environmental benefit and lead towards visible water quality improvement: the severity of the water quality impairment or problem; the degree to which a designated use or uses were impaired; the amount of public interest or support in solving the problem associated with that waterbody; and the public benefit if use or uses were restored. Examples of public benefit that were considered in the procedure were numbers of people affected, health-related concerns, fish or wildlife resources, and recreational activities. Contaminated ground water resource areas were prioritized according to risk expressed as a level of state program management activity. Similar considerations were used to target high quality waters with an existing threat(s). In this case, however, the potential 7 for impairment, the type(s) of pollution source, and the level of public support in avoiding a water quality problem were used as ranking considerations. Many of the threatened waterbodies that became targeted (beginning on page 92) were the result of comments received during the public workshops and statewide meeting. All lakes and ponds designated as "targeted/threatened" have not been ranked for priority. Rather, all lakes and ponds designated as "targeted/ threatened" are waters found within a 10 mile radius of lakes or ponds presently infested by Eurasian milfoil or are those lakes and ponds that are sensitive to atmospheric deposition. A prioritization procedure is being developed for these "targeted/ threatened" lakes and ponds. Phase I of the State Clean Water strategy (SCWS) has included the two steps of water quality assessment (i.e. problem identification) and water resource targeting (problem area prioritization). Targeting has included water quality problems arising from point and nonpoint sources. Phase II of the sews will explain how implementation programs and resources can be biased towards water use restoration or protection. A Nonpoint source Task Force was charged with developing a process to identify NPS control practices and programs focusing primarily on surface water. The Nonpoint Source Task Force, chaired by Mollie Beattie, Commissioner of the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation, was established by the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources in part to secure public participation in the NPS control planning process. The Task Force consisted of 20 representatives from a broad range of organizations, including the Vermont Department of Agriculture, the Natural 8
Resources Conservation Districts, Soil Conservation Service, municipal government, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, private consultants, the Vermont Ski Areas Association, the Natural Resources Conservation Council, the Home Builders Association of Northern Vermont, Vermont Association of Planning and Development Agencies, and others listed in Appendix c. The Task Force adopted the following mission statement: "To prepare portions of a four year management program for NPS pollution in Vermont as required by the 1987 Amendments to the Federal Clean Water Act; specifically, (1) to identify or develop best management practices for controlling each of these sources of nonpoint pollu tion; (2) to identify most appropriate means of implementing the best management practices; (3) to estimate the relative significance of various sources of nonpoint pollution in Vermont such as agri culture, silviculture, construction, urban runoff, and water course modification; and (4) to solicit public comments on these conclusions." The Task Force recognized that before nonpoint sources of pollution could be controlled, it was necessary to determine that (1) the rules, statutes, policies, and guidelines contained in standards (best management practices or BMPs) were technically adequate to control significant nonpoint sources of pollution; and (2) that programs were adequate to implement the technical standards at a level which would result in a resolution of the problems. With assistance from the Vermont Department of Environmental conservation, the Task Force examined the technical standards for all major· sources of pollutants identified in the Assessment. of· the 12 major sources of nonpoint pollution identified in Vermont, 9
seven were recognized by the Task Force as having water pollution control standards which were either inadequate or which need further study for technical adequacy. The findings of the Vermont Nonpoint Source Task Force, including the BMPs and NPS source control programs that will be used during implementation of the Management Program and corrective actions to standards and programs, are contained in a series of Task Force Resolutions which appear in Section V of this report. The process for identifying BMPs and NPS control programs that will be used. during the Management Program was also incorporated into the Nonpoint Source Assessment process and the waterbody targeting process to gain broader public input. Over 350 individ uals and organizations were contacted during the Assessment regarding specific nonpoint sources that they may have observed. Each was asked his or her opinion of specific best management methods and programs that they felt were appropriate to resolve local problems. Persons attending the regional workshops and the statewide meeting on the Management Program and targeted waters were also given the opportunity to describe control measures or programs. In addition to Task Force and public review of technical standards, BMPs are routinely evaluated by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources. The Agency has continually evaluated and revised its own rules and policies and urges other federal and state agencies to do the same with their own standards. 10
Examples of Best Management Practices which have received recent attention are:
Best Management Practices Responsible Agency\Department Agricultural Acceptable Vermont Department of Agriculture Management Practices Acceptable Management Practices Vermont Department of Forests, for Silviculture Parks, and Recreation Policy on Gold Dredging Vermont Agency of Natural Resources Rules and standards for Vermont Agency of Natural Septic Systems Resources Procedures for Bridge Cleaning Vermont Agency of Transportation Soil Erosion and Sediment Vermont Department of Control on Construction Environmental Conservation Sites Handbook standards for Ground Water Vermont Department of Water Protection Environmental Conservation Standards for Ski Trail Erosion Vermont Department of Forests, Control Parks, and Recreation Policies for Controlling Spread Vermont Department of of Nuisance Aquatic Plants Environmental Conservation wetland Rules--Draft Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation 11
III. Preliminary Nonpoint Source Management Program Needs The following pages (beginning on page 15) describe the needs and direction of the nonpoint source management program by which the state will attempt to resolve recurrent patterns of ground and surface water quality problems referred to in Section IV--Water Resources of Primary Concern. Listed activities are those which will have the highest priority during the next four years. Each annual work plan submitted by Vermont will further describe those activities selected for Clean Water Act funding in a particular year including cost estimates (where practical) and responsible agencies or departments. Associated with each action plan below is an indication of lead and cooperating agencies as well as funding source(s) which are utilized or which may become involved with water quality problem resolution. Designated waterbodies that have been identified in an action plan may be located by referencing the map found in the following section of this document. Major priority actions over the next four years have been summarized in the schedule shown below. It should be noted that many of the nonpoint source control activities are on-going while other activities have more defined milestones and schedules. General schedules have been associated with action plans described below. More specific schedules where they are known can be found in Section IV of this document. In some cases, the commitment to schedule problem resolution activities can only be performed subsequent to an adequate level of funding. For some nonpoint pollution sources, particularly agricultural sources, the area priority list developed under· the 208 Planning Program will continue to serve as the controlling document which targets and 12
prioritizes agricultural cost-sharing programs. A review of that document will occur following the completion of studies aimed at improving the present-day understanding of phosphorus cycling within Lake Champlain. ------
SUMMARY SCHEDULE FOR "MAJOR" 1! PRIORITY ACTIONS -- 1989 TO 1992 1 MAJOR PRIORITY ACTION YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 Control/Reduce Agricultural available funds: $2 million needed funds: $2.8 million needed funds: $3.7 millioll M): needed funds: $2.8 million Land Runoff activities&. milestones (A&. A &. M: A&. M: A &. M: a. a. a. (I. 1,2,3)* continued evaluation of overall �----,---� BMP effectiveness ] b. continued watershed planning&. r b. with acceleration in b. with acceleration plus - b. with acceleration plus implementation treatment, esp. "208"J increased treatment to increase in treatment c. identify lead agency responsiblel watersheds 5/10 farms with signif.y to approach 7/10 farms for farmer awards program _l+c. with implementation of water quality problems with signif. water awards program J1------�) c. ------9__uality problems d. develop studyBMP design(s) for d. with initiation of study/1 � c. additional technical technical evaluation hd. with evaluation plus r evaluation where appropriate, draft alterations or recommendations to standards where feasible Control/Reduce Erosion availible funds: $65,000 needed funds: - $55,000 needed funds: $75,000 needed funds: $55,000 Sedimentation from A &. M: A&. M: M: A&. M: ------..A&. ,, a. Construction Sites&. a. continued monitoring&. r a. with increase to staffing a. Logging Operations e�forcement of construction sites (II.(VII. 1,2)* * 1,2) b. evaluate technical adequacy �------� b. b.with report of VT Acceptable Management (AMP) ] Practices I AMP ------� c. c. continued &. E on c. c. l·-t implementation (no costs 1------? d. devise a procedure d. with implementation provided) to determine appropri- ate vegetated buffer ! zone dimensions; createjl pol icy & implement _ Reduce River Flow available funds: $75,000 & needed funds: $145,000 needed funds: $95,000 needed funds: $95,000 Alteration Regulation A &. M: A & M: A & M: A & M: Impacts a. review of impaired river r a. with incorporation of 11------")a. a. (III. 1,2,3,4)* segments below hydros w,ith mitigation measures into pending FERC re-licensing license application b. prepare VT Comprehensive Rivers -----�- b. b. Plan ] c. review recommended min. in-·stream flow standard &, if necesssary, revise & incorporate into river flow alteration permit reviews J ------d. d. increased level(s) of flow i------'I>) d. monitoring below hydros ] Reduce Threat, Control available funds: $82,000 needed funds: $4 72,000 + needed funds: $465,000+ needed funds:$465,000+ A & M: A & M: A M: Spread & Alleviate A & M: i------,) & Impairments Caused by a. create special E .Milfoil ) a. with continuation of J a. Eurasian Milfoil Task Force J Task Force efforts & b. (V. 1,2,3,4,5)* b. continued I Eon E. ,..b. with expansion of I & E -----..-) b. mil foil J efforts ] c c. limited evaluation of }---" c. with broadened research on . c. some control methods control efforts/measures J d. limited control of some ,------, d. with aggressive implementation d. d. e�isting milfoil infesta-J of control methods to some r t1ons existing infestations e. begin implementation of Task e. with broadened levels'Jr-----�) e. Force recommendations (costsr of implementation .. unknown, shown as "+") SUMMARY SCHEDULE FOR "MAJOR" PRIORITY ACTIONS 1989 TO 1992
MAJOR PRIORITY ACTION YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 Lake Champlain Phosphorus A available & M: funds: $850,000 Aneeded & M: funds: to be developed needed funds: unknown needed· funds: unknown Management(XVII. l)* Strategy A & M: A & M: a. develop monitoring& strategies overall study design b. begin sampling programs b. --- & with phosphorus model 11- ----.:at) . b. ------�- b. with calibration & for Lake tributaries r· development verification of model draining into Lake from NY and VT c. c. begin land use monitoring ' c. d. develop data base management] d. d. d. system e.develop P management strategies including in-lake water& quality standards P 1oading allocations; address& water quantity quality issues Lake Watershed Growth A available & M: funds: $157,000 Aneeded & M: funds: $90,000 Aneeded & M: funds: $90,000 needed funds: $90,000 Management(VI. 1 ,2) * A & M: a. develop procedure for public a. with implementation , a. implementation with ·----�� a. participation in Act 200 J tracking of adoption planning; revise model shore by municipalities ofr land zoning ordinance& , land use controls b. develop procedure prioritize7?· with implementation b. implementation with ·----'Jo, b. lakes critically in need of J' tracking of areas protection under protection r . plans Correction of Combined available funds: $14 million needed funds:$20 million Aneeded & M: funds:$29 million Aneeded & M: funds : $31 mill ion Sewer-(IV. 1)*Overflow Problem A & M: & A & M: a. prioritize begin remedia-7--tJ a. with increase corrective �-----�� a. a. �------.1------�------tion efforts efforts ------] ------�------& Landfill Assessment available funds: $890, 000 needed funds: $1. 9 million needed funds: unknown needed funds: unknown ·Management(XIII. 1) * A & M: r A & M: A & M: A & M: a. pre-assessment all, landfills a. with environmental assess-� a. with reporting of assess- to determine data collectionJ ment of 2/3 all landfills ..J ment data needs b. initiate closure process ------�, b. b. c. initiate lining of landfills c. c. Management/Remediation available funds:$2.5 million needed funds:$4.1 million needed& funds:$4.1 million needed funds:$4.1 million of Hazardous& Waste A & M: A & M: A M: A, & M: Sites Generators a. hazardous sites management� a. and 50% remediation with �- -- _,.) a, a, (XII. 1, 2, 3) * & ] - - - b. RCRA sites management� broadened I E efforts b. c. petroleum sites management b. with increased emphasis ""------) b, on contamination& preven- ] � tion sourceC, management c. c.
Protection(XI. of Wetlands available-funds: $40,000 needed funds: $185,000- needed funds: $185,000 needed funds: $185,000 A & M: A & M: A & M:� A & M: 1,2)>'; a. a. revise and push for adopt ion � a. with adoption, implementa- a. of state wetlands ru les J tion & administration of J wetlands rules ) b. continued identification of b. ] significant wetlands SUMMARY SCHEDULE FOR "MAJOR" PRIORITY ACTIONS 1989 TO 1992
MAJOR PRIORITY ACTION YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3 YEAR 4 Ground Water Management available funds: $130,000 needed funds: $1.6 million+ needed funds:$1.6 million+ meeded funds:$1.6 million+ and Protection A needed & M: funds: $25,000 A & M: a. A & M: a. (I. 1,2,3; IX. 1,2; A & M: a. continued I & E efforts &on XI. 1 ; XII • 1 , 2, 3 ; a. and identification of road salt application ] XIII. 1; XIV. 1; local road maintenance storage practices programs/storage sites XVI. 1; XVIII. 2)� b. inventory & limited assess- needing assistance; ment of existing junkyards fl implement corrective .c. completion of Phase II of measures & -----�) VT Ground Water Managementt b. develop implement J b. b. Strategy junkyard BMPs 71-----�> c. with adoption & c, ------, c. implementation of Strategy Aquatic Toxicity A available & M: funds: $25,000 needed& funds: $50,000 Aneeded & M: funds: $50,000 needed funds: $50,000 Assessment* A M: A & M: a. limited biol. & chemical 11------�=, a. (XV. 1) assessment of surface waters 1------=. b. b. develop ranking/strategy J b. with implementation & ,______.,.� b. · for toxic site/area expanded assessment ] assessment capability c. construct new laboratory1------.+=, d. increased analytical J d. d. capacities A Reduce Impacts A needed & M: funds: $5,000 needed funds: $75,000 Aneeded & M: funds: $75,000 needed&·M: funds: $75,000 Associated with Hydro A & M: ,- logic Modifications in a. review, revise & adopt r· a. with implementation ------�> a. , a. Upland Areas state stormwater b. create regulatory ., b. b. procedures program/administrat ion (X. 1)* ] Design/Implement available funds: $50,000 needed funds: $150,000 Aneeded & M: funds: $150,000 needed funds: $150,000 Atmospheric Deposition A & M: A & M: ------�; a. A & M: Monitroing (Acid & Toxic a. continue acidic atmosp. 11------�)'a. Forms), Push for Federal deposition monitoring Adoption of F.mission program Standards b. design monitoring r b. with implementation ------�,- b. �------�, b. program for limited (V.III. 1 ;2)* toxics monitoring
Reduce/Eliminate A available & M: funds: $40,000 Aneeded & M: funds: $175,000 Aneeded & M: funds: $175,000 needed funds: $175,000 Failed Septic & E �------�-A. & M: a. Systems * a. continued public education� a. with broadened I ]1------!0� a. efforts (IX. 1,2) I b. completion of sanitary ______,- b. �------�- b. surveys jn unsurveyed river basins; begin surveying in other areas needing updated assess- * ment refers to Management Program Action Plan contained in Section III of the Report; see each Action Plan for lead and ccoperating agencies, funding source (s), long and short term objectives, waterbodies 13
INDEX TO SECTION III -- MANAGEMENT PROGRAM NEEDS I. Agricultural Land Runoff...... 15 1. Review of Best Management Practices 2. Greater Federal Cost-Share Funding and Continued Application of Best Management Practices in Priority Watersheds of Lake Champlain & Lake Memphrernegog 3. Identify Lead Agency Responsible for Implementing an Awards Program for Farmers & Implement Program II. Erosion from construction Sites...... 18 1. Increased Monitoring & Enforcement 2. strengthen Technical Standards by Devising a Procedure to Determine Appropriate Buffer Zone Dimensions & standards III. River Flow Regulation & Impoundment Impacts...... 19 1. Review of Minimum In-stream Flow standard 2. Restoration of Minimum In-stream Flows 3. Increased Monitoring of Flows Below Darns 4. Develop a Vermont Comprehensive Rivers & Flow Regulation Plan IV. combined sewer overflows...... 22 1. Combined sewer overflow Correction v. Eurasian Milfoil...... 23 1. create a special Eurasian Milfoil Task Force to Investigate, Publicize and Recommend Methods to Control Spread to Other Uninfested Lakes 2. Implement Recommendations of Task Force 3. Public Education to Prevent Spread of Eurasian Milfoil to Uninfested Lakes 4. Research Methods to control Existing Eurasian Milfoil Infestations 5. control of some Existing Eurasian Milfoil Infestations VI. Lake water Quality & Aesthetics Threatened by cumulative Impacts of Land Use Activities in their Respective watersheds...... 26 1. Participation in Act 200 Growth Planning Process & Development of Model Shoreland Zoning & watershed Management Guidelines 2. Prioritize Lakes Critically in Need of Protection & Implement Protection Plans VII. Silvicultural Erosion ...... 28 1. Promote Use of Accepted Management Practices AMP) 2. Evaluation of Technical Adequacy of AMPS 14
VIII. Atmospheric Deposition ...... 29 1. Develop Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring Program for Air, Aquatic Biota, Water and Sediments 2. Lobby for Federal Policy on Atmospheric Deposition control IX. Failed septic Systems ...... 30 1. Public Education Programs 2. conduct septic System surveys x. Modifications to surface Hydrology in Upland Areas...... 3 2 1. Regulate Hydrologic Modification in Headwaters 2. Adoption of state Stormwater Plan & Procedures XI. Wetlands Loss...... 33 1. Adoption, Implementation and Administration of state Wetlands Rules 2. continued Identification of Significant Wetlands XII. Hazardous Waste...... 35 1. Hazardous Sites Management Section 2. RCRA section 3. Petroleum Sites Management Program XIII. Landfills...... : ...... 3 7 1. Increased Environmental Assessments of Landfills �IV. Junkyards ...... 3 8 1. Develop Junkyard Best Management Practices XV. Aquatic Toxicity...... 39 1. Increased Aquatic Toxicity Testing XVI. Road Salt Application & storage...... 40 1. Implement Road Salt Best Management Practices XVII. Governmental cooperation & Communication ...... 41 1. water Quality Related Elements of the Bi-state Agreement Initiative for Lake Champlain 2. Consideration of Connecticut River Resources XVIII. Information systems Management & continuing Water Resources Program Development...... 43 1. Prepare Vermont Clean Water strategy 2. Prepare Vermont Ground Water Management Strategy 15
I. AGRICULTURAL LAND RUNOFF Problems and Needs. Great progress has been made by Vermont farmers in controlling nonpoint sources of pollution on farmland. However, agricultural land runoff, such �s soil erosion from cropland and agricultural waste, was identified in the 1988 Nonpoint Source Assessment as the highest contributor to water use impairment in Vermont. Ground water contamination resulted primarily from animal waste and the application of agri-chemicals. Existing Best Management Practice standards need improvement to support state water quality standards. More economic and social encouragement for farmers to use best management practices .is needed. Short-Term Objectives. 1. Evaluate the technical adequacy of 15 USDA/SCS Agricultural Best Management Practices with respect to achieving the objectives of the Vermont surface and ground Water Quality standards. 2. Communicate the need for higher and consistent federal cost sharing levels. Conduct a study of cost-share levels and program participation in Vermont USDA/ASCS programs. 3. Establish an annual awards program to recognize accomplishments of selected farmers who have implemented Best Management Practices. 4. Increase the level of coordination with the state Agriculture Department towards developing agri-chemical and animal waste management strategies. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Field test whether current Best Management Practices (identified by the Vermont Nonpoint source Pollution Task Force) are adequate to maintain Vermont surface and ground Water Quality Standards or to meet the federal fishable and swimmable goals. 2. Encourage more widespread use of Agricultural Best Management Practices by making Agricultural Stabilization and conservation Service cost-sharing programs more affordable. 3. Continue the focus of nonpoint source pollution abatement cost-sharing programs in Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog watersheds. Use the priority system specified in the state Water Quality Plan for Agricultural Pollution control until a comprehensive phosphorus modelling study is done for Lake Champlain, which will designate specific phosphorus loading goals for each lake segnient. 16
4. Adjust priority system where small lake targeting process identifies inland lakes that are threatened by watershed agricultural practices. 5. Identify the extent of ground and surface water pollution from the land application of agricultural chemicals. 1.Action Plan -- Review of Best Management Practices. Lead Agencies: UVM, USDA/SCS, VANSTF Cooperating Agencies: ANR/DEC, NRCD, US/EPA, VDA, USDA/ASCS Funding source: Clean Water Act section 319 through demonstration projects, Rural Clean Water Program, PL83-566 Available FY 89 funds: $470,000 Needed funds over 5 years: $2.5 million (UVM estimate) Schedule: Selected BMP's currently under review by UVM (1980 to date). Additional evaluation dependent on availability of funds. Milestones: --Revised barnyard runoff BMPs (1987) --Review conservation tillage and conventional tillage with respect to pesticides in groundwater (1987-1992) --Review below-ground manure storage with respect to groundwater --Review strearnside vegetated buffers along cropland and pastureland --Review strip cropping with respect to sediment loading --Estimates on effectiveness of BMPs in reducing soil erosion and nutrient loss (1980 to date) --Estimates on efficiency of each BMP, i.e. savings in labor costs, fertilizer costs, machinery expenses --Review field nutrient management (1987-1992) --Evaluate overall effectiveness (1989-1992) 2.Action Plan -- Greater Federal Cost-Share Funding and Continued Application of Best Management Practices in Priority Watersheds of Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog. Lead Agencies: USDA/ASCS, US/ARS Cooperating Agencies: USDA/SCS, ANR, NRCD, VCES, VDA, US/EPA, NRCC, VANSTF. Funding Sources: PL-83-566, USDA/ASCS, RCWP, RC&D Available cost-share funds (in thousands per year) to treat 30% of farms within Vermont over 10 years (1989-1999): ACP-annual-250 farms- $630; ACP-LTA-220 farms- $516; PL-566-190 farms- $300; RCWP- $1,445*; RC&D- $190* (SCS estimates). 17
* = total project participation NOTE: above cost estimates only reflect financial assistance. Technical assistance costs will increase overall estimates by approximately 40% Waterbodies with implementation: (566) 3-0l,j-03,3-09,3-10,5-11,5-llLOl,8-0l,8-02,8-03, 17-04,17-07,17-08,17-09,17-10. (RCWP) 5-07,5-07L01. (RC&D) 5-02L01,17-08L06. Examples of needed cost-share funds (in thousands per year) to treat: (A)- 50% of farms with significant water quality problems between 1989 and 1999 (SCS estimate): ACP-annual-425 farms- $975;ACP-LTA-325 farms- $750; PL-566-225 farms- $515. (BJ- 70% of farms with significant water quality problems between 1989 and 1999 (SCS estimate): ACP-annual-615 farms- $1,415; ACP-LTA-430 farms- $990; PL-566-325 farms- $745. Waterbodies needing attention: all agricultural waterbodies with NRCD assistance. Waterbodies targeted during the 208 Planning Program: 2-04,2-05,3-0l,3-02,3-03,3-05,3-07,3-08, 3-09,3-10,3-11,4-0l,4-02,4-02,4-03,4-04,5-0l,5-02,5-03, 5-04,5-05,5-09,6-0l,6-02,6-03,6-04,6-05,6-06,7-02,7-04, 7-07,7-10. Schedule: Through higher cost-share levels, accelerate treatment and implementation of cost-shared conservation pratcices. Milestones: Completion of water quality plans on farms with significant water· quality problems. Implementation of conservation practices in priority watersheds identified during the 208 Planning Program (see VT Water Quality Management Plan for Controlling Agricultural NPS Pollution). Accelerate and broaden treatment to other agricultural waterbodies.
3.Action Plan -- Identify Lead Agency Responsible for Implementing an Awards Program for Farmers and Implement Program. Lead Agency: VT Agricultural Nonpoint Source Task Force Cooperating Agencies: VDA, UVM, VCES, USDA/SCS, NRCD, "ANR, NRCC, VCES. Potential Funding source: Clean Water Act Section 319 Needed funds: $20,000 per year (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: Determine appropriate awarding agency, develop program and funding mechanism. Initiate awards program. 18
Eligible Areas: all agricultural waterbodies with NRCD assistance. Milestones: Public recognition of excellent examples of implementing each of 15 Best Management Practices.
II. EROSION FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES Problems and Needs. In the 1988 Vermont Nonpoint source Pollution Assessment, siltation and turbidity from construction sites were ranked the fourth highest source of water use impairment. Increased monitoring of construction sites is needed to ensure compliance with erosion control measures and surface water quality standards. Limited personnel and funding must be channeled to the highest priority waters first. Short-Term Objectives. 1. Communicate the widely perceived need for a substantially larger enforcement presence where construction activities impact waterbodies. 2. use the Problem Waterbody Targeting list to prioritize waterbodies affected by construction erosion for special enforcement attention. 3. Develop model guidance for erosion control (including vegetated buffer zones) on lake and river margins. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Increase the amount of compliance monitoring and enforcement of regulations regarding construction site erosion. The principal regulations are Act 250 and the surface Water Quality standards.
2. Distribute limited resources (in terms of funding and personnel) to monitor surface water quality and enforce regulations on high priority waterbodies for maximum public benefit, and protection or restoration of uses.
1. Action Plan -- Increased Monitoring and Enforcement. Lead Agencies: Environmental Board, ANR/DEC and ANR/PRO Cooperating Agencies: District Act 250 Environmental commissions, NRCD. 19
Funding source: VT General Fund, Clean water Act sections 205(j) and 314 Available annual funds: $40,000 (ANR/DEC estimate based on existing staffing levels devoting approx. 15% of time to problem) Needed yearly funds: $55,000 (ANR/DEC estimate-represents similar level of effort with two additional staff) Schedule: As funding becomes available and more personnel are assigned, increase present staffing to 1980 levels. Mileston�s: Increased number of site visits; more effective monitoring and enforcement presence. (Also see monitoring and enforcement of minimum flows below hydroelectric facilities.) 2. Action Plan -- Strengthen Technical Standards by Devising a Procedure to Determine Appropriate Buffer Zone Dimensions and standards. Lead Agencies: ANR/DEC, DFP&R, DFW. Cooperating Agencies: VAOT, VDOA, EB, RPC, USDA/SCS, District Act 250 Environmental commissions, NRCD, home builders associations. Potential Funding source: VT General Fund, Clean water Act Sections 205 (j), 314, 319 Needed funds: $20,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: Pending availability of funding . . Milestones: Increased awareness of riparian/shoreland values, greater levels of implementation of vegetated filter strips from several land use activities, creation of definitive streambank/lakeshore protection policy.
III. River Flow Regulation and Impoundment Impacts. Problems and Needs. Hydromodification was ranked as a major source of water use impairment in the 1988 Vermont Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment. Low and fluctuating flows and de-watering of stream channels must be corrected by establishing minimum in-stream flow requirements. The standards for minimum in-stream flows need to be established. More monitoring of hydroelectric darn permits is needed to ensure compliance with permit conditions. Remaining free-flowing rivers must be assessed to determine which ones merit protection and which can be developed for 1. hydropower generation without impacting uses. I Short-Term Objectives. 20
1. Evaluate the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service methodology for calculating recommended regional aquatic base flows for use on Vermont rivers and streams. 2. Negotiate with hydroelectric producers at both licensed and unlicensed facilities to restore minimum in-stream flows. 3. Monitor hydroelectric power generating facilities for compliance with permits. 4. Prepare a Vermont Comprehensive Rivers and Flow Regulation Plan (continuing program development) which specifies long-term use management objectives for free-flowing and flow-regulated river segments. Long-Term Objectives. 1. If appropriate, use recommended or revised aquatic base flows as a means of establishing minimum in-stream flow policy throughout Vermont. 2. Restore minimum flows and regulate impoundments so as to support designated uses such as aquatic biota habitat, swimming, and boating. 3. Establish routine monitoring to ensure that minimum stream flow conditions in permits are being met, as well as other environmental criteria in FERC permits and VT Section 401 Water Quality certificates. 4. Develop plans that specify flow management for river segments and that inventory and recognize the importance of recr-eational uses.
1. Action Plan Review of Minimum In-stream Flow Standard. Lead Agencies: USF&WS, VDFW Cooperating Agencie�: FERC, US/EPA, US/ACOE, ANR/DEC Potential Funding Source: Clean Water Act Section 319, VT General Fund Needed funding: $50,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: Pending availablity of funding. Select and inventory appropriate test streams known to support a healthy fishery. Conduct comparative evaluations on identified sites. Create a statewide minimum in-stream flow policy. Milestones: Adoption of Minimum In-stream Flow Policy Statement; incorporate policy statement into development review of proposals that alter stream flows. 21
2. Action Plan Restoration of Minimum In-stream Flows. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Cooperating Agencies: FERC, public utility companies, US/ACOE, USF&WS, US/EPA Funding Sources: VT General Fund, Clean Water Act Section 205(j) Available annual funds: $35,000 Needed yearly funds: $65,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: Identify both licensed and unlicensed sites on the Vermont Problem Waterbody Target list, conduct or require that utilities conduct a flow needs assessment, re-negotiate flow conditions. Waterbodies needing review: 2-0l,3-0l,3-04,3-05,3-14,6-0l,6-02,6-08, 7-0l,7-02,7-04,7-07,7-08,7-15,7-21,7-22,8-0l,8-05, 8-09,8-ll,10-0l,10-13,10-15,12-03,15-01,15-02,17-03, 17-04,17-05. Milestones: Restoration of minimally acceptable in-stream flows below hydro and flood control dams; establishment of minimum in-stream flow requirements in new and renewed permits such that water uses are maintained and restored. 3.Action Plan Increased Monitoring of Flows Below Dams. Lead Agencies: ANR/DEC, FERC Cooperating Agencies: USGS, public utilities Funding Sources: Verm9nt General Fund, Clean Water Act Sections 319 and 205(j), public utilities Available funds: USGS funding level unknown Needed yearly funds (exclusive of installation, operation and maintenance to be performed by utilities): $30,000 (ANR/DEC estimate). Schedule: Increased monitoring efforts to determine compliance with existing permits, ideally with the installation of more in-stream gauges. Public utilities may perform self-monitoring and submit regular reports to VT DEC. Milestones: Installation of stream gauges at downstream sites below critical hydro facilities or projects; increased compliance with FERC permits; annual or semi-annual flow :: reports submitted to ANR/DEC and FERC.
4.Action Plan Develop a Vermont Comprehensive Rivers and Flow Regulation Plan. 22
Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Cooperating Agencies & Groups: Public Facilities, river-oriented recreation groups, Vermont environmental organizations. Funding source: VT General Fund, Clean Water Act 205(j) Available funds: $40,000 Schedule: 1989. Milestone: complete the VT Comprehensive Rivers and Flow Regulation Plan that designates management objectives for free-flowing exceptional waters and for waters upstream and downstream of impoundments.
IV. COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS (CSO's)
Problems and Needs. Stormwater runoff during rainstorms causes an overflow of 41 wastewater treatment plants or sanitary sewers in Vermont, with the result that untreated sewage is allowed to spill to receiving waters, or to percolate to ground water, creating a public health hazard. Separation of stormwater collection pipes from sewer pipes is the solution in most cases; some plants may only need extra treatment measures during rainstorms. Short-Term Objective� Develop a method to prioritize the 41 cso problem sites, and rank them. Correct cso problems first at sites where uses are most impaired and most people are affected (Burlington Bay, for example). Long-Term Objective. Eliminate the discharge of untreated domestic sewage into receiving waters at all sites where CSO's are known to occur.
1. Action Plan Combined Sewer overflow Correction, Lead Agencies: ANR/DEC, ACDA/DHCA Cooperating Agencies: VDOH, US/EPA Funding Source: US/EPA Clean Water Act, VT General Fund 10 VSA 1624, state Revolving Fund Available FY 88 and 89 funds: $14 million Problem waterbodies undergoing treatment: 5-lOLOl,8-01, 13-01. Needed funds (preliminary ANR/DEC estimate): $80 million Targeted waterbodies needing attention: l-03,2-04,3-0l,3-04,3-05,5-lOLOl,5-07,6-02,7-07,8-0l,8-05, 8-16,8-17,9-06,10-0l,10-ll,10-14,13-06,15-01,16-15,17-0l, 17-08. 23
Schedule: Correction of CSO's according to the ranking list maintained by the Vermont Public Facilities Division. Milestones: Elimination of cso discharges. Restoration of impaired uses and protection of threatened uses in targeted receiving waters.
V. EURASIAN MILFOIL Problems and Needs. Eurasian milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) is a non-native nuisance aquatic weed that severely impacts water uses in lakes and ponds it has invaded. No effective and inexpensive control method is presently known, and research work is needed on possible control methods. Milfoil has been termed ''the AIDS of our environment", is easily spread from lake to lake, and public education efforts to control and prevent its spread must be increased, as well as the state's ability to detect new infestations in their early stages. More funding is needed for local and state control and prevention projects. Short-Term Objectives. 1. Educate the entire lake-using public, particularly the boating public, regarding Eurasian milfoil and its methods of spreading. 2. Develop the capability to detect new infestations of Eurasian milfoil in their earliest stages before lakewide spread has occurred. 3. Establish a permanent Milfoil First-Response Fund to finance immediate action to control and eradicate new milfoil infestations before lakewide spread occurs. 4. Become familiar on a first-hand basis with all existing control methods and their applicability for use in Vermont. Conduct special demonstration projects to implement new control techniques. Continue to refine established techniques such as harvesting to make them more effective. 5. Continue to make grants available to municipalities to conduct Eurasian milfoil control projects. 6. Obtain increased funding state and federal sources for Eurasian milfoil management. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Stop the accidental spread of Eurasian milfoil to uninfested lakes by human activity. 24
2. control and eradicate new infestations before lakewide spread occurs. 3. Determine and implement on a lake-specific basis the most effective controls with minimal environmental impact to reduce the severe nuisance effects of established populations of Eurasian milfoil. 4. Achieve a level of control of established Eurasian milfoil infestations so that some impaired water uses are restored. 5. Ensure a constant level of adequate funding for the Milfoil First Response Fund and other state and local aquatic nuisance control programs. l.Action Plan create a Special Eurasian Milfoil Task Force to Investigate, Publicize, and Recommend Methods to control Spread to Other Uninfested Lakes. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Cooperating Agencies: VDFW, EB, RPC, ACDA/DHCA, LCC, NEIWPCC, NYDEC, US/EPA, UVM, VCES, VNRC Funding sources: VT General Fund, Clean water Act sections 205(j), 319 Available FY 89 funds: $2,000 and Task Force staffing Needed FY 90 funds (does not include spread control program implementation): $7,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: 1989 & 1990. Investigate history and trends of problem, evaluate options to control spread and prevent establishment, consider long-term management alternatives. Milestones: Appoint a Task Force, publicize committee's work and findings, develop management strategies including funding mechanisms (1989). Adoption of legislation to increase spread control efforts (1989-1992).
2.Action Plan -- Implement Recommendations of Task Force. Lead & Cooperating Agencies: Contingent upon scope of recommendations Funding sources: VT General Fund (ANCF), Clean water Act sections 314, 319 Needed yearly funds: unknown, pending scope of Task Force recommendations 25
Schedule & Milestones: Contingent upon Task Force recommendations. Actions would involve an increase in protective efforts (1989-1992).
3. Action Plan Public Education to Prevent Spread of Eurasian Milfoil to Uninfested Lakes. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Lakes & Ponds unit cooperating Agency: VDFW Funding sources: Vermont General Fund (Aquatic Nuisance control Fund), Clean Water Act section 314 Available FY 89 funds: $5,000 Needed yearly funds: $35,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: Increase public contact through various media and public presentations; as funding and personnel become available. Milestones: Greater public awareness of measures to prevent spread of Eurasian milfoil; greater local involvement in preventing spread of milfoil (1989-1992).
4. Action Plan Research Methods to Control Existing Eurasian Milfoil Infestations. Lead �gency: ANR/DEC, Lakes & Ponds Unit Cooperating Agencies: VDFW, US/EPA, VOA, US/ACOE Funding Sources: VT General Fund (Aquatic Nuisance Control Fund), Clean Water Act sections 205(j), 314, 319, us ACOE Available FY 89 ·funds: $45,000 Needed yearly funds: $130,000 (ANR/DEC estimate)
Schedule: Drawdown Lake Bomoseen Fall 1988 and evaluate effects of this methodology 1989. Hydroraking, Lake Bomoseen, summer 1988.. Rotovating, Lake Bomoseen, fall 1988 or spring 1989 (tentative). Evaluate other control methods as funds become available. Milestones: Lake Bomoseen drawdown--report 12/89. Rotovating and hydroraking--report 12/89. Implement and evaluate other control methods. 5, Action Plan control of some Existing Eurasian Milfoil Infestations. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC, Lakes & Ponds Unit, VDFW, RPC cooperating Groups: Lake Associations, Municipalities, VT DF&P 26
Funding source: VT General Fund (Aquatic Nuisance Control Fund), Clean water Act sections 314, 319. Available FY 89 funds: $30,000 Needed yearly funds: $300,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: Develop more demonstration control projects and increase the number of local control projects, using the Problem Waterbody Target List to prioritize sites. Waterbodies: l-03L05,2-02L03,2-02L05,2-02L06,2-03L05, 2-03L06,205L01,2-05L02,2-03L03,3-07L01,3-08L01, Lake Champlain (11 waterbodies),5-02L01,5-11L03,6-05L01,8-14L01, 8-16L0�,13-08L01,Lake Memphremagog(2 waterbodies),17-07L01. Milestones: Restoration of some recreational uses of previously impaired areas. An increase in funding and in the implementation of control projects mentioned above.
VI. LAKE WATER QUALITY AND AESTHETICS THREATENED BY CUMULATIVE IMPACTS OF LAND USE ACTIVITIES IN THEIR WATERSHEDS.
Problems and Needs. Lakes are particularly fragile ecosystems. In contrast with rivers, lakes accumulate pollutants in their water and sediments which may never flush out. Of particular concern is the accumulation of nutrients and sediments which hasten the eutrophication of the lake, eventually causing algae blooms, excessive aquatic plant growth, and decreased water clarity. Some lakes are already experiencing these problems; most lakes need to be protected from cumulative impacts in hopes of preventing water quality problems. There is an urgent need for a lakeshore and watershed management and protection program. In addition, lakeshores are experiencing greatly increased development pressure, and steps are needed to protect their scenic beauty.
Short-Term Objectives. 1. Participate in the Act 200 Growth Planning process to encourage regions and towns to incorporate plans and regulatory mechanisms that will help protect lake water quality and aesthetics. Improve and update the Model Shoreland zoning Report and develop a guide to watershed management. 2. Begin identification of lakes particularly sensitive to water quality degradation either because of limnological characteristics or watershed land use factors. 27
3. Provide educational materials and services to landowners and users in a lake watershed as to the appropriate best management practices of their activities (e.g. logging, farming and construction). 4. Communicate the need for consistent and reliable funding for a Lake Protection Program. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Provide on-going technical assestance to towns, lake associations and regional planning commissions regarding shoreland and watershed zoning mechanisms, and applicable land use best management practices. 2. Develop a list of targeted threatened lakes and contact the appropriate towns and lake associations to communicate the need for protective activities and assist in the develpment of a management plan. 3. Create a community of landowners and users in each lake watershed who are educated regarding the best management practices of their activities and who voluntarily com�ly with them. 4. Create a permanent Lake Protection Program capable of meeting the need for technical assestance by towns and lake associations. 1. Action Plan Participation in Act 200 Growth Planning Process and Development of Model Shoreland zoning and watershed Management Guidelines. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Cooperating Agencies: Regional Planning Commissions, ACDA, USDA/SCS, UVM, US/EPA Funding source: VT General Fund, Clean Water Act sections 205{j)(5), 106 Available FY 89 funds: $17,000 Needed yearly funds: $40,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) schedule: contact ACDA and develop procedure for participation in planning process; update Model Shoreland Zoning Report (under contract if funding is available); research existing watershed best management educational materials, develop additional materials where needed (1989). Milestones: Workshops with Regional Planning Commissions (1988-1992); updated Model Shoreland Zoning Report (1989), completed Watershed Management Guidelines (1989-1991) with incorporation into regional plans, municipal plans and zoning ordinances (1989-1992). Develop MOU's with regional planning commissions (1989-1992). 28
2. Action Plan Prioritize Lakes Critically in Need of Protection & Implement Protection Plans. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC cooperating Agencies: UVM, US/EPA Funding source: Clean Water Act sections 205(j) & 314, VT General Fund Available FY 89 funds: $140,000 Needed yearly funds: $50,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) schedule: Select a method for prioritizing lakes in need of protection, proceed as indicated through targeting (1988-1989). Assist towns and regions in guiding growth in targeted areas (1988-1992). Areas: To be identified. Milestones: Development of a prioritizing process, development of a priority list (1989-1990), implementation of process (1990-1992).
VII. SILVICULTURAL EROSION
Problems and Needs. Logging is a widely scattered and potentially chronic source of soil erosion, sedimentation and turbidity in streams. until recently there were no good performance standards for logging activities. Improvements to surface water quality are anticipated with the implementation of new Silvicultural Accepted Management Practices, however these need field testing for technical adequacy, and need to be promoted through educational workshops. Short-Term Objectives. 1. Promote standard use of 24 new Accepted Management Practices. Promote workshops and on-the-job consultation. 2. Determine whether use of these Accepted Management Practices will result in compliance with Vermont surface water Quality standards, and in needed improvements. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Reduce sediment discharge during logging jobs.
1. Action Plan Promote Use of Accepted Management Practices. 29
Lead Agency: VDFP&R Cooperating Agencies: ANR/DEC, VCES, VT Timber Truckers and Haulers Association. Funding source: Vermont General Fund Schedule: Continue conducting educational workshops for loggers and foresters on a statewide basis (1988-1992). Milestones: A majority of loggers and foresters are informed of the AMPs.
2. Action Plan Evaluation of Technical Adequacy of AMPS. Lead Agency: VDFP&R Cooperating Agencies: ANR/DEC, UVM, USDA/NFS Funding source: VT General Fund Available FY 89 funds: $25,000 Schedule: Conduct field tests of the AMPS to determine if any need revising· to meet surface Water Quality standards during 1989 and 1990. Milestones: Revise any AMPs found to be deficient.
VIII. ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION Problems and Needs. Atmospheric deposition, primarily from out-of-state sources, threatens the water quality of some lakes and rivers that have been identified as being sensitive to the effects of acidic precipitation. Atmospheric total nitrogen deposition (both wet and dry) has been estimated to be approximately 10 pounds per acre per year. Some lakes and rivers are already measurably affected. A long-term toxic atmospheric deposition monitoring program needs to be developed based on mid-Western studies showing significant pollutant loading rates and biomagnification. A national atmospheric deposition control policy is needed. Short-Term Objectives. 1. Develop the framework and strategy of a long-term, integrated toxic atmospheric deposition monitoring program. 2. continue legal action by Vermont to press for complete implementation of existing federal laws and to press for passage of a comprehensive national policy on control of atmospheric ?eposition. Long-Term Objectives. 30
1. Quantify trends and potentially serious problems concerning wet and dry deposition of toxic metals and organics to state surface waters, sediments, and aquatic biota. 2. Encourage the reduction of precursor emissions from predominantly out-of-state sources. 3. Determine lake eutrophication impacts from atmospheric total nitrogen deposition. 1. Action Plan Develop Atmospheric Deposition Monitoring Program for Air, Aquatic Biota, Water, and Sediments. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Cooperating Agency: NOAA, US/EPA Funding sources: VT General Fund, Clean Water Act sections 314, 319. Available yearly funds for acidic atmospheric deposition monitoring: $50,000 Needed yearly funds (for base level acid precipitation monitoring and limited toxic atmospheric deposition monitoring): $150,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: Develop program as funds become available. Milestones: create long-term acidic and toxic deposition monitoring program for known sensitive waters or regions first, followed by a comprehensive, statewide program.
2. Action Plan Lobby for Federal Policy on Atmospheric Deposition Control, Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Cooperating Agencies: Other New England State Environmental Agencies. Funding source: VT General Fund schedule: Meet with Vermont and Federal legislators to discuss the problem (1988-1992). Milestones: New legislative initiatives to reduce precursor emissions; increased publicity of New England's atmospheric deposition problems (1988-1992). IX, FAILED SEPTIC SYSTEMS. Problems and Needs. Failed septic systems either threaten or impair the water quality of 27 river and stream segments on the Problem Waterbody Target list. Some of these failures are due to inadequate maintenance of the systems. 31
The problem is more prevalent in the northern half of Vermont. In some cases failed septic systems are a suspected source of surface water pollution and ground water contamination, but further assessment is needed to confirm this. Many Vermont towns do not have an ordinance concerning septic system design and installation. Short-Term Objectives. 1. Expand public education efforts concerning septic system maintenance, and emphasize the importance of routine maintenance. 2. Conduct septic system surveys on waters with reported or suspected septic discharges that are on the Problem Waterbody Targeting List. 3. Develop model guidance for the installation and maintenance of septic systems on river and lake margins. 4. Develop outreach effort to urge all towns to.adopt municipal sewage disposal ordinances that meet state recommendations. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Reduce septic system failures and ground and surface water contamination, and prolong septic system performance. 2. Identify and eliminate septic discharges primarily to several of Vermont's northern drainage basins. 3. Continue outreach until a majority of Vermont towns have adopted septic system ordinances, and towns with river and lakeshore margins promote special guidelines for septic systems along shorelines. 4. Investigate ground water quality relationships between variously sized septic systems and type of use. 1.Action Plan Public Education Programs. Lead Agencies: ANR/DEC, VACD Cooperating Agencies: VDOH, EB, VCES, RPC, municipalities Funding Source: VT General Fund, Clean Water Act Sections 205(j), 319 Available FY 89 funds: $40,000 Needed yearly funds: $30,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) and $100,000 (VACD estimate) Schedule: Distribute information on proper maintainance of on-site septic systems to cooperating agencies, and initiate educational efforts. Distribute information to towns on 32
appropriate septic system design and installation, including special provisions for shoreland septic systems. Milestones: Publication on septic system maintenance. 2. Action Plan Conduct Septic system surveys. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC cooperating Agencies: VDOH, VACD Potential Funding sources: VT General Fund, Clean Water Act sections 314, 319. Needed yearly funds: $45,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: conduct septic system surveys as time and funds permit, using the Problem Waterbody Target List to prioritize sites. Begin surveys in previously unsurveyed basins. Areas: Drainage basin numbers 6 and 9, waterbodies 5-01,5-02. Milestones: Correction of existing septic system problems; correction of the most serious public health threats first.
X. MODIFICATIONS TO SURFACE HYDROLOGY IN UPLAND AREAS.
Problems and Needs. The hydrology of certain headwater areas· in Vermont has become altered due to dense development in the upland watersheds. The effects of this are increased peak flows, increased soil erosion, streambank destabilization, in-stream siltation and turbidity, and altered habitat for aquatic biota. Several other headwater areas in Vermont are threatened by rapid, dense development that is either underway or being planned. current state standards and stormwater management policy do not adequately address this problem. Short-Term Objectives. 1. Establish standards and a control program to regulate headwater areas undergoing hydrologic modification. 2. Review, revise as necessary and formally adopt the state Stormwater Management Plan and state Stormwater Management Procedures. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Develop standards, rules and comprehensive implementation program for long-term management of incremental changes to surface water flow in upland areas. 33
2. Provide standards for long-term management of stormwater.
1. Action Plan Regulate Hydrologic Modification in Headwaters. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Cooperating Agencies: EB, RPC, USDA/SCS Potential Funding sources: Clean water Act section 319, VT General Fund Needed yearly funds; $75,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: Research and develop hydrologic modification control standards as funds become available. Milestones: Development of hydrologic modification control standards for use by District Act 250 commissions and Regional Planning Commissions as well as Department of Environmental conservation.
2. Action Plan Adoption of state Stormwater Management Plan and Procedures. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Funding source: Vermont General Fund Needed funds: $5,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: Review and revise Draft Stormwater Management Plan and Procedures and amend state stormwater statute followed by formal adoption. Milestones: The adoption of State Stormwater Management Plan and Procedures by Vermont Water Resources Board.
XI. WETLANDS LOSS. Problems and Needs. An analysis of wetlands loss between January, 1986 and May, 1987 revealed road construction, light industrial development and residential development as the greatest factors associated with ninety-four acres of wetland filling or draining. It was estimated that wetland losses approached seventy acres per year. A more recent inventory evaluated 508 development projects between January, 1986 and mid-August, 1988. Conclusions from this inventory were that the number of wetlands-related projects increased from 13 per month (1986) to 20.8 per month (1988) and, that the earlier study under estimated the area of annual wetland loss by over fifty percent. Wetland loss for the 7.5 month period in 1988 was 34
estimated to be 170 acres. These annual losses are occuring in spite of various existing federal, state and local protection programs. With the 1986 passage of an act relating to the regulation of wetlands (Act 188, 10 V.S.A. Chapter 37), the Vermont legislature has recognized the importance of further protecting and preserving significant wetlands. The statute designates a minimum of eleven wetland functions to be given increased protection. Draft protection rules list activities that could degrade wetland functions or values if not controlled. Short-Term Objectives. 1. Promulgation of state wetlands rules by the Vermont WRB. 2. continued identification of significant wetlands. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Identification of wetlands as conservation areas in regional plans and in municipal land use controls. 2. Reductions in wetlands loss, identification of impairments to wetlands and enhancements to existing wetland resources. 1. Action Plan Adoption, Implementation and Administration of state Wetlands Rules. Lead Agencies: WRB, ANR/DEC Cooperating Agencies: US/EPA, ACDA/DHCA, EB, NRCD, LCC, VNRC, RFC, US/ACOE, USDA/SCS, USF&WS, VCES. Funding sources: Clean Water Act Sections 205(J), 319, VT General Fund. Available annual funds: $40,000 Needed yearly funds to implement rules: $175,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule & Milestones: Adoption of Rules by WRB (1989). Administration of wetlands protection program by ANR/DEC ( 1990-1992). 2. Action Plan -- Continued Identification of Significant Wetlands. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC cooperating Agencies: US/EPS, US/ACOE, VDFP&R, VDFW. Funding sources: VT General Fund, Clean Water Act Sections 205(j) I 319, 404. Needed yearly funds: $10,000 (ANR/DEC estimate). 35
Schedule & Milestones: Pending availability of funds, focus activities within municipalities or regions adjacent to Lake Champlain, within Lake's drainage or undergoing rapid growth, identification of significant wetlands following adoption of Wetland Rules, revision to NWI maps, where appropriate (1989-1992). Identification and tracking of impairments to wetlands (1989-1992).
XII. HAZARDOUS WASTE. Problems and Needs. Many Vermont surface waterbodies are either threatened or impaired by toxic substances originating fro� hazardous waste sites. Although a limited body Of data is available concerning the effect of such sites on ground water quality, there has been little assessment on the effect of such sites to surface waters. For most receiving waters, the degree of impairment or threat could not be determined due to limited water chemistry and biological data. Personnel to evaluate and manage the sites and funding for priority pollutant analysis is inadequate to address the volume of sites. Three sections of the Hazardous Waste Division investigate and manage sites contaminated by toxics: Hazardous Sites Management, RCRA, and Petroleum Sites Management. The first two are very limited in their capabilities by funding, and must devote most of their resources to high priority sites. It is estimated that Hazardous Sites Management would need ten additional people and additional funding for site evaluation to address the number of sites that are presently known. The RCRA Sites program needs two additional people and funding for sample expenses to work on their backlog of known contaminated sites. The Petroleum Sites section is presently well-funded. The three sections vary in their procedures for evaluation and clean-up of sites. The general objectives for each program are as follows: Short-Term Objectives. 1. Assessment and clean-up of high priority sites. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Evaluation and remediation, when necessary, of all sites. 2. Monitoring and/or closure of sites: 3. Expand public education efforts concerning the proper disposal of household hazardous waste products. 4. Identify areas of contamination according to ground water classification. 36
1. Action Plan Hazardous Sites Management section. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Hazardous Sites Management Section Cooperating Agencies: US/EPA Funding sources: Multi-Site .Cooperative Agreement, Core Program Grant, VT General Fund, state Contingency Fund. Available FY 89 funds: $364,000 Needed yearly funds to address 50% of current case load (exclusive of 90 cases/year-site discovery- and 48 cases/year-additional sites): $545,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) schedule: On-going site evaluation and clean-up process. Milestones: Process of site discovery, preliminary assessment, site inspection, HRS evaluation, remediation either by the state Sites Management Program or Federal superfund Program, follow-up assessment, and site closure. 2. Action Plan RCRA Section. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC RCRA Section Cooperating Agency: US/EPA Funding Sources: US/EPA RCRA Grants, VT General Fund Available FY 89 funds: $450,000 I Needed yearly funds: $600,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) schedule: on-going process of site evaluation and remediation. Greater emphasis on prevention of contamination and source management. Mi+estones: Procedure of site discovery, confirmation, investigation, remediation, monitoring, and closure. Implementation of contaminant management actions.
3.Action Plan Petroleum Sites Management Program. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Petroleum Sites Management section Cooperating Agency: US/EPA Funding Sources: LUST Trust Cooperative Agreement, UST Program Support Grant, VT state General Fund, Environmental Construction and Building Permit Fund, State Petroleum Clean-up Fund. Available FY 89 funds for site remediation: approximately $1.75 million Needed yearly funds: $3 million for site remediation (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: on-going assessment and clean-up of sites. High Priority (by risk) waterbodies: 1-05,8-16,11-03,15-02 37
Milestones: Site assessment, remediation, and closure. XIII. LANDFILLS. Problems and Needs. The magnitude of the impact from landfill leachate on surface and ground water environments and human health is largely unknown. Chemical and biological data is very limited, making toxic assessment difficult. A determination of the potential impairment from landfills to surface and ground waters is needed. A program which will examine the environmental threat from landfills will be conducted by the solid waste Division from 1988-1990. Only two-thirds of the landfills will be monitored due to limited funding. Additional funding would enable the assessment of the remainder of the landfills. Short-Term Objectives. 1. Evaluation of data for all landfills to determine those which are a potential source of toxic contamination. 2. Priority pollutant sampling to be conducted at all sites where not previously analyzed for those parameters. 3. Pollution indicator parameters to be analyzed at all landfills sampled. 4. surface and ground water sampling as appropriate where problems are expected or known. 5. Determine optimum treatment and ultimate fate of leachate of future lined landfills. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Determine environmental threat of all landfills through sampling. 2. Closure and/or remediation of present unlined landfills with the exception of those receiving less than 1,000 tons of solid waste per year and which are creating no significant impact. 3. All landfills, except those receiving less than 1,000 tons of solid waste per year which do not create an environmental hazard, are to be lined by 1991, with appropriate treatment procedures for leachate. 4. Identify areas of contamination according to ground water classification. l,Action Plan Increased Environmental Assessments of Landfills. 38
Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Solid Waste Division Cooperating Agencies: US/EPA waste Division - Region I Funding sources: 1. Vermont General Fund 2. Solid Waste Management Assistance Fund 3. VT state Capital Appropriations Fund Available FY 89 funds: $890,000 Needed FY 90 funds: $1.95 million (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: 1 . Assessment of two-thirds of all landfills by July 1990. 2 : Operating portions of all landfills will be lined by 1991 with the exception of those landfills receiving less than 1,000 tons of trash per year and which are not creating a significant hazard to the surrounding environment. Milestones: 1. Pre-assessment of all landfills to determine data collection needs (1989). 2. Assessment of two -thirds of landfills through necessary ground or surface water sampling (1990). 3. Review and reporting of data collected through assessment (1990). 4. Closure of appropriate landfills (1990-1992). 5. Lined landfills with appropriate leachate treatment (1991-1992).
XIV. JUNKYARDS Problems and Needs. The Vermont Ground Water Assessment (April 1988) identified a total of eighty-five active and inactive junkyards. No statutory authority regulates these sites for protection from ground water pollution. An evaluation of junkyard impact on ground water quality has not been done. Short-Term Objective. 1. Examine existing information concerning ground water impacts and best management practices for junkyards. 2. Educate junkyard operators concerning control measures for the management and disposal of waste materials. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Determine the environmental threat to water resources of Vermont from junkyards. 39
2. Develop appropriate best management practices and implementation programs to prevent ground and surface water contamination from junkyards.
1. Action Plan Develop Junkyard Best Management Practices. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Hazardous waste Division Cooperating Agencies: US/EPA, VAOT, VDOH Funding sources: VT General Fund, Hazardous Waste Management Assistance Fund, Clean Water Act Sections 205(j), 319 Available FY 89 funds: $5,000 Needed yearly funds for three years: $60,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: Review BMPs, evaluate existing implementation program needs, inventory junkyard sites (1988-1992). Milestones: Development and implementation of junkyard BMPs.
XV. AQUATIC TOXICITY. Problems and Needs. Assessment of the magnitude of the problem of toxicity in Vemont's surface waters is difficult due to limited biological and chemical data. Sources of potential toxic impairment include industrial waste disposal sites, landfills, industrial discharges, municipal discharges with influent containing toxics, discharges with elevated levels of chlorine or ammonia, mine drainage, atmospheric deposition, pesticides, urban runoff, combined 'sewer overflows, spills, leaking tanks, etc. Few waterbodies have been sampled extensively to determine impairment from any of these sources. Biological assessment information is very limited, and the ability to adequately address the problem is limited-by available personnel. Two additional biologists are needed to conduct toxics biosurveys. Little funding is available for priority pollutant analysis. ! Short-Term Objective. 1. Assess the potential toxic impairment of as many sites as possible within the constraints of personnel and funding for analysis. Any of the .following may be sampled for and analyzed to evaluate a waterbody: macroinvertebrate or fish populations, fish flesh contamination, surface water, sediments or whole effluent toxicity. r Long-Term Objective. I 40
1. Continue to update status of potential or actual toxic sites, providing needed biological or chemical information when possible. !.Action Plan -- Increased Aquatic Toxicity Testing. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Environmental Sciences Section cooperating Agency: US/EPA water Quality Management section Funding sources: US/EPA 106 Basic Program Funds, US/EPA supplemental 106 Appropriations Funds, VT General Fund Available funds: $25,000 per year Needed yearly funds: $50,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) schedule: Limited biological and chemical assessment of surface waters potentially or actually impaired by toxics. Milestones: 1. As funding levels allow, conduct appropriate biological and/or chemical sampling to assess extent of threat of impairment to waterbody. 2. When appropriate following remediation, conduct biosurvey and/or chemical sampling to assess effectiveness of controls. 3. Increased analytical capabilities (especially bioassay and chemical procedures) following construction of laboratory (1990).
XVI. 0 ROAD SALT APPLICATION AND STORAGE. Problems and Needs. The Vermont Ground Water Assessment (April 1988) found that salt products used for winter road deicing were a significant source of ground water contamination. Recent investigations by the VAOT revealed that approximately 93% of private wells contaminated by road salt required replacement. Vermont's policy on salt storage and application does not apply to municipal winter road maintenance programs. state programs and policies need to be extended to local programs. Short-Term Objectives. I 1. Advise municipal road maintenance programs on state ! policies and BMPs concerning application, storage, and f siting of road salt products. � 2. Examine road deicing chemical alternatives. ,· I 3. Inventory state and municipal salt storage sites according to ground water classification. r 41
Long-Term Objectives. 1. Implement alternatives where appropriate. 2. Evaluate policies, standards, and criteria for reducing ground water contamination potential. 1. Action Plan Implement Road Salt BMPs. Lead Agency: VAOT Cooperating Agencies: ANR/DEC, VDOH, ACDA/DHCA, RPC, FHWA, LRP. Funding sources: VT General Fund, FHWA Available FY 89 technical assistance funds: $125,000 Needed yearly funds: $1 million (VAOT and LRP estimate) Schedule: Identify municipal road maintenance programs and salt storage sites needing assistance (1988-1992). Milestones: Implementation of application and storage BMPs (1988-1992).
XVII. GOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION. Problems and Needs. A comprehensive nonpoint source management program needs to be developed and implemented in conjunction with neighboring state and local governmental units. Threats and impairments to surface and ground water uses in one state or town can originate or be caused by activities in another. For Vermont, coordination of the state Nonpoint Source Management Program and the state Clean water strategy will involve communication and planning between the States of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and the Canadian Province of Quebec. state level coordination will involve the Agencies of Natural Resources, Human services, and Transportation, and the Departments of Agriculture and Housing and Community Affairs.
Short-Term Objectives. 1. Identify impaired and threatened surface waterbodies and ground water resources which border or cross state and international boundaries. 2. Exchange information concerning the State Nonpoint source Management Programs and the state clean water strategies in order to promote consistency. 3. Communicate the strengths as well as needs associated with surface water quality monitoring of inter-state waterbodies. Long-Term Objectives. 42
1. Communicate planned and implemented nonpoint source control activities affecting interstate waterbodies. 2. Develop a mechanism for technical information transfer and evaluation. 3. Develop interstate management strategies for ground and surface waters concerning nutrients, toxic materials, nuisance aquatic plant species, and water quantity. 4. Classify and identify ground water resource areas of the state. l .Action Plan Water Quality Related Elements of the Bi-State Agreement Initiative for Lake Champlain. Lead Agencies: VT ANR/DEC, NY DEC, Quebec Environmental Agencies Cooperating Agencies: US/EPA, APA, LCC, USF&WS, IJC Funding sources: VT General Fund, Clean Water Act sections 205(j), 314, 319 Available funds: $850,000 (for phosphorus monitoring & modeling over four years) Needed funds: estimates to be developed Schedule: 1988 through 1992 Areas: Lake Champlain and drainage basin numbers 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 Milestones: Signing of bi-state (NY/VT) agreement (1988). Obtain funding to support a Lake Champlain whole lake phosphorus loading and modeling study (1988). Development of management strategies addressing issues related to water quantity and quality (1989-1992). 2.Action Plan Consideration of Connecticut River Resources. Lead Agencies: VT ANR/DEC, NH DWPC cooperating Agencies: US/EPA, Connecticut River_Wtershed council, RPCs of New Hampshire and Vermont, USGS, USF&WS, NEIWPCC Potential Funding source: Clean water Act section 205(j) Schedule: 1989 Milestones: Increased lay monitoring stations (River Watch Network); coordination of NH and VT Nonpoint source 43
Management Programs; consistency in bi-state waterbody targeting.
XVIII. INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND CONTINUING WATER RESOUCES PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT. Problems and Needs. The ability to store, manage, and display surface and ground water quality information will be useful in the planning and implementation of nonpoint source management activities. The growing amount and diversity of natural resource information requires coordinated yet systematic approaches concerning the acquisition and input, editing and eventual use of computerized information. Short-Term Objectives. 1. Select an information management system for ground and surface water resources and begin data compilation and input. Incorporate water quality information regarding rivers and lakes into the waterbody system. 2. Evaluate the targeted waterbody list for appropriateness using the information management system. Use the information system to develop and update the state Clean Water strategy. 3. Develop mechanisms for the output and use of this information which will serve the needs of natural resources managers including state agencies, regional planning commissions, town governments and Vermont-based federal agencies. 4. creation of an interagency ground water coordinating committee to facilitate the implementation of the Vermont Ground Water Management strategy. Long-Term Objectives. 1. Establishment of an information management system which incorporates relevant surface and groundwater information useful and accessible for natural resource management decision-making. 2. continual revision of the targeted waterbody list and the State Clean water Strategy based on comprehensive and coordinated information. 3. Assist Vermont municipalities and regions to undertake water resources planning, protection and management through resource identification, classification and mapping and through technical assistance programs. I .Action Plan Prepare state clean water strategy. 44
Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Cooperating Agencies: US/EPA, NEIWPCC Funding source: Clean water Act Section 205(j), NEIWPCC, VT General Fund Available FY 88 funds: $5,000 Needed FY 89 funds: $7,000 (ANR/DEC estimate� Schedule: 1988 and 1989 Milestones: completion of sews by mid-1989. Revise sews during 1992. 2. Action Plan -- Prepare/Implement Vermont Ground water Management Strategy. Lead Agency: ANR/DEC Cooperating Agencies: USGS,US/EPA,VAOT,VDOH,VDOA,ADCA/DHCA, RPC,LRP Funding sources: VT General Fund, Clean Water Act Sections 106,205(j) & 319, Safe Drinking Water Act's Underground Injection Control & Wellhead Protection Area Programs Needed FY 89 funds: $25,000 (ANR/DEC estimate) Needed yearly funds (ANR/DEC needs): $0.5 million (prelimianry ANR/DEC estimate) Schedule: Establishment of ground water protection rules in Phase I of VT Ground water Management Strategy (1988). Creation of Interagency Ground Water Coordinating Committee and completion of VT Ground water Management strategy - Phase II (1989). Implement Ground water Management strategy (1989-1992). Milestones: Creation of an inter-agency ground water coordinating committee; designation of Class I, II, III, and IV ground water areas; delineation & designation of wellhead protection areas; ground water information acquisition and management system; adoption by municipalities of land use ordinances/protection measures. 45 IV. Water Resources of Primary Concern A. Impaired Waters l. Surface Water Resources Surface water priority areas designated for restoration or protection against NPS pollution were identified during the waterbody targeting process. Targeted waters are to be the focus of concerted management actions or strategies over the next four fiscal years and beyond. The rate and order of targeted surface waterbodies receiving special management focus will be guided by the availability of financial and personnel resources and by the ability to execute implementation programs in a coordinated fashion. The Vermont Management Program has targeted 50 river and stream waterbodies (involving 78 discrete river or stream segments) and 37 lake and pond waterbodies that have been designated as "High Priority--Impaired". These 87 surface waterbodies are to be the subjects of management programs that will focus on restoration. The numbers of targeted/impaired waterbodies are presented, by river drainage basin, in Figure l. "High Priority--Impaired" targeted waters are found in all drainage basins except for Basin 4 (Lower Lake Champlain direct drainage) and Basin 9 (White River drainage). No impaired rivers or streams were targeted in Basin 16 (Upper Connecticut, Nulhegan, Willard and Paul streams). The basin with the greatest number of high priority--impaired targeted waterbodies was the Lamoille River Basin (Basin 7), followed by the Black, Barton, Clyde, and Coaticook River Basin (Basin 17). Both the Winooski River (Basin 8) and the otter creek Basins (Basin 3) contained the third-highest number of impaired targeted waterbodies. Of the 50 targeted river and stream 46
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Explanation of Column Headings for Vermont List of Targeted High Priority--Impaired Waters Waterbody ID - an alphanumeric code used to spatially locate designated surface waterbodies. For example, VTOl-02 and VT01-03L05 represent a river waterbody and a lake waterbody, respectively, that are located in Basin 1. The rivers and streams located on VTOl-02 comprise a watershed. The lake, however, is the fifth lake in a different watershed (i.e., watershed number 3) in Basi-n 1. a map between pages 48 and 50, indicating designated surface waterbodies - for rivers and streams, for Lake Champlain and for Lake Memphremagog - have been included to assist the reader in locating targeted waters. Note - lake and pond waterbodies having a surface area greater than 20 acres are shown without waterbody ID numbers, Regional Planning Commission - a code used to identify the targeted waterbody with respect to the Regional Planning Commission of that area. AD - Addison NE - Northeastern Vermont BE - Bennington RU - Rutland CV - Central Vermont SW - Southern Windsor CH - Chittenden OT - Ottauquechee-Two Rivers and FG - Franklin-Grand Isle Upper Valley LA - Lamoille WI - Windham River Segment/Lake - the name of the river segment or lake. Areas preceeded by asterisks (**)- indicate ground water resource areas. Threat or Problem - a generic description of the problem(s) found in each river segment or lake. Assessment Needed - problem-needing further assessment prior to implementation of control measures. BMP Needed - needed Best Management Practices (BMP). Program/Funds - control program and/or funding mechanism for implementing the BMPs to reduce water pollution or conducting an assessment. current status - whether a program, funds, BMPs, and/or assessment have been planned or implemented. so
Reg. Waterbody P 1 an. Threat or Assessment 8MP Program/ Current IO Com. River Segment/Lake Needed tleeded Funds Status Problem ...... ,. ..- .....- ....------...... ------···-- -- ...... ------·------
VTO 1-02 6E HOOSIC RIVER ! LIMESTONE NEEDS FURTHER ENLARGE SETTLEMENT ENTIRE 1 MILE CRUSHING PLANT ASSESS�ENT LAGOONS OR FILTER LENGTH IN VERMONT IN AOANS, MA DISCHARGE CREATES TURBIDITY PLUME DOWNRIVER
RESIDENTIAL INITIAL REMOVE STRAIGHT VT DEC WATER STRAIGHT PIPES ASSESSHEIIT PIPES, REPLACE RESOURCE TO RIVER AtlO LATE 1970S; FAILED SYSTEMS INVESTIGA TIOll FAILED SEPTIC NEEDS FURTHER SYSTEMS Ill ASSESSMENT POWNAL
VTOH3L05 BE LAKE PAR AN ( IL EURASIAN CONTINUED LIMITED BOTTOM AtlCF & EMCP· OtlGO!NG BEIHmlGTOlj) MILFOIL EVALUATION OF SCREEtmlG IN USE MORE FlltlOING 1988 INFEST A TIOll 1 ADDITIONAL NEEDED TO COVERS 2/3 OF MIL FOIL EVALUATE/I�PLEM LAKE CC,NTROL OPTIONS ENT BEST CONTROL METHODS
VTO1-04 BE BATTENKILL BELOW MANCHESTER DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE MANCHESTER WWTF HAY MOOEL IIIG PROTECTION, & REMOVAL WASTEWATER CREATE TOXIC PREDICTS TOXIC COMPLIAIICE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY !ti STREAM LEVELS OIJRING DIV., PERMITS COMPLETED CHLORINE LOW (7 Q 10) AND SECTIOH BY LEVELS AT TIMES !1AX. CAPACITY 3/31' /92 FLOWS WHEN NPOES PERMIT REISSIJEC
VTOl-05 BE **NEAR TANNER BROOK LfAK ING ONGOING TANK REMOVAL HAZAROOllS HIGH IJNOERGROIJIIO ASSESSNEIH ilASTE PRIORITY PETROLEUM HAIIAGENEIIT CONTIIIIJE(· STORAGE TANKS MONITORrnG
VT02-01 RU POULTNEY RIVER- AGRICULTURAL ASSESSHEIIT POTEtHIAL PL 25\ SAMPLE CARVERS FALLS AREA· RUNOFF UNDERWAY; 83 ·566 3.1 MILES PHOSPHORUS PROJECT; ACP LOADING MOD£l ltlG
OEWATERING OF AESTHETICS IMPROVED FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICENSED LARGEST, STUDY 1003 CONFERENCE HIGHEST WATERFALL rn STATE r 51
P.�9. Waterbodv Pian. Thre.it or Assess111ent BMP Program/ Current ID Com. Rim Se·�ment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ___ ., ____... __ ------q- ...... ------...---- ... -
VTOH 1 RU POULTtlEY RIVER· FLOW LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVED FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICENSEC CARVERS FALLS AREA· REGULATION NEEDED 1003 COtlF. 3.1 MILES IMPAIRING ALL USES
PGSSIBLE FISH ASSESS PROBLEM MEASURES TD PREVENT AtlR· DEPT. OF IJtlLI cm s ED PASSAGE PROBLEM IMPltlGEMEtlT & FISH & ENTRAINMENT ANO/OR WILDLIFE/ DEC- TO ALLOW FOR PASSAGE WATER QUALITY
STREAMBANK COST/BENEFIT REVEGETATE AND ACP BY ACP EROSION PROHIBITS RIPRAP WHERE INDIVIDUAL ADMINISTER ASSESSMENT NECESSARY LANDOWNERS ED BY COLltm
VT02·02L05 RU LAKE HORTONIA EURASIAN CONTINUED MECHANICAL WEED ANCF & ENCP ONGOING· (HIJBBAROTON) KILFOIL EVALIJATION OF HARVESTitlG & MORE FUNDING 1988 IIIFESTATION ADDITIONAL LIMITED BOTTOM NEEDED TO MILFOIL SCREENING IN USE, EVALUA H/I�PLE� CONTROL BUT INADEQUATE EtlT BET OPTIONS. CONTROL METHODS
VT02·03 RU CASTLETON RIVER FAIRHAVEN WIITF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE BELOW FAIRHAVEN MAY CREATE MOOELHIG PROTECTION, REMOVAL WASTEWA TEP. TOXIC ltlSTREAM PP.EDICTS TOXIC AtlD COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY CHLORINE LEVELS DURING DIVISION, COMPLETED LEVELS AT TIMES LOW ( 7Q10) ANO PERMITS SECTION BY MAX. CAPACITY 3/31/92 FLOWS WHEti NPOES PE RMIT REISSUED
VT02·03L05 RIJ LAKE BOMOSEEN EURASIAN CONTitlUED MECHANICAL WEED ANCF & EMCP ONGOitlG ( CASH ETOtl) MIL FOIL EVALUATION OF HARVESTING & MORE F UtlO ING 1988, INFESTATION ADDITIONAL LIMITED BOTTOM NEEDED TO WILL MILFOIL SCREENING IN USE, EVALIJATE/IMPLEM EXPERIMENT CONTROL OPTIOtlS BUT ItlAOEQLIATE ENT BEST W/ CONTROL METHODS RO TOVA TING
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VT02·0� RU POI.ILHlEY RIVER POULTNEY WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORHH BELOW POUL TtlEY MAY CREATE MODELING PROTECTION & REMOVAL WASTEWATER TOXIC ItlSTREAM PREDICTS TOXIC COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY CHLOR HIE LEVElg DURING DIVISION, COMPLETED LEVELS AT TINES LOW (7Qf0) ANO PERMITS SECTION BY MAX. CAPACITY 9/30/91 FLOWS WHEN NPDES PERMIT IS REISSUED
VT02-0S RU METTAWEE RIVER, 9.0 AGRICULTURAL METTAWEE R, ANIMAL WASTE MGMT., NI UPSTREAM OF RUNOFF RESTORATION SOIL CONSERVATION NY/VT BORDER PROJECT HAS PRACTICES, BUFFER ASSESSEO STRIPS PROBLEMS ANIMAL WASTE MGMT., IJSOA/RC&D SOIL CONSERVATION PENDING PRACTICES, BUFFER STRif'S I MINI I STRATEGIC PLAN DONE BY NY DEC & VT F&W
LOtS OF METTAWEE RIVER 'MHHI COMPLETED RIPARIAN RESTORATION STRATEGIC PLAN VEGET A TI ON/BANK PROJECT HAS DONE BY NY DEC EROSION ASSESSED & VT F&W f•ROBLEMS REVEGETATE BANKS, IJSDA/RC&O RIPRAP WHERE PENDING NECESSARY
VT02·05L01 RU LILY PONO (POULTNEY) EURASIAN CONTINUED MECHANICAL WEED ANCF & EMCP ONGOING MIL FOIL EVALUATION OF HARVESTING IN USE, MORE FUtlO HlG 1988 ItlFESTATION ADDITIONAL BUT ItlAOEQUATE NE EDEO TO NILFOIL EVALUATE/IMP LEM CONTROL OPTIONS ENT BEST CONTROL METHODS
EXCESSIVE SOURCES Of ALGAE GROWTH & tllJTRIENTS NUTRIENT NEEDS TO BE ENRICHMENT DETERMINED 53
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Asse�sment 8MP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem tieeded Needed Funds Status -...... - .. -...------...... _.,______---�------·------..------
VT02·0SL02 RU LITTLE (WELLS) EURASIAN COIITINIJED MECHANICAL WEED AflU & EMCP ONGO itJG MILFOIL EVALUATION OF HARVESTING IN USE, M0RE FUNDING 1988 INFESTATION AODITJOtW BUT INADEQUATE tlHDED TO MIL FOIL EVALUATE/IMPLE� CONTROL OPTIONS ENT BEST CONTROL METHODS
VT02-0SL03 RU LAKE ST. CATHERiNE EURASIAN CONTINUED MECHANICAL WHO ANCF & EMCP GNGOltlG (POULTNEY) MILFOIL EVALUATION OF HARVESTING & MORE F UNOING 1988 INFESTATION ADOITI ONAL LIMITED BOTTOM NEEDED TO MILFGIL SCREENING IN USE, EVALUATE/IMPLEM CONTROL OPTI OIIS BUT INAOEQIJATE ENT BEST CONTROL METHODS.
VT03·01 AD LOWER OTTER CREEK- AGRICULTURAL SMALL AGRIC. WASTE PL83·566 APPROV. FROM MOUTH TO 5 RUNOFF WATERSHED MAtlAGEMENT, PROJECT; ACP 9 I 11 / a 1 ; MILES IJPSTREAM ASSEssmn CROPLAND EROSION FOR NON- EST 1980 i cotmoL, FIELD CONTRACT COMPLETION WATERSHED PLAN NUTRIENT MAil. LANDOWNERS 1991 j 1981 50/130 FARMS cotm., 31/50 DONE
STREAMBANK SMALL RIP RAP BANKS, ACP ACP EROSIQtl WATERSHED REVEGETATE, EXCLUDE ADMINS TERE ASSESSMENT 1983 LIVESTOCK D BV COIJNTY
° VERG EtlN E S SEPARATE STORM AND NOT ON PUBLIC WASTEWATER SEWER LrnES FACILITIES TREATMENT PP.OJECT FACILITY PRIORITY LIST; PASSES RANKED rn COMBINED SEWER BOTTOM 1/2 OF OVERFLOWS CSO LIST
OTTER CREEK, FROM FLOW REGULATION FFNA DONE i LOW IMPROVE FLOW REGIME AtlR·OEC NEGOT. IN WEYBRIDGE DAM TO 2 FLOW STUDY SEEKING PROG. W/ MILES DOWNSTREAM STILL NEEDED RECE P.TI FI CA TION IJTILITY PER FERC LIC.; PROJECT DOESN'T COMPLY W/ W.Q. CERT. 54
Reg. Waterbody PI an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Corn. River Segment/Lake Prob 1 em Needed Needed funds Status ----... -..- ..------·------.. -.. -- ...... - ...... - ----·------·------
VT03-01 AD OTTER CREEK, FROM POSSIBLE FISH tlEEOS MEASURES TO PREVENT ANR- f & WI WEYBRIDGE DAM TO 2 PASSAGE ASSESSMENT IMP HIGEMENT & DEC CAil MILES DOWNSTREAM PROBLEM AT DAM ENTRAINMENT ANO REQUIRE ALLOW PASSAGE MEASURES THROUGH f E RC LICENSE & RECERTIFICATION
VT03-04 AO LEICESTER RIVER, Fl OW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVED FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICENSED FRO� OAN ON LAKE NEEDED 1003 CONF. , PENDitlG DUNMORE TO 1,0 MILE DOWNSTREAM POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT ANR-FISH & UNLICENSED PASSAGE ASSESSMENT IMPINGEMENT & WILDLIFE I DEC- i PENO ING PROBLEM AT DAN ENTRAINMENT & ALLOW WATER QUALITY PASSAGE
LEICESTER RIVER, FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICNESED FROM SALISBURY DAM NEEDED 1003 COtlF. , PENO ING TO 5 MILES DOWNSTREAM POSSIBLE FISH ASSESSMENT MEASURES TO PREVENT At1R ·FISH & IJNLI CEil S ED PASSAGE NEEOEO IMPitlGEMEtH & WILDLIFE, DEC- , PEtlDitlG PROBLEM AT OAM ENTRAINMENT & ALLOW WATER QUALITY FOR PASSAGE
RU NESHOBE RIVER BELOW BRANDON WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE SRANOOtl WASTEWATER MAY CREATE MODELING PROTECTION & REMOVAL TREATMENT FACILITY TOXIC INSTREAM PREDICTS TOXIC COMPLIANCE TO BE CHLORINE LEVELS DURING DIVISION, COMPLETED LEVELS AT TIMES LOW (7Q10) AND PERMITS SECTION BY MAX. CAPACITY 3/31/93 FLOWS WHEU NPDES PEP.MIT IS REISSUED
AO SILVER LAKE STREAM, FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STU�Y IMPROVED FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICHESEO FROM DAM ON LAKE TO 1003 CONF. • PEtlO ING 1.2 MILES DOWNSTREAM
POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT AllR-F & W/ DEC- UNLICNESEO PASSAGE ASSESSMENT IMPltlGEMEtlT & WATER QUALITY , PENOrnG PROBLEM AT OAM ENTRAINMENT & ALLOW PASSAGE
SUCXER BROOK, 1.5 FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STIJOY IMPROVED FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICEtlSED MILES BELOW HYDRO 1003 CONF. 1 PENDING DAN SS Reg. Waterbody P 1 an. Threat or Assessment SMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ...... ------·----·-- ·------�-..·-· ------· ·------·------· ------
VT03-04 AD SUCKER BROOK, 1. 5 POSSIBLE DO WATER QUALITY AERATE DISCHARGE ANR-DH UNLICENSED MILES BELOW HYDRO PROBLEMS DUE STUDY NEEDED , PENDING DAM TO HYPOLIMNETIC WITHDRAWAL
SUCKER BROOK, FROM FLOW REGULATIOII LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION IJNLICENSEO SUGAR HILL 1003 CONF. RESERVOIR DAM TO 2.5 MILES DOWNSTREAM
POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT AtlR·F & W/ DEC- PASSAGE ASSESSMEtn IMPINGEMEIIT & WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AT DAM ENTRAINMENT & ALLOW PASSAGE
VT03·05 RU OTTER CREEK BELOW RUTLAND CITY SEPARATE STORM PUBLIC RUTLAND RUTLAND CITY WWTF PASSES LINE� FROM SEWER FACILITIES CITY WWTF WASTEWATER COMBHIED SEWER LINES CONSTRUCTION cso TREATMENT FACILITY OVERFLOWS GRANTS CORRECTION PROGRAM; STATE : PP.ELIM. REVOLVIllG LOAN PL ANN 1116 FUIJO FY 88; PLANNING FY 90
OTTER CREEK, BELOW OEWATERltlG OF AESTHETICS IMPROVED FLOW REGINE AMEtlO WATER PENDING PROCTOR DAM LARGE WATERFALL STUDY NEEDED QUALITY CERTIFICATION
OTTER CREEK, FROM FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUOV IMPROVE FLOW REGIME LICENSE CENTER RUTLAND DAM NEEDED EXP IRES DOWNSTREAM FOR 0.4 12/31/93; MILES LICENSE PREPARATIO N IN PROGRESS
VT03-08l02 AO CEDAR LAKE (MONKTON) NUISANCE DETERMINE NATIVE WEED FEASIBILITY OF GROWTH, HJ-LAKE EXCESSIVE WHO/NIJTRIEIH NUTRIEtlT CONTROL THRU ENRICHMENT WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
VT03 -09 AD DEAD CREEK FROM STREAMSANK SMALL REVEGETATE, RIPRAP ACP ACP STONE BRIDGE PONO EROSION, LOSS WATERSHED WHERE IIECESSARY AOMINISTE R TO �OUTH OF RIPARIAN ASSESSMEllT 1983 ED BY VEGETATION COUtlTY 56
Reg. W,jterbody Plan. Th, eat 01 Assessment BMP Program/ Current Iu Com. River Segment/L�ke Problem Needed Needed Funds Status --..------�------..·------·--· ------·------...... - ..
VT03·09 AO DEAD CREEK FROM AGRICIJLTURAL SHALL AGRICULTURAL WASTE PL83·566; ACP APPROVED STONE BRIDGE POND RIJNOFF WA TERSHEO MANAGEMENT FOR NON· FOR TO MOUTH ASSESSMENT CROPLAND EROSION COtlTP.ACT OPERA TI Otl S 1980; CONTROL, FIELD LANDOWNERS 9/17 /81 i WATEP.SHED PLAN NUTRIENT MANAGEM. SEE VT03· 1981 01
VT03-10 AD LEMON FAIR RIVER AGRICULTURAL SCS SHALL INSTALL ANIMAL SCS PL83·566 BEGUN FROM RICHVILLE POND RUNOFF WATERSHED WASTE MANAGEMENT WA TERSHEO 6/85; OUTLET TO MOUTH ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS ANO PROJECT; ACP 11I104 1980; CONSERVATION TO NON- FARMS WATERSHED PLAN CROPPING SYSTEMS CONTRACTED CONTRAC TED 1985 LANDOWNERS 2/11 CONTRACTS COMPLETED AS OF 7/88
STREAMBANK SCS SMALL RIPRAP WHERE ACf' ACP EROSION AND WATERSHED NECESSARY; ADMINISTER LOSf. OF ASSESSMENT REVEGETATE BANKS; ED BY RIPARIAN HISTALL BUFFER COUNTY VEGETATION STRIPS
VT03-14 RU EAST CREEK FRC•M SOIL EROSION CITY OF RUTLAND TO FRO� LANO :: MOUTH DEVELOPMENT
EAST CREEK, FROM FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVED FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICENSED CHITTEtlOEN 1003 I PEtlOrnG RESERVOIR TO 7.4 MILES DOWNSTREAM
POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT ANR-FISH & IJlj LICEtl S EO rASSAGE ASSESSMENT IMPINGEMENT & WILDLIFE, DEC· , PEND!tlG PROBLEM AT DAH ENTRAINMENT & ALLOW WATER QUALITY PASSAGE
POSSIBLE LOW WATER QUALITY AERATION OF AHR, OEC·WATER IJtlLICENSED 0. 0. FF.OM STUDY NEEDED DISCHARGE QUALITY , PHWHIG HYPOLIMNETIC \IITHORAWAL
EAST CREEK, FROM FLOW REGULATION lOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVED FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICENSED GUN DAM TO 3 ,0 NEEDED 1003 CONF. , rnwrnG ;!: NILES DOWNSTREAM :;:
POSSI6LE FISH ASSESS PROBLEM MEASURES TO PREVENT MIR-FISH & UNLICENSED PASSAGE IMPINGEMENT & WILOLIFE I DEC. I PEIID HIG PROBLEM AT OAII ENTRAINMENT & ALLOW WATER QUALITY FOR PASSAGE 57
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Progra111/ Current ID Com. River Seg111ent/Lake Problem Ne€ded lleeded Funds Status ·�------·----- •••••m •••••• •••••• •• ------·------·------
VT03-14 RU EAST CREEK, FROM FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVED FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICENSED PAiCH DAM TO 2,k NEEDED 1003 CONF. , PENDING MILES DOWNSTREAM
POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT ANR·FISH & UIILICENSED PASSAGE ASSESSMENT IMPINGEMENT AND WILDLIFE, DEC- , PftlDING PROBLEM AT DAM ENTRAINMENT ANO TO WATER QIJALITY ALLOW PASSAGE
VT03-14L03 R ll CHITWWEII WATER LEVEL FURTHER REDUCED DRAWOOWN 10 VSA SECTION LINLICENS ED RESERVOIR Fl!JCTIJATION ASSESSMENT OF LEVELS 1003 CONF. , PENDING ( CH ITTHIO Etl) IMPAIRS FI SHERY FISHERY HABIT AT REQUIREMENT IN RESERVOIR
VT03-1S RU CLAWWOII RIVER W. R1JTLAHO DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL t'ERMITS 1 CHLOP.Hl[ BELOW W. RUTLAHD WWTF MAY MODELING PROTECTION & REMOVAL WASH WATER CREATE TOXIC PREDICTS TOXIC COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY INSTREAM LEVELS DURING DIVISIOII, EOMPL ETED CHLORINE LOW (7Q10) AtlO PERMITS SECTION BY LEVELS AT TIMES MAX. CAPACITY 7/01/91 FLOWS WHEN NPOES PERMIT IS RE ISSIJED vrn-o 1L o 1 AD OTTER CREEK - LAKE NUISANCE WHO PROBLEM & CHAN PLAIN ANO ALGAE SOURCES NEED GROWTH, FURTHER TURBIDITY, ASSESSMENT, NUTRIENT LAKEWIDE ENRICHMENT SAMPLING ANO MODELING NEEDED
VT04-01L02 AO PORT HENRY • LAKE NUISANCE WEED PROBLEM & CHAMPLAIN ANO ALGAE SOURCES NEED GROWTH, FURTHER NUTRIENT ASSESSMENT, EIIRICHMENT LAKHHDE SAMPLING & MODELING NEEDED 58 Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BHP Program/ Current ID Com River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ...... ---·------·------...... ------
VT04·02L01 RU SOUTH LAKE • LAKE TURBIDITY, PROBLEM & CHAMPLAill SOME NUISANCE SOURCES NEED WEED ANO ALGAE FURTHER GROWTH, ASSESSMEtlT, NUTRIEIH LAKE·WIOE ENRICHHEIH SAMPLING & MOOELitlG NEEDED
WATER CHESTNUT CONTINUED US ACOE & VT ONGOING INFESTATION HARVESTING DEC 1988 NECESSARY TO INCREASE COUTROL AREA & PREVENT NORTH. SPREAD
VT05·01L01 FG MISSISQUOI BAY EURASIAN EVALUATION OF HONE CURRENTLY IN ANCF & EMCP ONGOING LAKE CHAMPLAIN MILFOIL MILFOIL IJSE MORE FUNDING 1988 ItlFESTATiotl CONTROL OPTIONS NEEDED TO EVALUATE/IMPlEM ENT BEST COHTROL METHODS
NUISANCE WHO PROBLH AHO ANO ALGAE SOURCES NEED GROWTH, FURTHER tlUTRIENT ASSESSMENT, EtJRICHMENT, LAKEWIOE TURBIDITY SAMPLING & MODELitlG NEEDED
VT05·02L01 FG LAKE CARMI ALGAE BLOOMS, CONTINUED AG BMP PROJECT USOA/RC&D COMPLETED ( FRftNY.LHI) tlUTRIEtH MONITORING OF PROHCT ENRICHMENT EFFECTIVENESS OF AG SMP 1 s. MAY NEED FURTHER ASSESSMENT
trnISANCE WEED MECHANICAL WEED VT DEC Is ANCF ONGOING GROWTH HARVESTING IN USE ANO LOCAL ( INCLUDING F UNO ItlG EURASIAtl MILFOIL)
VT05·04L01 FG tlORTHEA$T ARM EURASIAN EVALIJATION OF tWtlE HI USE ANCF & EMCP LAKE CHAMPl A IN �IL FOIL AVAILABLE CURREtlTL Y MORE F UtlD ING ItlFESTATION MIL FOIL NEEDED TO CONTROL OPTIONS EVALUATE/IMPLEM ENT BEST CONTROL METHODS 59
Reg. Waterbodv Plan. Threat or Assessment 8MP Prcgram/ Current IO Com. River SegmEnt/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ------____ ..... _,..___ .,___ _..,______.....______----·------·-· ------
VT05·04LO 1 FG NORTHEAST AR� NUISANCE WEED PROBLEM ANO LAKE CHAMPLAIN AND ALGAE SOURCES tmo GROWTH, FURTHER NUTRIENT ASSESSMENT, EtlRICHMENT LAKEWIDE SAMPLHlG & MODELING NEEDED
VT05-04L02 FG ISLE LA MOTTE - NUISANCE WEED PROBLEM AtW LAKE CHAMPLAIN ANO ALGAE SOURCES NEED GROWTH rn SOME FURTHER AREAS, ASSESSMENT, NUTRIENT LAKEWIDE ENRICHMEtlT SAMPLING & MODELING NEEDED
VTOS-07 FG JEWETT BROOK, 3. 0 AGRICULTURAL ST. ALBANS BAY AGRICULTURAL WASTE RCWP PRQ.JECT; ONGCING, MILES RUNOFF SMALL MANAGEMENT, .ID 16/20 �ATERSHED CROPLAND EROSION FARMS ASSESSMENT 1983 CONTROL, FIE LO CONTRACTED NUTRIENT NANAGEM. 100\ IMPLEMENT ED
MILL RIVER, FROM AGRICULTURAL ST. ALBANS SAY AGRICULTURAL WASTE RCWP PROJECT; ONGOING ST. ALBANS BAY TO 3 RUNOFF SMALL MANAGEMENT, ACP MILES UPSTREAM WATERSHED CROF'LANO EROSION ASSESSWIT 1983 CONTROL, F IELO NUTRIENT MANAGEM.
STREAMBANK REVEGETATE, RIPRAP ACP ACP EROSI0N WHERE NECESSARY ADM rn ISTE R ED SY COUtlTY
RUGG BROOK, FROM AGRICULTURAL ST. ALBANS BAV AGRICULTURAL WASTE RCWP PROJECT; ONGOING, MOUTH TO 2 MILES RIJtlOFF SHALL MANAGEMENT, ACP 6 / 13 UPSTREAM WATERSHED CROPLAND EROSION FARMS ASSESSMENT 1983 COtHROL, FIELD COtlTRAC TED NUTRIENT MANAGM. 4/6 CONTRACTS COHPL ETE
STREAMBANK REVEGETATE, RIPRAP ACF' ACP EROSION WHERE NECESSARY, ADMINISTER EXCLUDE LIVESTOCK ED BY COUNTY 60
Reg. Waterbody PI an. Threat or Assessment BMP Pro•3ram/ Current ID Com. Ri�er Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds �.tatu� ------·-...... -·-·------...... ------
I ONGOING VTOS-07 FG STEVENS BROOK, 5.5 AGRICULTIJRAL ST. ALBANS BAY AGRICULTURAL WASTE RCIIP f'RO, ECT; NILES DOWN TO MOIJTH RUNOFF SMALL MANAGEMENT, ACP APPROX. WATERSHED CROPLAND EROSION 16/28 ASSESSMENT 1983 cmmoL, F mo FARMS NUTRIENT HANAGEN. CONTRACTED APPROX. 95\ IMPLEMENT ED
ST. ALBANS SEPARATE STOR� PUBLIC PH LIMHlAR IIASTEWATER LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES TREATMENT l HIES PLAtHIHJG FACILITY FY 88; PASSES F HIAL COMBINED SEWER PLANNING OVERFLOWS FY 90; COtlSTRUCTI ON FY 91
VTOS-07l01 FG ST. ALBANS BAY tW I SANCE Al GAE COtHitllJEO UPGRADE OF ST. IJSDA SCS AtlD WWTF LAKE CHANPLA!tl GROWTH, MONITORING ALBANS WWTF, RCWP ASCS, EPA, UVM RECEtHL Y NUTRIEtH NEEDED AG BMP PROJECT IN UPGRADED, ENR ICHMEHT SAY WATERSHED AG SMP PROJECT 90\ COMPLETE
NUISAtlCE WEED �ECHAtlICAL US ACOE, VT DEC ONGOING GROWTH HARVESTING I� USE 1988 ( ItlCLUOING EURASIAN MILFOIL}
VTOS-09L01 CH MALLETTS BAY - LAKE EURASIAN EVALUATION OF NONE IN USE ANCF & EMCP CHAMPLAIN MILFOIL APPROPRIATE CURREtlTLY MORE FUNDrnG INFESTATION CONTROL NEEDED TO METHODS NEEDED EVALUA TE/INPLE� ENT BEST CONHOL METHOD�.
LOW DISSOLVED PROBLEM NEEDS OXYGEN FURTHER CONCENTRATIONS ASSESSMEtlT DURING SUMNER IMPAIR FISHERY 61
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ ·:urrent ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ______.,_ ------�------· ...--·------·------__ .,______
VTOS-09L01 CH MALLEiTS BAY - LAKE NUISAIICE WEED PROBLEM & CHAMPLAIN ANO ALGAE SOURCES NEED GROWTH FURTHER (VARIOUS ASSESSMENT LOCATIONS LAKEWIOE ALONG SHORE) SAM PL ItlG & tlUTRIEIH MODELING NEEDEC> EtlRICH.
PERIODIC SOURCES NEED BACTERIA TO BE VIOLATIONS AT IDENTIFIED FOUR PUBLIC BEACHES, INNER BAY SECTION
VT05-10l01 CH BURLINGTON BAY - NORTH END & PROBLEM HAS SEPARATE STORM PUBLIC CONSTRUCT! LAKE CHAMPLAIN OLD t!ORTH END BEEtl IDENTIFIED LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIESi ON TO WWTF 1 S: LINES; TREAT STORM STATE CORRECT 1 BACTERiA WATER WHERE REVOLVING LOAN cso s VIOLATIOIIS DUE APPROPRIATE FUND BEGHJS FY TO COMBINED 89 SEWERS
tllJISANCE WEED PROBLEM & AND ALGAE SOURCES tlEED GROWTH, FURTHER TIJRSIOITYI ASSESSMENT, NIJTRIENT LAKE WIDE EllRICHMENT SAMPLING ANO • MODELING NEEDED
BURLIIIGTDN BAY CONTAMINATION ASSESS EXHtlT EPA SIJPERFUtlD EPA TO PINE STREET SARGE FROM COAL TAR OF CLEANUP SITE ASSESS CANAL IN SEO IMENTS CONTA"INATIDtl, EXTENT OF OF rm STREET METHOD OF AREA BARGE CANAL CLEAN-UP COtHAMINAT ED
VTOHOL02 CH MAIN LAKE • LAKE EURASIAN EV Al UATI Otl OF NONE CUURENTLV IN MICF & EMCP CHAMPLAIN MILFOIL ADDITIONAL IJSE MORE FUNDING INF£ STA TI ON IN MILFOIL NEEDED TO SOME AREAS CONTROL OPTIONS EVALUATE/IMPLEM EtH BEST CONTROL METHODS 62
Reg. WatHbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Progm1/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status --..- -...... ------·----- ...... ------·-- ......
VTOS· 10L02 CH MAIN LAKE - LAKE NUISANCE WEED PROBLEM AtlO CHAHPLAitl AND ALGAE SOURCES NEED GROWTH IN SOME FURTHER AREAS, ASEESSMENT I NUTRmT LAKEWIDE ENRICHMENT SAMPL ING & MODELItlG NEEDED
VTOS-11 CH LAPLATTE RIVER HINESBURG WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORrnE BELOW HINESBURG MAY CREATE MODELING PROTECTION, REMOVAL WASTEWATER TOXIC INSTREAM PREDICTS TOXIC AHO COMPLIANCE TO SE TREATMENT FACILITY CHLORINE LEVELS DURING DIVISION, COMPLETED LEVELS AT TIMES LOW ( 7 Q10) & PERMITS SECTION BY MAX. CAPACITY 12/31/92 HOWS WHEN tl PDE S PERMIT IS F:EESIJ£0
LAPLATTE RIVER FR0M AGRICULTURAL SHELBURNE BAY AGRICULTURAL WASTE PL83-566 APPROVED HINESBURG TO MOUTH RUNOFF • SMALL MANAGENENT, WATERSHED 9/12/79; ( 10.5 MllESl WATERSHEO CROPLANV EROSION PRO,IECT 27/70 ASSESSMENT 1983 CONTROL, FIELD FARMS NUTRIENT MANAGEk. CONTRACTED I 26/27 CONTRACTS COMPLETE
SOIL EROSION NEEDS WATER FROM LANO ASSESSMENT RESOURCES OEVELOPMEtlT HIVESTIGATNS
NCCABES BROOK BELOW SHELBIJRNE WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS I CHLORINE SHELBURNE FCil2 MAY CREATE NOD HING PROTECT IOtl I REMOVAL WASTEWATER TDXIC INSTREAM PREDICTS TOXIC AtlD COMPLIANCE TO BE TRE,TMENT FACILITY CHLORHH LEVELS OUP.IllG com mo LEVELS AT TIMES l OW ( 7 Q 10) ANO BY �AX. CAPACITY 12/01/91 FLOWS WH Etl NPDES PERMIT REISSUED
MCCABES BROOK, AGRICULTURAL SHELBURNE BAY AGRICULTURAL WASTE PL83·566 (•NGOING; UPSTREAM FROM MOUTH RUNOFF SMALL MANAGEMENT, PRO.JECT BEGUN IN FOR 3.5 MILES WATERSHED CROPLAHD EROSION 1979 ASSESSMENT 1983 CONTROL I FIELD NUTRIENT MANAGEM.
SOIL EROSION FROM LAtiD OEVE LOPMEtlT 63
Reg. Waterbody P 1 an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current IO Com. River Segment/lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status __ ..,.,.______---�------...... ------·------·------�------·------
VTOS-11 CH MUD HOLLOW BROOK. AGRICULTURAL SHELBURNE BAY AGRICULTURAL WASTE PL83-566 OIIGOitlG FROM MOUTH TO l RUNOFF SMALL MANAGEMENT, PROJECT MllfS UPSTREAM WATERSHED ' CROPLAND EROSION ASSESSMENT 1983 COIHROL, FIELD NUTRIENT HANAGEM,
SOIL EROSION FROM LANO DEVELOPMENT
STREAMBANK ·SHELBIJRtlE BAY RIPRAP, REVEGETATE, PL83-566 ONGOING EROSION SMALL EXCLUDE LIVESTOCK PROJECT WORK 1150 WATERSHED FEET/ ASSESSMEIH 1983 2250 FEET INSTALLED
POTASH BROOK. FROh EROSION FROH STABILI2E SITE, PROJECT IS MOUTH TO 5 MILES CONSTRUCTION REVEGETATE, MULCH, UIIOER ACT 250 UPSTREAM Of SOUTHERN INSTALL SILT FENCES JURISDICTION; COllNECTOR NEAR VT AOT RT. 7 SUPERVISED
URBAN RUNOFF NEEDS ASSESSMENT
VTOS-11l01 CH SHELBURNE BAY BACTERIA SOURCE !IE EDS LAKE CHAMPLAIN VIOLATIONS ASSESSMENT RED ROCKS BEACH
ElJRASIAII COIHINUEO tlOIIE Ill USE ANCF & EMCP MIL FOIL EVALLIATION OF CURREIH L Y HOH FUIIOitlG INFESTATION MIL FOIL NEEDED TO COIITROL OPTIONS EVALLIATE/IMPLE� EtlT BEST CONTROL OPTION�
tWISAtlCE WEED PROBLEM & & ALGAE SOURCES NEED GROWTH IN FIJRTHER LIMITED AREAS I ASSESSMEtlT I NUTRIENT LAKEWIDE ENRICHMENT SAMPLING & MODELING NEEDED
VTOH 1l02 CH LAKE IROQUOIS NUISAtlCE EXWISIVE WATERSHED VT DEC, EPA LOCAL (HINESBURG) NATIVE WEED DIAGNOSTIC RESTORATIOII/MANAGEME SUPPORT GROWTH STUDY COMPLETED NT PROGRAM FOR NUTRIENT DESIGNE0 1 NEEDS RESTORA TIO ENRICHMENT IMPLEMENTATION N SHOULD BE SOUGHT 64
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessm�nt BHP Program/ Current IO Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed runds Status ------...... - ...... ------·------·------
VT05-11L 03 CH LOWER LAKE EURASIAN FURTHER (HrnESBURG) NILFOIL ASSESSMENT OF INFESTATION, PROBLEMS ANO ALGAE BLOOMS, POSSIBLE PATHOGENS, RESTORA TIOtl NUTRIENT ACTIVITIES ENRICHMENT NEEDED.
VT06·01 FG LOWER MISSISQUOI FLOW AESTHETICS INCREASED SPILLAGE LICENSED ANO PENO ING I RIVER, 0.9 MILE REGULATION STUDY NEEDED THROUGH BYPASS CERTIFIED BELOW SHELDON IMPAIRS 1984. AMEND I SPRIHGS DAM AESTHETICS PERM ITS . I I LOWER MISSISQUOI SWANTON WWTF MODEL HlG CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORHH I RIVER, FROM SWANTON MAY DISCHARGE PREDICTS TOXIC PROTECTION I REMOVAL WWTF TO MOUTH TOXIC LEVELS IIISTREAN ANO COMPLIANCE TD BE I OF CHLORINE CHLORINE DIVISION, COMPLETEC· I OIJR!tlG LOW LEVELS DURING PERMITS SECTION BY FLOWS 7Q10 & 7/01/91 CAPACITY. FLOWS WHEN NPOES l PERMIT IS I REISSUED
LOWER MISSISQIJOI AGRICULTURAL PREL!M!tlARY AGRICULTURAL WASTE PL83·566 APPROVED l RIVER, LAKE TO EAST RUtlOFF ASSESSMENT Itl MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROGRAM FOR FOR BERKSHIRE 1984 EROSIOtl CONTROL LOWER PLANNrnG MISSISQIJOI 8/2/8•; RIVER; ACP REQUEST FOR IHPL. f NOT COMPLETED i ACP ADM, BY CTY
LOWER MISSISQUOI FLOW AESTHETICS INCREASED SPILLAGE LICEtlSED 1984, PENDING RIVER, TWO-TENTHS REGULATION IN STUDY NEEDED OVER DAM CERTIFIED NILE BELOW HIGHGATE BYPASS IMPAIRS 1983, AMEHD FALLS DAM AESTHETICS i PERMITS BYPASS rs WATERFALL AND CASCADE
VT06·05L01 FG METCALF POND EURASIAN EVALUATION OF (FLETCHER) MILFOIL POSSIBLE INFESTATION CONTROL METHODS 65
Reg. Waterbody Pl an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com River Segment/Lake Problem Ne-:ded tleeded funds Status ..-- ...... - -...... ------�------·------...------·------· -·------
VT06-0SL03 FG FAIRFIELD POND EXCESSIVE DIAGNOSTIC VT DEC LAKES ONGOING (FAIRFIELD) ALGAE GROWTH STUDY IN ANO PONDS 1988 ANO tWTRIEtH PROGRESS PROGRAM EtlRICHMEIH
VT06·07 FG TROUT RIVER, FROM AGR ICIJL TLIRAL SMALL NUTRIENT & ACP ACP MOUTH TO 3.5 MILES RUNOFF WATERSHED AGRICULTURAL WASTE AOMIHISTER UPSTREAM ASSESSMEIIT MANAGEMENT; SOIL ED 8 Y 1983; EROSION CONTROL COUNTY PRHIMINARY ItlVESTIGATION 1984 SHEAMBANK ACP ACP EROSION ADMIll I STER ED BY COUNTY
VT06-08 NE COBOURN BROOK, 0.1 AGRICULTURAL ACP ACP MILE BELOW CHEESE RUNOFF ADMIIHSTER PLANT DISCHARGE ED BY COUNTY
WASTEWATER DISCHARGE WILL BE FEDERAL CLEAN SITE FROM CHEESE TREATED THROUGH WATER SELECTIOtl PLAtH HAS PLANNED SECONDARY ACT/STATE IS IN SEVERE IMPACT MUNICIPAL TREATMENT WATER PROCESS ON AQUATIC FACILITY POL l UTIOil BIOTA CONTROL ACT
UPPER MISSISQUDI FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICENSED RIVER, I+ NILES NEEDED 1003 CONFERENCE I PENOING BELOW BAKERS FALLS DAM
POSSIBLE FISH ASSESS PROBLEM MEASURES TO PREVENT ANR - FISH & UNLICENSED PASSAGE IMP ltlGEMENT & WILDLIFE, DEC PENDING PROBLEM AT OAM ENTRAIN�ENT & ALLOW WATER QUALITY PASSAGE UPPER NISSISQUOI MUNICIPAL NEEDS CONSTRUCT TITLE II RIVER RIVER, BELOW DISCHARGE ASSESSMENT WASTEWATER CONSHIJCTION BASIN VILLAGE Of TROY TREATMENT FACILITY GRANTS PROGRAH NEVER SURVEYED; CONSTR UC TION SCHEDULED FOR 1988 66
Reg. Waterbodv P 1 an. Threat or Assessment BHP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ...... ------·------·------...... ------·------
VT07-01 CH LOWER L hNOIll E AGRICULTURAL PRELIMINARY tlUTRIEtlT ANO PL83-566 APPROVED RIVER FROM CLARKS RUNOFF INVESTIGATION AGRICULTURAL WASTE PROGRAM FOR FOR FALlS OAM TO LAKE 1986 MANAGEMENT; SOIL LOWER LAMOILLE PL ANN rnG CHAMPLAIN EROSION CONTROL RIVER (i.e. 4/21/86; JOHNSON REG·UE$T DOWNSTREAM); FOR ACP IMPLEM. l NOT COMPLETED
CLARKS FALLS, LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME LOW FLOW MILTOtl FALLS, STUDY ANO ANO PETERSON WATER DAMS CREATE QUALITY POOR FL OW STUDIES REGIME HAVE BEEN DOIIE
CLARKS FALLS, NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT AIIR MILTON FALLS, ASSES SH ENT IMPINGEMENT AND NEGOTIAT ANO PETERSON EtlTRAHlMENT AND ING WITH DAMS HAY ALLOW PASSAGE OF UTILITY IMPEDE FISH FISH UtlOER PASSAGE FERC RE LICENSING PROCEDURES
MILTOii DAM AESTHETICS IMPROVED FLOW REGIME AIIR RESIJLTS IN STUDY NEEDED NEGOTIAT OEWATERltlG DF IIIG WITH A LARGE UTILITY CASCADE HI IJIIDER BYPASS FERC RE LICENSING PROCEOIJRES
POSSIBLE IIEEOS VT DEC WATER IOENTIF IED FAILED SEPTIC ASSESSMENT RESOURCES PAST SYSTEMS INVESTIGATORS PROBLEMS CORRECTED
RIVERBAIIK P RELIM IIIARY ACP ACP EROSIOII IIIVESTIGATIOII ADMINISTER 1986 ED BY COUNTY 67
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Programi Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status -----·------...... ------·------
VTOJ ·02 FG LOWER MIDDLE AGRICULTURAL PRELIMINARY NUTRIENT ANO PL83·566 APPROVED LAMOILLE FROM RUNOFF INVESTIGATI ml AGRICULTURAL WASTE PROGRAM FOR FOR FAIRFAX FALLS DAM 1986 MANAGEMENT; SOIL LOWER LAMOILLE PLAIW ING TO ARROWHEAD MT LAKE EROSION CONTROL RIVER (i.e. 4/86; JOHNSON REQUEST DO'tHiSTREAM) i FOR IMPL. ACP i NOT COMPLETED; ACP ADM. BY CTY.
DEWATEP.ItlG OF AESTHETICS IMPROVED FLOW REGIME ANR LARGE STUDY NEEDED NEGOTIAT WA TEP.FALL rn FOR WATERFALL ING WITH BYPASS OF UTILITY FAIRFAX FALLS UNDER DAM FERC RE LICENSING PROCEDURES
FLOW LOW HOW ANO IMPROVE FLOW REGIME ANP. REGULATION WATER QUALITY NEGOTIAT BELOW FAIRFAX STUDIES HAVE ING WITH FALLS HYDRO DAM BEEN OOIIE IJTILITY UNDER FERC RE LIWISING PROCEDURES
POSSIBLE NEEDS VT DEC WATER FAILED SEPTIC ASSESSMENT RESOURCE SYSTEMS ItlVESTIGATORS
POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT ANR PASSAGE ASSESSMENT IMPitlGEWH AND tlEGOTIAT PROBLEM AT ENTRAillMENT AND rnG WITH FAIRFAX FALLS ALLOW FOR PASSAGE UT IL ITV DAN UNDER FE RC RE LICENSING PROCEDURES
VT07-05 LA TRIBS TO MIO· STRAIGHT ASSESSMENT OOIIE BUILD TP.EATMEtiT CONSTRUCTIOtl PROJECT LAMOILLE RIVER PIPES, FAILED PLANT GRANTS PROGRAM IS 011 BELOW JEFFERSONVILLE SEPTIC SYSTEMS VERMmn PROJECT PRIORITY LIST FOR 1988 68
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Pro·3fam/ Current IO Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status -...... - - ...... ------·-- ...... ------
VTOJ-07 LA LAMOILLE RIVER FROM AGRICULTURAL NEEDS ACP ItlTEREST HARDWICK LAKE TO RUNOFF ASSESSMENT SY STATE; LAKE LAMOILLE IN scs MORRISVILLE OFFICE; ACP ADMINISTER ED BY COUNTY
HARDWICK LAKE LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVED FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICENSED DAN: FLOW AtlO FISHERIES 1003 CONFERENCE ASSESSMENT REGIME FLOW NEEDS NEEDS DOWNRIVER ASSESSMENT HAS COMPLETION BEEN STARTED
MORRISVILLE LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME DAM FOR AESTHETICS DOWNSTREAM: tlO NEEDED FLOW IN BYPASS IMPAIRS AESTHETICS AND RECREATION MORRISVILLE COMPLIANCE WITH ANR DAM: DES.ILTING DESILTING POLICY PROBLEMS DOWNSTREAM
NATURAL RC & D RIP-RAP; REVEGETATE · ACP i RC & 0 ACP STREAMBANK SPONSORED WHERE NECESSARY AONHHSTER EROSION EROSION ED SY INVENTORY 1985 COUNTY POSSIBLE FISH ASSESS PROBLEM MEASURES TO PREVENT PASSAGE IMPHIGEWIT & PROBLEM AT DAMS ENTRAINMENT & ALLOW PASSAGE
SOIL EROSION NEEDS FRON LANO ASSESSNEIIT DEVELOPMENT WOLCOTT DAN: FISHERIES FLOW IMPROVE FLOW REGIME ASSESSMENT POOP. FLOW NEEDS COMPLETED i REGINE ASSESSMENT IJNtrems ED
OOWIISTREAM �; WOLCOTT DAN: ASSESSNEtlT MEASURES TO PREVENT ANR · FISH & UIILICENSED POSSIBLE FISH NEEDED INPltlGEMENT & WILDLIFE, DEC - PASSAGE ENTRAINMENT & ALLOW WATER QUALITY PROBLEM AT DAN PASSAGE 69 Reg. Waterbody P 1 an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ----·----"' ------·------·------
VT07·07L01 LA LAKE LAMOILLE EXCESS ALGAE, PROBLEMS ANO (MORRISTOWN) SEDIMENTATION, POSS ISLE NUTRIENT SOURCES NEED ENRICHMENT, FURTHER AttO WATER ASSESSMENT. LEVEL FLUCTUATION
VT07-08 LA ELMORE PONO BROOK- FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME AMEND L ICEtisE PENO rnG FROM DAM TO 2 MILES HE EOEO DOWllSTREAM
POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT PASSAGE ASSESSMENT IMPINGEMENT AtlO PROBLEM AT DAM EIHRAINNENT ANO ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
VT07-08L02 LA LAKE ELMORE (ELMORE) SEDIMENTATION, ti EXTENT OF UISAllCE WEED PROBLEM HEEDS GROWTH, IIUTRIENT FURTHER ENRICHMENT ,ODOR ASSESSMENT.
VTOH0,11 CH UPPER SROWtlS RIVER GRAVEL MINING PERMITS, VIOLATIONS AtW LEE RIVER VIOLATIONS COMPLIANCE AtlO HAVE BEEtl PROTECTION REFERRED TO ATTORNEY GENERAL Is OFFICE FOR PROSECUTIO N
VTOH 5 LA GIHON RIVER BELOW JOHNSON WWTF OESKTOf' CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHL OR IIIE JOHNSON WASTEWATER MAY CREATE MODELING PROTECTION & REMOVAL TREATMENT FACILITY TOXIC INSTHAM PREDICTS TOXIC COMPLIANCE TO BE CHLORINE LEVELS DURING DIVISION, COMPLETED LEVELS AT TIMES LOW (7Q10) ANO PERMITS SECTION BY �AX. CAPACITV 3/31/92 FLOWS ·wHEN NPOES PERMIT REISSUED
UNNAMED TRIBUTARY FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICEllSED OF GIHON RIVER, NEEDED 1003 CONFERENCE I rnrnm BELOW DAM DH SOUTH POND rn ED Etl 70
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment 8MP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status -....-- ...... - .. ------·------...... ------......
VT07· 15 LA UNNAMED TRIBUTARY POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT OF GIHON RIVER, PASSAGE ASSESSMENT IMPINGEMENT ANO BELOW DAM ON SOUTH PROBLEM AT DAM ENTRAHIMENT ANO POND !ti ED EN ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
VT07·21 CV NICHOLS BROOK IN FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICENSED WOODBURY BELOW DAMS NEEDED 1003 CONFERENCE , PEtlOING ON EAST LONG PONO & NICHOLS PONO
POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TD PREVENT ANR · FISH & UNLICEtlSED PASSAGE ASSESSMEtH IMf'ItlGEMENT & WILDLIFE I DEC , PENDitlG PROBLEM AT DAMS EtHRAINMftH ANO WATER QUALITY ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
VT08·01 CH LOWER WINOOSKI RIVER AGRICULTURAL AG. SMALL tlUTRIEtH AHO Pl83·566 5/77 RUNOFF WATERSHED AGRICULTURAL WASTE PROGRAM FOR FARMS PROJECT 1983i MANAGEMENT; SOIL LOWER WINOOSKI CONTRACTED WATERSHED PLAN EROSION CONTROL RIVER; ACP ; 3 Is 1985; RE· CONTRACTS ASSESSMENT COMPLETE; 10/88 LOW PARTIC. RATE REQ. RE-ASSESS.
POOR DISSOLVED 7Q10 SPILLAGE OVER OXYGEtl DAMS C OtlCEtHRATI Otl S BELOW HYDRO DAMS POOR FLOW LICEtlSE REGIME BELOW PREP. ESSEX t19 AtlO 1988. \IQ GORGE 118 CERT. HYDRO DAMS WILL BE REQ, PROSS AT 118 & 119 SHOIJLO RESOLVE TOG. 71
Reg. Waterbod·; Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Probie111 Needed Needed Funds Statue. ------·------··------
VTOB-01 CH LOWER WINOOSKI RIVER POOR FLOW FISHERIES FLOW IMPROVE FLOW REGIME GORGR f 18 REGIME BELOW NEEDS IJNLICENSED ESSEX t 19 ANO ASSESSMENT 10 VSA GORGE 418 COMPLETED SEC. 1003 HVORO DAMS CONF. ESSEX t 19 FERC LIC. EXPIRES 1993
POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT PASSAGE ASSESSMENT IMPINGEMnlT AND PROBLEM BELOW ENTRAIHMHH ANO HYDRO DAMS ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
SLUDGE SOME SLUDGE UTILIZE SLUDGE VT DEC PUBLIC PENDING SPREAOHl6 ON APPLIED ON APPLICATIOtl FACILITIES ADOPTION FLOODPLAIN CERTIFIED GUIDELINES SEPTAGE/SLUDGE OF F mos SITES; SOME REVIEW SEPTAGE/SL APPL. 011 NOT UDGE CERTIFIED SITES RULES ( 10 / 8 8) , PERMIT
SOIL EROSION FROM CONSTRUCTION SITES
STORMWA TEP. tlEEDS RUNOFF, ASSESSMEtlT HIGHWAY RUNOFF FROM URBAN AREAS
STREAMBAtlK SMALL RIP-RAP; REVEGETATE ACP ACP EROS ION WATERSHED WHERE llECESSARY AOMitlISTER ASSESSNEtH ED BY 1983j COUNTY WATERSHED PLAN 1985
WINOOSKI SEPARATE STORM PUBLIC WINOOSKI WASTEWATER LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES WWTF TREATMEtlT LINES CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULED FACILITY GRANTS FOR PASSES PROGRAMi STATE PL ANN IllG COMSrnEO SEWER REVOLVItlG LOAN TO OVERFLOWS FUND CORRECT CS0 1 S FY 89 72
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current Status IO Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds --··------0------·--- ...... ------...... _ - ----
VTOS-01 CH WINOOSKI RIVER RIVERSIDE WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE BELOW BURLINGTON'S MAY CREATE MOOELING PROTECTION & REMOVAL RIVERSIDE TOXIC INSTREAM PREDICTS .TOXIC COMPLIANCE TO BE WASTEWATER CHLOR rnE LEVELS DIJRING DIVISION, COMPLETED TREATMEIH FAC. LEVELS AT TIMES LOW (7Q10) AIIO PERMITS SECTION BY MAX, CAPACITY 12/31/92 FLOWS WHEN NPOES PERMIT REISSUED
WHIOOSKI RIVER WINOOSKI WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE BELOW WINOOSKI MAY CREATE MODEL ING PROTECTION & REMOVAL WASTEWATER TOXIC HlSTREAM PREDICTS TOXIC COMPLIANCE TO SE TREATMENT FACILITY CHLORINE LEVELS DURING DIVISION, COMPLETED LEVELS AT TIMES LOW (7Q10) AIIO PERMITS SECTION BY MAX. CAPACITV 12/31/92 FLOW£. WHEN tlPOES PE RMIT REISSUED
VT08-02L01 CH SHELBURNE POND EXCESSIVE EVAL. POSSIBLE (SHELBURNE) ALGAE ANO RESTOR ,MEASURES NATIVE PLAtlT , SAMPLE TO GROWTH, 0.0. OETERN INE DEPLETION, ANO IMPORTAIICE OF NIJTRIEtH INTERN.LOADING ENRICHMENT
VTOS-05 CV WINOOSKI RIVER HOtlTPELIER DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE BELOW MONTPELIER WWTF MAY MODEL HIG PROTECTION & REMOVAL WASTEWATER CREATE TOXIC PREDICTS TOXIC COMPLIANCE TO SE TREATMENT FACILITY IN STREAM LEVELS DURING OIVISION 1 COMPLETED CHLORINE LOW (7Q10) AIIO PERMITS SECTION BY LEVELS AT TIMES MAX, CAPACITV 12/10/87 FLOWS rn PRESEIIT NPOES PERMIT
VT08-09 CV MOLLYS FALLS BROOK AGRICULTURAL NEEDS ACP ACP (2 MILES)i WINOOSKI RUNOFF ASSESSMENT ADMINISTER RIVER ( 10 MILES) ED BY BELOW DAM COUIITY EROSION AT NEEDS ANR, DEC - UNLIWISED POWERHOUSE ASSfSSMENT WATER QUALITY , PENO ING OUTLET 73
Re '3. Water body Plan. Threat or Assessment BHP Progra111/ Current ID River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Funds Status Com. Needed ------
VTOS-09 CV MOLLYS FALLS BROJK FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGI�E 10 VSA 1003 UNLICENSED (2 NILES); WINOOSKI UEEDED CONFERENCE , PENDING RIVER ( 10 HILES) BELOW DAM
POSSIBLE WATER QUALITY AERATION OF ANR, DEC UNLICENSED OISSOL VEO STUDY NEEDED DISCHARGE WATER QUALITY , PENO ING OXYGEN PROBLEMS FROM HYPOLIMNETIC WITHDRAWAL
POSSIBLE FISH ASSESS PROBLEM MEASURES TO PREVENT ANR - FISH & UNLICENSED PASSAGE IMPINGEMENT AND WILDLIFE, DEC , PENDIIIG PROBLEM AT DAM ENTRAINMENT AND TO WATER QUALITY ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
PROJECT LOW HOW ANO IMPROVE FLOW REGINE 10 VSA SECTION UNLICENSED BYPASSES OIJE AESTHETICS 1003 CONFERENCE , PENDING OF HIGHEST STUDY NEEDED WATERFALLS Ill VT
STREAMBANK NEEDS ACP ACP EROS ION ASSESSMENT Au mm HR ED 8 Y couim
NE SUCKER BROOK BELOW FLOW LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME 10 VSA SECTION UNLICENSED PEACHAM PONO REGULATION NEEDED 1003 CONFEREtlCE , PENO ING BELOW HYVRQ DAM
POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT AllR - FISH & UNLICENSED PASSAGE ASSESSH ENT IMPINGEWIT MW WILDLIFE, DEC - , PENDING PROBLEM AT DAM ENTRAINMENT ANO TO WATER QUALITY ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
VTOH1 CV LOWER LITTLE RIVER LOW DOWNSTP.EAH WATER QUALITY AERATION OF LICENSE SHOW HYDRO DAM OISSOLvrn STIJCtY NEEDED DISCHARGE EXP. omrn FROM 2001, HYPOLWIETIC COJJLO WITHDRAWAL AMEtW EXISTING LICENSE OR HANDLE AT RE LICENSING
POOR FLOW FISHERIES FLOW IMPROVE FLOW REGIME STATUS REGIME tlfEDS PEND ING ASSESSMENT COMPLETED �. . - .. ·--- --· ...... - - - .. � - - 74
Re9. Water body Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake f'roblem Needed Needed Funds Status ------...... - -...... -- ....- _ ...... ------·------...... - ..... -.. --
VTOH1 CV LOWER LITTLE RIVER POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT PENDING BELOW HYORO DAM PASSAGE ASSESSMENT IMPINGEMENT ANO R.EGARD rnG PROBLEM AT DAM ENTRAINMENT AND TO AMENDING ALLOW FOR PASSAGE LICEtlSE OR RE LICENSING
VTOS-12 LA WEST BRANCH OF CHANNEL F-C & 0 RIP-RAP ACP ACTIONS LITTLE RIVER WIDENING FROM ASSESSMEIJT 1975 BY 1984 FLOOO MUNICIPAL! TY AND AOTj STREAM SEVERELY UNSTABLE
HICREASEO PEAK NEEDS STORMWATER ASSESSMENT FLOWS FROM IJRBAN AREA
LACK OF REVEGET ATE ANO STREAMBANK RIPRAP WHERE VEGETATION tlECESSARY
POSSIBLE NEEDS FAILED SEPTIC ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS
VTD8-14l 10 CV NORTH MONTPELIER EURASIAN EVALUATION OF LIMITED MANUAL AIICF & ENCP - ONGOitlG PONO ( EAST MILFOIL ADDITIONAL CUTTING OF MILFOIL MORE FUNDING 1988 MONTPELIER) INFESTATION MILFOIL BY LAKE RESIDENTS, NEEDED TO CONTROL OPTIONS BUT INAOEQUA TE EVALIJATE/ IMPLEH rnT BEST CONTROL METHODS
VTOS-16 CV *•NEAR SHVEtlS COAL TAR TANKS ONGOING INSTALL COLLECTION HAZARDOUS MONITORIIIG BRANCH RESIDUAL LEAKS ASSESSMEtlT OF BASINS; ItlSTALL MATERIALS COLLECTION WATER AtlO BARRIER TRHICH MAtlAGE MEtH BASIN SEOIWH 75
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or AsSESSffient BMP Progralll/ Current ID River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ------Com. ------·------·------
VTOB-16- CV STEVENS BRANCH WILLIAMSTOWN DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS CHLORINE BELOW WILLIAMSTOWN WWTF NAY MOOELIIIG PROTECTION & REMOVAL WASTEWATER CREATE TOXIC PREDICTS TOXIC COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY INSTREAM LEVELS DIJRING DIVISION, COMPLETED CHL OP.rnE LOW (7Q10) ANO PERMITS SECTION BY LEVELS AT TIMES MAX. CAPACITY 3/31/92 FLOWS WHEN NPOES PERMIT REISSIJED
STEVENS BRANCH, TURBIDITY AND MOVE TAILINGS FROM FROM BARRE CITY SEO INENTA TION RIVERBANKS, ENLARGE LIMITS TO MOUTH, FROM GRANITE LAGOONS OR FILTER 5.8 MILES TAILINGS ANO DISCHARGES SEDIMENT LAGOONS
URBAN RIJNOFF FURTHER VT DEC WATER INCLUDING ASSE:SMENT RESOIJRCES SUSPECTED NEEDED TO INV ESTIGA TORS FLOOR DRAINS LOCATE DRAINS FRON COMMERCIAL BIJILOINGS ON RIVER
VT08-16l02 CV BERLIN PONO EURASIAN EVALUATION ·oF ANCF & EMCP ONGOING· MILFOIL MILFOIL MORE $ NEEDED 1988 INFESTATION CONTROL OPTIONS TO EVAL/IMPL BEST COtlTROL METHODS
VTOS-17 CV DOG RIVER BELOW NORTHFIELO DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE NORTHFIELD WWTF MAY HODELING PROTECTION, REM•JVAL WASTEWATER CREATE TOXIC PREDICTS TOXIC ANO COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY INSTREAN LEVELS DURING DIV., PERMITS COMPLETED CHLORINE LOW ( 7 Q 10) AND SECTION BY LEVELS AT TIMES MAL CAPACITY 3/31/92 FLOWS WHEN tJPDE S PERMIT REISSUED 7o
Rq. Waterbody F' an.l Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current re, Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ..- ...... - ...... ------...... ------·------......
I VTOB-20 CV CLAY BROOK ItlSTREAM TOXIC ASSESSMENT HAS BREAKPOINT PUBLIC BREAKPOINT LEVELS OF BEEN DONE CHLORINATION FACILITIES CHLORINA TI AMMONIA FROM SECTION ON SYSTEM FAILED TO BE SUGARBIJSH SKI OPERATIONA AREA LEACHFIELD L BY FALL OF 19 8 8
LANO NEEDS DEVELOPHEIH ASSESSMENT CREATING IIICREASED PEAK STORHWATER FLOWS
LOW FLOWS LOW FLOW STUDY BELOW NEEDED SNOWNAKING PONO
SOIL EROSiotl EROSION CONTROLS VT DEC WATER FROM NEEDED RESOURCE !:ONSTRUCTIOll INVESTIGATORS ACTIVITIES, GRAVEL PARKING LOT
VT09·04 OT FIRST BRANCH OF CHELSEA WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE WHITE RIVER BELOW MAY CREATE MODELING PROTECTION, REMOVAL CHELSEA WASTEWATER TOXIC IllSTREAM PREDICTS TOXIC ANO COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMENT PLANT CHLORIHE LEVELS OUP.ItlG DIVISION, COMPLETED LEVELS AT TINES LOW ( 7Q10) ANO PERMITS SECTION BY MAX. CAPACITY 3/31/93 FLOWS WHE!i NPDES PERMIT rs REISSUED
VTOS-06 OT THIRO BRANCH OF RANDOL PH WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE WHITE RIVER BELOW MAY CREATE MOO El IllG PROTECTION, REMOVAL RANDOLPH WASTEWATER TOXIC ItlSTREAN PREDICTS TOXIC AND COMPLIAtlCE TO BE TREATMENT PLANT CHLORINE LEVELS OIJRING DIVISION, COMPLETED LEVELS AT TIMES LOW {7Q10) AllO PERMITS SECTION BY MAX. CAPACITY 10/01/91 FLOWS WHEII NPDES PERMIT E REISSUED 77
Reg. Waterbody Pl an. Threat or Assessment BHP Prognm/ Current rn Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed tleeded Funds Status ------·------·------�
VT10·01 OT LOWER OTTAUQUECHEE POOR FLOW FISHERIES FLOW IMPROVE FLOW REGIME RESERVOIR LIC. RIVER BELOW REGIME NEEDS OWNED ANO EXPIRES TAFTSVILLE DAM TO ASSESSMENT AND OPEP.A TED B V 1993. ti. HARTLAtlO BIOLOGICAL ARMY COE NEGOT. IN RESERVOIR ASSESSMEHT DONE PROGRESS W/ UTILITY FOR IMPROVED FLOW REGIME
POSSIBLE FISH tiEEDS MEASURES TO PP.EVENT RESERVOIR PASSAGE ASSESSMEIH IMP IIIGEMENT AtlO OWNED/OPERA TED PROBLEM AT DAN ENTRAINMENT AND BY ARMY COE ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
SEDIMENTATION ASSESSMENT RESERVOIR NEEDED OWNED/OPERA TED BY AP.MY COE
OTTAU��ECHEE RIVER RANDOLPH WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLOP.HH BELOW HARTFORD- MAY CREATE MODELING PROTECTION, REMOVAL QUECHEE WASTEWATER TOXIC INSTREAM PREDICTS TOXIC ANO COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMHH PLAIIT CHLORitlE LEVELS DURING DIVIS ION, COMPLETED LEVELS AT TIMES LOW (7Q10) ANO PERMITS SECTION EY MAX. CAPACITY 17/01/88 FLOWS WITH PRESENT NPOES PERMIT
VT10-07 OT KEORON BROOK BELOW SO. WOODSTOCK DESKTOP CHLORIIIE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLOP.HIE SO. WOODSTOCK WWTF NAY MOOELING PROTECTION, REMOVAL WASTEWATER CREATE TOXIC PREDICTS TOXIC ANO COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY ItlSTREAM LEVELS OIJRING OIVISIOtl, COMPLETED CHLORrnE LOW ( 7Q 10) AtW PERMITS SECTIOtl BY LEVELS AT TIMES MAX. CAPACITY 12/31/92 FLOWS WHEtl NPDES PERMIT IS REISSUED 78
Reg. Waterbody PI an. Threat or Assessment B�P Program/ Current Status ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds __ .., ______------...... ------·------·------
VT 10· 11 SW BLACK RIVER BELOW SPRlllGFIELD GESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE SPRINGFIELD WWTF MAY MODEL ING PROTECTION I REMOVAL WASTEWATER CREATE TOXIC PREDICTS TOXIC ANO COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY INSTREAM LEVELS DURING DIVISION, COMPLETED CHLORINE LOW (7Q10) ANO PERMITS SECTION BY LEVELS AT TIMES MAX. CAPACITY 9/30/91 FLOWS WHEN tlPDES PERMIT IS REISSUED
VT1H3 SW BLACK RIVER BELOW FLOW REGULATION FISHERIES FLOW IMPROVE FLOW REGIME LIC. EXP. CAVENDISH HYDRO DAM NEEDS STUDY I 1993. DEC OTHER FLOW IS STUDIES NEEDED CONDUCTitlG FFNA TO BE COMPLETED IN 1988
POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT LICENSE PASSAGE ASSESSMEIH IMPINGENEllT AND EXPIRES PROBLEM AT DAN ENTRAINMENT ANO TO 1993 ALLOW PASSAGE
PROJECT AESTHETICS IMPROVE FLOW REGIME LICENSE BYPASSES A FLOW STIJOY EXPIRES GORGE OF 1993 STA TEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE
VT10·16 SW NORTH BRANCH Of NATURAL AND NEEDS FIJRTHER REVEGETATE BANKS, ACP ACP BLACK RIVER, FROM AGRICIJL TUH ASSESSMENT RIPRAP WHERE AOMrnISTER STOUGHTON POND TO RELATED NECESSARY, CREATE ED BY 3.5 MI UPSTREAM STREAMBttlK VEGETATED BUFFER COUNTY EROSION IN STRIPS HIGHLY EROOABLE SOILS
NUTRIENT NEEDS FURTHER IMPROVED TIMING OF ACP ACP EtlRICHMENT ANO ASSESSMENT FERTILIZER APPL., AOMrnISTER POSSIBLE BETTER MANIJfE ED BY PATHOGENS FROM STORAGE AHO COUNTY AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION RUNOFF 79
Rt I�. Waterbody Pl an. Threat or Assess111ent BMP Program/ Curr�nt !D Com. River Segment/lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status -----·------·------...... ------
VT10-1€L03 SW STOUGHTON POND SEOIMENTATIOtt, ARMY COE AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF Ntmrnm, FACILITY ANO PREVENTION MEASURES WATER LEVEL WA HR-BASED NEEDED UPSTREAM FLUCTUATION RECREATIONAL USES AT NORTHERN mo OF POtlO
VT\1-01 Sii WILLIAMS RIVER CHESTER WIITF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMiiS, CHLORINE BELOW CHESTER MAY CREATE MOO HING PROTECTION, REMOVAL WASTEIIAHR TOXIC INSTREAM PREDICTS TOXIC AtlD COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY CHLORINE LEVELS OURIHG DIVISION, COMPLETED LEVELS AT TIMES LOil' (7Q_10) ANO PERMITS SECTION BY MAX. CAPACITY 3/31/92 FLOWS WHEN NPDES PERMIT IS REISSUED
VT11-03 SW **NEAR MIDDLE BRANCH UtWERGROUND MONITORING OF VAPOR ANALYSIS HAZARDOUS MOU ITOR ING PETROLEUM SEOIMEtH & MATERIALS ONGOING STOP.AGE TANK WATER MANAGEMENT LEAKS
VT11-0S III SAXTONS RIVER BELOW SAXTONS RIVER DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE SAXTONS RIVER WWTF MAY MODELING PROTECTION, REMOVAL WASTEWATER CREATE TOXIC PREDICTS TOXIC AND COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMEtH FACILITY INSHEAM LEVELS DURitJG DIVISION,, COMPLETED CHLORINE LOii (7Q10) AND PERMITS SECTION BY LEVELS AT TIMES MAX. CAPACITY 3/31/92 FLOWS WHEN NPDES PERMIT IS REISSUED
VT11·10l01 WI BALL MOUNTAIN WATER LEVEL PROBLEM tlEEOS RESERVOIR (JANAICA) FLUCTUATION, FIJRTHER SEDIMENTATION ASSESSMENT
VT11-10L02 WI TOWNSHEND RESERVOIR WATER LEVEL PROBLEM NEEDS { TOWtlSHENO) FL UCTUA TI ON FURTHER ASSESSMENT 80 Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessm�nt BMP Program/ Current IO Com. River Segment/Lake Problem lleeded Needed Funds Status ------..- ______,. __ ------·------.. --... --- .. ---·------
VT 11-15 WI NORTH BRANCH BROOK NUTRIENT NEED(. ACP; RIVER AC P TO PIKES FALLS ENRICHMENT, ASSESSNHH; BASIN (SCS) ADMINISTER URBAN RLINOFF HYOROLOGIC ED BY ANO STREAHBANK STRESS/STABILIT COUNTY; EROSIOII Y STUDY SCS WORK PLANNED FOR PLANNED 1989 OR 90
VT12-01 WI DEERFIELD RIVER READSBORO WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLOR rnE BELOW READSBORO MAY CREATE MODELING PROTECTION I REMOVAL WASTEWATER TOXIC INSTREAM PREDICTS TOXIC ANO COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY CHLORINE LEVELS DURIIIG DIVISION, COMPLETED LEVELS AT TIMES LOW (7Q10) AND PE RMITS SECTION BY MAX. CAf· ACITY 9/25/89 FLOWS WITH PRESENT NPDES PERMIT
LOWER DEERFIELD FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME LIC, RIVER BELOW NEEDED EXPIRES HARRIMAN RESERVOIR 1993; RE LICEtlSE PREPARTION rn PROGRESS
LOW BUFFERING WATER QUALITY CAPACITY; STUDY IN 1984 RIVER SUSCEPTIBLE TO ACID RAHi IHPACTS
POSSIBLE FISH ASSESS PROBLEM MEASURES TD PREVENT AS ABOVE PASSAGE IMPINGEMENT ANO PROBLEM AT DAM ENTRAINMENT ANO ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
POSSIBLE WATER WATER QUALITY POSSIBLE AERATION AS ABOVE QIJALITV STUDY NEEDED OF DISCHARGE PROBLEMS OOWtlSTREAM FROM HYPOLIMNETIC WATER WITHDRAWAL
VT12-03 WI UPPER DEERFIELD POSSIBLE SILT EVALUATE COMPLIANCE WITH ANR RIVER BELOW RELEASE DESIL TING DESIL THIG POLICY SEARSBIJRG DAN PROBLENS PRACTICES 81
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment 6MP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status -----·---- ·------··----- ...... ------···- -...... ------
Vil 2-03 WI UPPER DEERFIELD POOR BUFFERING WATER QUALITY RIVER BELOW CAPACITY i STUDY HI 1984 SOMERSET DAM AND SUSCEPTIBILITY SEARSBURG Dt.M TO ACID RAIN
POOR FLOW LOW FLOW IMPROVE FLOW LICENSE REGIME I SYIJOY; FISH REGIME; PREVENT EXPIRES POSSIBLE FISH PASSAGE IMP INGMEtH / 1993; PASSAGE PROBLEM NEEDS ENTRAINMENT ANO LICEHSE PROBLEMS AT FURTHER ALLOW FISH PASSAGE PREPARATIO DAMS ASSESSMENT N IN PROGRESS
POSSIBLE WATER QUALITY AERATE DISCHARGE LI WISE DISSOLVED STUDY NEECiED EXPIRES OXYGEN 19 9 3; PROBLEMS DUE LICENSE TO PREPARA TIO HYPOLIMtmrc N Itl WITHDRAWAL PRQGRESS
SILTATION & NEEDS ANPs AVAILABLE FOR WORKSHOPS SEDIMENTATION ASSESSMENT NPS CONTROL ON AMP OUE TO LOGGING INPLEMENTA TIOtl SUMMER 1988; AMP EVALUA TIOtl UP-COMING
VTl2·03L03 WI SOMERSET RESERVOIR WATER LEVEL PROBLEM NEEDS ORAWOOWtl LICENSE (SOMERSET) FLUCTUATIOtl FURTHER RESTRICTIOtJS EXPIRES ASSESSMENT 199 3; LICENSE PREPARATIC- 11 rn PROGRESS
VT12-0S WI NORTH BP.AtJCH OF WILMINGTON DESKTOP CHLORitlE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLOR rnE DEERFIELD RIVER WWTF MAY MOOELING PROTECTION I REMOVAL BELOW WILMINGTON CREATE TOXIC PREDICTS TOXIC ANO COMPLIAtlCE TO BE WASTEWATER TRT. IN STREAM LEVELS DURING CtIVISION, COMPLETED PLANT CHLORINE LOW (7Q10) ANO PERMITS SECTION BY LEVELS AT TINES MAX. CAPACITY 12/01/90 FLOWS WHEN NPOES PERMIT IS REISSUED 82
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Curr·ent ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ---··-·-·------·------...... ------·------·------..- ...... - .....--
I VT1HS WI NORTH BRANCH OF LOW FLOWS NEEDS FURTHER DEERFIELD RIVER, BELOW ASSESSMENT BASE OF MT. SNOW TO StlOWMAKING NOUTH POtlOS
REMOVAL OF NEEDS FURTHER REVEGETATf MIO ACP ACP RIPARIAN ASSESSMENT RIPRAP WHERE ADMINISTER VEGETATION ANO IIECESSARY ED BY STREAMBANk COUNTY EROSION
SOIL EROSIOtl NEEDS FURTHER FROM ROAD ASSESSMENT CONSTRUCTION
SOIL EROSION NEEDS FURTHER OR HIGH PEAK ASSESSMENT STORNWA TEF: FLOWS FRON LAtlO DEVELOPMENT
VT13-12 WI SACKETTS BROOK PUTNEY WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORINE BELOW PUHIEY MAY CREATE MODEL ING COMPLIANCE, REMOVAL WASTEWATER TOXIC INSTREAH PREOI.CTS TOXIC AtlO PROTECTION TO SE TREATMENT FACILITY CHLORHIE LEVELS DURING DIVISION; COMPLETED LEVELS AT TINES LOW (7Q10) ANO PERMITS SECTION SY MAX. CAPACITY 5/01/90 FLOWS WITH PRESEtlT NPOES PERMIT
SACKETTS BROOK IN FAILED SEPTIC NEEDS CONDUCT SEPTIC VT DEC WATER PUrnEY SYSTEMS ASSESSHENT SYSTEM SURVEY RESOURCE INVESTIGATORS
HIGH NEEDS SEOINEIH A TION ASSESSNEIH AIW TURBIDITV
VT13· 14L02 WI PLEASANT VALLEY EXCESSIVE PROBLEMS NEED Rf SERVOIR ALGAE GROWTH, FURTHER (BRATTLEBORO) NUTRIENT ASSESSMENT ,· ENRICHMENT, SEDIMENTATION, 0.0. DEPLETION 83
Rcg. Waterbcdy Plan. Threat :ir Assessment BMP Program( Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed funds Status -- ...----�------·------
VT14-02 OT COPPERAS BROOK HIGH METALS IN STLIOY OF SITE UNKNOWN IJ.$, ARMY 110 ORA IIIAGE FROM SOILS CORPS OF REMEO IA TIO ABAtlD'ONED ENGINEERS- N ELIZABETH MINE SECT.22 PLANNED; AND FROM SECTION TAILINGS 22 STUDY UNDERWAY
LOSS OF COLORADO REVEGETATE, RIPRAP ONGOING RIPARIAN SCHOOL OF WHERE NECESSARY, ( 1988) VEG ETA TIOtl MHIES; LI.S. EXCLUDE CATTLE LIMITED ARMY CORPS OF EVALUATION ENGINEERS OF VEGETATION RE- ESTABL!SHM ENT
WEST BRANCH OF HIGH METALS HI PROBLEM WELL UtlKtlOWtl NO OMPOMPAtlOOSUC RIVER DRAINAGE FROM KNOWN REMED IA TIO ABANDONED N PLANNED ELIZABETH MINE ANO FROM TAILINGS
LOSS OF REYEGETATE, RIPRAP RIPARIAN WHERE NECESSARY, VEGETATION EXCLUDE CATTLE
VT111-03 OT ELY BROOK BELOW ELY HIGH METALS IN PROBLEM WE LL UNKNOWN SOIL SCS IS MINE ORA!tlAGE FROM KHOWN CONSERVAT!Otl INVESTIGAT ABANDONED ELY SERVICE ING NINE REVEGETATI ON TECHNIQUE� FOR SITE
OMPOMPANOOSUC RIVER HIGH METALS Itl PROBLEM WELL UNKNOWN SOIL SCS IS BELOW El Y MINE DRAINAGE FRON KNOWN CONSERVATION INVESTIGAT ABAllOOtJED ELY SERVICE ING NINE ANO FROM REVEGETA TI TAILINGS ON TECHNIQUES FOP. SITE
LOSS OF REVEGETATE, RIPRAP, RIPARIAN EXCLUDE CATTLE VEGETATION 84
Reg, Waterbody PI an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID / Funes Status ------·--- Com. River------·Segment------Lake---"' - Problem...... Needed - Needed----·------...... ------......
VT14·04 OT WAITS RIVER BELOW BRADFORD WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PER�ITS, CHLORINE BRADFORD WASTEWATER MAY CREATE MOOE L IIIG PROTECTION REN OVAL TREATMENT FACILITY TOXIC ItlSTREAM PREDICTS TOXIC ANO COMPLIANCE TO BE CHLORHIE LEVELS DURING DIVISION; COMPLETED LEVELS AT TINES LOW (7Q10) ANO PERMITS SECTION BY MAX. CAPACITY 3/31/92 FLOWS WHEN NPOES PERMIT IS REISSUED
VT14-09L05 NE HARVEY'S LAKE EXCESSIVE EXTENSIVE RESTORATION PLAN VT DEC LAKES LOCAL (EARtlET) ALGAE GROWTH, DIAGNOSTIC HAS BEEN DEVELOPED ANO PONDS SUPPORT tlUTRIEtlT STUDY HAS BEEN PROGRAM FOR HlRICHMENT, COMPLETED IMPLEMENTA SEO IMEtlTATION TION OF RESTDRATIO N WORK SHOULD BE SOUGHT
VTIS-01 tlE PASSUMPSIC RIVER. LYNDONVILLE DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERMITS, CHLORitlE BELOW LYNDONVILLE WWTF MAY MODELING PROTECTION I REMOVAL WASTEWATER CREATE TOXIC PREDICTS TOXIC AND COMPLIAtlCE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY HI STREAM LEVELS OURIIIG DIVISION; COMPLETED CHLORINE LOW (7Q10) AND PERMITS SECTION BY LEVE LS AT TINES MAX. CAPACITY 9/26/89 FLOWS WITH PRESEIIT tlPDES PERMIT
PASSUMPSIC RIVER ST. JOHNSBURY DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PERNiiS, CHLORINE BELOW ST. JOHNSBURY WWTF NAY NOOELHIG PROTECTION I REMOVAL WA$TEWATER CREATE TOXIC PREDICTS TOXIC ANO COMPLIANCE TO BE TREATMENT FACILITY HISTREAM LEVELS DURING DIVISION: COMPLETED CHLORINE LOW (7Q10) AND PERMITS SECTION BY LEVELS AT TINES MAX. CAPACITY 6/30/91 FLOWS WITH PRESENT NPOES PERMIT LICEtlSE PASSUMPSIC RIVER FLOW REGULATION LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGINE !:, FRON PIERCE MILLS NEEDED EXPIRES .. DAM TO 5 NILES 1993 BELOW PASSUMPSIC DAN 85
Reg. Wate,rbody Plan. Threat or Assessment EMP Progr�m/ Current ID Com. River Segment;Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status -... - ...., ...... ------·------·------·------·------______., ___ ,..___ ......
VT15·01 NE PASSUMPSIC RIVER L YIIOON SEPARATf STORM f'UB LIC LYNDON FROM PIERCE MILLS WAS TEWA HR LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES WWTF DAM TO 5 MILES TREATMENT LINES CONSTRUCTION SCHED ULED BELQ'tl PASSUMPSIC DAN FACILITY GRANTS FOR PASSES PROGRAM; STATE PP.ELIM INAR COMBillED SEWER RE\'OLVrnG LOAN OVE P.FLOWS FUNQ PLANNING FY 88; PLANNIIIG FY 91
POSSIBLE FISH ASSESSMENT MEASURES TO PREVENT LICENSE PASSAGE tlEEDEO IMPINGENHH ANO EXPIRES PROBLEM AT DAMS ENTRAHlMENT ANO 19 9 3 ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
ST. JOHNSBURY SEPARATE STORM PUBLIC . ST. WASTEWATER LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES ,IOHNSBURY TREATMftlT LINES CONSTRUCTION \iWTF FACILITY GRANTS SCHEDULED PASSES PROGRAM; STATE FOR COMBINED SEWER REVOLVING LOAtl PLANNING OVERFLOWS FUND FOR CSO CORRECTION FY 91
VTIS-02 NE **NEAR JOES BROOK UNDERGROUND COtHAMINAIH TAtlKS REMOVED HAZARDOUS ONGOitlG PETROLEUM MIGRATION MA TE RIALS MOIHTORitlG STORAGE TANKS ANALYSE MANAGEMENT LEAKING
JOES BROOK IN WEST AGRICULTURAL NEEOS ACP ACP DAIIVILLE R UIJOFF ASSESSMENT AOMHIISTER ED BY COUNTY
HYDRO DAM AT LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME IC VSA SECTION UNLICENSED OUTLET OF JOES NEEDED 1003 CONFERENCE , PENOitlG POtrn CREATES POOR FLOW REGINE DOWNSTREAM
VT15·09 NE NOOSE RIVER BELOW FAILED SEPTIC ASSESSMEtlT HOLDING TANKS WITH THERE ARE EAST ST. JOHNSBURY SYSTEMS ANO IDENTIFICATION PUNPOUTS OR CONNECT IIO PLANS VILLAGE STRAIGHT PIPES DONE TO MUNICIPAL WWTF TO EXTEND SEWER LINES TO E. ST • .JOHNSBURY 86
Reg. Watercody Plan. ihreat or Assessment BHP Prograll/ Current IO Com. River Segment/LaKe Problem tleeded tleede.J Funds Status --·----..------·--··-·------·------..- .. -.. -..... - ...... - ...-.. ------
VT16·19L03 OT HALLS LAKE (IIEWBURY) llUISAtlCE ASSESSMENT OF llA TIVE WHO IIIJTRIEIH AIIO ALGAE SOURCES NEEDED GROWTH NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT
VT17·01 IIE JOHNS RIVER BELOW MAIIIJR E P IT OETERN IllE MOVE MANURE PITS ACPj RC & D; ACP COIIFLUEIICE WITH FAILURES NATURE -OF OUT OF FLOODPLAIN; VT DEC WATER ADrnmm CRYSTAL BROOK PROBLEM · IF POSSIBLE BUILD RESOURCE ED BY DESIGN, MANURE CONTAIIIHENT rnvESTIGATOf:S i COUNTY LOCATION I USE TANKS EXTENSION SERVICE
AIICF & EMCP · ONGOING VT17-01L01 NE LAKE MEHPHREMAGOG- EURASIAN CONTINUED LIMITED BOTTON {NEWPORT) NIL FOIL EVALUATION OF SCREEllillG IN USE NORE FUNDING 1988 INFESTA TIOII MILFOIL tlEEOED TO COIHP.OL OPTIONS EVALIJATE/INPLEN ENT BEST CONTROL METHODS
EXCESSIVE COIITIIIUED SCS PL 83·566 USDA SCS, ONGO ItlG i ALGAE GROWTH, MONITORING OF PROJECT IN PROGRESS NON !TORING BY BLACK R. NllTRIENT EFFECTIVENESS IN BLACK, CLYDE & VT DEC LAY WATERSHED .ENRICHMENT OF AG BMPs rn BARTON RIVER BASINS MONITORIIIG PROG. WATERSHED PROGRAM BEGAN 1982, BARTON/CLY DE PROG. BEGAN l98i
VT17-03 NE AVERILL CREEK POOR FLOW LOW FLOW STllDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME 10 .VSA SECTION lllllICEIISEO DOWNSTREAM FROM DAN REGINE NEEDED 1003 CONFEREIICE I PENO rnG ON GREAT AVERILL LAKE POSSIBLE FISH NEEDS MEASURES TO PREVENT AIIR - FISH & PASSAGE ASSESSMENT IMPINGEMENT ANO WILDLIFE, DEC PROBLEM AT DA� ENTRAitlNEIIT ANO WA HR QUALITY ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
AVERILL CREEK POOR FLOW LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGINE 10 VSA SECTIOIJ IJtlUWISEO DOWNSTREAM FROM DAM REGINE NEEDED 1003 COtlFERENCE , PENO ING ON LITTLE AVERILL LAKE POSSIBLE FISH ASSESSMENT MEASURES TO PREVEtlT 10 VSA, UNLICEtlSEO PASSAGE NEEDED IMPINGEMENT ANO SECTION 1003 , PEIWIIIG PROBLEM AT DAN ENTRArnNEIH AND COIIFERHICE 87
f; t �. Waterbcdy Plan. ThrEat or Assessment SMP Pro,3ram/ Current H Com. R11'er Segment/Lake Problem Nee dee Needed Funds �.tat us
\T!J-03 NE COATTCOOK RIVEF; POOR FLO� LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGINE 10 VSA SECTION PENDING BELOW NORTON POHD REGIME NEEDED 1003 CONFERENCE DI-�
POSSIBLE FISH ASSESSMENT MEASURES TO PREVENT ANR - FISH & PENDING PASSAGE HEEDED IMPINGEMENT AND WILCLIFE, DEC PROBLEM AT DAM ENTRAINMENT AND WATER QUALITY ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
NE LOWER CLYDE RIVER POOR FLOW FISHERIES FLOW IMPROVE FLOW REGIME LICENSE FF NA BELOW NEWPORT #11 REGIME NEEDS EXPIRES 1993 STUDY HYDRO DAM ASSESSMENT DONE DONE rn 1980
POSSIBLE FISH ASSESSMENT MEASURES TD PREVENT LICEIJSE PASSAGE NEEDED IMPINGEMENT AND EXPIRES PROBLEM AT DA� ENTRAINMENT ANO 1993 ALLOW FOR PASSAGE
LOWER CLYDE RIVER POOR FLOW LOW FLOW STUDY IMPROVE FLOW REGIME LICEtlSE BELOW NEWPORT HVDRC REGIME NEEDED EXPIRES DA� 1993
POSSIBLE FISH ASSESSMENT MEASURES TO PREVENT LICENSE PASSAGE NEEDED IMP INGEM ENT AtlD EXPIHS PROBLEM AT DAM ENTRAINMENT AND 19 9 3 ALLOW FOR PASSAGE LOWER CLYDE RIVER POOR FLOW FISHERIES FLOW IMPROVE FLOW REGI�E LICENSE BELOW WEST REGIME NEEDS STUDY rn·ms CHARLESTON HYDRO DAM DONE 1993; FFNA DONE
POSSIBLE FISH ASSESSMENT MEASURES TO PREVENT LICEtlSE PASSAGE NEEDED IMP INGEM ENT .I.NO EXPIRES PROELEM AT DAM umAINMEIH AIIO 1993 ALLOW FGG PASSAGE
VTll-04,05 NE CLYDE RIVER FROM AGRICULTURAL PREL IMINARV BARNYARD AND SCS PL83-566 BEGUN ISLAND POND TO MGIJTH RUNCFF, HIGH ItlVESTIGATIOtl MllKHOUSE WASTE SMALL 3 / 8 7 ; FECAL COLIFORM & WATERSHED STORAGE FACILITIES, WATEF:SHED 8/ 14 0 COUNTS rn WATER PLAN 1986; CONSERVATION PROJECT; ACP FARMS SMALL CROPPING PRACTICES TO NON- co1m. NG �ATER SHED cotmAcT COiiTRACTS ASSESS. 1983 LAtWOWIIE RS COMPL. AS OF 5/82; ACP ADM IN SY CTV. 88
Waterbcdy Plan. Threat er Asses3ment BMP f'rcg ·· Jm/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed fundo Status .....______. ______..______... _____ ·------______., __ .,.__ ------
VTJHS Nf CLVD[ RIVER BELOW BRI�HTDN WWTF DESKTOP CHLORINE REMOVAL PE£HITS, CHLORINE BRIGHTON WASTEWATER MAY CREATE MODELING PROTECTION, REHDVAL TREATMENT fACililY TOXIC INSTREAM PREDICTS TOXIC AND COMPLIA�CE TO BE CHLORINE LEVELS DURING DIVISIGN; COMPLETED LEVELS AT TIMES LOW (7Q10) AND PER�ITS SECTION BY MAX. CAPACITY 9/01/90 FLOWS WITH PRESENT NPOES PERMIT
VT11-06L02 NE LAK( WILLOUGHBY HEAVY NATIVE SOURCE NEEDS (WESTMORE) WEED GROWTH IN VERIFICATION, ONE LOCATION PRESUMED IN LAKE, MANURE NUTRIENT MISMANAGEMENT ENRICHMENT
BARTON RIVER FROM AGRICIJLTIJRAL PRELIMINARY BARNYARD, MILKHDUSE SCS PL83·566 BEGUN VILLAGE OF ORLEANS RUNOFF INVESTIGATION WAm SiORAGf SMALL 3/87; SEE TO MOUTH ANO WATERSHED FACILITIES, WATERSHED VT17-04,05 PLAN 1986; CONSERVATION PROJECT Otl SMALL CROPPING SYSTEMS BARTON & CLYDE WATERSHED RIVERS; ACP ASSESS. 1983
VT17-09 NE BLACK RIVER AGRICULTURAL PRELI�INARY INSTALL WASTE SCS PL83·566 BEGUN IRASBURG/ALBANY RUNOFF ItJVESTIGATION MANAG. SYSTEMS, SMALL 9/ S 2; TOWN LINE TO MOUTH ANO WATERSHE� CONSERVATION WATERSHED 30/100 PLAN 1982 CROPPING PRACTICES PRO.JECT; ACP FARMS COtHRACTEG 22/ro CONTRACTS CDMPL, AS OF 7 / 8 8
L 0GGHIG ROAO PL83·S66 SMALL PERMANAENT EROSION SCS PW-566 BEGAN EROSION WATERSHED CONTROL MEASURES SMALL 9Is 2; PROJECT SUCH AS WATERBARS, WATERSHED WORK IS CULVERTS, BRIDGES PROJECT ONGOING
VT 17 ·10 IH BLACK RIVER, FROM AGRICULTURAL PP.ELiiHNARY INSlALL WASTE SCS PL83·566 BEGUN IRASBURG/ ALBANY RUNOFF INVESTIGATIOII MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, SMALL 9/82; SEE TOWN L Illf TO AND WATERSHED CONSERVATION WATERSHED VT17·09 HEADWATERS PLAN 1982 CROPPING PRACTICES PROJECT; ACP 89
B. Threatened Waters In addition to those targeted/impaired waters, the Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program has targeted 81 threatened river and stream waterbodies (involving 106 discrete river or stream segments) and 195 threatened lake and pond waterbodies. These 276 waterbodies were assessed as having high'. quality and, consequently, NPS management programs are to focus on water resource protection rather than restoration. Surface waters designated as "targeted/threatened" are found in each drainage basin of the state .(Figure 3). Targeted/threatened river and stream waterbodies, however, were not designated in Basin 4 (Lower Lake Champlain direct drainage) or in Basin 12 (Deerfield River). The basin with the greatest number of targeted/threatened surface waterbodies is the Winooski River Basin (Basin 8). The next two highest numbered basins are otter Creek with 38 waterbodies followed by Basin 17 (Lake Memphremagog direct, Barton, Black, Clyde, Coaticook Rivers) with 28 waterbodies. Targeted/threatened surface waters within the seven basins that flow into Lake Champlain from Vermont include 38 river and stream waterbodies and 94 lake and pond waterbodies. These 132 waterbodies, plus the 11 waterbodies of Lake Champlain, comprise over half of the state's targeted/threatened listing. The reader should note that in some cases, several waterbodies designated �s "targeted/threatened" (for example, the 11 Lake Champlain waterbodies) appear on the 11 targeted/high priority 90
\/ERMONT 'V'/,�TERBODHES TARGETED/THREATENED
Threatened Waterbodlea (#) 3 5 �------··-----·--·------·--· ------···------·------·-··· - -
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 LC,.. Basin
r>>;>JRiver vVaters � Lake/Pon \\I::ite r:3.
Figure 3. Number of Targeted/Threatened Surface Waterbodies by Drainage Basin and for Lake Champlain. 91 impaired" list. This can be explained by a cause or source of pollution that threatens to result in an impairment differing from a cause or source of pollution actually resulting in an impairment. The list of "targeted/threatened" waters is presented below. Unlike the targeted list of "high priority/impaired", the "targeted/ threatened" list has not undergone full public review. A review of the targeted/threatened list is planned during the public hearing on the State Management Program. Continued development of the State Management Program has been planned to expand and refine the lists of targeted waters. The targeted lists of impaired and threatened waterbodies will be developed to also include priority designations of "medium", "low", and "unknown". The list of "targeted/threatened" lakes and ponds will be refined by developing a prioritizaton procedure. In addition to one lake's proximity to another lake infested with Eurasian milfoil, other factors that may be included in this procedure include, but are not limited to, lake morphometry, water quality, and public access point(s). Due to the iterative nature of the targeting process, the continued evaluation of Assessment findings and the implementation of NPS programs, it can be anticipated that the priority designations of impaired and threatened waterbodies will undergo some revision. 92
Res. Current Waterbodv F' I an. Threat or Assessment BMP Pr·ognm/ IC' Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Heeded Needed Funds Status ..___ _ ,. ____ ------...... ------� ------
TANNERY VTO 1-02 BE HOOSIC RIVER FROM POWtlAL TANNERY NEED TO ASSESS UIIKtlOWtl RCRA, PllSLIC MASSACHUSETTS SITE EXTEIIT OF FACILITIES, CLOSED: BORDER TO IIV CONTAMINATED CONT., METHOD WATER QUALITY CLEAtHP BORDER; 7 �ILES BY PAST OF CLEAIHP I ltl PROCESS! IMPAIRMEtlT TO PROGRESS; WASTE DISPOSAL AQIJATIC BIOTA F IJNOING PRACTICES NEEDED FOR BIOLOGICAL ASSES SMEtl T
VT01-03 BE * 1WALLOOMSAC RIVER, BEtHIINGTOtl ASSESS EXHtH CEP.CLA, WATER NPL 2 NILES TH ROIJGH LANDFILL: OF QJJALITV CANDIDATE; .BElltlINGTON VILLAGE GROUNDWATER CONTAMltlATIOII DIVISION FlltlOING COtH AM HIA TI Oil ANO METHOD OF NEEDED FROM PAST ClEAtHP, & FOR IllOUSTRIAL IMPACT 011 PERSONNEL WASTE LAGOON AQUATIC BIOTA FOR BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT
WALLOOM!AC RIVER, 2 BEtHHtlGTOII ANALYSIS 0F WATER QIJALITY DISCHARGE MILES THROUGH POTW RECEIVES POTW EFFLUENT DIVISION 106 TO BE BENNINGTON VILLAGE HIOUSTRIAL FOR PRIORITY FUNDS SAMPL ED WASTE WITH POLLIJTANTS & SIJNMER 1 EXCESS HEAVY TOXICITY se; METALS TESTitlG NEEDED FUND ING FOR TOXICITY TESTING NEEDED
BENNHlGTON SEPARATE STORM PIJBLIC WWTF WASTEWATER LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES SCHEDIJLEO TREATMENT LINES -:ONST R IJ CT! ON FOR FACILITY GRANTS PRE LIM. PASSES PROGRAMi STATE PLANNING COMB !NED SEWER REVOL vm LOAN FOR CSO OVERFLOWS F UtW CORRECTION FV90: cotmm TION FV91
BURGESS ASSESS EXTEtlT CERCLA, WATER tlPL LAtlOF ILL OF POSSIBLE QUALITY CANO IDA TE; RECEIVED IMPAIRMENT OF DIVISIOII tlEEO INDUSTRIAL AQUATIC BIOTA; FUtlD ING WASTE; GROUIW REHEOIATIOtl FOR AND SURFACE STUDY PERSONNEL WATER CONTAMIN. FOR BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT 93
Re,�. Water body PI an. Threat or Assessment BMP Prog;am( Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Fund, Status ------·-- --·------·------··------...
VTO 1-03 BE WALLOOMSAC RIVER, 2 EAGLE SQUARE ASSESS CERCLA. WATER SUMMER MILES THROUGH CO. PROCESS PRESENCE & QUALITY DIV. '88 SITE BENNINGTON VILLAGE WASTES EXTENT OF ANY INSPECTION DISPOSED OF Ill CONTAMitlATION B v rnv. LAGOONS & POSSIBLE RELEASE: IMPACT TO NEED AQUATIC BIOTA FUNO ING FOR BIOLOGIOL ASSESS�.
TURBIDITY, ASSESSMEIH SEDIMENTATIOtl. NEEDED TO WETLAND FILLING OETERMillE APPROPRIATE PROTECTION MEASURES
VT01-03LOI BE BIG POIID EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHORELINE AND HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS HlFESTATION. ltlSPECTIONS POP. IS SMALL & PROGRAM AND NUISANCE NON- FOR tml LOCAL NAY PREVENT SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WHO IllfESTATIONS SPREAD ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTO l-03L02 BE LAKE HANCOCK EURASIAN ANIHIAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL (STANFORD) MIL FOIL SHORELINE ANO HANOPULLING IF WATCHERS ItlFESTATIOtl, IIISPECTIONS POP. IS SMALL & PROGRAM ANO NIJISAtlCE NON- FOR NEW LOCAL MAY PREVENT SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS SPREAD ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC �OURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VTOH3l04 BE LAKE SHAFTSBURY EURASIAti ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANDPULLING If WATCHERS INFESTATION, ms PE CTI Oils POP. IS SHALL & PROGRAM AND NUISANCE NON- FOR NEW LOCAL MAY PREVENT SIJMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED IUFESTATIOtl�. SPREAD ANO POtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS 94
Reg. Waterbody Plan. ihreat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Heeded Needed Funds Status ----...------·------·----·---- ______,.____ _ ------....- .. - ....-
VTOH3L06 BE SOUTH STREAM POND ELIRAS!Afl Atl!HiAL BOTTOM SCREENING & MIL FOIL MILFOIL SHORHrnE HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUITABLE FOR PROGRAM ANO tWISAtlCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTOH3L07 BE THOMPSONS POtlD EURASIAN ANNUAL IF POP. IS SHALL & MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE LOCAL BOTTOM WATCHERS rnFESTA TIOtl I INSPECTIONS SCREENING & HAND PROGRAM AtlS NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PULLING MAY PREVENT SUMMER LAXES NATIVE WHO INFESTATIONS SPREAD AtlO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTOH4 BE BATTENKILL RIVER, AGRICULTURAL ASSESSMEIIT ACP ACP FROM MANCHESTER TO RUNOFF NEEDED TO AOMHHSTER tl. Y. BORDER DETERMINE ED BY PROTECTIOll COUNTY MEASURES
DENSE LANO ASSESSMENT DEVELOPMENT NEEDED TO ANO ROAD DETERMINE COtlSTRUCTION PROTECTION NAY CAUSE MEASURES SEOIMEHTATION, TUR6IOITY ASSESS EXTENT CERCLA, WATER SITE WESSNER IHSPECTION LANDFILL MAY ANO LEVEL OF QUALITY HAVE RECEIVED COIIT, IN DIVISION BY NUS
HAZARDOUS GROUND & SUMMER1 WASTE; SURFACE WATER 88; _CotHAMINATEO & IMPACT ON FUNDS GROUtlDWA TER AQ, BIOTA NEEDED FOR BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMEtlT
VTO1-06 BE ROARING BRANCH Of SE VEP. E BAtlk scs FUNO ltlG EROSION WHERE NEEDED TO BATTENKILL STAB Ill ZE ROARING BRAtlCH MEETS. THE BATTENKILL
VTOH6L01 SctlSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC IO BE BRANCH PONO PRECIPIH TI Otl AC IOIC FROM OUT·OF-STATE ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM .. ,,:.. �-- --· 95
Reg. Waterbody PI an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current re, Com. River Segment/lake Probiern Needed Needed Funds Status �--·----·------·------· ------· ------�------�------.....--- ...-
VTOH6L02 BE BEEBE POND SENS I Tl VE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC ID ( SUtlDERLAND l ACID IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING OEPOSITIOH PROGRAM
VTOl-07 EE UNNAMED TRIBUTARY TANSITOR REMEDIAL CERCLA. WAHR NPL DRArnING INTO ELECTRONICS INVESTIGATION/ QUAL ITV CANDIDATE; BROWNS BROOK SITE CONT. FEASIBILITY DIVISION F UNO ING W/ORGANICS STUDY NEEDED; NEEDED FROM PAST ASSESS IMPACT FOR WASTE DISPOSAL ON BIOTA PERSONNEL PRACTICES FOR BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF SITE
VT02-01 RU POULTtlEY RIVER· OESILTrnG AT COMPLIANCE WITH DEC SECTION UtlLICENSED CARVERS FALLS AREA· HYDRO DAM ANR'S OESILTING 1272 ORDER 3.1MILES POLICY
VT02·01LO 1 RIJ COGGMAN PONO EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOME SCREENING MIL FOIL MIL FOIL SHORELIIIE ANO HANOPULLING IF WATCHERS HlFESTATION. INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON- FDR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT02·01L02 RU BILLINGS MARSH EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM. SCREENING & MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHORELINE HAtlD PULLING IF WATCHERS IllFESTATIOtl. INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRA� ANS NUISANCE NON- FOR NEW P Rf VEtlTI Otl SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS AND PONDS GROWTH SURVEY CREW AtHWAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS HISPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW SURVEYS
VT02·01L03 RU INMAN PONO EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS rnFESTATION I INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· fOR NEW PREVENTION SUMNER LAHS NATIVE WEED INFESTATIOtlS ANO PONOS cmt GROWTH SIJRVEYS 96
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Pro9ram/ Current ID Co111. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed lleeded Funds Status ..------...... ------...... ------.. - ---...... -..
VT02·01L04 RU OLD MARSH POND EIJRASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOil SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION 1 HlSPECTIONS SUFFICirnT FOR PROGRAM, tlUISAtlCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED HlFESTATIONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SIJRVEYS
VT02·02l01 AO SPRUCE PONO (ORWELL) EURASIAN MWllAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL #ILFOIL SHOREL HlE AND HANO PIJLLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS �UFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENTION SU�MER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT02·02L03 iU SUNSET LAKE (BENSON) EURASIAN AlltlUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHOREL !NE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS HlFEST A TION, IIISPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, NUISANCE NOii· FOR NEW PREVENT! ON SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED !IIFEST A TIOII S AIIO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT02-02l 04 RU BURR PONO (SUDBURY) EURASIAII ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELillE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, llUISANCE NON· FOR tlEW PREVEtlTION SUMMER LAKES llATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS AIIO PO.tWS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT02-02l07 HI NILL PONO (BENSON) EURASIAN AIINUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS IIJFESiA TION, ItlSPECTIDNS SUFFICIEIIT FOR PROGRAM, NUISANCE NOil· FOR NEW PREVEtlTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATION� AIIO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT02-02L08 RU HmUN PONO EURASIAN AlltlUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL M ILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS IIIFESTATION, m.PECTIONS SUFFICHIIT FOR PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMNER LAKES NATIVE WEED IIIFESTATIONS AIIO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS 97
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VT02-03LO 1 RU ECHO LAKE (HUB.) EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATIGN, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, N!JISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENTIOH SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIOIIS ANO PONDS cm, GROWTH SURVEYS
VTOH3L02 RIJ BEEBE PONO (HUB.) EllRASJAtl AtHWAL BOTTOM SCREENIHG MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTAITON, IIISPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR f'ROGRAM, NIJISAHCE NON· FOR NEW PRE VEiiTI OH SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT02-03L04 R LI HALF MOON POND EURASIAN AIHHIAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL NIL FOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, NIJISAtlCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WE ED !NH STATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT02·03LC5 R IJ PHIE POtlO EURASIAtl ANIIIJAL BOTTON SCREENING MIL FOIL MIL FOIL SHORELINE AND HAllD PULLIN& IF WATCHERS ItlFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SJJFFICIEIH FOR PROGRAM, NUISAtlCE tlOtl· FOR HEW PREVEtHIOtl SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIOtlS MIO PmlDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT02·03l07 RU LOVE'S MARSH EURASIAN AtlNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATC HERS rnFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOF: PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENTION SIJMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED ItlFES TA TI ONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT02·04 RU POULTNEY RIVER, THREAT OF SEPTIC SYSTEM WATER FROM POI.ILHIEY PATHOGENS FROH SURVEY NEEDED RESOURCES VILLAGE TO 2. 0 ALLEGEOLY INVESTIGATORS MILES UPSTREAM FAILED SEPTIC SYSTEMS 98
Reg. Water body Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current Funds :tat us IO Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed ___ ..______------·------· ------
VT OHS Rll MfTTAWEE RIVEk ! HIGH METTAWEE RIVER AG. WASTE & ACP, PL 83-566 AC P FROM PAWLET/RUPERT TEMPERATURES RESTORATION NUTRIENT HANAGE. 1 OR RC&O ADMINISTER TOWN LINE TO 3 ANO THREAT OF PROJECT HAS SOIL EROSION MEASURES ED BY MILES UPSTREAM PATHOGEtlS FROM ASSESSED COtlTROL, BUFFER POSSIBIL!TY COUNTY AGRICULTURAL PROBLEMS STRIPS RUNOFF, SANK EROSION
UNNAMEr TRIBUTARY WHLS ASSESS SITE NOW CLOSED FDR SOLID WASTE SURFACE 0F HET�WEE RIVER LAtlOFIL L: POSSIBLE DUMPING DIVISION, WATER MAY (P05SIBLY QUARRY TRASH DUMPED IHPAIRHEtH OF WATER QUALITY BE Bf.:K?) INTO QUARRY SURFACE WATER OI VISION SAM PL ED I FOR FIFTEEtl AND AQUA TIC rn as; YEARS BIOTA Fl'NDS tlEEDED TO ASSESS IMPACT ON AQ. BIOTA
VT02-0SL04 RIJ N.E. DEVELOPERS POND EURASIAN AHNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL MIL FOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, ltlSPECTIONS SUFFIC!EtH FOR PROGRAM, tlUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT03·00 RLI EDDY POND EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MlLFOll MllFOil INSPECTiotlS ANO HANOPIJLLING IF WATCHERS
INFESTATION 1 FOR NEW SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, tlUISAtlCE NOtl· INFESTATIONS PREVEtlT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES HA TIVE WEEO AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
LITTLE MUD (TABOR) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACIO ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORitlG OE?'OSITION PROGRAM
LITTLE ROCK SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC IO AC IDIC FRON OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtlITORHIG OEPOSITION PROGRAM
NUOOV PONO (RUTLAND) EURASIAN ANtlUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL INSPECTIOtlS ANO HANOPULLitlG IF WATCHERS rnFESTATIOtl, FOR NEW SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NOH- INFESTATIONS PREVENT SPREAO SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED ANO POtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS 99
Re·�. WaterbodyID Plan. Threat or Assessment SMP Program/ Current Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Heeded funds Status ---·------...... __ ... ------
VT03-00 RU RUTLAND CITY PDHD EURASIAN ANNUAL EOTTOH SCREENING MIL FOIL MILFOIL INSPECTIONS ANO HANOPULLING IF WATCHERS IIIFESTAT I ON I FOR NEW SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NIJISANCE tWtl- INFESTATIONS PREVENT SPREAD SIJMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT03-01 AO OTTER CREEK, FROM AGRICULTURAL AG. PROBLEM AC[• ACP MIDDLEBURY WWTF TO RUNOFF, LAND NEEDS AO�INISTER CONFLIJEtlCE DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT ED E Y W/MIDDLEBIJRY R., � BANK EROSION COUNTY MI.
1 OTTER CREEK, FROM POTENTIAL ti EEDS COMPLY"WITH ANR S WEYBRIDGE DAM TO 2 SILT ATIOtl ASSESSMENT DESILTING POLICY �ILES DOWNSTREAM PROBLENS
VT03-02L01 AO DANYOW PONO EURAS!Atl ANNIJAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTA TIOII, INSPECTIOtlS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM AtW NUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT03-03 RU OTTER CREEK BELOW PITTSFORD WWTF SEPARA TE STORM PUBLIC PITTSFORD PITTSFORO PASSES LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES WWTF IS WASTEWATEP. COMBHIEO SEWER LitlE S CONSTRUCTION RANKED IN TREATMENT FACILITY OVERFLOWS GRANTS BOTTOM PROGRAM; STATE HALF OF REVOLVING LOAN cso FUND CORRECTION PRIORITY LIST
OTTER CREEK FROM AGRICULTURAL ACP-AGRICULTURE ACP AD/RU COUNTY LINE RUNOFF I BANK ADMINISTER TD FURNACE BROOK IN EROSIOtl ED BY PITTSFORD COUNTY
AO OTTER CREEK FROM AGRICULTURAL ACP·AGRICIJLTURE ACP MIDDLEBURY RIVER RUNOFF, BANK ADMINISTER UPSTREAM TD COUNTY EROSION ED BY LINE COUNTY 100
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current re Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed HHded Funds Status ··------·-----·------......
VT03·03 AD OTTER CREEr FROM OLD FOX/LAWES SAMPLING OF DEPT. OF WETLAND MIDDLEBURY RIVER CO. WETLAND OTTER CREEK AGRICULTURE, BEING WPSTREAM TO COUNTY COIHAMIHA TED FOR SURFACE WATER QUALITY MONITORED i LINE WITH HERBICIDES WATER DIVISION SOME CONTANitlATIOtl CLEAtWP
& IMPACT ON DONE1 ltl AQ. BIOTA 86; FUNDS NEEDED FOR BIOTA ASSESS
VT03·04 RU NESHOBE RIVER BELOW BRAtlDON WWTF SEP ARA TE STORM PUBLIC SRANOOtl BRANDON WASTEWATER PASSES LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES WWTF TREATMENT FACILITY COMSitlED SEWER LINES CONSTRUCTIOtl SCHEDLILED OVERFLOWS GRANTS FOR PROGRAM; STATE PRE LIMIN AR REVOLVING LOAN y FUtlD PLAtHIING FY 90; PLAtHmlG . FY 91
VT03 ·OHO 1 AD SUGAR HILL RESERVOIR SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT·OF·STATE PRECIPITATiotl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtHTORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT03·04L04 AD FE RII LAKE EURASIAN ANIIUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOlL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SIJFFICIEIIT FOR PROGRAM & NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PRE vrn TI ON SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED ltiFESTATIOIIS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT03·0HOS AO LAKE DUNMORE E LIP.AS !All ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING & MILFOIL MILFOIL SHOREL ltlE HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, SURVEYS FOR SUFFICIENT FGR PROGRAM & NUISAHCE NON· HEW PREVEtHION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT03·0H07 AD MIJ� PONC (LEICESTER) EIJRASIAtl ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE AHO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS ltlFESTATIOH, rnsr E c TI ON! SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM & NUISANCE NOH· FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED IIHESTATIONS AtlO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS .. ·• "" .�. ·"" , ' 101
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VT03·0: P. IJ OTTER CREEK BELOW PROCTOR WWTf SEPARATE STORM PUBLIC PROCTOR PROCTOR WASTEWATER PASSES LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES WWTF IS TREATMENT FACILITY COMBHffD SEWER L ms COllSTP.UCTION RANKED IN OVERFLOWS GRANTS BOTTOM PROGRAM; STA TE HALF OF REVOLVING LOAN cso FUllD CORRECTION PRIORITY LIST
OTTER CREEK BELOW WEST RUTLAIW SEPARATE STORM PUBLIC WEST WEST RUTLAND WWTF PASSES LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES RUTLAND WASTEWATER COMBINED SEWER LHlfS COIISTP.UCTION WWTF IS TREATMENT FACILITY OVERFLOWS GRANTS RANKED IN PROGRAHi STATE BOTTOM REVOL vrnG LOAN HALF OF FUND CORRECTIONcso LIST
DTTTER CREEK BELOW RUTLAND FOi 1 SEPA RARE STORM PUBLIC WWTF RUTLAtlO FOt 1 WWTF PASSES LINES �ROM SEWER FACILITIES RANKED Ill WASTEWATER COMBINED SEWER LINES COIISTRUCTIOtl BOTTOM TREATMENT FACILITY OVERFLOWS GRANTS HALF OF PROGRAM; STATE REVOLVING LOAtl PRIORITYcso FIJNO CORRECTIII LIST; MAY GO OIJT Of USE
UPPER OTTER CREEK CVPS SITE EXTENT & RCRA, WATER SEDIMENTS CONTAMINATIOtl LEVELS Of PCBs QUALITY TO BE OF F•CB1 S FROM IN SEDIMENTS OIVISION SAMPLED PAST NEEDS SUMMER TRANSFORMER ASSESSMENT; '88 BY STORAGE ASSESS IMPACT CVPS; Oil AQ. BIO. FUNDS IIHDED FOR BIOLOGICAL ASSESSM. 102 Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BHP Program/ Current ID River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed funds Status Com...... - -...... - ..... ------...... - ...... ------
VT03·05,03 RU OTTER CREEK FROM RUTLAND WWTF ANALYSIS OF WATER QUALITY DISCHARGE EAST CREEK Itl RECEIVING WWTF DISCHARGE 106 FIJUDS TO BE RUTLAND TO WASTE FROM FOR PRIORITY SAMPLED 1 BRANOOII/SUDBIJRY INDUSTRY WITH POLLUTANTS; 88 FOR TOWN LINE EXCESS AMOUNTS TOXICITY PRIOR. OF HEAVY METALS TESTING POLLUT.; FUIIOS NEEDED FOR TOXICITY TEST.
SOIL EROSION ASSESSMENT FROM LANO llEEDEO DEVELOf'MfNT
STREANBANK HEEDS ACP ACP EROSION ASSESSMENT ADMitlSTERE O SY COUNTY
VT03·06 RU WETLAND ORAIIIING PROCTOR SURFACE WATER SOLID WASTE NEED INTO OTTER CREEK LANO FILL AllO AQUATIC DIV., WATER f IJNOS FOR LEACHATE BIOTA SHOULD QUALITY DIV, PERSONNEL ENTERING BE SAMPLED FOR & FOR STREAM POSSIBLE AIIAL YSIS ADJACENT TO IMPAIRMENT Of BIOTA WETLAND & PRIORITY POLLUTANTS
VT03·07 AO LITTLE OTTER CREEK, ?FALLEGEDLY SEPTIC SYSTEM WATER PAST 2 MILES BELOW FAILED SEPTIC SURVEY NEEDED; RESOURCES IDENTIFUD FERRISSURG SYSTEMS SURVEY DONE IIIVESTIGATOR$ PROBLEMS LATE 1970s CORRECTED
ACP VT03·08 CH LEWIS CR. FR. MOUTH AGRICIJL TURAL NEEDS LEWIS CREEK TO 14.S MI UPSTREAM RUHOFF, ASSESSMENT WATERSHED ADM rnI STER (INCL, SOME Of AOD. STHAMSANK ELIGIBLE FOR ED BY CTY.) EROSIOII, LOSS SCS PL83·566 COUNTY Of P.IP ARIAtl SMALL VEGETATION WATERSHED FUNDS; ACP
AO LEWIS CR. FR. MOUTH AGRICULTURAL IIEEDS LEWIS CREEK ACF' TO 14 .S·MJ. RUNOFF ASSESSMENT WA TERSHEO Aommm UFSTREAH (INCL. STREAMBANK ELIGIBLE SCS ED BY SOME OF CHIT. CTY.) EROSION, LOSS PL83·566 SMALL COUNTY OF RIPARIAN WATERSHED VEGETATION FUNDS; ACP 103
Reg. \laterbodv PI an. Threat or Assessment BMP Progra111/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status __ .._____ ..._ ---·---�------·----- ...... ------·--·------...... ---- ...... ------
VT03·08L02 AO CEDAR LAKE EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING I MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHORELINE HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS HIFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FDR Pf:OGRAM� NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS AND POtlOS CREW GROWTH SIJRVEYS
VT03·09 AO EAST BRA�CH OF DEAD AGRICULTURAL SCS HAS BARNYARD MW SCS PL83·566 BEGUN CREEK RUNOFF, PRIORITIZED MILKHOUSE WASTE SMALL 1981; STREAMBANK FARMS NEEDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, WA TERSHEO LOWER EROSION, LOSS ASSISTAtlCE CONSERVATION PROJECT FOR OTTER/DEAD OF RIPARIAN CROPPING LOWER 50/ 130 VEGETAT!Otl OTTER/DEAD FARMS CREEKS; ACP CONTRACTED 3 1 Is o COMPLETE
ALLEGEDLY INITIAL SURVEY WATER FAILED SEPTIC 1970s, SEPTIC RESOURCES SYSTEMS SYSTEM SURVEY INVESTIGATORS NEEDED
WEST BRANCH OF DEAD AGRICIJLTIJRAL SCS HAS BARNYARD AND SCS PL83·566 BEGUtl CREEK RIJNOFF, PRIORITIZED MILKHOUSE WASTE SMALL 1981; SEE STREAMBAtlK FARMS tlEED ItlG MAtlAGEkENT SYSTEMS, WATERSHED ABOVE; EROSION, LOSS ASSISTANCE CONSERVATION PRO.JECT FOR ACP Of RIPARIAN CROPPING LOWER ADMrnI STER VEGETATION OTTER/DEAD ED BY CREEKS; ACP COIJNTY
ALLEGEDLY ItlITIAL SURVEY WATER FAILED SEPTIC 1970s. SEPTIC RESOURCES SYSTEMS SYSTEM SURVEY INVESTIGATORS NEEDED
Vi03·09L03 AG STONE BRIDGE POHD EURASIAN AtHIIJAL BOTTOM SCREENING & MILFOIL KILFOIL SHORELINE HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, ItlSPECTIONS SUFFICIEIH FOR PROGRAM, NIJISANCE NON· FOR tlEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS 104
f:eg. \laterbody PI an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ------. ------·------...... ------· ------··---- .....-- ..- ....-
VTG3-10 AO SEAVER BRAIICH AGRICULTURAL LENON FAIR BARNYARD AND SCS PL83·566 BEGUN (LEMON FAIR) RUNOFF ANO WATERSHED PLAN MILKHOIJSE WASTE SMALL 1985; NATURAL CAUSES 1985 STORAGE FACILITIES, WA TERSHEO 11I104 (CLAY SOILS) COtlSERVATION PROJECT; ACP FARM CROF'PitlG TO NON· CONTRACTED CONTRACT 2/ 11 LANDOWNERS CONTRACTS COMPLETED AS OF 5/88
BEAVER BROOK (LEMOH AGRICULTURAL lEMON FAIR BA.RNYARO ANO scs Pl83·566 BEGUN FAIR) RUNOFF AND WATERSHED PLAN MILKHOUSE WASTE SMALL 1985; SEE NATURAL CAUSES 1985 STORAGE FACILITIES, WATERSHED ABOVE (CLAY SOILS) CONSERVATION PRO,JECT; ACP CROPPING
! VT03 • 11 AO IIEW HAVEN RIVER ALLEGEDLY Itl!TIAL SURVEY VT DEC WATER FROM MOUTH TO 11,0 FAILED SEPTE MIO 1970s; RESOURCE MILES UPSTREAM SYSTEMS SEPTIC SYSTEM INVESTIGATORS SURVEY llEEDEO
NEW HAVEN RIVER, AGRICIJLTURAL NEEDS ACP tlEW HAVEN FROM MOUTH TO 11.0 RUNOFF FROM ASSESSMENT RIVER MILES UPSTREAM BARNYARD WA TERSHEO WASTES, IS CROPLAND ELIGIBLE EROSIOtl, BANK FOR SCS EROSION Pl83-566 SMALL WA TERSHEO FIJNDS
VICOtl-BRISTOL POSSIBLE SOLID WASTE POSSIBLE LANDFILL COtHAMINATION DIV., WATER SIJRFACE ORAINA GE OF SURFACE QUALITY DIV. WATER ENTERED FARM WATER ANO SAMPLitlG POND rn rAST IMPACT ON 1 88 i AQUATIC BIOTA FUNDS NEEDED FOR STAFF FOR BIOL. ASSESSMENT
VT03-11l01 AD NORTH (BRISTOL) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE OUT-Of-STATE VT ACIO ACIDIC ..;. EMISSIONS PRECIPITATION '.: ATMOSPHERIC MONITORHIG DEPOSITION PROGRAM 105
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VT03-11L02 AO GILMORE POND SENSITIVE TO REDUCE OUT-OF-STATE VT ACID ACID IC EMISSIONS PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC MOIHTORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT03-11L03 AD ABBEY PONO SENSITIVE TO REDUCE OUT-OF-STATE VT AC IO AC IOIC EMISSIONS PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT03-12 AD MIDDLE BRANCH OF LOGGHIG ANO ASSESSMENT ANPs AVAILABLE FOR WORKSHOPS MIDDLEBURY RIVER, STREAMBANK NEEDED FOR NPS CONTROL BEING FROM SOUTH BRANCH EROSION PROTECTIVE HELD ON TD 1 NI. DOWNSTR. THREAWI WATER NEASURES AMP CLARITY ANO IMPL EMENTA AQUA TIC HABITAT IOIIT AMP EVAL. LIP- COMING
MIDDLEBURY RIVER AGUCIJLTURAL NEEDS ACF" ACP FOR 2,0 MILES RUNOFF, ESP. ASSESSMEIIT ADMINISTER UPSTREAM OF COtlFL. CROPLAIIO ED BY WITH OTTER CREEK EROSION, COUNTY AtHHAL WASTE NANAGEWIT
NORTH BRANCH OF LOGGING AtlO ASSESSMENT ANPs AVAILABLE FOR WORKSHOPS MIDDLEBURY RIVER, STREAMBANK tlEEOED FOR tlPS CONTROL HELO 0.5 MI. ABOVE ALDER EROSION PROTECTIVE 'SUMNER BROOK THREA TEN WATER MEASURES 1988; AMP CLARITY ANO EVALIJATIC·N AQUATIC HABITAT UPC DH ING
SOUTH BRANCH OF LOGGING ASSESSMENT AMPs AVAILABLE FOR WORKSHOPS �IDDLEBURV RIVER, ACTIVITIES NEEDED FOR NPS COtlTROL HELD CONFL. OF MIDDLE THREATEtl WATER PRC·TECTIVE SUMMER BRANCH TO 4.5 HI UP CLARITY, MEASURES 1988; AMP AQUA TIC HABITAT EVALUATION UPCOMING
VT03-13l01 RU SUGAR HOLLOW POND EURASIAN AtHWAl BOTTOM SCREENING KILFOIL NIL FOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS IIIFESTATIOII, Ill SPEC TIOtl S SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, NUISMICE NON- FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS 106
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VT03-l 4 RU EAST CREEK CVPS SITE EXTEIIT & LEVEL RCRA1 WATER SEDIMENTS CONTAMINATION OF PCBs IN QUALITY TO BE OF PCBs FROM SEDIMEIITS OIVISIOII SAMPLED PAST NEEDS SUMMER TRAIISFORMER ASSESSMENT; 1 88 BY STORAGE ASSESS IMPACT CVPS; ON AQ. BIOTA FUNDS NEEDED FOR BIOLOGICAL ASSESSM.
EAST CREEK ! FROM DESIL TING COMPLIANCE WITH DEC 1272 ORDER PATCH DAN TO 2,4 ANR I S DESIL TING MILES DOWNSTREAM POLICY
MENDON BROOK, FOR LAND ASSESSMEtH 6.0 MILES UPSTREAM OEVELOPWH NEEDED FOR FROM CONFLUENCE ANO PROTECTION WITH EAST CREEK RECREATIONAL MEASURES ACTIVITIES IN RAPID GROWTH AREA
POSSIBLE CHECK WITH VT LEAKHIG DEC LIJST UNDERGROUND PROGRAM STORAGE TANKS THREATEN CLASS A WATERS
VT03-14l01 RU SOUTH (CHITTENDEN) SENSITIVE TO SAMPLED WITHIN REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACID IC LASTS YEARS FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtHTORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM l 1· VT03-14LOS RU PATCH PONO EURASIAN ANIIUAL BOTTOM SCREENING & MILFOIL MllFOIL SHORHrnE HAND PULLitlG IF WATCHERS
INFESTATION I ItlSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, tlUISAtlCE tlON- FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTOHSL01 RU CHIPMAN LAKE EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING NIL FOIL ;�; MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS
INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM .. FOR NEW PREVENTION OF SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NUISANCE NOH- l• NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO POHOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS r 107
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VT03·16 Rll COLD RIVER FOR 2.5 IIIDUSHIAL NEEDS ENLARGE LAGOONS OR MILES UPSTREAM FROM LAGOON ASSESSMEtlT TO FILTER DISCHARGE MOUTH OVERFLOWS RECOMMEND CREATE CORRECTIVE SILT ATI ON MEASURES
STREAMSANK ASSESS FOR EROSION, PROTECTIVE CHANNELIZATION, MEASURES LAND DEVELOPMENT THREATEN WATER CLARITY, AES
VT03-17L02 RU FIFIELD SEtlSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIOIIS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT03-17L03 RU WALLINGFORD SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
O VT03·18L01 RU GRIFFITH SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT03· 18LO; RU BIG MUD SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID AC ID IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING OEPOSITIOII PROGRAM
VT03-18l 05 RII OANBY PON[t EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATIOtl, ltlSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR tlEW PREVENTION OF SPREAD SUMNER LAKES tlATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTOH8L06 BE LONG HOLE SEtlSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC IO AC IO IC FROM OUT·OF·STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM 108
Reg. Waterbody f· 1 an. Threat or Assessment SMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Prob 1 em Needed Needed Funds Status --·----·------...... ------··---·------·------·------..- ....----
VT04·01L01 AO OTTER CREEK SECTION PCS SAMPLE F !SH WATER QIJLAITY, FUNOitlG OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN CONTAMINATION FLESH; SAMPLE AIR POLLUTION NEEDED OF LAKE TROUT; SEDIMENT, DIVISIONS FOR SOIJRCE OF ATMOS. STAFF, COtHAMitlATION DEPOSITION TO WATER ANO IJNKNOWN DETERMINE FISH SOURCE PRIORITY POLLUTANT ANALYSIS
VT04·01L02 AD PORT HENRY SECTION PCB SAMPLE FISH WATER QUALITY, FUNOitlG OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN CONTAMINATIOIJ FLESH; SAMPLE AIR POLLIJiION NEEDED OF LAKE TROUT; SEDIMENT, DIVISIONS FOR SOURCE OF ATMOS. STAFF, CONTAMINATION DEPOSITION TO WATER & UNKNOWN DETERMINE FISH SOURCE PRIORITY POLLUTANT ANALYSIS
REDUCED WATER LAKE USER� VT DEC LAKES CLARITY DIJE TO EUTROPHICATION ANO PONDS IJNIT ALGAE ANO STIJOY DONE; SILTATION tllJTRIENT BUDGET STUDY tiEEO ED
VT04·02L O 1 AD SOIJTH LAKE SECTION PCS SAMPLE FISH WATER QUALITY, FUNDHJG OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN CONTAMINATION FLESH; SAMPLE AIR POLLUTION NEEDED OF LAKE TROUT i SEDIMEIH I FDR SOURCE OF ATMOS. PERSONtl EL, COIHAHINATION DEPOSITION TO 't!ATER MID UNKNOWN DETERNIIIE FISH SOURCE PRIORITY POLLUTANT ANALYSIS
VT04·04LO 1 RU PERCH POND (BENSON) EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREEIING MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHOREL IllE ANO HANO PIJLLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION I INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, NUISANCE NOii· FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WHO HlFESTATIONS AtlD PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS 109
Reg, Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current IO Com. River Segment/Late Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ------· ·-·------·-----··---·------�------•m••••• •�•
VTOS-01l01 FG MISSISQUOI SAY OF PCB SAMPLE FISH WATER QUALITY, F IJNDING LAKE CHAMPLAIN CONTAMINATION Fl ESH, AIR POLLUTION NEEDED OF LAKE TROUT; SEDIMEUTS, DIVISIONS FOR SOIJRC E OF ATMOS. STAFF, CONT AM INATI NI DEPOSITION TO WATER ANO UtmJO'tlN DETERMINE FISH SOURCE PRIORITY POLLUTANT ANALYSIS
VT05·01L02 FG CUTLER POND EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE AND HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, ItiSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NIJISAtlCE NON- FOR NEW PREVEtlT SPREAD SUMMER UKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT05·03L01 FG MUD CREEK POND EXCESSIVE ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL rlUISANCE WEED SHDRELHIE AND HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS GROWTH INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM ! FOR m1 PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES HIFESTA TIONS AND PONDS CREW SURVEYS
VTOS-04LO 1 FG NORTHEAST ARM OF AGRICULTURAL EVA LUA TE LAKE CHAMPLAitl RUNOFF AND PRIORITY FARMS ALLEGEDLY FOR EDUCATION FAILED SEPTIC & TREATMENT; SY STEMS CONDUCT SEPTIC SYSTEM SURVEY
PCB SAMPLE FISH WATER QUALITY I FIJIIDING CONTAMIIIATION FLESH; SAMPLE AIR POLLUTION NEEDED OF LAKE TROUT; SEDIWH DIVISIONS FOR SOURCE Of ATMOS. PERSONNEL CONTAMINATION OEPOSITIOtl TO WATER ANO UNKNO'tltl DETERMINE FISH SOURCE PRIORITY POLLUTANT AtlALYSIS 110
Reg. Waterbody P 1 an. Threat or Assessment BHP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem tleeded Needed Funds Status ...... ---- ..- .. ------··------··--- ...... --·------·------......
VT05·04l02 FG ISLE LAMOTTE AREA m SAMPLE FISH WATER QIJAL!TY I FUNDING OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN CONT AMItlA TION FLESHi SAMPLE AIR POLLUTION NEEDED OF LAKE TROUT; SEDIMENT, DIVIS IONS FOR SOURCE OF ATMOS. PERSONNEL I CONTAMINATION DEPOSITIOII TO WATER AND UNKNOWN DETERMINE FISH SOIJRCE PRIORITY POLLUTANT ANALYSIS
F·OitH AtW INTEGRATE NONPOitH VERMOtH ANO SOURCES FROM NEW YORK NEW YORK STATE ASSESSWHS (NOT INCLUDED FOR ISLE IN ASSESSMENT) LAMOTTE AREA
VT05·07 FG MILL RIVER, 3.5 AGRICULTURAL ST. ALBAtlS BAY ANIMAL WASTE AND RCWP PROJECTi ONGOING; MILES IN UPPER RUNOFF ANO WATERSHED PLAN FIELD NUTRIENT ACP 16/20 REACHES STREAMBAtlK 1980 NAtlAGEMENT i FARMS EROSIOII VEGETATED RIPARIAN COIITRACTEO BUFFER STRIPS 100, CONTRACTS COMPLETE
RUGG BROOK, 4.0 AGRICULTURAL ST. ALBANS BAY ANIMAL WASTE, FIELO RCWP PRO,JECT ONGOitlG; NILES RUNOFFi WATERSHED PLAtl NUTRIENT, NILKHOUSE 16/20 THREATS FROM 1980 WASTE MANAGEMENT FARMS s EDIMEIHA TI ON I CONTRACTED TURBIDITY, 100\ OF PATHOGENS, COtlTRACTS tWTRIEIHS COMPLETE
VT05·07LO 1 FG ST. ALBANS BAY FISH FURTHER FISH SECTION OF LAKE CONSUMPTION FLESH SA�PLING CHAMPLAIN ADVISORY DUE llEEOEO TO PRESENCE OF PCB'S IN LAKE TROUT
VT05·07l02 FG ST. ALBAIIS-N EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL NILFOIL SHORH HIE AND HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SIJFFICIEIH TO PROGRAM, llllISAllCE IION· FOR NEW PREVEIIT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS 111
Reg. \iatHbody Plan. Threat or .�ssessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Prob 1 e111 tlEeded tle�ded Funds Status --...... - ...- ..... ------· ...... ------· ------·------· ------·------
VT05-07L03 FG ST. ALBAtlH EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL MILFOIL SHORELitlE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS HlFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFf STATIONS AtlO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT05-08L01 CH LONG PONO (MILTON) EURASIAtl ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL MILFOil SHORELINE AtlD HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS ItH ESTA TI ON, ItlSPECTIONS SUFFicmn TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE tlON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTOS·09 FG INDIAN BROOK FROM FAILED SEPTIC CONDUCT SEPTIC VT DEC WAHF: LAKE 7 MILES SYSTEMS SYSTEM SURVEY RESOURCES UPSTREAM TO BUTLERS INVESTIGATOR CORNERS-RT. 15
INDIAN BROOK FROM SEDIMENTATION NEEDS WATER LAKE UPSTREAM FOR 7 FROM LAND ASSESSMENT RESOURCES NILES TO BUTLERS DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATORS CORtlERS·RT. 15
CH INDIAN BROOK NEAR ESSEX LANDFILL INVESTIGATION CERCLA, WATER FIJN01NG ESSEX LANDFILL LEACHATE SEEPS OF WATER QUALITY DIV. NEEDED ENTERING QUALITY ANO FOR ItlOIAN BRGGK BIOTA FOR PERSONNEL POSSIBLE & IMPAIRMENT PRIORITY IIEEDEO POLLUTANT SAMPL ING OR TOXICITY TESTING
FG MALLETTS CREEK FOR AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED PLAN ACP; POSSIBLE scs 3.0 MILES RUNOFF COMPLETED BY Pl83·566 PL ANN ING 1989 APPROVED 1986
LANO NEEDS WATER DEVELOPMENT ASSESSMENT RESOURCES EROSI ON INVESTIGATORS 112
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP F'ro9ram/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed tleeded Funds Status -- ..-- ...... ------...... ---·------...... - ....- --...... ------
VT05·09l01 CH MAlLETTS BAY FISH FURTHER FISH SECTION OF LAKE CONSUMPTION FLESH SAMPLING CHAMPLAitl ADVISORY DIJE NEEDED TO PRESEtlCE OF PCB 1 5 HI LAKE TROUT
VT05·09L02 CH INDIAN BROOK EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL RESERVOIR (ESSEX) MILFOIL SH ORELHIE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION I rnsPECTIONS SUFFICirnT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES llATIVE WEED INFESTATIOIIS AHO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT05·09L03 CH COLCHESTER POH(i EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTON SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHOR ELItlE ANO HANO PULLIIIG IF WATCHERS IIIFE STATION, rnsPECTIOt1$ SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, tlUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SIJMMER LAKES tlATIVE WEED HIFESTATIONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTOS·fOLOf CH BURLINGTON BAY BURLHIGTOtl ANALYSIS OF WATER QUALITY DISCHARGE SEGMENT OF LAKE MAIN WWTF DISCHARGE FOR DIVISIOtl, 106 TO BE CHAMPLAIN RECEIVHIG PRIORITY FIJNOS SAMPL ED WASTE FROM POLLUTANTS & SUMMER 1 VARIOUS TOXICITY 88; SOURCES WITH TESTING NEEDED F IJNOING PRIORITY NE EDEO POLLUTS. FOR TOXICITY TESTrnG
CEIHRAL VT ASSESS EXTENT SITE RAILWAT OPTION OF INVESTIGAT PROP. MAY HAVE CONTAM!llATIOll·· ION DONE COIHAMINA TED POTENTIAL 1986 SEDIMENTS PROBLEM FOR FUTURE HARBOR DEVELOPMENT
PCB SAMPLE FISH WATE'R QIJALITY I F UNO ING CONT AMIIIATION FLESH; SAMPLE AIR POLLUTION tlEEDED OF LAKE TROUT; SEDIMENT, DIVISIONS FOR SOURCE OF ATMOS. PERSOIINH, COtHAMitlATION DEPOSITION TO WATER ANO UNKNOWN DETERMINE FISH SOURCE PRIORITY POL llJT AtH AtlALYSIS 113
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ------·--- ...... ------·----- ......
VT05-10L02 CH MAIN LAKE SEGMENT NUTRIENT & LAKE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN SEO IMENT srns ITIVITY LOAO HlG FROM ANALYSIS NEEDED 10 RAPID GROWTH TOWNS IN WATERSHED
PCB SAMPLE FISH WATER QUALITY I F IJNOING CONTAMINATION FLESH; SAMPLE AIR POLLUTION NEEDED OF LAKE TROUT; SEDIMENT I DIVISIONS FOR SOURCE OF ATMOS. PERSONNEL, CONTAMitlATIOll DEPOSITION TO WAHR ANO UNKtlOWII OETERMitlE FISH SOURCE PRICiRITY POLLUTANT ANALYSIS
VTOHI CH LAPLATTE RIVER 2.0 AGRICULTURAL SHELBURNE BAY AGRICULTURAL WASTE PL83-566 NEEDS MILES UPSTREAM FROM RUNOFF SMALL MANAGEMENT, WATERSHED ADDITIONAL HINESBURG VILLAGE WATERSHED CROPLAND EROSION PROJ. AF'PR. F IJND ItlG TO VILLAGE ASSESSMENT 1983 CONTROL, FIELD 9/12/79; 27/70 NUTRIENT MANAGEM. FARMS cotm., 26/27 CONTR. COMPLT.
SOIL EROSION ANO URBAN RUNOFF FROM LANO DEVELOPMENT
STREAMSANK SHELBURNE SAY RIP-RAP ANO PL83-566 ONE OF EROSION ANO SMALL REVE GETA TI Oil WATEP.SHED TWO CHANNELIZATION WATERSHED MEASURES PROJ. APPROVED MEASURES ASSESSMENT 1983 9/12/79 INSTAL LEO
VTOS-11L01 CH SHELBURNE SAY PCB SAMPLE FISH WATER QUALITY I FIJNOING SEGMHlT OF LAKE COtHAMltlATION FLESH; SAMPLE AIR POLLUTION ti EEOED CHAMPLAIN OF LAKE TROUT; SEDIMENT, DIVISIONS FOR SOURCE OF ATMOS. PERSONNEL, CONTAM INA TION DEPOSITION TD . WATER ANO UNKNOWN DETEFJINE FISH SOURCE PRIORITY POLLUTANT ANALYSIS 114
F:e9. Waterbody Pl an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ....- ...- ...... - Com. ------River Segmect/Lake ...... ------·------......
VT06·01 FG MISSISQUOI RIVER AGRICULTURAL PRELIMH IARV AGRICULTURAL WASTE ACP; Pl83-566 WATERSHED FROM SHELDON RUNOFF ASSESSMENT IN & NUTRIENT WATERSHED PLAN SF'RIHGS DAM TO 1987 MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROGRAM COMPLETED TYLER BRANCH EROS IOtl CONTROL APPROVED FOR BY 1988 PlAtHHNG 8/2/84
SIL VI CULTURAL SILVICULTURAL AMPs EOUCATIONA ACTIVITIES NOW BEING L IHPLEMEtlTED WORKSHOPS ONGOING
SOIL EROSION WATER FROM LANO RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT rnvESTIGATORS
STREAMBANK PRELIMIIIARY RIPRAP TO STABILIZE ACP ACP EROSI Oil ASSESSMEtlT Itl AND REVEGETATE ADMINISTER 1987 ED BY COUNTY
tlO VT06·03 FG KELLEY BROOK YOUNG LANDFILL ASSESS WATER SOLID WAm RECEIVED QUALITY AND DIV., WATER IN MEO IA TE HAZARDOUS STREAM BIOTA QUALITY DIV. SAM PL rnG WASTE; PLANS; EVIDENCE OF tlEEO SURFACE WATER FUNDS FOR CONTAMINATION PERSOIHIEL & PRIORITY POLLUTANT TESTS
VT06·05l02 FG FAIRFIELD SWAMP EURASIAN AtllllJAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL MILFOIL SHOREL ItlE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, IIISPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENTION OF SPREAD SUM�ER LAKES NATIVE WEED ItlFESTATIOtlS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT06-0SL03 FG FAIRFIELD PONO EURASIAtl AIHWAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, IIISPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES llATIVE WEED IIIFESTATIOIIS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS 115
Reg. Waterbody P 1 an. Threat or Assessment BHP Program/ Current ID Com. Riv€r Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ------·------·-·------· ------·------
VT06·06L01 FG KrnGS HILL SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOLIRCES MONITOWlG OEPOSITIOII PROGRAM
VT06·07 FG HOUT RIVER YOUtlG LANDFILL SITE CH Cl A, SOLID NO RECEIVED HISPECTION ANO WASTE DIV. & IMMED IA TE HAZARDOUS 6I05URVEY WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENT WASTE; NEEDED DIV. PL ANS; EVIOEtlCE OF NEED SURFACE WAER FIJNDS FOR CONTAMINATION STAFF & PRIORITY POLLUTANT TES TS
TROUT RIVER FROM AGRICULTURAL NEEDS ACP ACP MOUTH TO 3.5 MILES RUNOFF ASSESSMENT; ADMINISTER UPSTREAM NOT IN LOWER EC BY NISSISQUOI SCS COUNTY SMALL WATERSHED PLAII
REMOVAL OF NEEDS ACP ACP RIPARIAN ASSESSMEtH; AOWlISTER VEGETATION ANO NOT IN LOWER ED 8 Y BUFFER STRIPS MISSISQUOI SCS coutm ALONG WATERWAYS SMA Lt WATERSHED PLAN
VT06·08 NE UPPER NISS!SQUOI VT ASBESTOS BIOSURVEY OF PERMITS, FUNOitlG RIVER CO. HAS RECEIVItlG PROTECTION, & IIEEOED ELEVATED WATER NEEDED COMPLIANCE FOR LEVELS OF !ROii DIV.; WATER PERSONNEL DISCHARGE QUALITY DIV. AND F,:)R ANALYSIS OF BIOSURVEY
UPPER MISSISQUOI DE SILTitlG AT COrPLIAtlCf WITH DEC 1272 ORDER RIVER, � MILES HYORQ DAN AIIR Is OESIL TitlG BELOW BAKERS FALLS POLICY DAM
VT07-01L01 CH ROUND POND (MILTON) EURASIAII ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MIL FOIL IHSPECTIONS AND HANOPULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, FOR NEW SUFFICIEtH TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· INFESTATION� PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAHS NATIVE WEED ANO POtlDS CREW GP.OWTH SURVEYS 116
R·nt: � f Waterbody PI an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Curf'ent ID Funds Status Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed -- ...- ...... - - ...... ____ ... ------...... ------...... - PERM IE, ONGOHIG; VTOl-03 FG DEER BROOK ABOVE WHEY SLUDGE NEED£ FURTHER WHEY PLANT rs NOW ARROWHEAD NT. LAKE; SPREADING ON ASSE SSNEtlT OE-WATERING WHEY COMPLIANCE, EXPRESS LOWEST 1.5 HILES FIELDS rn REGARD ING SLUDGE BEFORE ANO PROTECTION FOODS HAS ABOVE MOUTH WINTER & WATER QUALITY SPREADrnG; NO OF VT DEC; SLIJOGE GENERAL WHEY IMPACTS, ESP. WINTER SPREADING PUBLIC MANAGEMENT DISPOSAL DRINKING WTR. F AC IL ITI E:. PLAN Itl PROBLEMS SUP EFFECT
VT07-03L02 FG HALFMOON POND EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL NILFOIL SHOP.ELltlE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, Ill SPECTI OHS SUfFICWH FOR PROGRAM, NUISAHCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENTION OF SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIOtlS AtlO POtWS CREW GROWTH SIJRVEYS
VT07-03L03 FG SILVER LAKE EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENIHG MILFOIL (GEORGIA) MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SIJFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, IWISAtlCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WHO IIIFESTATIONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTOH3LOI. LA ARROWHEAD MOUNTAIH EXCESSIVE LAKE NUISANCE WEED GROWTH
VT07-07 LA LAMOILLE RIVER FROM HARDWICK SEPARATE STORM PUBLIC HARDWICK HARDWICK LAKE TO WASTE WATEP. LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES WWTF LAKE LAMOILLE IN TREATMEIH L ItlES CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULED MORRISVILLE FACILITY: GRANTS FOR CSO COMBIHEO SEWER PROGRAM; STATE CORRECTION OVERFLOWS REVOLVING LOAN PRELIM. FUND PLANN ING FY 90; PLANNIHG FY91
SECTION 1272 WOLCOTT DAM: COMPLIANCEI WITH OE SIL TING AIIR S OESIL TING ORDER PROBLEMS POLICY OOWtlSTREAM
VT07·08L03 LA WOLCOTT SEIISITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC ID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM 117
Reg. Waterbod y Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID (0111. River Segment/lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status -----...... ----·------...... _.,.______------·---· ---·------
VTO 7-10 CH BROWNS RIVER BELOW AGRICULTURAL NEEDS REDUCE CROPLAND ACP; Pl83-566 PL83-566 ESSEX J UtlCTI ON RUtlOFF I Loss ASSESSMEIH i EROSION, PLANT AUTHORIZED FOR SCHEDULED OF RIPARIAN WATERSHED PLAN VEGETA TED PLAtlNltlG i986 FOR 1989; VfGETATION, COMPLETE 1989 SUFFERSTRIPS ALONG ACP LACK Of RIVER ADMINISTER STREAMSAIIK ED BY BIJFFERSTRlP COUNTY
VTOH2 LA SEYMOUR RIVER FROM AGRICULTURAL NEEDS FURTHER NUTRIENT ANO ACP; PL83-566 PL83-566 MOUTH TO HEADWATERS RUNOFF ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL WASTE AUTHORIZED FOR SCHEDULED WATERSHED PLAN MANAGEMENT: SOIL PLANNING 1986 FOR 1989; COMPLETE 1989 EROSIOtl CONTROL ACP ADMINISTER ED 8 Y COUNTY
CONSTRUCTION WATER QUALITY EROSION FROM INVESTIGATORS; LANO TOWN EROSION DEVELOPMENT CONTROL REGIJLATIONS NEEDED
VT07-13 LA BREWSTER RIVER FROM STRAIGHT PIPES .6.SSESSMENT DONE BUILD SEWAGE CONSiRIJCTION PROJECT SKI AREA TO MOUTH ANO FAILED TREATMENT PLANT GRANTS PROGRAM IS Otl VT LEACHFIELOS PRO,IECT FROM RESIOEtlCE PRIORITY 1 MILE FROM LIST FOR MOUTH TO �OUTH 1988
THREATS: WATER C OilST RUCTION RESOURCES EROSION, IIIVESTIGATORS: INCREASED PEAK TOWN NEEDS STORM WATER EROSION DISCHARGE FROM CONTROL SKI AREA STAtlOAROS
VTOH3L01 LA BEAR PONO SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MON !TORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VTOHSLO 1 LA BIG MUDDY SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM 118
Reg. Waterbody PI an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status Com...... -- ..... ··------...------·---- ...... ---·-·------...... ------
VTOH Sl02 LA GUT SEIISITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOllRCE S MONITORHIG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT07-1SLOS LA SOUTH (EDEN) SEIISITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC IO AC IOIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES �,ONIT ORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT07·18L01 LA SC HOF mo SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC ID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STAIE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOIIITORillG OEPOSITIOtl PROGRAM
VT07-20L01 CV SLAYTON (WOODBURY) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIOIIS VT ACID AC IO IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtHTORING OEPOSITIOtl PROGRAM
VT07-21L01 CV EAST LONG POIIO EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREEIIIIIG MILFOIL MILFOIL SHOREL ItlE AIIO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS ItlFESTATIOtl, HlSPECTIOIIS SUFFICIEIH TO PROGRAM, tlUISANCE NON- FOR NE'rl PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES tlATIVE WfEO rnFESTATIOtlS AIIO POtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT07-21L02 CV NICHOLS POtlv EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENIIIG MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELillE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, ItlSPECTIOtlS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAN, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED ItlFESTATIONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SIJRVEYS
VT07·22 NE HEADWATERS OF AGRICULTURAL I/EEDS ACP ACP LAMOILLE RIVER RUNOFF ASSESSMENT ADMINISTER ABOVE GREENSBORO TH REATEIIS ED BY BROOK BREEDING AREA COUNTY FOR AQUATIC ORGANISMS 119
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Progra111/ Current ID Com. River Segment/lake Problem Needed Nee dee Funds Status ------·------...... � ...------__ ,, ______.,. ___ ------·--·------
VTOS-00 CV HUD POND (WOODBURY EU RAS I Atl ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL SE) MILFOIL ltJSPECTIONS AND HAIIOPULLING IF WATCHERS HI FESTATION I FCiR NEW SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NIJISANCE NOtl- INFESTATIOtlS PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT08-02 CH INTERVALE WETLAND BURLINGTOtl COtlTINIJE SOLID WASTE CHEMICAL LANDFILL: ASSESSMENT OF DIV,,WATER MONITORING SURFACE WATER LEACHATE QUALITY O IV. BY CONTAMINATIOtl COLLECTIOtl BIJRLitlGTON FROM LAtlOFILL SYSTEM; NHO PWOj LEACHA TE CHEMICAL & BENTHOS BENTHIC SAMP. SAMPLING TO BE DONE FALL 1988
UNNAMED TRIBUTARY CHAMPLAHI EXTENT OF SOLID WASTE FISH OF SUNDERLAND BROOK CABLE: COtlTAM. COtlTAMINATION DIV., WATER SIJRVEY OF GROUND & AIID EFFECT 011 QUALITY DIV. CONDUCTED SURFACE WATER AQUATIC BIOTA SUMMER BY PAST WASTE NEEDS '88; SITE D IJN PING ASSESSMENT CLEANUP TO OCCUR IN NEAR FUTURE
RATHE BROS. NEED TO CERCLA, SOLID FUNDING LAtlOFILL: FURTHER ASSESS WASTE, WATER NEEDED ALLEGED SURFACE WAHR QUALITV O IV. FOR WATER DISPOSAL OF AIID POSSIBLE ANALYSIS; HAZ. WASTE, IMPACT Otl FISH GROUND & AQUATIC BIOTA SURVEY SUP.FACE WTR. SUMMER CONT 1988
VT08-02l01 CH SHELBURNE PONO EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS
INFESTATION I INSPECTIONS SIJFFICIENT TO PROGRAM NUISANCE NOtl- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIQ.N� ANO POtlOS CHW GROWTH SURVEYS 120
R·c·�'· Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ....______------·------·-·--·------�------.. -.. -...... - ..-
VT08·04 CH JOINER BROOK FROM SKI AREA NEEDS WATER HEADWATERS TO MOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN ASSESSMENT FOP. RESOURCES UPLANOj SENSITIVITY TO HlVESTIGA TORS THREATS ARE ALTERATION; SOIL EROSION DEVILS POTHOLE ANO FAILED IS SWIMMING £EPTIC SYST. AREA
VT08·04LO 1 CH RICHMOND PONO EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHOREL HIE AND HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, IllSPEC TI ONS SUFFICIEIH TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
SEtlSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FRON OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
WWTF VT08·05 CV WINOOSKI RIVER MONTPELIER SEPARATE STORM PUBLIC BELOW MONTPELIER WWTF PASSES LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES SCHEDULED WASTEWATER COMBItlED SEWER LINES CONSTRUCTION FOR TREATMENT FACILITY OVERFLOWS GRANTS PRE LIM. PROGRAM i STA TE PLANNING REVOLVING LOAN FOR CSO FUND CORRECTION FY88; PLANNING FY90
VT08·08 CV GREAT BROOK FROM STREAMBANK NEEDS ACP ACP HEADWATERS TO 2 EROS !011 OUE TO ASSESSMENT ADMIIIISTER MILES ABOVE MOUTH 1973 ANO 1984 ED BY FLOODS COUNTY
VT08·08l01 NE PIGEON POtlO EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, HISPE CTION S SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED HIFESTATIOIIS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS I· �;: SEtlS!TIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID :.i ACIO IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOIIITORING i DEPOSITION PROGRAM 121
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Laf.e Problrn Needed Needed funds Status ------� ...... ••o•••••••••• •• ----·------
VT08·08L03 CV SODOM PONO EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INS F'EC TI ONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED IIIFES TA TI ONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
Vi08·09L01 CV COITS PONO EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFDIL MIL FOIL SHORELillE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS IllFESTATI ON, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SIJMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED HlFESTATIONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT08-09L02 CV WEST HILL POND EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL NILFOIL SHORELHIE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIOtlS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISAIICE NOii- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMNER LAKES ti A TIVE WEED INFESTATIOIIS AtlD PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT08-09L03 llE PEACHAM POIIO EURASIAN AtltlUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATC HERS INFESTATION, ItlSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, tWISAIICE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED ItlFESTATIONS AIID PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID AC IO IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE P RECIP IT A TIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT08·09LOS CY MOLLY'S FALLS EllP.ASIAtl ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL RESERVOIR MIL FOIL SHOREL ItlE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISAIICE NOii- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMNER LAKES NATIVE WEED rnFESTATIOllS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
t:.� v' 122 Reg. Waterbodv P 1 an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Needed Needed Funds Status ...... Com. River Segment/Lake ...... Problem ...... - ...... -- ...... · ...... -...... -- - --.. ------
VT08-10 CH HUNTINGTON RIVER AGRICIJLTIJRAL WATERSHED PLAN NUTRIENT AtlD ACf'i PL83·566 566 FROM HEADWATERS TO RUNOFF 1985; RE- AGRICULTURAL WASTE PRO,JECT PROJECT MOUTH ASSESSMENT 1989 MANAGEMENT; SOIL AUTHORIZED EROSION CONTROL FOR CONSTRUC TION; VERY LOW PARTICIPA TION
HUNTINGTON RIVER, CONSTRUCTION SEPTIC SYSTEM VEGETATED SUFFER VT DEC WATER MORE HEADWATERS TO MOUTH EROSIOtl FROM SURVEY NEEDED; STRIPS ALONG RIVER RESOURCE WATER HIGH SIGNIFICANCE LAtlO INITIAL SURVEY tlEEDED INVESTIGATORS RESOURCE FOR RECREATION DEVELOPMENT; 1970s rnvESTIGAT THREAT OF ORS � NEEDED; FAILING SEPTIC TOWN SYSTEMS EROS I ON CONTROL STANDARDS NEEDED
VT08-10L01 CH GILLETT POND EURASIAN t.tWUAL BOTTOM SCREEtlING NILFOIL NILFOIL SHOREL ItlE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFEs TAT l ON I INSPE CT I OtlS SUFFICIENT T0 PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON- FOR tlEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WHO INFESTATIONS AtlO POtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT08-11L01 LA MANSFIELD SEllSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACJO ACIO IC FRON OUT-OF-STATE PREC IPIT ATIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtlITORitlG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT08· 12L01 LA STERLING SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACIO ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtllTORJNG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT08-13LO 1 LA HARO WOOD SEIISITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSrHERIC SOURCES MOIIITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT08· 13l02 LA LITTLE SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC ID ACIDIC FROM OUT·OF-STATE PRECIPITATIOH ATMOS�HERIC SOURCES MOtHTORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM 123
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Azsessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ..,,, ___ ..,____ ------...... ·------·---·- --q�------·------·------··-----
VT08-13L03 LA RUSS SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOUP.CES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT08-13L04 CV WORCESTER-L POND EURASIAN AfHWAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS ltlFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE tlON- FOP. NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED HIFESTATIONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
SENSITIVE TO S�MPLEO WITHitl REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACIO ACIDIC LAST 5 YEARS FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHEP.IC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGP.AM
VT08-13L05 CV WRIGHTSVILLE EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL RESERVOIR MIL FOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF i/ATCHERS INFESTATION, rnmcTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NA JIVE WEED INFESTATIONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT08-14l O1 CV GREHIWQOD LAKE EURASIAtl ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, rnS PECT IONS SUH rcmn TO PROGRAM, NIJISANCE NOtl- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT08-14L02 CV BLISS PONO EUP.ASIAtl AtltlUAL BOTTOM SCREENING HILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, IHSPECTiotlS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, tlUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIOtlS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTOS· 1H03 CV VALLEY LAKE EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCP.WHIIG MIL FOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, HISPECTIOIIS SUFFICIENT TD PROGRAM, ilUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIOtlS MID POtlOS CRE'II GROWTH SURVEYS 124
Reg. Water body Pl an. Threat or Assess111ent BMP Progra111/ Current IO Com. River Segment/Lake Problem lleeded Needed Funds �tatus ...... ______-·------...... --·------·----- ...... -...... - ...... - ...- --·------
VT08· 14L04 CV CRANBERRY MEADOW EURASIAN ANIWAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL POND NILFOIL SHORELINE AND HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS rnFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE wm INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT08· 14l05 CV SABHl POND EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTON SCREENING MILFOil MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVEIH SPREAD SUMNER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO POtWS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT08· 14L06 CV CURTIS POtlO EURASIAtl ANNUAL BOTTOM SCRE�NING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS ItlFESTATIOtl, HISPECTIONS SUFFICiftlT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NOtl· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED IIIFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT08-1H07 CV LAKE MIRROR EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE AND HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS lllFESTATION, ItlSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, lllJISAllC E NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED rnFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SIJRVEYS
VT08· 14L08 CV FOREST LAKE (CALAIS) EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFF IC IEtlT TO PROGRAM, NUISAllCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO f·OtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT08· 1H 11 CV BUCK LAKE EURASIAN ANNUAL SOTTOH SCREENING MIL FOIL NILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION I IHSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WW.t INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS ·: 125
Reg. Waterbody P 1 an. Threat or Assessment SMP Program/ Current IG Com River Segment/Lakt Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ...... -- ....- ... ------�--- ...... -- ...... ------·------·-----··--- -··------··-
VTOS-15 CV JAIL BRANCH WASHHIGTON SURFACE WATER SOLID WASTE NO PLANS LANDFILL: & AQUATIC DIV. I WATER FOR EVIDEtlCE OF BIOTA NEED �tlALITY DIV. SAMPLING; SURFACE WATER ASSESSMENT FIJNDING CONT AMINA TIDN NEEDED FROM LEACHATE FOR PERSONNEL ANO ANALYSIS
VT08·15LOI CV THURMON 'ti. DIX EURASIAN AIHIUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL RESERVOIR MILFOIL SHORELINE AND HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, IllSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SIJMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTOB-16 CV STEVENS BRANCH FROM BAHE cm SHARATE STOf:M PUBLIC WWTF BARRE CITY LIMITS WASTEWATER LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES SCHEDIJLED TO MOUTH, 5.8 MILES FACILITY LINES CONSHllCTION FOR PASSES GRMHS Pl ANNING COMB iNED SEWER PROGRAM; STATE FOR OVERFLOWS REVOLVItlG LOAN CORRECTION FUND OF CSO PROBLEM FY 91
FAR't!ELL ST. SITE CERCLA, WATER SITE DUMP ALLEGEDLY HISPECTION QUALITY O IV. INSPECTION REC. HAZARDOUS NEEDED BY tHJS WASTE; SUMMER LEtCHATE 1968 ENTERHIG SUHACf WATER
STEVENS BRANCH, BARRE COAL TAR ASSESS RECOVERY WELLS, PETROLEUM SITES RmDIATIO FRON BARRE cm SITE RECEIVED EFFECTIVENESS BIO. TREATMENT N SYSHM LIMITS TO MOUTH, COAL TAR FRON Of TREATMHIT PLANT UllOER TO BEGIN 5.8 HILES FORMER COAL SYSTEM; CONSTRUCTIONi EST, Fm GASIFICATION CONTillUE COMPLETION 1991 1988; SYSTEM SAMPLING CAMBRIDGE SURFACE WATER ANALYTICAL & SEO. MAtlAGrnG PRO.JECT
VTOB-17. CV OOG RIVER FROM SOIL EROSIOtl llEEOS FURTHER VT DEC WATER ROXBURY TO MOUTH; FROM LAND ASSESSMENT RESOURCES HIGH FISHERIES DEVELOPMENT INVESTIGATORS SIGNIFICANCE 126
P.e·�. Waterbcdy Plan. Threat or Assessment BNP Program/ ·:urrent ' ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ...... - ...... - .. - c, ...... -.. ------·------...... -.. ------
VT08-17L01 CV BEAVER POtW SEIISITIVf TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIO IC FRON OUT-OF-STATf PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOIJRCfS MOtlITOWlG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
I VT08-17L02 OT BAKER PONO EIJRASIAN AtHIIJAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL (BROOKFIELD) MIL FOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS ItlFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NOtl- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS AtlD POtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTOS-18 CV MAO RIVER FROM FAILING SHTIC RIVERWATCH CONDUCT SEPTIC VT DEC WATER DtHOrnG NOUTH TO STETSON SYSTEMS AIID DATA HAS SHOWN SYSTEM SURVEY AND RESOURCES SAMPLING BROOK OTHER UNKNOWN HIGH FECAL CORRECT PROBLEMS; INVESTIGATORS; SOURCES OF COLIFORM CHECK FOR AG, RIVER WATCH PA THOGEtlS COUNTS, ESP. SOURCES DOWtlSTRN. OF VILLAGES
LOSS OF DETERMINE WATER QUALITY, RIPARIAN AREAS THAT AOT, MW TOWtJ VEGETA TIOtl, tlEED ROAD PARTICULARLY REVEGETATION COMMlSSIOllERS ALONG ROUTE 100 :?
SLUDGE INTERIM CONFORMANCE TO THE VT PUBLIC PENO ING SPREADING ON CERTIF. TO VT DEC FACILITIES; ADOPTION FIELDS; OFTEtl SUGARBUSH FOR HPTAGE/SLUDGE PERMITS & ( 10/88) POORLY TINED, DISPOSAL OF DISPOSAL GUIDELINES COMPLIANCE OF SPREAD Itl SLIJDGE (BEING DEVELOPED) SEPTAGE/ WitlTER; NOT SL LIDGE PLOWED HI RULES & PERMIT PROCES�·
VT09-01 OT WHITE RIVER FROM FAILED SEPTIC SHARON ItlSTAll HOLD ItlG VT OEC WATER SHARON MOUTH TO CONFLUENCE SYSTEMS SURVEYED; TANKS RESOURCES SURVEYED; WITH FIRST BRANCH COtlOUCT SEPTIC INVESTIGATORS "' SYSTEM SURVEY ROYAL TOtl SUP.VEYED; PAST IO, ED --· PROBLEM fit CORRE CTEO 127
Rtg. / Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BiiP :Tog ram Current IO Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ___ ,...... -�------_ .,______..,_____ ..,_____ ------...... ------
VT09·01 OT WHITE RIVER FRO� SOIL EROSION /IEEDS WA TEP. RESOURCE MOUTH TO CONFLUENCE FROM ASSESSMENT INVESTIGATORS; WITH FIRST BRANCH COtlSTRUCTION NEED TOWN SITES EROSION CONTROL STANDARDS
SOIL EROSIOtl STREA�BAtlK RIP-RAF', ACP; SOME RC & ACP FROM CROPLAND EROSION REVEG£T A TIO/I D ADMINISTER ANO STREAMBANK HIVEtlTORY ED BY EROS IO ti 1985; CROPLAND COUNTY SOIL EROSION NEEDS ASSESSMENT
VTOS-04 OT FIRST BRANCH OF AGRICIJLTURAL moo ING AREAS ACP; SOME RC & ACP WHITE RIVER FROH SOIL EROSION, SHOULD BE D ADMltHSTER CHELSEA TO MOUTH STREAMSANK DESIGNATED FOR ED BY EROSIOH, LOSS TREATMENT; COUNTY OF RIPARIAN NEEDS VEGETATIOtl ASSESSMEtlT
SOIL EROSION TOWNS NEED MORE FROM SOIL HOSIOtl WATER CONSTRUCTION COtlTRDl RE501JRCES SITES STAND ARD£ .; ItlVESTIGAT WATER ORS NEEDED RESOURCES IIIVESTIGATORS
VT09·05L01 CV ROOD POtiD EURASIAU ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREEtlitlG MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE AtlD HAtlO PULLitlG IF WATCHERS !tiFESTA TIOtl I HISPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NIJISAtlCE 11011· FOR NEW PREVEIIT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED ItlFESTATIOtlS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT09-05L02 OT LAMSON POtlO EURASIAN ANtllJAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOil MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS IIH ESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TD PROGRAM, NIJISAtlCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMNER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIOtlS AtlD POtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS 128
Reg. Waterbodi Plan. Threat or Assessment eMP Pro9ram/ Current IV Com. River Seg�ent/Lake f·rob l em Needed Needed Funds Status ...... - ...... - ----�------..------...... -- ...... - ..- ....
VT09-0SL03 OT SUNSET LAKE EURASIAN AIHlUAL BOTTON SCREENING MIL FOIL (BROOKFIELD) MILFOIL SHORHltlE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS ItlfESTA TIO!l, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIEIIT TO f'ROGRAH, tlUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED ItiFESTATIONS ANO POtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT09-0SL04 OT NORTH PONO EIJRASIAN AIHIUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL (BROOKF mo) MILFOIL SHOREL !NE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS rnFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMNER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO POtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT09·07 OT WHITE RIVER FROM AGRICIJLTURAL NEEDS ACP ACP ALBEC BROOK RUNOFF ASSESSMEtlf AONIIJISTER CONFLUENCE TO WEST ED BY BRANCH CONFLUENCE COUNTY
SOIL EROSION AMPs ARE AVAILABLE WORKSHOPS FROM LOGGIIIG FOR tlPS COtlTROL SUMMER SITES 1988 ON SIL VI CULTURAL AMPs; AMP EVALUATION UPCOMING
STREAHBANK NEEDS FURTHER REVEGETATE BANKS, ACP; SOME RC & ACF' EROSION ASSESSMENT TO RIPRAP WHERE 0 ADMIUISTER rnrnm v NECESSARY ED BY TROUBLE SPOTS COUNTY
VT09-07LO I AD SKYLIGHT POtlO SEIISITIVf TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID AC IO IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtHTORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT09-07L02 RIJ NORTH (CHITTENDEN) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtlITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM .•. ,•,,:-
VTtO·OO S'tl MECAWH SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FRON OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITOR ING DEPOSITION PROGRAM 129
f:eg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake rroblem Needed Needed funds Status ------·-··------· ------
VT10-01 OT OTTAQUECHEE RIVER: FAILED SEPTIC CONDUCT SEPTIC VT OEC WATER ON-GOING N. HARTLAND DAM TO SYSTEMS SYSTEM SURVEY; RESOURCE RIVER �.5 MI. BELOW OTTAUQ. INVESTIGATORS; WATCH TAFTSVILLE DAM SURVEYED MID- RIVER WATCH SAMPLING; LATE 1970s PA�. T PROBLEMS CiJRRECTED
SOIL EROSION: MORE WATER RESOURCE tlATURAl ANO AS ASSESSMENT ItlVESTIGATORS RUNOFF FROM NEEDED CONSTRUCTION SITES
VT!0-02L01 OT NORTH HARTLAND EURASIAN AtHIUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL RESERVOIR MILFOIL LAKES HORE AND HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON- FOR NOi PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT10·06L01 RU PI CO POIID SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACID IC FRO� OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATI01' ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM mo-os OT BROAD BROOK BRIDGEWATER SURFACE WATER SOLID WASTE IIO PLANS
LAIWF ILL: AND AQUA TIC OIV. 1 WATER FOR EVIDENCE OF BIOTA NEED TO QUALITY DIV. SAMPLING; SURFACE WATER BE SAMPLED FOR NEED COIIT. FROM PO.SSIBLE FUNDS FOR LANDFILL IMPACTS STAFF, LEACHATE PRIORITY POLL. & TOXICITY TESTING
VT10-08LOI SW SOUTH NECAWEE SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT1D-10LO I OT LAKOTA LAKE SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FRON OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRA� 130
Reg, Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BHP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem tleeded Needed Funds Status --··--·------·---- ...... - ...... --...... - ...... --..... ------·------...... --.... ------
SIJPERFUNO VTlD-11 SW BLACK RIVER, FROH OLD POSSIBLE CERCLAi WATER MOUTH TO 7,9 MILES SPR IIIGFmo IMPACTS ON QIJALITY OIV. NPL SITE; UPSHEAM LANOFILL: SURFACE WATER NEED COtHAMrnATEO ANO AQIJATIC FUNDS FOR GROUNOWATEf: BIOTA SHOUlC• STAFF, FRDM HAZARDOUS BE DETERMINED BIO. WASTE ASSESS,i REMED IA- TIOtl PLANNED
SOIL EROSIOtl NEEDS FURTHER VT DEC WATER FRON ASSESSMENT RESOURCES CONSTRUCTION HIVESTIGA TORS; SITES ANO LANO TOWNS NEED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR EROSION CONTROLS
SPRINGFIELD SEPARATE STORM PUBLIC SPRINGFLO. WWTF PASSES LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES W\rlTF COMBINED SEWER LrnES CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULED OVERFLOWS GRANTS FOR PROGRAM i STA TE PP.ELIM. REVOLVING LOAN PLANNitlG FIJNO FY88; PLANNING FY89
VT10-12 OT SEAVERS BROOK OLD POSSIBLE CERCLA, WATER SUPERFIJtW- SPRINGFIELD IMPACTS ON QIJALITV DIV. NPL SITE; LAIIOFILL: SURFACE WATER NEED GROUNDWATER ANO AQUA TIC FIJNOS FOR CONT AMINA TEO BIOTA SHOULD BIO. BY HAZARDOUS BE DETERMINED ASSES., WASTE STAFF, ANAL.; CLEANUP PLAIINED
SPENCER BROOK SPRINGF IELC, SURVEY NEEDED CERCLA, WATER SITE SANO PITS SITE TO ASSESS QUALITY DIV. INSPECTION LIKELY POSSIBLE COMPLETED; RECEIVED COAL IMPAIRMENT TO NEED TAR & OTHER AQUATIC BIOTA FUNDS FOR STAFF & � OIL : CONTAMINANTS ANALYSIS OF AQ, BIOTA 131
�: e ·� . Waterbod y P 1 an. Threat or Assessment SMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status __ ___ a_.., __ ------··------·------·------·-- �------·-----·----··- --.....------
VT10·13L02 SW NORTH SPRINGFIELD EURASIAN ANNllAl BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL RESERVOIR MILFOil SHORElHIE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE 11011· FOR NEW PREVEIIT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WHO ItlFESTATIONS AIIO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT 10 · 14 SW BLACK RIVER FROM 1 LUDLOW WWTF SEPARATE STORH PUBLIC LUDLOW MILE ABOVE TO 1 PASSES LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES WWTF rs MILE BELOW VILLAGE COMBrnED SEWER LINES COtlSTRUCTION RANKED rn OF LIJOLOW OVERFLOWS GRANTS BOTTOM PROGRAM; STATE HALF ON REVOLVING LOAN cso FUND CORRECTION PRIORITY LE,T
SOIL EROSION NEEDS FURTHER VT WATER FROM ASSESSMENT RESOURCES CONSTRUCTION INVESTIGATORS; SITES TOWNS tlEED STANOAROS FOR EROSION COtlTROLS
VT10·15L04 SW READHIG SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE P RECIP IT A TIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM mo-mos RU NINEVAH SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID AC IDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT10·16l01 SW KNAPP BROOK PONO ti EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS IIIFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT FOR PROGRAM, NUISAtlCE NOii- FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED IllFESTATiotlS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS L SEtlSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID 18 ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING r DEPOSITION PROGRAM 132
Reg. Waterbcdy P 1 an. Threat or Assessment BHP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status -....-� -- ...... ------_ ...... ------·------
VT10·16L02 SW KNAPP BROOK PONO t2 EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS ltlFESTATIOtl, INSPECTIONS SUFFICiftH FOR PROGRAM, IIUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT10-16W SW STOUGHTON POIIO EURASIAN AIHWAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION 1 INSPECTIONS SllFFICIENT m PROGRAM, NUISAIJCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENTION SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS AIIO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT 11 ·00 WI LITTLE ( WHI) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FRON OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOH·HERIC SOURCES MOtHTORitlG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
MOSES SEllSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIOIC FRON OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORHIG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT11-03 SW SOUTH BRANCH OF AGRICULTURAL ASSESSMENT AGRICULTURAL WASTE ACP ACP WILLIANS RIVER FROM RUNOFF 1 NEEDED AtlO NUTRIENT ADM HIISTER CONF. W/ MID. ESPCIALLY MANAGEMHH ED BY BRANCH UP 3 MILES MANURE STORAGE COUNTY IN F JELDS NATURAL ASSESS TO REVEGETA TE AHO ACP ACP STREAMBANK rnrnm Y RIPRAP WHERE ADMItlI STER EROSION TROUBLE SPOTS NECESSARY EO BY COUNTY
SOUTH BRANCH OF NATURAL ASSESS TO REVE GET ATE ANO ACP ACP WILLIAMS RIVER FROM STREANSANK IDEHTIFY RIPRAP WHERE ADMINISTER CONF. W/ANOOVER BR. EROSION TROUBLE SPOTS tlECESSARY ED BV TO 2 MI OOVNS. COUNTY
VT1 H3L02 WI ADAH SENSITIVE TO SAMPLED WITHrn REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC LAST 5 YEARS FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ,,, ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORIIIG :;: DEPOSITION PROGRAM 133
Re-3. w.�terbcdy Plan. Threat or Assessment BNP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ______.,.,._c, ------...... ------·------·------
VT11-07 WI WEST RIVER FROM ALLEGEDLY CONDUCT SEPTIC VT DEC WATER PAST MOUTH TO CONFLUENCE FAILED SEPTIC SYSTEM SURVEY; RESOURCES PROBLEMS OF GRASSY BROOK ( 12 SYSTEMS IIIITIAL SURVEY INVESTIGATORS CORRECTED MILES) 1970s
IMPOLINOMENT ASSESS FOR IN- DETERMINE BEST WAY OESIL TitlG STREAM IMPACTS TO OESILT DAMS OF PRESENT DESILTING METHODS
LOGGING- NEEDS AMPs AVAILABLE FOR WORKSHOPS RELATED SOIL ASSESSMENT NPS CONTROL ON AMP EROSION IMPLErnm ION S UHM ER 1988; AMP EVALUATION UP-COMING
RIVER HOW NEGOTIATE WITH FLUCTUATIONS U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO STABILIZE WATER LEVELS Itl RIVER
RUNOFF ANO ASSESS FOR IN- SEDIMENTATION STREAM IMPACTS FROM GRAVEL ROADS
SOIL EROSION NEEDS FIJRTHER VT WATER FROM ASSESSMENT RESOURCES CONSTRUCTION INVESTIGATORS; SITES TOWNS NEED STANDARDS FOR EROSION CONTROLS
STREAMBAllK HVEGETATE ANO ACP ACP EROSION RIPRAP WHERE ADMINISTER llECESSARY ED BY coutm 134i
Reg. Program/ Current Waterbcdy Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP IO Co111• River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ...... -...... - ...... - ...... ------...... ------
VT 11-08 WI BRUCE EROOK NEWFANE ASSESS SURFACE SOLID WASTE I SURF ACE LANDFILL: WATER ANO WATER QUALITY WATER EVIDENCE OF AQUATIC BIOTA DIV. SAMPLING SURFACE WATER FOR POSSIBLE SUMMER 1 CONTAMINATION INPAIRMENTS ss; tmo FRON SITE FIJNOS FOR STAFF & ANALYSIS OF AQ. BIOTA
VT 11-08LO 1 WI SUNSET . SEllSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT11-09 WI ROCK RIVER I NATURAL LOCATE TROUBLE REVEGETATE AIID ACP ACP HEADWATERS TO MOUTH STREAMBANK SPOTS RIPRAP WHERE AONHIISTEP. EROSION NECESSARY ED BY COUNTIES
SOIL EROSION ASSESS THE HI· FROM STREAM IMPACTS CONSTRUCTION SITES
THREAT OF COtWUCT SEPTIC VT DEC WATER PAST FAILED SEPTIC SYSTEM SURVEY; RESOURCES rornmm SYSTEMS INITIAL SURVEY INVESTIGATORS PROBLEMS EARLY 1970s CORRECTED
VT 11·10 WI WEST RIVER FROM FLOOD CONTROL ASSESS DETERMINE DESILTING US ARMY CORPS CONF. WITH GRASSY O�MS CREATE DOWNSTREAM METHODS THAT OF ENGINEERS BROOK TO WINHALL SILTATION & IMPACTS DIJE TO CREATES LEAST RIVER, 21 MILES TURBIDITY OESIL TIIIG EIIVIRONMENTAl DURING IMPACT DOWNSTREAM OE SILTHIG WORK
GRAVEL ROAD LOCATE PROBLEM VEGETATED BUFFER TOWN ROAD RUNOFF AREAS STRIPS, PROPERLY COMMISSIONERS, TIMED MAINTENANCE AOT, VT LOCAL WORK ROADS PROGRAM
VT WATER PAST ·�·· * SEPTIC SYSTEM CONDUCT SEPTIC i': FAILURES SYSTEM SURVEY i RESOURCES PROBLEMS i� INITIAL SURVEY HlVESTIGATORS CORRECTED EARLY 1970s 135
Reg. Waterbody P:an. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed tleeded Funds Status _.,._____ ,., __ --··------...... ------...... ------
VT 11-10 WI WEST RIVER FROM SOIL EROSION NEEDS CONF. WITH GRASSY FROM ASSESSMENT FOR BROOK TO WINHALL CONSTRUCTION IN-STREAM RIVER, 21 MILES SITES IMPACTS STREAMBANK LOCATE PROBLEM REVEGETATE ANO ACP ACP EROSION AREAS RIPP.AP WHERE ADMINISTER NECESSARY ED BY COUNTY
VT11-11L01 WI LILY (ATHENS) msITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOIHTORitlG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT11-12L01 WI COLE SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC IO ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PREC IP ITA TI ON ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT11 -13 WI COBB BROOK FOR 4.5 PROPOSED SKI ASSESS FOR COBB MILES BELOW SKI AREA AREA SEllSITIVITY OF BROOK IS EXPANSIOll: RECEIVING STRONG THREATS ARE WATER ANO CANO IDA TE SEDIMENTATION, POSSIBLE FOR INCREASED PEAK DOWNSTREAM OUTSTAtlO- FLOWS IMPACTS ItlG RESOURCE WATER OESIGNA- TION
VT11-13L01 WI BURBEE SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID AC IDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT1 H3l02 WI ADAN SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM vT11-a WI WARDSBORO BROOK, 7 SEPTIC SYSTEM CONDUCT SEPTIC VT WATER PAST MI. FRON WEST FAILUHS SYSTEM SURVEY; RESOURCES PROBLEN WARDSBORO TO NOUTH INITIAL SURVEY INVESTIGATORS COHECTED EARLY 1970s 136
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status ...--.. ---- ...------...... ------·------
' VT 11 • 14 WI WARDSBORO BROOK, J SOIL EROSION ASSESS FOR VT WATER NI. FROM WEST FROM PROBLEM AREAS RESOURCES WARDSBORO TO MOUTH CONSTRUCTION INVESTIGATORS i SITES TOWNS NEED STANDARDS FOR EROSION CONTROLS
STREAMBANK LOCATE PROBLEM REVEGETATE ANO ACP ACP EROS ION AREAS RIPRAP WHERE ADMINISTER NECESSARY ED BY COUNTY
VT 11 · 15 WI BALL MOUNTAIN GRAVEL ROAD ASSESS TO VEGETATED SUFFER TOWN ROAD BROOK, 8.4 MI. FRON RUNOFF LOCATE PROBLEM STRIPS; PROPER COMMISSIONERS; HEADWATERS TO N, AREAS TIMING OF AOT; VT LOCAL BRMICH BROOK MAINTENANCE WORK ROADS PROGRAM
STREANSANK ASSESS REVEGETATE ANO ACP ACP EROSION FEASIBILITY OF RIPRAP WHERE ADMINISTER STABILIZING F EAS !BLE ED BY BANK CUTS COUNTY
KIDDER BROOK, 2,5 THREATS OF ASSESS THE ACT 250 MILES FRON SEDINENTA TIOtl, srnsITIVITY REVIEW HEADWATERS TD NOUTH INCREASED PEAK AtlO CAPACITY IJNDERWAY FLOWS FROM OF RECEIVING PROPOSED DEtlSE WATERS FOR RESORT DEV. IMPACTS
NORTH BRANCH BROOK ItlCREASED PEAK ASSESS TO SEDIMENT BASINS, FROM STYLES eROOK FLOWS CAUSING DETERMINE VEGETATED BUFFER TO MOUTH £AIIK EROSION, REMEDIATION STRIPS, PERMAIIENT SEO INEIH A TION MEASURES EROSION CONTROL STRUCTllRfS
URBAII RUtlOFF ASSESS TO FROM DEVELOPED DETERMINE AREA IIICLUDIIIG SUITABLE IMPERVIOUS REMEDIATION SUH ACES MEASURES; ASSESS IMPACTS IN-STREAM
!'!· VT11-16l01 WI STRATTON PONO SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID �:� ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PREC IPITA Tiotl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtlITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM 137
Re,�. 'tlat�rbodv Plan. Thr�at or Assessment 8MP :,rogram/ Current IG Com. River Segment/Lake Probiem Needed Needed Funds Status ------·---· -·------·------·------.. ...----
VTI 1-16L02 WI GALE MEADOWS msmvE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACIO ACID IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VTI 1-17 'tlI UPPER WEST RIVER AGRICULTURAL NEEDS FURTHER ACP ACP FROM CONFLUENCE OF RUNOFF ASSESSMENT ADMINISTER WINHALL RIVER TO EO BV HEADWATERS coutm
SEPTIC SYSTEM CONDUCT SEPTIC VT WATER PAST FAILURES SYSTEM SURVEY; RESOURCES PROBLEM INITIAL SURVEY INVESTIGATORS CORRECTED EARLY 1970s
SOIL EROSION LOCATE TROUBLE REVEGETATE ANO scs SCS NEEDS FROM SPOTS RIPRAP WHERE INCREASED COflSTRUCTION NECESSARY F IJNDING
SITES ! LEVELS INCLUO ING FOR THIS UPLAND AREAS TYPE OF PROJECT
SOIL EROSION ASSESS THE IN- AHPs AVAILABLE FOR AMP FROM LOGGING STREAM IMPACTS tlPS CONTROL EVALUATION AREAS UP- COMING; WORKSHOPS ON AMP INPLEMHITA TION SUMMER 1988
VT11-18 'tlI UTLEY BROOK FROM LAIW ASSESS FOR MOUTH TO 3 MILES DEVELOPMENT . IMPACTS ON UPSTREAM PRESSURES; ATLANTIC THREATS ARE SALMON SOIL EROSION, HABITAT i BROOK LOSS OF IS IMP. IN RIPARIAN VE GET. RESTOP.ATIOII PROJ
VT11-18L01 BE HAPGOOD PONO SEIISITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES �OlllTOR!NG OEPOSrTION PROGRAM 138
Rq. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Late Problem Needed Needed Funds ..Status...... __ .,. ______------·-----· ...... ------...... - -
VTl1-18L03 WI LILY (LONDONDERRY) SHISITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC ID ACID re FRON OUT-OF·STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITOR rnG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT11·18L04 WI LOWELL SEtlSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIOIC FRON OUT·OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtHTORitlG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT12-01L01 WI HARRIMAN (WHIT) SEHSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID AC IOIC FROM OUT·OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT12-01L02 WI SAOAWAGA SEtlSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACIO ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT12-02L01 BE MUD (STAM) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACIO ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DE POSITI OtJ PROGRAM
VT I 2-02L02 WI HOWE PONO SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACIO AC IO IC FRON OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORHJG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT12-03L01 WI GROUT PONO SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID AC IOIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATIOH ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VTl2-03l03 WI SOMERSET SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FRON OUT-OF·STATE f'RECIPIT A TIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITIOtl PROGRAM ,: 139
Re9. Waterbcdy Plan. Threat or Assessment SMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed Needed Funds Status _..,..,_ .._____ -�------·------·---- ...... ---·------··- ---·----·-
VT12-0H01 BE ADAMS RESERVOIR EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL (WOOD) MIL FOIL SHORELINE AtiO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS HIFESTA TI ON I INSPECTIOtlS SUFFICIEtH TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE HON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIOtlS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVYES
VT12-0lil02 BE LOST (GLASTENBURY) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT12-0SL02 WI RAPONDA SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC IO ACID IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT12·06L01 WI DEER PARK-W SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING OUOSITION PROGRAM
VT12·07L01 WI SOUTH (MARLBOROUGH) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtHTORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT12·07L02 WI GATES SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC ID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT 12·07L03 WI JACKSOHVILL E SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT12·07L04 WI LAUREL SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORitlG DEPOSITION PROGRAM 140 Reg. Waterbody P 1 an. Threat or Assessment BMP Prograwi/ Current funds Status ID Com. River Segment/Lakt Problem tleeded lleeded ______.. _ ------·------______,. ______------
VT13·01 OT CONNECTICUT RIVER HARTFORD SHARA TE STORM PUBLIC WWTF FROM WILDER OAM TO WASTEWATER LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES SCHEDULED VILLAGE OF ASCUTNEY TREATMEtH LINES CONSTRUCTION FOR FACILITY GRANTS PR ELIM. PASSES PROGRAM; STATE PLAIHIIllG COMBitlEO SEWER REVOLVING LOAll FOR CSO OVERFLOWS FUND CORRECTION FY88; PL ANNING FY91
LANO FILL LEACHATE FROM SOURCE IN LEBANON, NH
LEBAllOH, NH WASTE WATER TREATMEtH FACILITY
PETROLEUM LEAKING FROM UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK
SANDPIT IN ASSESS TO VT STATE HARTLAIIO, S. OETE RM IllE GEOLOGIST OF PREVENTIVE TO FILE OTHIJQUECHEE MEASURES REPORT R. rs CLOSE TO BEFORE PIT IS LATE JULY BREAKHIG OPENED TO RIVER 88 THROUGH TO RIVER
VT13-02 SW CONNECTICUT RIVER A•3RICULTURAL ASSESS FOR ACP ACP FROM ASCUTNEY EROSION PRIORITY AREAS ADMHlISTEf; VILLAGE TO BELLOWS ED BY FALLS OAM COUilTY
S TREAMSANK ASSESS FOR REVEGETATE ANO ACP ACP EROSIOII PRIORITY AREAS RIPRAP WHERE ADMIN I STER NECESSARY ED BY COIJNTY
VT13-07l01 S'II LAKE RUIHIEMEDE EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL LAKESHORE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, IIISPECTIONS SUFFICIEIIT TO PROGR/,.14, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVEIIT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES IIATIVE WEED ItlFESTATIONS t.NO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS .. . . .,. '...... -· .. .,_ .. __ __ ...... _ ---�- . --_- ...... ,� .. «· �.,...... -·�':'--,.------:--� -�--��-... .. -�.'.---���-;�------....-.�-� 141
Reg. Waterbodv Plan. Hireat or Assessment BMP Program/ Current ID Com. River Segment/Lak� Problem Needed Needed Funds Status -·------·--·---·------·------·------
VT13· 10 WI CONNECTICUT RIVER ROCKINGHAM ASSESS FOR CERCLA, WATER SUPERFIJtlD· NEAR ROCKINGHAM SANITARY POSSIBLE QUALITY DIV. NPL SITE; LAtlDFILL LAIIDFill HAS IMPACT ON NEED COIHAMINATED SURFACE WATER FUNDS FOR GROUtlOWATER ANO AQUATIC STAFF & BIOTA ANALYSIS OF AQUATIC BIOTA
VT13·12 WI SACKETTS BROOK FOR ALLEGEDLY CONDUCT SEPTIC VT WATER 2 MILES ABOVE FAILED SEPTIC SYSTEM SURVEY RESOURCES PUTNEY WWTF SYSTEMS INVESTIGA TQRS
VT 13 · 1 Ii WI WHETSTOtlE BROOK NATURAL REVEGfTATE AtlD scs scs STREAMBANk RIPP.AP WHERE PRO,IECTS EROSIOII Hl A 1 FEASIBLE NEED MILE SEGMENT; ItlCF.HSEO CLAY SOILS F utrn ms LEVELS
VT1HH01 WI HIDOEH PONO SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC IO ACIDIC FROM OUT·OF·STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORIIIG DEPOSITIOII PROGRAM
VT lli-02 OT OMPOMPANOOSUC ACID MINE RECLAM AT I Otl RIVER, 1 MILE DRAINAGE STUDY NEEDED UPSTREAM FROM UNION VILLAGE INPOIJNOMENT
AGRICULTURAL ASSESSMENT ACP ACP RUIIOFF NEEDED ADMINISTER ED SY COUNTY
IMPOUtlDMENT ASSESSMEIH LEVEL NEEDED FLUCTUATIONS 142
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BNP Program/ Current IO Funds Status Com. River Segment/Lake Problem Needed...... Needed ...... - ..- ... - ...... -- ...... - -.. ------...... ------
VT\4·02 OT OMPOMPAIIOOSUC SOIL EROSION ASSESS FOR AMPS AVAILABLE FOR AHP RIVER, 1 NILE FROM LOGGHIG PROBLEM AREAS, tlPS CONTROL EVALIJA TIOtl UPSTREAM FROM UNION SITES IN-STREAM UP· VILLAGE IMPOUNOMENT IMPACTS COM ING; WORKSHOP ON AMP IMPLrm EMENH SUMMER 1988
: VT14·03 OT OMPOMPANOOSUC RIVER ACID MINE REVEGETATION IJS/ACOE FROM POST MILLS TO DRAINAGE ANO HYDROLOGY PLANtlrnG STIJDY CONFLUENCE W/WEST STUDY NEEDED UNOERWAYi BRANCH DRAFT 10/88 LOSS OF ASSESS TO REVEGETATE ACP j US ARMY LIMITED RIPARIAN LOCATE PROBLEM CORPS OF REVEGETA· VEGETATION AREAS ENGINEERS TIOtl EVALUATION
VT14·07 NE WELLS RIVER, 10 AGRICULTURAL NEEDS ACP ACP HILES FROM GROTON RUNOFF ASSESSMENT ADMINISTER TO WELLS RIVER ED BY COUNTY ::
SOIL EROSIOtl ASSESS FOR AMPs AVAILABLE FOR AMP FROM LOGGING PROBLEM AREAS tlPS CONTROL EVALUATION SITES ANO IN· 5 TP.EAN UP· IMPACTS COMING; WORKSHOPS ON AMP IMPLEMENT A TION SUMMER 1988
VT14-07L01 NE LEVI PONO SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FRON OUT-OF·STATE PRECIPITATIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING OEPOSITIOtl PROGRAM ... :vr 14 ·OSLO 1 NE KETTLE PONO EURASIAtl ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREEIIING MILFOIL :�:- MIL FOIL LAKESHORE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS ItlFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WE ED IIIFESTA TIOtlS AllO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS 143
f;eg, Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment EiiP Program/ Current ID tleeded --·----·-- Com. River Segment/Late Problem...... -·------Needed --·------·------·---Funds ·------·---·----Status ------
VT14·08L01 HE KETTLE POND srnsnm rn REDUCE EMISSIOllS VT AC ID ACIDIC FRO� OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT14-08L02 NE OSMOH POND EURA SAIN ANllUAL BOTTOM SCREENillG MILFGIL MILFOIL LAKESHORE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INF E ST ATI DN , HISPECTIDN�. SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMNER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS AND PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORitlG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT14·08LD3 NE LAKE GROTON EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL MILFOIL LAKESHORE AND HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS rnFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS AtlD PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS SENS ITlVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITIOtl PROGRAM
VT14·08L04 NE RICKER PONO E IJRASAIN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL MILFOIL LAKESHORE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, HISPECTIOtlS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED ItlFESTATIOtlS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT14·08LOS NE tHlYE S PONO EURASIAN ANNUAL B0TTOM SCREENING MILFOIL NILFOIL LAKESHORE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTION�. SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM ! NUISANCE NOil· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMNER LAKES NATIVE �EEO INFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS 144
Reg. Waterbody Plan. Threat or Assessment BMP Programi Current ID River Segment/Lake Funds Status Com. Problem Needed Needed ...... ------· ------·------·------
VT15·01 NE PASSUMPSIC RIVER - GRAVEL PITSi NEEDS FURTHER USE SETBACKS FRON NO --FROM MOUTH TO UIIREGULATED ASSESSMENT RIVER ANO SETTLING REMED IA· CONFLUENCE Of EAST BECAUSE POIIDS TION PLANNED & WEST BRANCHES PREDATE ACT 250; POSE SEDIMENTATION THREATS
VTIS-04 NE SLEEPERS RIVE_R FAIRBANKS· ASSESS IMPACT PETROLEIJM OIL BEIIIG MORSE FOUIIORY ON SURFACE SITES RECOVERED i SITE: OIL WATER & MANAGEMENT FOUNDRY Sf'ILLS, OTHER AQUATIC BIOTA; PROGRAM, CERCLA CLOSED; POSSIBLE SITE F!JNDS CGNTAMIIIAtHS IllSPECTION NEEDED NEEDED FOR STAFF & ANALYSES OF IMPACT
CERCLA, WATER NPL VT15·05 NE lltlNAMEO OllTLET PARKER REMEDIAL STREAM OF LILY POND LANDFIll ItlVESTIGATION, QUALITY O IV. CANO IDA TE; � IN L vtlDOH RECEIVED FEASIBIL ITV NEED HAZARDOUS STUDY; ASSESS FUNDS FOR WASTE IMPACTS ON STAFF, RESUL TING IN BIOTA, SURFACE BIOSIJRVEY, CGtH. GROUND & WTR, WATER SURFACE WTR SAM PL ING
Vi15·0SL03 NE LILY (LYll) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF·STATE PRECIPITATICN ATMOEPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
. VTIS-06 NE MILLERS RUN NATURAL IIEEDS REVEGETATE BANKS, ACP ACP STREAMBANK ASSESSMENT TO RIPRAP WHERE AOMINISTER EROSION IS LOCATE PROBLEM NECESSARY, ED ev SILTING IN AREAS VEGETATED BUFFERS, COUNTY STREAM BOTTOM i CATTLE EXCLUSIONS SOME PASTURE . EROSION
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VTlS·Ol NE WEST BRANCH OF THE DARLING HILL HMEDI AL CERCLA, WATER NPL PASSUMPSIC RIVER DIJNP RECEIVED HIVES TI GA TION, QUALITV OIV. CANDIDA TE; HAZARDOUS WASTE FEASIBILITY NEED STUDY; ASSESS FJJNOS FOR IMPACT Oil AQ. BIOL BIOTA, SUR. ASSESSMEIH WTR. ANO WATER ANALYSIS
VTIS-09 NE MOOSE RIVER COLT SITE CERCLA, WATER SITE INDUSTRIES INSPECTION QUALITY DEV. INSPECTION OHOSITED NEEDED; SAMPLE IN '89 i PROCESS WASTES SURFACE WTR. & NEED IN LAGOONS AQ. BIOTA FOR FUNDS FOR NEAR RIVER POSS ISLE STAFF, IMPAIRMENT BIOLOGICAl ANALYSIS & SAMPL ING
VT15·09LO 1 NE MUD (GP.AIIBY) msITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACID IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT15·09L02 NE .JOHNSON (KIRBY) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS Y1 ACID ACID IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MON !TOP.ING DEPOSITIOtl PROGRAM
VT15-0SL03 tlE COW MOUNTAIN SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITIOtl PROGRAM
VT16·07 NE CONNECTICUT RIVER BRADFORD WWTF VT OEC WATER MORE FROM CONFLUEtlCE OF SONETINES RESOIJRCES WATER WELLS RIVER TO EXCEEDS INVE STI GA TOP.S RESOURCES WILDER DAN COLIFORM rnvESTIGAT BACTERIA ORS STANDARDS IN NEEDED TO EFFLUENT MONITOR FOR �� COMPLI Aile E WITH PERMITS I r 146
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VTl6·07 NE CONNECTICUT RIVER STREAMBANK NE EOS REVEGETATE, P.IPRAP ACP FOR ACP FROM CONFLUENCE OF EROSION: ASSESSNEIIT TO WHERE NECESSARY, NATURAL EROSION AOMINETER WELLS RIVER re, NATURAL ANO LOCATE PROBLEM MODERATE FLOW ED BY WILDER DAN SOME rnoucEO AREAS FLUC TUA TIONS COUNTY BY HYDRO· RELATED FLOW FLUCTUATIONS
VT16·08L01 NE FOREST (AVERILL) mmTIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC IO ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT16 -11 NE NULHEGAN RIVER FROM EXTENSIVE ASSESS FOR AMPs AVAILABLE FOR FOREST ANO AMP NOUTH TO HEADWATERS LOGGHIG BY AREAS ti EEO ItlG NPS CONTROL PARKS; WATER EVALI.IATION AND TRIBUTARIES PAPER STABILIZATION; RESOURCES UP· COMPANIES; ASSESS FOR ItlVESTIGATORS COMIHG; SOME PROBLEM COMPLIANCE WORKSHOPS EROSION AREAS WITH AMPS ON AMP IMPL EMEtHA TION SUMNER 1988
VT16· I 1L01 tlE UNKIIOWN POIID SEtlSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID (AVERYS GORE) ACIDIC FRO� OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT16· 11L02 NE LEWIS SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATNOS�·HERIC SOURCES MONITORitlG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT16-11l03 NE McCONNELL SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FRON OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT16-11l04 NE tHLHEGMI SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ��:··* ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM ', 147
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VT1H2L01 tH tJGTCH SENSITIVE TG REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACID IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERE SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT16-12L02 ti E WEST MOIJNTAJN SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORHIG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT16-12L04 NE WHEELER (£RUNSWICK) SHISITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID AC ID IC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATkOSPHERIC SOURCES MOtlITORitlG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT16-12LOS NE TUTTLE (BRUNSWICK) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC IO ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATIOtl ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORHiG OEPOSITIOtl PROGRAM
VT16-13 IIE PAUL STREA� FROM THREATENED BY NEEDS AMPs AVAILABLE FOR FOREST ANO AMP HEADWATERS TO MOUTH EXTENSIVE ASSESSMENT TO NPS CONTROL PARKS; WATER EVALIJATION AT MAIDSTONE LAKE LOGGING IN DETECT PROBLEM RESOURCES UP- WATERSHED; AREAS INVESTIGATORS COMING; EROSION AND WORKSHOPS SEDIMENTATION Otl AMP THREATS IMPLEMENTA TION SUMMER 1988
VT16-13L01 NE SOUTH AMERICA POND SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT16-13L02 NE MAIDSTONE LAKE SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT AC ID ACIDIC FRON OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MON ITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT16-13L03 NE PAUL STREAM PONO SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PC•l1,�0 AW 148
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VT16·15L01 NE NEAL PONO msmvE ro REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT17·00 tiE MUD PONO {HORGAN - EIJRASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL W) MilFOil INSPECTIONS ANO HANDPULLING IF WATCHERS ItlFESTATIOtl, FOR NEW SUFFICIENT T0 PROGRAM, NUISANCE 11011- INFESTATIONS PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
WALKER PONO EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL (COVENTRY) NILFOIL INSPECTIONS AND HANDPULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, FOR NEW SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE HOii· ItlfESTATIONS PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED ANO POtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
, VT 17-01LO 1 NE LAKE MEMPHRE�AGOG 200 Acm ARE COtlTINUE� AS FOR CURRENTLY ANCF & EMCP ONGOitlG ( USA PORTIOII) TH REA TEtlED 8 Y EVALUATION OF INFESTED ACRES IN NORE FUNDING 1988 SPREAD OF ADDITIONAL LAKE MEMPHREMAGOG NEEDED TO EURASIAN NILFOIL EVALIJATE/IMPLEM NIL FOIL FP.ON COtlTROL OrTIONS ENT BEST INFESTED AREAS CONTROL METHODS
I VT17-02L01 NE BEAVER {HOLLAND) SEtlSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACIO ACIDIC FRON OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORIIIG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
,vrn-ono2 NE TURTLE SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ��·, ACIDIC FRON OUT·OF·STATE PRECIPITATIOtl ATNOSPHHIC SOURCES NOIHTORING OEPOSITIOH PROGRAM
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VT17-C2L02 tff ROUND (HOLLAtW) SEHSITIVf TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACIO ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING OE POSITION PROGRAM
VT17-02L04 NE HOLLAND srnSITIVf TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACIO ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORitlG DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT17-02LOS NE LINE (HOLLAND) SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITIOII PROGRAM
VT17-03L01 NE LITTLE AVERILL SENSITIVE TO REDIJCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT17-03L04 NE HALFWAY POND SEllSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACIDIC FROM OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM
VT17-04 HE CLYDE RIVER FROM RESIDEtlTIAL COMPLAINTS OF VT DEC WATER MOUTH TD CONFLUEHCE STRAIGHT PIPES ODOR, ALGAE ON RESOURCES WITH ECHO LAKE BETWEEN CLYDE ROCKS, INVESTIGATOR DRAINAGE STREAM PONO ANO SALEM BACTERIAL POND VIOLATIONS; NEEDS ASSESSMEIIT
UPSTREAM OF ASSESS FOR REVEGETATE BANKS, VT DEC MORE PEIISIONER It!STREAM REBUILD BANK IF PERMITS I WATER PONO IMPACTS NECESSARY COM PL IAllCE I & RESOURCES BULLDOZING OF PROTECTI ON: INVESTIGAT STREAMBANK, WATER ORS REMOVAL OF RESOURCES NEEDED TO RIPARIAN VEG. INVESTIGATORS INVEST! GATE POTENTIAL VIOLATIOtlS 150
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VT17·04l01 II E TOAD PONC (CHARLES,\ EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MIL FOIL SH OREL !NE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, tllJISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVE IIT SPRE AO SUMNER LAKES tlATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO POtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT17·04L02 NE PENSIOIIER PONO EURASIAtl ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS HIFESTATIDtl I INSPECTIONS SUFFICIEIH TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SIJNNER LAKES NATIVE WEED !tiffST ATI ONS AIIO POtlOS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT17·04L03 NE CHARLESTON PONO EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOil MILFOIL SHORELIIIE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION I INSPECTIONS SIJFFI CIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE tlOII· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED IIIFESTATIONS AtlD PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT 17-04L 04 IIE LAKE SALEM EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATIOll1 IIISPECTIONS SUFF ICIEtH TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR IIEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFEST A TIOtlS AIIO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT17-04LOS IIE LAKE DERBY EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATIOII, INSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM ! NUISANCE NON· FOR HEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS ANO POIWS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VTi7·04L06 NE CL YOE POtlO EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MIL FOIL NILFOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS ItlFESTATIOll I IIISPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM! ll!JI SANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMNER LAKES NATIVE WEED IIIFESTATIOIIS ANO PONDS CHW GROWTH SURVEYS "":.. ·:
VT17·05L01 NE SPECTACLE SENSITIVE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS VT ACID ACID re FRON OUT-OF-STATE PRECIPITATION ATMOSPHERIC SOURCES MONITORING DEPOSITION PROGRAM 151
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VT17-0SLOS ti f SEYMOUR LAKE EURASIAN AtltlUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHOREL HIE ANO HAND PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, Ill SPECTI ON S SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON· FOR NEW PREVftlT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS AND PONDS CP.E W GROWTH SURVEYS
VT11-05L06 NE ECHO LAKE (CHAP.LES.) EURASIAN MlNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL �IL FOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, rn SPECTI ON S SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMNER LAKES NATIVE WEED INFESTATIONS MW PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT17·06L01 NE LONG PONO (WEST) EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL NIL FOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, msPE CTI 011 £. SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NDII- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEEe ItlFESTHIONS MW PONDS CREW SROWTH SIJRVEYS
VT17-06L 02 NE LAKE WILLOUGHBY EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MIL FOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, rnsp ECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE tlON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES IIATIVE WEED HlFESTATIOtlS AtlO PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT17·08 ti E BARTON RIVER FROM BARTON SITE CERCLA, WATER SITE CONFLUEtlCE OF SANITARY INSPECTION QUALI TY DIV. INSPECTION WILLOUGHBY RIVER TO LANDFILL REC. NEEDED; ASSESS SCHEDULED HEADWATERS & TRIBS HAZ. WASTE; IMPACTS TO 198 9; EVIDENCE OF SIJRFACE WATER NEED SURFACE WAHR & AQUATIC BIOTA FUNDS FCR CONTAMitl. STAFF FOR 810. SAMPLING & ANALY.
BARTON SEPARATE STORM PUBLIC BARTON WASTEWATER LINES FROM SEWER FACILITIES WWTF CSO TREATMENT LINES CONSTRUCTION CORRECTION FACILITY GRANTS SCHEOIJLED PASSES fROGRAM i STA TE FOR COMBINED SEWER REVOLVING LOAN PRELIM, OVERFLOWS FUND PL ANN ING FY90; PLANNHIG FY91 -···------
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VT17-08L05 IIE MAV PONO EURASIAN ANNIJAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL HILFOIL SHORELINE ANO HAND PIJLLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION I ItlSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVENT SPREAD SUMMER LAKES NATIVE WEED ItlFESTATIONS ANO PONDS CREW GROWTH SIJRVEYS
VT17-08L07 NE BAKER PONO (BARTON) EURASIAN ANNUAL BOTTOM SCREENING MILFOIL MILFOIL SHORELINE AND HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS ItlFESTATIONI ItlSPECTIOtlS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NOtl· FOR NEW PREVEtlT SPREAD SUMNER LAKES NATIVE WEED ItlFEST ATIONS MID PONDS CREW GROWTH SURVEYS
VT17-0BL08 NE CRYSTAL LAKE EURASIAN AtltlUAL BOTTOM SCREEtlING MILFOIL (BARTON) MILFOIL SHOREL HIE ANO HANO PULLING IF WATCHERS INFESTATION, ItlSPECTIONS SUFFICIENT TO PROGRAM, NUISANCE NON- FOR NEW PREVEtlT SPREAD SIJNNER LAKES flA TIV.E WEED INF ESTATIOflS ANO PONDS CF:EW GROWTH SURVEYS
SITE VT17-09 NE BLACK RIVER FROM NADEAUS sm nm. CERCLA, VT NOUTH TO CONFLUENCE LAtlDFIll NEEDED; POSS, SOLID WASTED INSP. WITH LORDS CREEK RECEIVED COtlTAM. AND WATER SCHEDULED HAZARDOUS INCLUDE S QUALITY FOR 1988; WASTES GROUND & OIVISIOtlS FUNOrnG SURFACE WATER NEEDED & AQUATIC BIOTA FOR BIOL, SANPLING & ANAL. STAFF 153 v. Vermont Nonpoint Source Task Force Resolutions The identification of best management practices (BMPs) and control programs that will be used during the implementation of the state NPS Management Program was conducted by the Vermont Nonpoint Source Task Force. As an additional element of its mission, the Task Force also considered the technical adequacy of standards associated with BMPs and the adequacy of programs to achieve implementation of those BMPs. Task Force Resolutions concerning BMPs, implementation programs, and corrective actions to control significant NPS pollution in Vermont are presented below. Following a brief problem statement, BMPs and control programs that will be used to reduce pollutant loadings are discussed for each NPS considered significant in Vermont. Corrective actions are those needs or changes recognized by the Task Force as necessary to bring about more effective NPS control. 154
AGRICULTURE
Problem Statement The 1988 Vermont Nonpoint Source Assessment found that close to 900 river and stream miles are impacted by agricultural nonpoint source pollution with many other additional miles having threats to water quality. Highest levels of impairment were found within the Lake Champlain and Lake Memphremagog drainages. Agricultural nonpoint sources in Vermont are understood to originate from agricultural waste practices (i.e. barnyard and milkhouse waste runoff, animal manure), soil erosion from cropland and field nutrient practices. It has been estimated by the Vermont office of the Soil Conservation Service that approximately 1,957 farms of the 3,000 farms in Vermont with animals (or 65 percent) presently do not have water quality plans. By the year 1999, using existing programs and cost-share levels, approximately 907 farms will continue to lack plans aimed at reducing agricultural nonpoint source pollution. The application of agricultural land treatment measures has occurred across Vermont using a variety of programs. Application of measure� is based on design standards using present-day knowledge. Even with the development of conservation plans, changes to water quality may be incremental, imperceptible or require many years to appear. Best Management Practices (BMP) Technical standards and specifications for agricultural conservation practices have been developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Soil Conservation Service for approximately seventy (70) different soil and water treatment measures. Several of these measures have been incorporated into components which comprise fifteen (15) agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs). When implemented, these practices are meant to increase productivity, decrease nutrient and pesticide runoff, reduce soil erosion and sedimentation and prevent discharges. A draft list of Accepted Agricultural Practices (AAP) from the Vermont Department of Agriculture establishes a set of minimum farm management standards below which surface water quality would be severely impacted. Only six broad categories of agricultural management activities are listed. Many other categories are not listed. The guidelines associated with the draft AAPs are "less restrictive" than agricultural BMPs and do not require technical assistance from specialists .. 155
Implementation of agricultural BMPs has been comprehensively monitored and evaluated in two agricultural watersheds of Vermont for six and seven years--the st. Albans Bayl and the LaPlatte River2 drainages, respectively. Trend evaluations of several in-stream and lake water quality parameters indicate that distinct or significant improvements in stream water quality have only been observed for bacteria and turbidity although Water Quality Standards continue to be violated. In some watersheds significant improvements have been made in stream suspended solids, phosphorus, and nitrogen concentrations and loading, although these trends are not consistent among monitored watersheds. Research activities on specific agricultural BMPs (barnyard and milkhouse filter strips and manure management) showed water quality improvements following treatment. 3 Treatment on the milkhouse filter strip was much greater than on the barnyard filter strip, resulting in proposed modifications to the barnyard design standards. Agriculture BMP technical standards are not fully related to Vermont Water Quality Standards. For example, the BMP standard for erosion is "T" (tolerable level of erosion) whereas stream turbidity is the criteria for Vermont's water quality. There are no numerical Vermont Water Quality Standards for phosphorus or nitrogen. The adequacy of these technical standards to achieve the fishable/swimmable goals of the federal Clean Water Act, the Vermont Water Quality Standards or literature values indicating trophic condition is uncertain. However, some water quality improvements are anticipated. Goals should relate to the anticipated improvements in water quality rather than achievement of water quality standards. The socio-economic implications of selected goals are unknown. The effectiveness of modifications to BMP design standards needs further evaluation. The impact of agricultural BMP implementation on Vermont groundwater quality is generally unknown except for monitored filter strips. Implementation Programs Federal programs for controlling agricultural nonpoint source pollution in Vermont require landowners to voluntarily "cooperate" with one of fourteen Natural Resource Conservation Districts (NRCD) that serve as local units of government. Financial and technical assistance is available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service and the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Federal programs include the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Program (PL 83 -566), the Resource Conservation and Development Program (RC & D), the Rural Clean Water Program (RCWP) and the annual or long-term agreements of the Agricultural Conservation Program (ACP). Other programs that are associated with the Food Security Act of 1985 (Swampbuster, Sodbuster and Conservation 156
Compliance) are new to Vermont but attempt to disqualify agricultural landowners from federal financial assistance where it can be shown that crop production occurs on converted wetland or on grassland or forestland with highly erodible soils. state programs for controlling agricultural nonpoint pollution are based on the promulgation of two statutes (10 V.S.A. Chapter 41 and Chapter 47). In accordance with these regulations, the State Department of Agriculture has developed a draft list of Accepted Agricultural Practices (AAP) to encourage agricultural landowners to adopt improved management techniques with respect to minimizing pollutant discharge. Application of AAPs however, does not relieve an agriculturalist from the obligation to comply with Vermont Water Quality Standards. Existing control programs have several weaknesses. Limited and varying amounts of obligated federal funds reduce the degree of conservation planning and BMP implementation and, prevent acceleration of treatment above existing levels. For example, the Vermont Soil Conservation Service was allocated $150,000 in FY 88 for the PL 83-566 Program. Past year's funding levels have been between $300,000 and $400,000. Various cost-share levels of existing programs indicate the reluctance or inability of many farm operators to cost-share management practices at or below the 50 percent level. In the six Vermont PL 83-566 projects with a 50 percent cost-share level, 123 farm contracts have been signed out of 620 farming operations. In the single RCWP project with a 75% cost-share level, 63 contracts have been signed out of 98 farming operations. Six watersheds have been authorized and three other watersheds have undergone pre-authorization planning for PL 83-566 funding. The 208 Planning process identified nine additional watersheds needing agricultural nonpoint source control. Funding for PL 83-566 projects has decreased and the flood prevention component of the program has taken a higher priority than water quality improvement. Federal costs associated with agricultural land treatment measures will approach $10 million between the six authorized PL 83-566 projects and the single RCWP project. "Formal" compliance with proper implementation of cost-shared practices is a requirement for three to ten years depending on the length of the farm contract. Although "informal" compliance has generally been successful in Vermont, formal requirements for proper implementation do not exist after the farm contract expires. The Vermont RC & D Program includes all towns in Vermont except for the communities in Washington and Chittenden Counties 157 and the Towns of Orange, Washington and Williamstown in Orange County. Financially assisted measures for agricultural nonpoint source control no longer include construction cost assistance. The draft list of state-defined AAPs lacks detail to the proposed rules and a clear definition of acceptability. Greater specificity is needed and, as presented in the draft rules, the list of "unacceptable" practices should be expanded to include other farm management activities. Rather than controlling agricultural nonpoint source pollution, the AAPs have been developed in order to avoid discharge permit process. Corrective Actions 1. The large number of farms lacking plans for the conservation of water quality, along with the question of attainability of federal fishable/swimmable goals or State Water Quality Standards even with the application of present-day agricultural BMPs, dictates that the technical adequacy of the fifteen (15) "best available" management practices needs to be examined. Until this examination is complete, use of present-day scs technical standards should not be discontinued. Assessment of technical adequacy should include an evaluation of management practice design and performance standards and their impact to ground or surface water quality. The application of Section 205(j) (5) or 319 demonstration funds appear to be well-suited to this goal. 2. The Vermont dairy industry exerts a significant positive force to the social, economic and cultural fabric of the State. To reduce agricultural nonpoint source pollution, consistent levels of federal funding are necessary. 3. Much has been accomplished in Vermont using existing agricultural nonpoint source control programs. Many areas of the state, however 1 still require treatment. To further the anticipated objective of the Nonpoint Source Management Program, it is recommended that a Vermont Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Task Force be established to oversee a comprehensive technical analysis, through. research and monitoring, of the existing agricultural "best available" management practices. A state appropriation of funds could be used to supplement federal implementation monies to further this research. Research findings, along with recommendations for continued monitoring and review, information and education, should be submitted to the Vermont commissioner of Agriculture and to the Secretary of the Agency of Natural Resources. Membership of this group should be comprised of selected individuals from the State Agency of Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, Natural Resource Conse·rvation Districts and the U. s. 158
Department of Agriculture. It is believed that the long-term goals of the group can be completed by July, 1989. 4. The draft AAPs are not acknowledged to be agricultural nonpoint source control mechanisms. The draft list of state AAPs should be expanded by the Committee appointed by the Commissioner of Agriculture to include more than the six broad categories of agricultural management activities. The proposed rules should provide greater specificity in detail and a more clearly defined meaning of "acceptable''· References: 1. St. Albans Bay Rural Clean Water Program. Annual Reports. Year 1 (1980) to Year 7 (1987). University of Vermont and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2. LaPlatte River watershed Monitoring Program. Annual Reports. Year l (1977) to Year 9 (1986). University of Vermont and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 3. Vermont Water Resources Research Center, University of Vermont. 1988. 159
CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES
Problem Statement Between 1967 and 1987 Vermont has undergone a significant growth and development trend as population and employment have increased by 30 percent and 71 percent, respectively.l An additional 25,000 units, representing an 11 percent increase, were added to the Vermont housing stock between 1980 and 1986.2 A recent statewide growth study3 found that the two dominant patterns of this growth were suburbanization adjacent to the major employment centers and near destination resorts, often associated with mountain ski towns. The Vermont 1988 Nonpoint Source Assessment found significant water quality problems and use impairments caused by this growth and by the need to accommodate year-round as well as seasonal residents. Approximately 180 river and stream miles were found to be impacted by construction-related nonpoint sources. The Vermont 1986 Water Quality Assessment noted erosion and sedimentation impacts from the construction of recreation industries and recreation-related second homes. Four recent river basin water quality management plans cite erosion and sedimentation from construction activities as "the most widespread11 and the most serious water quality problem in the basin . 4 Five categories of construction-related nonpoint source pollution were identified in the 1988 Nonpoint Source Assessment. Identified categories resulting in nonpoint source pollution were hydrologic modifications in upland areas, ski trail construction, new road construction, gravel road maintenance and land development. Best Management Practices The hydrologic modification of certain upland area streams has resulted in concentrations of peak flow, increases to peak volume and velocity and reductions in retention time. Effects to this fragile environment and downstream include erosion, sedimentation and channelization, losses to riparian vegetation and fish habitat and losses to recreational and aesthetic values. Stormwater permit requirements, applied on a case by case basis, are limited to State guidelines concerning the management of flow from newly constructed impervious surfaces not to exceed pre-development peak discharge. At present, there are no standards or rules regarding the long-term management of surface water flow diversion or alteration in upland, headwater areas. Available guidelines recommend the use of shallow grassy swales, infiltration, overland flow and a limitation of peak discharges to pre-development conditions. 160
Ski trail construction activities at many of the ski areas in Vermont involve federal, state and/or private land. Nonpoint pollution control standards are available from the U.S. Forest Service and state guidelines are contained in the "Vermont Handbook for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control on Construction Sites" (1987). State ski trail construction standards (drafted in 1974 by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation) describe the practices of waterbars and ditching but lack specificity on attenuation of peak flows, sedimentation treatment and the timing, placement and selection of alternative erosion control measures. State standards are needed for ski trail construction including the clear-cutting, stumping and bulldozing of steeper sloped areas. Adequate standards for controlling nonpoint pollution from the construction of new roads or improvements to existing roadways are contained in the "Standard Specifications for Construction" (1986) published by the Vermont Agency of Transportation. Different methods and detailed specifications for erosion control are discussed. Nonpoint source pollution arising from gravel roads was noted during the Assessment. Technical guidelines and general information on construction/maintenance of road ditches and the role of roadside vegetated buffer strips are contained in the publications entitled the "Vermont Backroad Erosion Control Handbook" and "Maintaining the Vermont Backroad". Land development and construction erosion control standards and specifications, supplied by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (Soil Conservation Service) and Transportation (Federal Highway Administration) are available in the "Vermont Handbook for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control on Construction Sites" (1987). The.principle intent of the handbook is to provide educational and erosion control design assistance. The technical aspects of the handbook need to be continually updated as new techniques become available or as evaluations of existing standards are performed. Implementation Programs Stormwater discharge permit applications are presently reviewed by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation on a case-by-case basis. Each review, determined on the basis of whether the proposed land use change will result in a discharge to waters of the state, includes an evaluation that post-development peak discharge from the site will not exceed pre-development peak discharge nor create any "undue adverse effect". A proposed stormwater discharge permit process would limit review to those proposals considered as "major new" or those impervious surfaces greater than ten (10) acres. The existing program however, is based on guidelines that lack 161 enforcement actions associated with standards or regulations. In addition, the program has not been able to adequately assess the cumulative effects of incremental hydrologic change nor are large projects regulated by a clearly defined rule or process. Hydrologic modifications caused by other land use activities that are not reviewed (for example ski trail construction, ditching and waterbars, access road(s) or "minor new" impervious surfaces) when combined with permitted activities have generated amplified stormwater volumes and velocities. The lack of appropriate standards, rules and a comprehensive implementation program in areas which are undergoing construction activities has created several adverse effects. Ski trail construction and ski area development on state-owned land are reviewed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. Ski area regulations regarding long-range development plans and annual construction and maintenance plans have been drafted by the Department in 1987. Act 250 District Commissions review the majority of the proposals for ski trail or ski area related developments. Criterion l(A) and 4 of Act 250, the State Land Use and Development Control Law (10 V.S.A. Chapter 151), requires the review of a proposal's impact upon headwaters, water pollution and soil erosiorr and requires the implementation of mitigation measures when adverse impacts are identified. Additional Vermont Agency of Natural Resources staffing is necessary in order to perform a level of permit compliance monitoring that is consistent with the sensitivity of this upland environment. The U.S. Forest Service reviews ski area related development proposals on federally leased land. Some new municipal and private road construction projects are reviewed under the Act 250 process. on state road projects, contractors are required to submit erosion control plans at pre-construction hearings. It is the responsibility of the State Agency of Transportation resident construction engineer to ensure that erosion control measures are implemented by construction contractors. Not all road construction projects are reviewed by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Compliance with planned erosion control practices does not occur on all projects. Information contained in the two publications on gravel road maintenance is distributed by the Vermont Local Roads Program at St. Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont. Education workshops are frequently made available to local road commissioners or highway departments. The principal state program for controlling nonpoint source pollution from construction sites is Act 250 which reviews a variety of development proposals and is administered by nine (9) District Environmental Commissions. Development proposals must include measures for controlling soil erosion. On the local 162 level, and for projects that do not require Act 250, those communities which have adopted planning and zoning regulations may require soil erosion controls or other nonpoint source control measures. Since 1980 approximately 4,760 new Act 250 applications have been reviewedl and an undetermined number of building permits exclusive of Act 250 review have been granted, yet soil loss, sedimentation and erosion have been observed from many construction sites. The Act 250 program presently lacks the capability to conduct permit compliance monitoring and to evaluate cumulative impacts from approved development proposals. In addition, the five (5) State Environmental conservation Investigators are unable to effectively enforce State Water Quality Statutes. Corrective Actions A variety of construction activities are occurring throughout Vermont. Water quality impacts and use impairments have resulted from poor construction practices and inadequate erosion control measures. Strengthening technical standards and correcting programmatic weaknesses would achieve continuing, visible water quality improvements. Several actions could be undertaken immediately: l. A planned management and an enforceable review procedure for stormwater does not exist. The stormwater Management Plan, drafted in 1983, and the Stormwater Procedures, drafted in 1987, should be reviewed and adopted as a means of providing long-term stormwater management procedures. 2. Road construction contractors should receive closer supervision from the state designated construction engineer in erosion control implementation and be held accountable for inadequate temporary erosion control measures. Construction contracts should contain standards and environmental specifications for the equipment operator that will result in attainment of water quality standards during storm events. 3. Headwater areas of Vermont that are undergoing hydrologic modifications lack appropriate best management practices and an implementation program. The creation of control measures and a performance evaluation should be undertaken by the Department of Environmental Conservation. 4. An evaluation of the technical adequacy of gravel road Maintenance Standards has not been performed. The Vermont Agency of Transportation and the Department of Environmental conservation are the two most-suitable groups to conduct this evaluation. 163
5. Demands for ski trail expansion require the re-evaluation of the 1974 ski trail construction standards. The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation should develop new standards that address the activities of clear-cutting and landscape disturbance/re-shaping on steeper sloped areas. 6. The Act 250 development review process should be utilized more effectively by the Agency of Natural Resources and the Environmental Board in addressing erosion control from both an educational and regulatory standpoint. Project design engineers need to be encouraged to submit detailed and site specific erosion control measures using information contained in the Erosion Control Handbook. There are several long term objectives: 1. The establishment of rules and a control program are needed to protect and regulate headwater areas undergoing hydrologic alteration(s). 2. Staffing increases are necessary to conduct development permit compliance monitoring and to provide greater levels of technical assistance to communities which lack or have inadequate erosion control requirements. The staffing of the Environmental Conservation Investigators should be increased in order to provide greater enforcement capability of State Water Quality Statuteso 3. A closer relationship between the Investigators and the State's Attorney's office and with the Attorney General's office is needed for more effective enforcement. 4. Greater public education efforts by state and federal agencies are necessary which deal with land use/water quality relationships arising from construction erosion. 5. The role of the Natural Resources Conservation Districts (NRCD) with respect to controlling construction-related erosion needs to be evaluated. Presently, the fourteen (14) NRCDs provide only limited technical assistance. 6. A cumulative impact analysis procedure needs to be developed, in order to provide state, regional and local planners the ability to mitigate the incremental degradation effects of growth and development. The Nonpoint Source Task Force recognizes that the development of such a procedure will require a substantial investment in time and effort. References: 1. Report of the Governor's Commission on Vermont's Future: Guidelines for Growth. 1988. 164
References (cont.)
2. Report of the Governor's Coltl1llission on Vermont's Future: Guidelines for Growth. supplemental Appendix. 1988. 3. Vermont's Next Decade of Growth: Development Policies for the 1980's. A Report of the Growth Areas Research Project. Vermont Law School. 1985. 4. Mad River, North Branch of the Deerfield River, Upper · Ottauquechee River and Upper West River Basins Water Quality Management Plans. 165
FLOW REGULATION
Problem Statement The recently completed Vermont Hydropower Assessment revealed 62 existing hydroelectric facilities and 38 projects either under construction or newly brought on-line. The assessment indicated that several of the existing facilities account for 158 river or stream miles not fully supporting designated uses. Twenty-six existing facilities (or 42%) are not licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Another form of flow regulation that impacts water quality which is of special state concern involves water withdrawal for the purposes of snowmaking at ski areas and industrial cooling processes. Best Management Practices Technical standards focus on reducing in-stream impacts from flow regulation. These have been developed by the Cooperative Instream Flow Service Group of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Aquatic base flows, based on a model for the New England region, have been established for spring, summer and fall periods and are used by the Department of Environmental Conservation in the review of projects causing flow alteration. The Fisheries Flow Needs Assessment (FFNA) methodology has been applied by the Department to establish minimum in-stream flows below hydroelectric facilities and other impoundments. Water withdrawal proposals are reviewed using aquatic base flows. Implementation Programs The Federal Power Act requires the FERC to license (or exempt from licensing) and regulate hydroelectric projects. The Act however, preempts any Vermont regulations that would apply to these projects. State statutes that are preempted are Act 250, the fish passage statute (10 V.S.A. Chapter 3), stream alteration permitting (10 V.S.A. Chapter 41 and Chapter 43; 30 V.S.A. Chapter 248) and desilting orders (10 V.S.A. Chapter 47). In addition to FERC licensing requirements, Section 401 of the Federal Clean Water Act requires an applicant to obtain a state certification that any discharge which may originate from a facility or withdrawal will not violate Vermont Water Quality Standards. Although the state of Vermont has the authority to regulate hydro projects under the 401 certification process, a new FERC ruling has waived the 401 requirement for some projects. The only remedy left to the state is to seek FERC cooperation or to request voluntary compliance by the hydroelectric project applicant to State Water Quality Standards. Chittenden County Regional Planning Area On June 30, 1988, the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in Burlington, Vermont at the Hunt Middle School on the Vermont NPS Management Program and the state Clean Water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) were 15 members of the public. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Rick Hopkins, Water Resources Planner. The following points were raised at the meeting. Waters Designated as Targeted Waters on the Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List: Lake Iroquois. Participants agreed that Lake Iroquois should be on the targeted list. Lakeshore owners are worried that if the Fish and Wildlife Department enlarges the public access area, the lake will be at increased risk of Eurasian milfoil contamination. They also believe that this will encourage boats that are too large for the lake and noise and use conflicts will result. Lower Winooski River. There was support for this to be on the targeted list. One participant urged greater cooperation between the power company and the public, and suggested that a telephone line be created to inform recreation managers about flow levels. Lower Lamoille River. There was concern about the effects of the hydroelectric dams, and agreement that this should be a priority site. Shelburne Pond. One participant said that Shelburne Pond should be on the list because of the blue-green algae blooms that occur there. He felt it was the top priority water in the area along with the Lower Winooski. A native milfoil species is creating a nuisance around the public boat access. The Water Quality Division has targeted Shelburne Pond because it is one of the most eutrophic lakes in Vermont, and until very recently supported an excellent warm water fishery. There was agreement that the above waters are appropriately targeted as high priority. Non-Targeted Waters: Milton Pond. It was suggested that Milton Pond be added to the targeted list because.it is the water supply for some Milton
- 1 - residents. (Response: The Water Quality Division does not have enough information to place Milton Pond on the targeted list, and further assessment should be done). Arrowhead Mt. Lake. This lake was also recommended for the targeting list because of water quality problems which weren't specified. (Milton Town Clerk was mentioned as a reference; he was interviewed for the assessment.) (Response: Not enough is known about Arrowhead Mountain Lake to place it on the high priority list, and further assessment is recommended). Joiner Brook. This brook was recommended for the targeted list because of the threat from development. There has been a dense buildup of condominiums at Bolton Valley ski area, the town of Bolton has doubled its population and development is at capacity. (Response: The Water Quality Division has identified Joiner Brook as a high priority threatened water). Other comments: There was concern that the State wasn't able to enforce environmental regulations and adequately prosecute violations. It was pointed out that there are not enough water resource investigators, but also that the threat of enforcement action was often a deterrent to potential violations. Two suggestions were: 1. To prosecute a few cases more vigorously to set an example; and, 2. For courts to process environmental violations separately so they wouldn't be in competition with criminal and civil cases. There was concern that the targeting list may under-represent the magnitude of water quality problems in Vermont. (Response: The full assessment will be reported to the EPA in addition to the targeting list). some of the Class A waters should be reclassified to B since they are no longer used as public drinking water supplies. Examples are Milton Pond, Indian Brook Reservoir, Colchester Pond, an unnamed tributary of the Winooski River, and a tributary of Alder brook.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 PM.
- 2 - Chittenden County Regional Planning Area Public Meeting Attendance - 6/30/88 Address I Affiliation Betty Wright 267 Old Stage Rd, Essex Jct. Lake Iroquois Eastside Ass'n Joan Hughes 74-9 Lake Iroquois Lake Iroquois Eastside Ass'n Ray Burkart Partridge Hill 7, Colchester Chittenden County Bassmasters Peg Garland 93 Cumberland Rd, Burlington Chitt. Co. Reg. Planning Commission Ray Gonda 10 Cardinal Woods, So. Burlington Cliff Landesman PO Box 5412, Burlington Art Hogan Chitt. ·co. Reg. Planning Commission Ed Blake Queen City Park Road, So. Burlington Champlain Water District Brian Chapman 111 West St., Essex Jct. VT Fish & wildlife Maryane Burns 55 Harnisdon Terrace, Burlington Winooski Valley Park District Terry G. Cecchim Box 850, So. Burlington Green Mountain Power Chris Burns 121 No. Union st., Burlington Burlington Waterfront Board Vince Feeney 76 West Allen st., Winooski George Webb Sunset Cliff, Burlington Sierra Club
14 total Franklin - Grand Isle Regional Planning Area on June 27, 1988 the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in St. Albans, Vermont at the Bellows Free Academy on the Vermont NPS Management Program and state Clean Water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) were 5 members of the public. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Rick Hopkins, Water Resources Planner. The following points were raised at the meeting. Waters Designated as Targeted Waters on the Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List Jewett Brook Mill River Rugg Brook Stevens Brook St. Albans Bay. These waters are the focus of the Vermont Rural Clean Water Program, where approximately 70% of farms in the watershed are under contract to install agricultural practices which control runoff. Lingering agricultural NPS problems still exist. The St. Albans Publicly owned Treatment Works has recently been upgraded. Perceptions are that the Bay itself has shown some improvement. These waters are appropriately targeted as high priority. Fairfield Pond. Algal growth and nutrient enrichment are causing use impairment. The pond is presently the subject of a diagnostic study to determine sources of nutrients. There is some agricultural land use in the area, and there is a question of faulty septic systems. The pond is appropriately targeted as high priority. Lake Carmi. The lake is suffering from weeds, algal growth, and nutrient enrichment. Weed harvesting is underway. The lake is an RC & D program area. Some improvements are visible. The lake is appropriately targeted as high priority. Other Comments Preconditioned farm contracts should include a manure waste storage system. Canadian methods of agricultural NPS control should be evaluated. state out-reach programs should be intensified for communities with non-sewered and old septic systems. Evaluation
- 1 - should be made of existing incentive programs, "fear-factor" of investigating faulty septics ought to be reduced. Possibilities for alternatives to centralized sewers should be described. Cost-share levels to farmers should be raised. Agricultural cost-share levels are too low; benefit of NPS controls are much higher for the public than for the farmer. The benefit to the farmer is small unless the farmer has decided to expand the farming operation or to reduce labor costs. A sanitary survey was not done for the Missisquoi River basin. For targeted lakes, sources of pollution should be determined. Other NPS success stories include: Lake Parker, Lake Morey, Lake Carmi, ottauquechee River.
The meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
- 2 - Franklin - Grand Isle Regional Planning Area Public Meeting Attendance - 6/22/88
Address I Affiliation Todd Everts 205 N. Willard, Burlington Franklin/GI Reg. Planning Commission Sharon Murray 104 so. Main st., st. Albans Franklin/GI Reg. Planning Commission 101 Lake st., st. Albans Jim Monahan scs Chthus Webb Fairfax RD #1, Box 220, st. Albans Supervisor George Godin RFD Franklin ASCS Committee member/Selectman
5 total Lamoille county Regional Planning Area On June 16, 1988 the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in Morrisville, Vermont at the Lamoille Union High School on the Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program and the State Clean Water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) were four members of the public. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Rose Paul, Assistant Water Resources Planner. The following points were raised at the meeting. Waters Designated as Targeted Waters on the Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List Lake Lamoille. There was support for Lake Lamoille as a targeted water (letter from Morristown Board of Selectmen). There was concern about possible discharges from the industrial park. Urban runoff is probably a pollutant source. Lake Elmore. The Lake Elmore Association uses a drag bar to harvest weeds. They want to pursue a grant for a study on nutrient loading to the lake. A few members would like to dredge the outlet channel. The public access area managed by Fish and Wildlife has not been adequately maintained; trash accumulates and is an eyesore. The Association would also like a sanitary facility at the access. They would like the State Park to join the lake association and perhaps participate in weed harvesting. Lamoille River. Accumulation of silt is a major problem behind the Morrisville and Cadys Falls hydroelectric dams. There was an agricultural runoff problem identified above Johnson. An scs small watershed project has been targeted below Johnson. There was agreement that the above waters are appropriately_ targeted as high priority. Other comments: The draft solid waste plan was mentioned as possibly creating a water quality or environmental problem because some people would throw trash elsewhere if they had to pay the landfill to dispose of it there. The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 PM. Lamoille County Regional Planning Area Public Meeting Attendance - 6/15/88 Address or Phone Number June Mendell PO Box 61, Elmore Lake Elmore Association 888-3790 Stan Fits PO Box 95, Elmore Lake Elmore issocation 888-3118 Jim Fox Box 325, Morrisville Morrisville Water & Light 888-4961 Tim Beaman scs, Morrisville 888-4965
4 total Northeastern Vermont Regional Planning Area - Lyndonville Meeting On June 28, 1988 the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in Lyndonville, Vermont at Lyndon State College on the Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program and the state Clean Water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) were nine members of the public. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Rose Paul, Assistant Water Resources Planner. The following points were raised at the meeting. Waters Designated as Targeted Waters on the Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List Averill Creek. Participants did not think the dams on Big and Little Averill Lakes were active, but Jeff Cueto explained that the lakes are storage reservoirs for hydro dams on the Coaticook River. There was concern that fish passage was obstructed above and below the dams on Averill Creek. There was also concern about the water level fluctuations on Big and Little Averill Lakes. Harveys Lake. Selectmen from Barnet want more State help in cleaning up Harveys Lake. They approve of it being on priority list. Joes Brook. Local residents agreed that Joes Brook should be on the priority list because they have observed very low flows. Passumpsic River. Participants observed that the Central Vermont Public Service Corporation dam doesn't meet the minimum flows specified in the license. People said raw sewage occurs both above and below the sewage treatment plant in st. Johnsbury after storms. Moose River. Raw sewage is observed on the Moose River, especially near East st. Johnsbury. There are straight pipe discharges to the river. This is unpleasant for boating. Also� extensive clearcutting has affected the fishery in the Moose River. It has become harder to catch fish. There was agreement that the above waters are appropriately targeted as high priority. Non-Targeted Waters Stevens River. Atlantic salmon fingerlings have been stocked in upper reaches but passage below the dams may be a problem. The dam on Stevens River in Barnet doesn't pass the minimum flows required. The minimum flow requirement should be enforced. (Response: Further assessment of the
- l - flow situation is needed; the Stevens Rivers has been designated as moderate priority.) Connecticut River. Fingerling Atlantic salmon were deposited in upper Connecticut River, and people are worried about how they will migrate past dams. The Gilman Dam sometimes shuts off flows. There are water pollution problems above the Gilman Dam that weren't noted on the assessment. There are discharges on the New Hampshire side. Neal Pond. Sedimentation from extensive logging at the head of pond is a concern. According to local residents, the sediment is building up in the pond, and the clarity has decreased in recent years. Participants said they used to be able to see 10 feet down into the water but now they can only see 4 feet. A developer owners 1,100 acres adjacent to the pond and neighbors feel that development of this land will threaten water quality. (Response: This pond has been designated as high priority threatened.) Lamoille River. The headwaters of the Lamoille in Greensboro above Stannard Brook are believed to be impaired due to bare and eroding streambanks, agricultural runoff, and logging activities. The upper Lamoille is a breeding area for aquatic organisms and fish fry. This should be a priority site in light of the past high recreational value of the river. (Response: This segment has been designated as high priority threatened). Other comments Logging and associated erosion, especially from big clearcuts such as the one in Kirby, are a problem throughout the area. Participants were concerned about whether the forestry Acceptable Management Practices would be enforced. streambank stabilization is becoming more and more expensive because the state is requiring more structures to be installed, such as velocity attenuation boulders. Permits also take too ·1ong to obtain. The boulders can increase the cost of a project by 30%. Non-compliance with minimum flow requirements below hydro dams is a problem throughout area. The participants wanted to know who monitors river flows, and why more monitoring isn't being done. They also asked why private hydro projects are not required to meet the conditions of their licenses and what could be done to enforce these conditions. The DEC is considering a policy to require hydro operators to monitor their flow rates. Participants said that the environmental laws were adequate but that they weren't enforced. They said it was cheaper for a developer to pollute and possibly pay fines than to comply with the laws. They agreed that there weren't enough State personnel to monitor all the development projects, logging jobs, and hydro sites. - 2 - Other comments Comments on Eurasian milfoil and aquatic nuisance control dominated the session. Individuals strongly believed that this cause/source of use impairment should receive much greater attention and much higher levels of funding for control than are presently being expended. Eurasian milfoil was compared to the "AIDS of our waters," suggesting that greater efforts should be spent on protecting lakes that are not already infested. The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
- 2 - Northeastern Vermont Regional Planning Area-Newport Meeting On June 29, 1988, the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in Newport, Vermont at the North Country Union High School, on the Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program and the State Clean Water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) was one member of the public. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Rose Paul, Assistant Water Resources Planner. The following points were raised at the meeting. waters Designated as Targeted Waters on the Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List Clyde River. Fish caught in the Clyde River taste "muddy." Fishermen support the idea of a fish trap-and-truck operation on the Clyde. Hydro dams are seen as a greater problem to the fishery than agricultural runoff. There are rumors that raw sewage is going into the Clyde in the village of West Charleston. Black and Barton Rivers. One fisherman complained that fish taste "muddy" in these rivers, and he prefers to eat fish caught in lakes. He thinks this is related to differences in water quality. Lake Willoughby. Agricultural runoff from a stream entering the northeast side of Willoughby creates a "terrible mess" which can be seen on the ice in the winter. A dense weed bed has grown up at the mouth of this stream. More parking space is needed for vehicles at the public boat launch site. The new boat launch site planned for the north end of the lake is a large double-ramp area. It was suggested that the launch site should only be a single ramp, and should remain fairly small, so that boats that are-too big for the lake do not have easy access. (Response: Lake Willoughby is on the targeted list in reference to the large weed bed at the stream mouth.) There was_ agreement that the above waters·are appropriately targeted as high priority. Non-Targeted Waters Echo Lake. Citizens Utility Co. lowered the lake level this spring, and Smelt eggs were exposed and killed. Lake levels should be better regulated so as not to impair the fishery. There is some communication between lakeshore owners on Echo Lake and Lake Seymour, but more is needed to prevent water use conflicts. (Response: These problems need further assessment before this lake can be targeted.)
- 1 - Other comments In general, when public access areas are enlarged, oversize boats begin to use the lake. The Vermont Fish and Game Department should not enlarge the existing ramps. The state should invest more money and effort into protecting lakes that are free of Eurasian milfoil, especially the ones that are in close proximity to infested lakes.
The meeting ended at 8:30 PM. Northeastern Vermont Regional Planning Area Public Meeting Attendance Lyndonville Meeting - 6/28/88 Address or Phone Number Gardner Balch, Sr. Lunenburg 892-5373 Paul w. Lunnie Lunenburg 892-6174 Ken Powers Lunenburg 892-7701 William Graeves RFD, E. Ryegate Barnet Selectman 633-4007 Rodney Machell PO Box, Barnet Barnet Selectman 633-4481 Betsy Ham Northeastern VT Dev. Assoc. 748-5181 Larry Hamel Box 374, st. Johnsbury Essex NRCD, Caledonia NRCD 748-3885 Greg Kemmis st. Johnsbury Joel Cyse Lyndonville weekly News 626-9263
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Newport Meeting - 6/29/88 Address Eric Stevens Box 71, E. Charleston 723-5951
1 total Rutland Regional Planning Area On June 22, 1988 the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in Rutland, Vermont at the Holiday Inn on the Vermont NPS Management Program and the State Clean Water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) were 30 members of the public. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Rick Hopkins, water Resources Planner. The following points were raised at the meeting. Waters Designated as Targeted on Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List Lake Hortonia. The lake is infested with Eurasian milfoil. It is used for year-round purposes by local, in-state, and out-of-state persons. There is a concerned and active lake association. Comments were made on the State's weed control program and the Lake Bomoseen drawdown bill. Lake Hortonia is appropriately targeted as high priority. Lake Bomoseen. There is a Eurasian milfoil infestation: The lake is the site of Vermont's recently enacted lake drawdown bill. It is appropriately targeted as high priority. Mettawee River. There has been a decline of operating farms in this watershed, and implementation of agricultural Best Management Practices at several remaining farms. There was discussion about the desirability of open space and views versus a treed river corridor. The watershed area is the site of a Resource Conservation and Development study, and is designated as a waterbody for non-point managemnet in the state water Quality Management Plan for controlling agricultural pollution. The town of Pawlet uses the scs LESA system for agricultural land preservation. This river segment is appropriately targeted as high priority.
Non-Targeted Waters Otter Creek. Comments were made regarding the difficulty of performing riprap work given environmental regulations. Federal and state money is needed for streambank stabilization projects. An evaluation of Fish and Wildlife streambank repair policies should be considered. There was mention of a railroad project involving a dam or a bridge in the floodway. Consider re-designating Center Rutland to Brandon as high priority targeted waterbody. (Response: This segment is now designated as high priority threatened.)
- 1 - Cold River. Deposition of material is causing loss of farmland and streambank erosion. Consider targeting as high priority. (Response: This segment is now designated as high priority threatened).
Other Comments state incentives are needed to encourage farmers to cooperate for water and land protection. Streambank protection is a concern of agricultural landowners, but long permit process and high fee rate discourages many. $60 permit fee should be waived for farmers doing rip-rap or streambank protection efforts. Process needs to be simplified. Refer to Rivers Bill and Fee Bill. There were questions on accuracy and methodology of assessments, and the suggestion was made that 14 Natural Resource Conservation Districts be used to assist in next assessment. (Response: NRCDs were used heavily in present·assessment). The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 PM.
- 2 - Rutland Regional Planning Area Public Meeting Attendance - 6/21/88 Address I Affiliation Trudy O'Leary Wells Lake St. Catherine Association Gaby & Larry Pickett Wells Lake st. Catherine Association Rita Dennie PO Box 108, Wells Lake St. Catherine Association David Cunningham Fair Haven/ Bensen Selectman Fred Stone Pawlet Farmer, State Representative Ralph Sheldon Pawlet/ Farmer Phillip Mack Pawlet/ Farmer Clare Carver 11 Bailey Ave., Montpelier/ DEC William Forbes 11 Highland Ave., Rutland/ scs Edward Pomainville RFD #1, Brandon/ Farmer George Livak Box 3884 , Blueberry Lane, Rutland Rutland NRCD Chairman Al Johnson 178 Pearl st., Rutland U.S. Forest Service Gloria & Harold Hoertel 212 LaRoche Ave., Harrington Park, NJ Lake Hortonia Association John & Janice Maya 8 Floral Dr., Killington David R. Callum VT Fish & Wildlife Chet MacKenzie VT Fish & Wildlife Warren A. McCullough Proctor/ D.P.W. David Lewis PO Box 129, Killington Bill Finger PO Box 145, w. Rutland Bill Kelly 3 North Park Place, Fair Haven Peter H. Berg Old Turnpike Rd, Mt. Holly David Sirjane Cuttingsville / Spring Lake Ass'n Martha Abel Cuttingsville / Spring Lake Ass'n Mark Blucher Box 965, Rutland Rutland Regional Commission Jack Shoemaker Box 12, Plymouth sue Potvin RR 1, Ludlow Sid & Hildegarde Lawrence RFD #1, Box 326 , Mt. Holly Lake Ninevah Community Valerie Capels Box 965, Rutland Rutland Regional Commission
32 total Ottauguechee - Two Rivers and Upper Valley Regional Planning Areas on June 15, 1988, the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in White River Junction at the Bugbee Senior Center on the Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program and the State Clean water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) were 7 members of the public. The meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Rick Hopkins, Water Resources Planner. The following points were raised at the meeting. Waters Designated as Targeted on the Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List Halls Lake. This Lake has had increasing algae blooms during the past three years. The lake association has rented the weed harvester from Lake Morey, and its use was effective. Farming has ceased in the watershed, and the solution to the algae problem is unknown. Lay monitoring is underway. There is increased boating with larger motors on this small lake. There is a public beach and cottage owners are becoming full-time residents. The lake has been appropriately targeted as high priority for assessment of the algae problem. Ottauquechee River below Taftsville Dam. This.is a very seriously impaired river segment. Restoration of flows would create great future benefit to the fishing public. Appropriately targeted as high priority for remedial action. Copperas Brook West Branch of Ompompanoosuc River Ely Brook Below Ely Mine Ompompanoosuc River below Ely Mine These four segments have heavy impairment of aesthetics and fishery. There is great potential for fishery restoration with remedial action. Appropriately targeted as high priority waterbodies for restoration. Pinneo Lake. This is an artificial lake with a serious algae problem. The owners of Quechee Lakes are taking steps to increase flow through the lake by pumping water from the ottauquechee River. This should not be a high state priority since the builders and owners of adjacent land are taking corrective actions. (Response: Redesignated as low priority.) Baker Pond. The pond was constructed by Fish and Wildlife in an
- l - agricultural area. originally the area was an alder swamp. Currently, it is mainly used as a fishing pond. This should not be a high priority for restoration since it is assumed that continued nutrient loading to the pond will cause reoccurance of the problem. (Response: Redesignated as low priority).
Other Comments There should be more attention paid to management of phosphorus and organic discharges to Connecticut River impoundments. Manure has been noted in the Connecticut River after rainstorms. The use of the Connecticut River has increased greatly in recent years for boating, waterskiing and swimming. There is a silting of the river after heavy rains which threatens these uses. There have been extensive algal blooms on the Black River from I-91 to 3/4 miles downstream on the Connecticut. There has been poor operation of the dam in Vernon, leaving fish nesting areas exposed.
The meeting ended at 9:15 p.m.
- 2 - Ottauquechee - Two Rivers and Upper Valley Regional Planning Areas Public Meeting Attendance - 6/15/88 Address or Phone Robert Queen Halls Lake, Wells River Albert Wright Halls Lake, Wells River Don Clark Halls Lake, w. Newbury John Claussen VT Fish & Wildlife Dick Flanders & NHDES / WS & PCD, Ginny Grace PO Box 95, Hazen Drive, Concord, NH Ralph w. Letiman Hartford Town Manger 15 Bridge st., White River Jct. Geoff Dates ct. River Watershed Council 20 West Park st., Lebanon, NH
8 total Southern Windsor Regional Planning Area On June 21, 1988 the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in Springfield, Vermont at the Springfield High School on the Vermont NPS Management Program and the State Clean Water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) were 20 members of the public. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Rick Hopkins, water Resources Planner. The following points were raised at the meeting.
Waters Designated as Targeted Waters on the Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List Black River below Cavendish dam. This is a seriously impaired segment. Water flow should be restored for benefit to fishing and other recreational uses. Negative visual impact would be reduced as well. Appropriately targeted as high priority. N. Branch-Black River. This segment is in an agricultural watershed. Sedimentation increases have been noted in Stoughton Pond. Some agricultural Best Management Practices have been implemented within the watershed. Appropriately targeted as high priority. Lake Rescue. No comments on Lake Rescue were made at the meeting. The �akes and Ponds Unit has received complaints about weed growth and sedimentation. The Unit considers weed growth within the realm of natural events. The sedimentation problem has not been assessed. The watershed is undergoing development pressure. Lake Rescue was re-designated to moderate priority.
Non-Targeted Waters Stoughton Pond. This pond experiences heavy recreational use. No bacteria problems have been recorded to date, but there was some concern expressed about bacterial pathogens. Sedimentation is increasing and has resulted in the loss of some area to the north end of the pond. (Response: Re-designated as a high priority targeted waterbody requiring further asessment due to impairments of water-based recreational uses.) North Springfield Reservoir. This waterbody needs further assessment of sedimentation, water level fluctuation and weed growth. Re-designated as medium priority since there is relatively low public use due to lack of beach facility.
- l - Connecticut River. The river experiences heavy recreational use. There is an increasing need for bi-state involvement and cooperation, especially in water quality monitoring. Designated as a high priority threatened waterbody, needing protection.
Other Comments Increased water quality monitoring by the state is needed throughout the region. Evaluation of water withdrawal proposals and of potential impacts to surface and groundwater uses are needed, especially for the Okemo proposal, the Cavendish hydroelectric project, and the Cavendish aquifer/well system. Increase length of targeted waterbody (segment of Ottauquechee River) from Taftsville to North Hartland Reservoir. (Response: This has been done). Greater compliance monitoring of present regulations and enforcement of permit conditions is badly needed.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
- 2 - Southern Windsor Regional Planning Area Public Meeting Attendance - 6/21/88 Address or Phone Jean M. Willard 5 Central st., PO Box 114 North Springfield, Selectman 886-2730 Renata s. Yelineau 16 Litchfield st, Springfield Clayton Washburn Windsor 674-2045 Bill Newman 46 Court Sq., Windsor 674-6100 Jerry Mayer RR 1 Box 373C, Ludlow Lake Rescue Association 228-8368 April Hensel RR l, Box 33, N. Sprinfield 886-2215 Eamonn Sullivan Eagle Times Nicholas A. Gulli RR l, Box 357A, Ludlow 228-8139 David Stearns PO Box 147, Ludlow 228-7206 John Marplz PO Box 125, Ludlow 228-5686 Mark Rosenthal 276 Dutton Dist. Rd. 885-3684 Springfield Tom Lauritsen RR 2 Box 557, Perkinsville 263-5541 Jeff Hatling 713 Skitchwany Trail 885-9131 Springfield Fred Crowley RR 2, Box 172, Springfield 674-9930 Anna Sykas RR 2, Box 172, Springfield 674-9930 Kenneth Cox VT Fish & Wildlife Jeanne Sysko 6 White Birch Dr., Springfield Walter Dodd 773 French Meadow Rd. Springfield Don MacAskill RFD #1, Box 22, Mt. Holly 228-4041 Jeff Nelson 285 North st., Burlington Michael Kraatz Box 429, Ludlow
21 total Windham County Regional Planning Area On June 22, 1988, the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in Townshend, Vermont in the Town Hall on the Vermont NPS Management Program and the State Clean Water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) were 16 members of the public. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Rose Paul, Assistant Water Resources Planner. The following points were raised at the meeting. Waters Designated as Targeted Waters on the Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List Ball Mountain Reservoir and Townshend Reservoir. Participants wanted to know what could be done to improve reservoir levels and flows downstream. Jeff Cueto explained that the purpose of the dams is flood control, but the seasonal drawdowns are harmful to fisheries. The DEC recommends no winter drawdown and stabilized water levels in the reservoirs. North Branch Brook to Pikes Falls. There was strong dissatisfaction with the progress in cleaning up North Branch Brook. Participants felt that the state was not taking a strong enough stand in requiring the developer to do remedial1 work. There was frustration and concern that the State s environmental regulations are not being enforced (see "Other Comments"). Neighbors fear that the proposed Salmon Hole project will completely change their lifestyles, and that Kidder Brook, which presently has high water quality, will become impaired. There was agreement that these waters are appropriately targeted as high priority. Non-Targeted Waters Derby Pond. one participant noted that water lilies are becoming a nuisance on Derby Pond. Other Comments One participant pointed out that six of the waters on the targeted list involved water level problems in impoundments or below dams. He felt that the other four sites on the list should be given higher priority because more immediate action could be taken on those, whereas the problems associated with dams required longer term solutions.
- 1 - Participants were concerned that the West River Basin Plan and the Nonpoint Source Assessment were overlapping studies. They would like to see the EPA shift emphasis from planning to implementation. There was concern that environmental regulations are not being enforced. It was suggested that developers should post performance bonds·for projects so that, if environmental degradation resulted, there would be a fund for remediation. The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 PM.
- 2 - Windham Regional Planning Area Public Meeting Attendance - 6/22/88 Address and Phone Number Gil Schneider s. Newfane 348-7780 Dan Darrow s. Newfane 348-6614 Vivian Kellogg Winsul 348-7841 Marie Fletcher Townshend 365-7359 Clare Moorhead Winhall 297-1816 Ted Friedman Winhall 297-2584 Ruth Chaskel Rutland Herald PO Box 385 Londonderry Keith Goffin Windham Regional Commission 257-4547 Adele R. Costello SAAC 297-2886 Betty Oliver Londonderry 824-6362 Drew Adams scs, Room 321 Fed. Bldg. Brattleboro 254-5323 Mark c. Franklin PO Box 1120, Wilmington 464-7478 Gloria Aversano Box 430, RR #1, Brattleboro 257-1019 Malvine Cole Box 343, Jamaica 874-4698 Wm. & Betsy Uptegrove west Townshend 874-4374 Conservation Society of southern VT, PO Box 331 Newfane
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Notes from Public Meeting on Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program Meeting on Nonpoint Source Program and State Clean Water strategy to Review Findings of Twelve Regional Workshops
On July 12 1988, at 7:00 PM, the Department of Environmental Conservation held a meeting in Montpelier, Vermont at the Pavilion Building on the Nonpoint Source Management Program and the State c;ean Water Strategy. In attendance were 14 members of the public (see attached list). The meeting was called to order at 7:05 PM by Stephan Syz, Chief, Water Resources Planning. The meeting was opened with a brief presentation of the state Water Quality Assessment, and a description of the Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List which was presented and commented on by the public at twelve regional public workshops. Rose Paul described the changes that were made in the list following the workshops. Lake Pineo (Hartford), Baker Pond (Brookfield), and Lake Rescue (Ludlow) were removed from the list. Stoughton Pond (Weathersfield) was added to the list. Stephan Syz then went over the key concerns that were heard at the workshops. Some examples were: people feel that there is not enough enforcement power in Vermont to back up minimum flow and other environmental regulations; that EPA should focus more efforts on water clean-up projects rather than planning; that cost-share levels for farmers are too low; that the permit process for streambank stabilization projects takes too long and is too expensive; and that hydroelectric sites require long term solutions, so that other projects should be given priority over them. Rick Hopkins briefly presented the format of the Nonpoint Source Task Force Resolutions and a document entitled Indicated Management Program Needs. As an example, he presented available programs and courses of action to help combat agricultural NPS pollution. Several comments followed. Comment: The meeting presentation and assessment have repeatedly mentioned agricultural runoff as a source of pollution. Why is it suddenly the focus of new attention, and what are the implications for controlling the problem? Response: Agricultural programs need more and continued funding in order to continue to get good results. Good progress has already been made with respect to phosphorus, sediment and manure runoff control.
- 1 - Comment: Please go over available management options for low flow regimes. -Kieth Goffin, WRC. Response: Rick Hopkins described options as discussed in the Resolutions. Comment: The Resolutions state that a long term goal in controlling runoff pollution from construction activities is "more effective enforcement" of water quality standards in cooperation with the office of the Attorney General. There is no such mention in the agriculture section. There should be equitable enforcement for water quality violations across the board. Response: Agricultural discharges are not overlooked. Enforcement action has been exercised for many years. The Department recognizes that the very nature of agriculture creates the conditions for soil nutrient runoff. The solutions are very expensive and it has been the focus of state policy to make every effort to obtain funds to install facilities such as manure storage which greatly lessen sources of agricultural pollution. Comment: Is there any intended interaction between the Resolutions and Vermont Water Quality Statutes that have been passed in the last three years? Does the document have any bearing on these statutes, and will it cause any changes in the statutes? Response: The Resolutions were written because of a Federal mandate, and they are prerequisite to obtaining federal funding under the Clean water Act amendments. By systematically prioritizing and managing problems, and by facilitating federal funding, the Resolutions will help accomplish the goals of the Water Resources Board and Water Quality Statutes. Comment: The Resolutions organize the problems into several categories: highly significant, very significant, significant, etc. What criteria were used in the break down? Why is toxic waste, which could have long term and far reaching effects upon the environment, classified as a less significant problem? -Connie Motyka Response: NPS problems were analyzed in each of the 17 drainage basins in the state and ranked as high, medium, or low. The results were added together to obtain an overall ranking for the entire state. Toxic waste has been documented in surface waters at approximately 15 locations statewide. In many of those cases it is not known what the substances are or how serious the problem is. One of the first steps of the management program will be to assess those waters for environmental impact.
- 2 - Comment: Is there any role for regional and town planning commissions to play act as lead agencies that carry out the management program? Response: There is a role for these organizations to play. The Department must make contacts, and consult with such organizations to determine their interest in participation in the program. Comment: Regional Planning Commissions in Maine are using 205(j) funds to develop local water quality plans. Will Vermont do this? Response: Vermont will use these funds, but we are a year behind Maine in applying for and receiving them. They will become available for the state in FY 1989. Forty percent (40%) of the 205(j) (1) monies will be distributed to regional agencies. Comment: The Commissioner has proposed a process to assist regions in planning for certain problems. Has there been any effort to involve municipalities in this process? Response: Municipalities will be involved through Regional Planning Commissions. $125,000 is available for federal FY 1989. Comment: General monitoring of all state waters seems to be a programmatic need--we don't have much basis for the findings in the assessment. Monitoring may be especially appropriate on targeted waterbodies, especially with respect to satisfying Nonpoint Source Guidance on methods to improve the assessment. -John Claussen Response: Monitoring is clearly a major need. The state will continue to focus monitoring on problems like toxic waste sites, assimilative capacity studies, etc. State monitoring programs already exist in the Wasteload Allocation Process, toxics monitoring, lake diagnostic studies, lay monitoring, and sampling for river basin planning. Comment: Are demonstration projects considered examples of management program needs? -John Claussen Response: Demonstration project funds can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the agricultural Best Management Practices. The Indicated Management Program Needs list identifies project types that are potentially eligible for such demonstration money. Comment: From a look at the Indicated Management Program Needs it seems that no added legislation or regulatory authority is needed in Vermont to assume the responsibilities of the CWA, Section 319. Is this correct? -John Claussen - 3 - Response: This is essentially correct. The Nonpoint Source Task Force identified the need for adoption of the draft Stormwater Procedures, a new regulatory program regarding hydrologic modifications to upland areas, a policy task force on riparian zone alterations and buffer strip enhancement, and a statute prohibiting the importation of Eurasian- milfoil for sale in aquariums. Comment: Generally, then, Vermont has enough statutory authority to maintain and restore water quality; but more enforcement staff and funding appropriations are needed. -John Claussen Stephan Syz thanked those who attended the meeting, and met briefly afterwards with members of the Nonpoint Task Force who were present.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 PM.
- 4 - Nonpoint Source Resolutions and Management Program Meeting Attendance - 7/12/88 Address I Affiliation Phil Benedict * Box 670, RD #2, Northfield Harry R. Colombo Dubois & King, Inc. PO Box 339, Randolph Dick Croft * Soil Conservation Service 69 Union st., Winooski John Claussen * VT Water Resources Research Center University of Vermont, Burlington Len Gerardi * VT Fish & Wildlife 180 Portland st., st. Johnsbury Keith Goffin Windham Regional Commission _Box 818, 139 Main St., Brattleboro Fran Keeler * · Soil Conservation Service 69 Union St., Winooski Bill Keogh * Assoc. General Contractors of VT Box 750, Montpelier Conrad Motyka * VT Dept. of Forests, Parks, & Rec. 103 South Main st., Waterbury Joe Parkinson * VT Ski Areas Association PO Box 368, Montpelier Bill Paine * VT Dept. of Agriculture 116 state st., Montpelier Dave Perez city of Barre Water Department 12 North Main St., Barre Don Smallwood Chit. Cty. Reg. Planning Commission Essex Junction Robert J. Wernecke Dubois & King, Inc. PO Box 339, Randolph
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* Member of Vermont Nonpoint source Task Force APPENDIX C
Task Force Membership and Affiliation NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION TASK FORCE MEMBERS
Members Affiliation 1. Ronald Allbee Commissioner, Dept. of Agriculture 2. Bill Aswad President, VT Association of Planning & Development Agencies 3. Mollie H. Beattie Commissioner, Dept. of Forests, Parks and Recreation and Task Force Chair 4. Dick Cate Barre City Manager 5. Dr. Jack c. Clausen UVM, School of Natural Resources 6. Roma Jean Douglas Home Builders Assoc. of Northern VT 7. Leonard Gerardi Department of Fish and Wildlife 8. Steve Harper Supervisor, Green Mtn. National Forest 9. Craig Heindel Wagner, Heindel & Noyes, Inc. 10. John W •. Irwin Representative, and Natural Re.sources Conservation Districts 11. Francis M. Keeler Soil Conservation Service 12. William Keogh Associated General Contractors 13 .. Richard A. Moore Natural Resources conservation Council 14. Patrick Parenteau Commissioner, Dept. of Environmental Conservation 15. Joe Parkinson VT Ski Areas Association 16. Edward Pomainville, Jr. Natural Resources Conservation Districts 17. Stephen Sease Director of Planning, Agency of Natural Resources 18c Winston Seeley Natural Resources Conservation Council 19& Robert Shattuck Hydraulics Engineer, Agency of Transportation 20. Michael Zahner Environmental Board 166
A recent amendment to 10 V.S.A. Chapter 41 (specifically, Section 1003) enables the Department of Environmental Conservation to "call to conference" the owner(s) of a facility which regulates stream flow in order to seek cooperation in minimizing damage to the public interest. As a result of the conference, diversions or unlicensed facilities may receive amended permits which contain certain conditions regarding minimum stream flow. For those facilities with federal licenses, the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources may negotiate for a modification to stream flow regulation or otherwise petition FERC· for a license amendment. Corrective Actions A definitive minimum in-stream flow policy statement and standard should be established by the state following an evaluation of the recommended aquatic base flows. The Vermont Departments of Environmental Conservation and Fish and Wildlife are the most appropriate groups for this evaluation. The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources should recommend to the appropriate federal governmental groups and agencies that FERC be required to conform to applicable state concerns and water quality statutes. The Department of Environmental Conservation should assume an aggressive position concerning 401 certificates and Section 1003 conferences. Twenty-two existing hydroelectric projects need to be re-licensed before 1996. For those projects which have or potentially have a high quality fishery, a flow needs study should be performed in order to mitigate in-stream impairments during the hearing process for re-licensing. For others, particularly the unlicensed hydroelectric projects, water quality sampling should be performed in order to determine the severity of water quality problems. To achieve both objectives plus enforcing the conditions associated with each 401 certificate, additional resources and personnel �re needed. 167
RIPARIAN ZONE ALTERATIONS
Problem Statement Several land use activities occurring in Vermont modify the environment found adjacent to surface water. Many of these activities result in nonpoint source pollution by destabilizing streambanks or by disrupting or removing vegetated buffers. Consequently, riparian zone alterations are places of nonpoint source pollution. Water quality related problems from riparian zone alterations were generally associated with the occurrence of an activity in or near the riparian zone or shoreline. The Nonpoint Source Assessment found that the removal of riparian vegetation and the destabilization of streambanks caused fish habitat impairments by increasing turbidity, stream temperature and sediment and resulted in losses of shading and cover. Turbidity and sediment were also responsible for the partial impairment to aesthetic uses. The Assessment revealed approximately 360 river and stream miles to be impacted by the removal of riparian vegetation and streambank modification. Best Management Practices and Implementation Programs Although measures to control nonpoint pollution from these sources are available and can be found in the Vermont Streambank Conservation Manual, the technical adequacy of these measures as applied in Vermont is indefinite and fragmented. The streambank management policy of the Agency of Natural Resources provides no protocol and little guidance for formulating buffer zone dimensions particularly by Agency personnel involved in permit processes. The criteria l(E), l(F) and 4 of Act 250 (the Vermont Land Use and Development Control Law) provide only general performance�related standards and do not specify buffer zone dimensions or characteristics. Development application review is on a case-by-case basis with decision-making performed by the nine (9) District Environmental Commissions. Buffer zone requirements are only quantified under the adopted acceptable management practices for silvicultural activities involving roads, landings or harvest areas. Buffer zones are required to prevent discharges in order to maintain general water quality and to provide shading. No other state programs or regulations quantify buffer zones with any specificity or enforcement power. The buffer zone requirement contained in the draft accepted agricultural practices does not specify dimensions nor provide a means of determining dimensions. In addition, only nonpoint source pollution arising from milk.house and barnyard wastes and erosion from excessive tillage are the justifications for the requirement. 168
State enabling legislation was created in 1973 to allow Vermont towns to adopt shoreland zoning regulations. Estimates are that the majority of Vermont towns either have inadequate or completely lack shoreland zoning. Little work has been done by the State to promote or strengthen such regulations. Corrective Actions The technical standards and implementation programs relating to the conservation of riparian vegetation needs strengthening. In order to reduce nonpoint pollution from riparian zones and lakeshore margins, alteration standards that specify buffer zone dimensions or a process to determine such dimensions are needed. These standards or process should then be incorporated into Act 250 reviews and into the streambank/lakeshore management policy of the Agency of Natural Resources. Buffer zone dimensions or a computation procedure should be included in the listing of Accepted Agricultural Practices. Justifications for buffer zone requirements should also consider erosion from streambank destabilization due to livestock grazing and from the application of nutrients, pesticides and agricultural waste products. It is recommended that the Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources appoint a work group to design a policy and create the statutory framework for protection of the state's streambank and lakeshore environments. These tasks should be completed by July, 1989. All state agencies and departments should recognize the importance of preserving streambank/ lakeshore values. 169
ACIDIC ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION Problem Statement Systematic measurements of precipitation chemistry indicate that pH of Vermont's precipitation currently averages 4.4 to 4.2 (about 15 to 25 times the theoretical acidity of unpolluted rain), and that sulfuric acid accounts for about 2/3 of this excess acidity. A variety of modeling assessments indicate that the vast majority (greater than 95%) of Vermont's wet sulfate deposition results from out of state sources. Results of extensive statewide lake surveys and intensive long-term monitoring of acid sensitive lakes indicate that six Vermont lakes are critically acidified (negative acid neutralizing capacity or ANC), and that roughly 1/4 of the state's ponded surface waters are at least moderately sensitive to potential acidification (ANC less than 12.5 mg/1). Best Management Practices Although acid rain is not currently subject to Federal regulation, a variety of existing Clean Air Act (CAA) mechanisms could lead to reductions in acid rain precursor emissions. Sections 115 (International Air Pollution), and 169A (Visibility Protection) might each lead to significant reductions in sulfur emissions upwind of Vermont. EPA's continued reluctance to fully enforce these existing CAA provisions is being challenged (by Vermont and others) in a number of currently pending court cases. Implementation Programs The state's ability to control this form of non-point source pollution is severely limited by the relatively insignificant contribution from in-state sources. Vermont has adopted a state ambient air quality standard for particulate sulfate (to protect visibility), which (if met through Federal control of out of state contributions) would result in significant reductions in acid deposition as well. The state has also adopted new source review regulations which will assure that any future Vermont source will not contribute significantly to violations of the state sulfate standard, and that Vermont's average statewide emission rate will never exceed 1.2 lbs. S02/MMBtu of heat input (if this rate were achieved nationally, S02 emissions upwind of Vermont would be approximately cut in half). Corrective Actions Liming of acidified and acid sensitive lakes is definitely not considered a viable corrective action in Vermont. National reductions in precursor emissions is the only effective correction action. The state will continue to press for complete implementation of existing federal laws and for passage of 170 comprehensive national control legislation. The state will also continue to carefully monitor its surface waters, deposition and air quality to more clearly define current status, short term changes and long-term trends in effects and causes of acidic deposition in Vermont. 171
TOXIC ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION Problem Statement A potentially serious problem related to acidic deposition, but relatively poorly quantified, is the atmospheric deposition of taxi� metals and organics which may ultimately accumulate in Vermont surface waters, sediments and/or aquatic biota. A number of studies have implicated atmospheric deposition as a major, and in some cases, dominant source of potentially toxic organics including Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Dioxins, Dibenzofurans and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) to aquatic sediments and biota at urban and rural locations throughout North America. In a review of trace metal concentrations in Atmospheric Deposition, Galloway et. al. (1982) observed that "Mercury and lead are now being deposited in some areas in levels toxic to humans and cadmium, copper, mercury, lead and zinc at levels toxic to other organisms." Although relatively few Vermont data exist, PCB concentrations in Lake Champlain lake trout may already threaten human utilization of this resource. studies in the Great Lakes have identified atmospheric deposition as a major source (accounting for >50%) of biotic accumulation of PCB in surface water in that region. Hunt (1975) reported a relatively uniform enrichment of lead and zinc in the upper 2 cm of sediment cores taken throughout Lake Champlain. Hanson and Norton (1982) analyzed soils and lake sediments from remote sites along a southwest/northeast transect running through northern New England and eastern Canada. Their data indicate that deposition rates of acidity and a number of potentially toxic metals are higher in Vermont than at other sites in the region. Some metals like lead are quickly bound up by and accumulate in forest soils. Concentrations of lead and other metals including arsenic, cadmium, selenium, zinc, copper and vanadium are increasing in recently deposited lake sediments in remote lakes in the Adirondacks and New England, and many of these may be leached back into the water column under short or long-term increases in lake acidity. Best Management Practices National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS) may result in reduced national emissions of certain toxic substances such as mercury, arsenic, benzene, vinyl chloride, etc. A developing state program for control of hazardous air contaminants includes both source based and ambient air limits and may also result in reduced local emissions of previously unregulated toxic substances. However, these federal and state programs will focus primarily on relatively small numbers of individual sources and/or localized hotspots and may have relatively minor impacts on regional deposition levels. For example, arsenic has been identified as one of the most rapidly accumulating substances in remote Adirondack lakes. NESHAPS have been established to limit arsenic emissions from glass 172 production, copper smelting and arsenic-oxide production facilities. The State has established an ambient air hazard limiting value (HLV) for arsenic. But this HLV has been exceeded at a remote site in Underhill, Vermont where the arsenic concentrations are considered to result primarily from coal combustion in the midwest. Additional management practices are necessary to: 1. Determine the extent to which accumulation of toxic substances in aquatic systems poses a significant threat to long-term use; 2. Determine the extent to which atmospheric deposition and other routes of entry contribute to total toxic loadings; and 3. To identify the ultimate origin and potential control of these toxic substances. Implementation Programs In addition to implementation of state and federal air toxic programs, several current state monitoring activities should provide some information on biotic and surface water, ambient air, and wet deposition of toxic substances in Vermont. These activities include: 1. Elemental and organic analysis of lake trout tissue from five lakes (Caspian, Champlain, Dunmore, Memphremagog and Seymour). 2. Elemental analysis of ambient particulate and wet deposition samples in Underhill, Vermont. 3. Analysis for selected gaseous and particle phase organics in Burlington, Vermont. 4. Multimedia toxics exposure study in the vicinity of a waste recovery facility in Rutland, Vermont. These four current state studies are short-term and are not intended to quantify deposition, accumulation or potential effects of toxic substances in Vermont's surface waters. Corrective Action A long-term integrated monitoring approach is necessary to determine the extent to which toxic atmospheric deposition may pose a threat to Vermont surface waters. The Lake Champlain lake trout toxics analysis might be expanded to include other potentially sensitive or accumulator aquatic animal and plant species; sediment cores; other lakes - at least one free from direct anthropogenic discharge and at least one acidic or low 173 alkalinity lake. An effort should also be made to quantify wet and bulk deposition rates of toxic metals and organics on a routine basis at several sites, and to determine the extent to which these toxics result from local or distant sources. The relatively high analytical costs for metals and especially for organics may exceed the financial constraints of existing Vermont Agency of Natural Resources budgetary resources. However, the prohibitively high costs of correcting a toxics accumulation problem once it has occurred underscores the need for initiation of a comprehensive baseline monitoring program.
References l. Galloway J.N., J.D. Thornton, S.A. Norton, H.L. Volchok, R.A. McLean, (1982) "Trace Metals in Atmospheric Deposition: a Review and Assessment", Atmospheric Environment, 16: 1677-1700. 2. Hanson, D.W., S.A. Norton (1982) "Spatial and Temporal Trends in the Chemistry of Atmospheric Deposition in New England", International Symposium on Hydrometeorology, Am. Wat. Res. Assm. 3. Hunt, A.S. (1975) "Sediment Properties, Lake Champlain: 1971-1975", Report to Office of Water Resources Research, USDOI. 174
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Problem Statement Recreational use and enjoyment of surface water may often result in conflicts between incompatible water uses or in actual decreases to water quality. Degraded surface water quality caused by recreational use can arise from intentional as well as inadvertent actions. Boating activities that inadvertently transport and introduce non-native nuisance aquatic plants to uninfested lakes are one type of recreational use that is recognized to result in impairments to designated water uses and which has created a significant and very real threat to many unimpaired waterbodies in Vermont. The existence of non-native nuisance aquatic plants is both a cause of use impairment and a source of water quality deterioration in numerous Vermont lakes. In the case of Eurasian milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), the problem arises from the ability of this aggressive species to establish and rapidly proliferate from plant fragments introduced to or transported within a waterbody. Once established, not only are all designated uses impaired but eradication is unattainable. Although there appears to be the possibility of natural transport vectors (i.e., wildlife), studies in the Canadian province of British Columbia have shown that transport by boaters can be a major source of new infestations. New infestations can arise from small plant fragments in wet wells, attached to boat trailers or caused by "propeller wash." It has been estimated that approximately 45% of all Vermont lakes and ponds are presently threatened by Eurasian milfoil due to their close proximity to the twenty Vermont lakes with confirmed infestations in 1987. Best Management Practices Adequate technical measures do not exist for controlling the spread and preventing the establishment of non-native nuisance aquatics. Short-term control measures used in controlling established nuisance populations in Vermont are limited to physical methods such as lake level drawdown, mechanical harvesting and bottom barriers. Biological or chemical methods are generally not used in Vermont. Most measures are either too costly or are environmentally unacceptable for long-term control. Implementation Programs Programs for applying technical measures towards the control of non-native nuisance aquatics are administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. The state Milfoil Watchers Program is dependent upon volunteers to moniior waterbodies for new infestations. A 175
crucial component of the control program is public education. Recently enacted state legislation prohibits the transport of Eurasian milfoil between waterbodies. Programmatic weaknesses however, are related to the lack of consistent funding to implement management alternatives and the need for an expanded educational effort. Corrective Actions Present control and prevention programs, such as weed harvesting and Eurasian milfoil "watching" should be continued. Reducing the spread of this species could be realized by increasing educational activities, expanding the Milfoil Watchers Program and through statutory protection. Statutory authority and regulations should be created which restrict the importation and/or sale in Vermont of non-native nuisance plant species by the aquarium industry. Over the longer term, the effectiveness of various control measures (especially biological and chemical control, harvesting and bottom barriers) should be evaluated by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources in order to achieve maximum program control benefits. 176
COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS
Problem Statement In sixteen of Vermont's larger communities served by wastewater treatment facilities, combined sewer overflows represent an on-going nonpoint source pollution problem. Eight of these communities are within the Lake Champlain drainage basin, the most notable community being the City of Burlington and impacts to Burlington Bay. The Vermont Nonpont Source Assessment found that over twenty (20) river and stream miles were impacted by combined sewer overflows. Best Management Practices Strong state and federal standards are used in obtaining stormwater or wastewater discharge permits. The standard used by Vermont for remediation of combined sewer overflows (CSO) is to separate stormwater volumes from wastewater and to provide an acceptable level of treatment. Draft stormwater procedures encourage the use of overland flow and the attenuation of.peak discharges and velocities. Implementation Programs Programs for controlling CSO-related pollution are administered by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation Public Facilities Division. The priority for correction of cso problems has lagged behind the construction or upgrade of community wastewater treatment facilities. The Vermont Construction Grants Program however, has added cso correction activities to the priority list as eligible projects. A funding mechanism to abate cso problems in the state was recently approved by the Vermont legislature. Costs of problem abatement are to be shared between federal, state and local governments. Corrective Actions Correction of the cso problem in Vermont will require a minimum of 70 million dollars over a ten year period assuming that authorized congressional appropriations are forthcoming. The federal construction grants program terminates in 1990 and a state revolving loan program will be established between 1988 and 1994. Consistent funding levels will be required from federal and state government to address this source of pollution. There is an immediate need to increase Department of Environmental Conservation staffing in order to adequately inspect cso conditions of discharge permits. 177
HAZARDOUS WASTE/LANDFILLS
Problem Statement Approximately thirty-three (33) percent of Vermont classified hazardous waste sites or landfills have known leachate or other materials that reach surface water. These sites affect 50 out of 210 designated river and stream waterbodies and impact over 25 river and stream miles. Another 39% of the State's hazardous waste sites or landfills either pose a threat to surface water quality or require further assessment.
Best Management Practices Technical standards from federal laws and state agencies have been developed to prevent environmental degradation or to initiate clean-up activities following contamination. Federal standards have evolved from the passage of the Superfund Act (CERCLA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act. State classified hazardous waste sites and landfills are to be certified and controlled by standards established by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation Divisions of Hazardous Materials Management and Solid Waste Management. The operating portions of all existing landfills are to be lined by July, 1990. All new landfills must be lined and must collect and treat landfill leachate.
Implementation Programs Nonpoint source control programs from hazardous waste sites are administered by the regulations of the Division of Hazardous Materials Management. Regulations require state certification for the storage, transport, treatment or disposal of defined hazardous materials. Generators producing greater than 100 kg per month, transporters and hazardous waste disposal facilities are required to submit manifests and reports of their activities. Each hazardous waste storage, treatment or disposal facility must monitor the surrounding ground and surface water conditions. Programs for controlling NPS pollution from landfills were strengthened under the 1987 Vermont Solid Waste Bill. In addition to State certification and the installation of liners, all solid waste haulers must be licensed and specify the type of waste transported and the area served.
Corrective Actions The extent of in-stream impairments from leachate and hazardous waste sites within Vermont is largely unknown. Further 178 assessment by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation is necessary at nearly all hazardous waste sites and landfills given the toxic nature of the pollutants, the long term nature of the problem and, the potential chronic water quality and health related effects. 179
FAILED SEPTIC SYSTEMS
Problem Statement The majority of Vermont's population relies on individual septic systems to treat and dispose of domestic wastewater. The Nonpoint Source Assessment found that approximately ninety (90) miles of rivers and streams were impacted by this nonpoint source and, that 53 of 96 designated waterbodies which did not fully support uses as having failed septic s�stems as a contributing pollution source. Many other designated waterbodies were threatened by failing septic systems. The Groundwater Assessment ranked septic systems as the third-most prevalent source of groundwater contamination (following petroleum-related and landfills).
Best Management Practices Technical standards for septic system installation and regulation of new systems can be found under the Environmental Protection Rules (10 V.S.A. Chapter 47), State Health Department regulations and local health ordinances following Health Department approval. Septic systems installed prior to these controls are considered· to be "grandfathered", older in age and generally, possess a higher probability of failure. Despite the availability of septic system technical standards, a wide variety of setback requirements is found in the state. A recent draft study of nitrate levels in groundwaterl adjacent to six residential subdivisions with on-site sewage disposal systems indicates that, despite modern design standards and criteria for on-site systems, elevated levels of nitrate in groundwater were found. Preliminary analysis of the data indicates however, that a relationship between density of disposal systems and groundwater nitrate levels cannot be established with existing data.
Implementation Programs State programs for controlling nonpoint pollution originating from failed septic systems have been established according to design capacity of the disposal system. Soil-based systems greater than 6,500 gallons per day are controlled under an Interim Administrative Procedure process while Indirect Discharge Regulations are being drafted. Smaller systems are controlled under the Environmental Protection Regulations, Act 250 and through state Subdivision Regulations. For communities that have adopted an approved health ordinance, the On-Site Program of the Vermont Association of Conservation Districts may provide technical expertise for septic system design and 180 installation. Of the 246 towns and villages in the State, approximately 105 towns are On-Site members which represents a 75% increase in membership since 1980. A low degree of oversight during system installation in towns not participating with the On-Site Program and the need for expanded educational efforts are two deficiencies in the Vermont program that should be addressed.
Corrective Actions In order to more comprehensively address this nonpoint source of pollution, changes need to be undertaken in standards and programs. The current horizontal separation distance between leachfield and lakes should be analyzed by the Vermont Departments of Health and Environmental Conservation to provide for additional treatment capability. Additional technical assistance from the state (beyond dye testing) should become available to lake associations or health officers to assess system(s) functional adequacy and alternative designs. Greater oversight is needed in non-on-Site member towns during septic system installation. Routine sanitary surveys are needed in some basins in order to assess the extent of system failures given the significant growth that has occurred in portions of the State. Many of Vermont's rapid growth towns do not participate in the on-site Program and should be encouraged to do so. Additional assessment should be performed concerning nitrate levels in groundwater from septic system discharges. A renewed educational program with an emphasis on septic system maintenance is needed.
References: 1. A Study of the Impact of High Density of On-Site Domestic Sewage Disposal Systems on Nitrate-Nitrogen Concentrations in Groundwater. Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. 1987. 181
WETLAND FILLING Problem Statement Vermont has lost as much as thirty-five (35) percent of its original wetland acreage to filling activities and wetlands continue to be lost at a rate of 100 to 200 acres each year. Wetland loss is due to filling and draining for road construction, residential and commercial development and agricultural activities. Best Management Practices (BMP) The Vermont State legislature passed a law in May, 1986 relating to the regulation of wetlands. Rules are now being drafted to identify "significant wetlands" based on wetland functions. In general, these rules as proposed by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources call for essentially no disturbances within surrounding buffers or so called "isolation distances.'' The standard by which permitted disturbances will be judged will be that level of protection needed to preserve the important functions and values of the wetland. Implementation Programs The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has nationwide jurisdiction over the placement of dredge and fill material in wetlands through Section 401 of the Rivers and Harbors Act and in Section 404 of the Clean Water Act. The former only applies to those wetlands found adjacent to navigable waters. As of this writing, state authority to control development of wetlands is limited to the Vermont Land Use and Development Control Law (Act 250) and to the authority of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Act 250 program is dependent upon the District Environmental Commissions to place conditions on development permits in order to protect wetlands. District Commissions have been willing to accept recommendations from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources with respect to wetlands protection; however, enforcement of development permit conditions is deficient due to the limited number of Agency staff. Similarly, staffing at the Corps of Engineers is limited so that the majority of federal rules violations remain unenforced. Corrective Actions Increased Act 250 permit compliance monitoring and increased staff to administer Army Corps of Engineers rules are two programmatic areas requiring improvement. The proposed state wetlands rules if adopted as written, will further the legal limits and technical standards of wetlands protection. The adoption of wetlands rules will not however solve the filling and habitat destruction of wetlands without a staffing increase to enforce the rules of the Vermont Water Resources Board. 182
SILVICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Problem Statement Silvicultural nonpoint source pollution in Vermont is largely confined to the activities of harvesting, residue management and logging road construction/maintenance. Although only 45 miles of rivers or streams were found to be impacted during the Nonpoint Assessment, it is suspected that additional river or stfeam miles have impacts from logging activities but went undetected due to the remote and often mobile nature of the industry. Best Management Practices Technical standards for controlling silvicultural nonpoint source pollution are available from state and federal agencies. Fede�al standards are applicable to logging-related activities on federally-owned land. State standards, in the form of Accepted Management Practices (AMP), specify the non-mandatory implementation of twenty-four practices to prevent discharges from reaching state waters during and after harvesting. Standards have been designed for truck roads and skid trails, surface water/stream crossings, protective vegetated strips and log landings. The technical adequacy of AMP implementation in Vermont for maintaining water quality has not been formally tested. Implementation Programs Permit programs for silvicultural nonpoint source pollution control are administered by the u.s. Department of Agriculture/ U.S. Forest Service on federal lands and the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation on state-owned lands. Vermont Water Quality statutes exempt landowners and loggers from obtaining permits for logging operations below an elevation of 2,500 feet if AMPs are implemented. The application of AMPs however, does not relieve an individual from the obligation of complying with the Water Quality Standards. Technical assistance is provided to landowners or loggers from assigned Department Foresters, Consulting and Industrial Foresters, through the Extension Service and by the Vermont Timber Truckers and Producers Association. Corrective Actions Enforcement of the AMPs which became rules in 1987, is the responsibility of the five (5) Environmental Conservation Investigators of the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. The Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and 183
Recreation has made a commitment to evaluate the current process (which uses the Investigators, a Forester from the Department and a member of the Vermont Timber Truckers and Producers Association) for AMP enforcement before the end of 1988. Continued educational programs need to be provided to landowners and loggers. Programs, in the form of publications, workshops or voluntary certification training, need to address the availability of technical assistance as well as the rules or regulations associated with the industry. Landowners should be encouraged to use logging contracts which include AMP implementation. At present, the technical adequacy of AMP implementation concerning water quality maintenance is unknown. Recently passed State legislation enables an evaluation of the technical adequacy of AMP implementation on surface water quality to be performed by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation by the end of 1989. 184
MINING
Problem Statement Current mining activities in Vermont are largely confined to sand and gravel, granite, talc, asbestos, marble and limited slate removal. The mining industry is a heavily regulated industry yet the Nonpoint Source Assessment found three categories of resource extraction to be moderately significant pollution sources - settling lagoons, mine tailings and in-stream gravel extraction or mining. Existing mine tailings, such as those found adjacent to the inactive copper mines in the Ompompanoosuc River drainage and adjacent to the active asbestos mine in the Missisquoi River drainage, are presently unregulated. Leachate levels from the copper mines were measured several years ago. Approximately nine (9) miles of river are impaired. Varying levels of asbestos fibers were discovered throughout the length of the Missisquoi River and in Missisquoi Bay in a 1980 sampling effort. No additional assessment has been performed since then although 1.5 miles of headwater area were found to be threatened by asbestos fibers. Best Management Practices Direct discharge standards apply to settling lagoons and to discharges from other mining operations. Discharges must not violate federal or state water quality laws and must meet federal effluent standards established for each industry type. Act 250 District Commissions review new mining operations· and the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation administers the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System. State enforcement orders (1272 Orders) are used to halt an existing, discovered water quality violation. New,mining operations are reviewed under Act 250 and must include reclamation and stabilization plans for mined tailings. Mines or excavated tailings that were in-place prior to the creation of Act 250 are reviewed under Act 250 only if some new, significant physical change has or will occur. New restrictions on in-stream gravel mining were promulgated in the 1987 Vermont Rivers Bill setting annual limits on the amount of material which may be removed from areas above the waterline. Applications for stream alteration permits are administered by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Although excavation limits and a permitting program have been established, beyond state guidelines no standards exist to reduce the environmental impact resulting from this activity. 185
Permits for in-stream gravel mining and for settling lagoons are administered by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. Both permit programs require additional personnel to conduct necessary follow-up work especially with respect to site inspections and permit compliance monitoring. The stream alteration permit program is presently staffed by only one individual. Corrective Actions Enforcement of permit conditions is limited by the program staffing of the Environmental Conservation Investigators and the stream alteration permit process. Additional staffing is necessary to achieve greater compliance. Further assessment is needed to determine the erosion impact(s) from mine tailings and to select remediation measures in selected waterbodies. 186
URBAN RUNOFF
Problem Statement The small number but wide geographic distribution of urbanized area runoff sites is suspected of causing use impairments to waters of the State given the impact from nutrients, sedimentation, oxygen-demanding wastes and often toxic nature of pollutants found in stormwater. The Nonpoint Source Assessment found that surface runoff from urban areas had a major impact to 44% of the 120 affected river and stream miles. Best Management Practices The majority of "urban" development in Vermont occurred prior to 1978 when stormwater permit regulations and standards were created. Remediation standards do not exist. For areas within urban centers that are undergoing development, state control standards are available in the proposed Stormwater Procedures. These procedures have not been adopted as rules. As technical guidelines, the procedures encourage the use of overland flow and attempt to limit discharges to pre-development peak discharges. Implementation Programs Programs for controlling urban runoff from developed areas are non-regulatory and are limited to advisory unless a stormwater discharge from an existing development can be shown to violate State Water Quality Standards. For developing areas, stormwater management plans are comprehensively reviewed by the Department of Environmental Conservation and by District Act 250 Commissions. Applicants for development are encouraged to utilize the standards in the draft Stormwater Procedures. The existing program does not address stormwater changes from most small-scale land use change, agricultural land use practices or other land use changes not involving impervious surfaces. In addition the program is under-staffed concerning permit compliance monitoring. Corrective Actions Controlling pollution from urban runoff requires short-term and long-term considerations. Initially, the Stormwater Procedures should be reviewed, revised as necessary and formally adopted as rules. Staffing increases within the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation would allow greater enforcement capabilities and permit compliance monitoring. Long-term needs include further water quality and sediment assessment for identifying problem runoff areas as well as for the design and adoption of remediation standards. 187
VI. Consistency Review As part of the State Management Program, Vermont has been required to identify those federal financial assistance programs and federal development projects for which the state will review individual assistance applications or proposed development projects for their (l} effect on water quality and (2} consistency with the Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program. The identification of those programs and projects that Vermont intends to evaluate with respect to nonpoint source management concerns, standards, and criteria is presented below. Federal financial assistance programs and development projects will be reviewed for consistency with the Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program primarily through the State's intergovernmental review process established through Executive Order 12372 (i.e. state Clearinghouse). The Clearinghouse will receive a copy of the Management Program which, in addition to identifying waterbodies of special concern, contains a listing of federal programs/projects to be reviewed for consistency. It is anticipated that consistency reviews by Vermont will consider direct and indirect effects, cumulative impact and the degree to which an activity supports or detracts from Management Program objectives. Federal financial assistance programs Includes federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide services or benefits to the American public, either directly or through an intermediate level of government or another agency.
1. Department of Agriculture Water Bank Program Agricultural Conservation Program Forestry Incentives Program 188
Rural Clean Water Program Conservation Reserve Program Resource Conservation and Development Loans Soil and Water Loans Watershed Rehabilitation Projects Hydrologic Modification Wetlands Protection Riparian Management Plans FERC Activities 2. Soil Conservation Service/ASCS ACP (Agricultural Conservation Program) PL-566 (Small Watersheds) RCWP (Rural Clean Water Project) RCWP-15 (Fertilizer Management) RCWP-16 (Pesticide Management) 3. Corps.of Engineers Dredging Channel Improvements Breakwaters Erosion Control Structures Dams or Flood Control Works 4. Federal Highway Administration Highway Construction/Reconstruction 5. Office of Surface Mining Abando�ed Mine Lands Program 6. Department of Transportation Airport Improvement Program Highway Planning and Construction Public Transportation for Non-urbanized Areas 7. Environmental Protection Agency Construction Grants for Wastewater Treatment Works State Underground Water Source Protection Clean Lakes Cooperative Agreements Pesticides Enforcement Program Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund {Superfund) State Underground Storage Tanks Program a. Department of Energy Nuclear waste Disposal Siting 189
Federal development projects: Includes any federal activity involving the planning, construction, modification or removal of public works, facilities, or other structures, and/or the acquisition, management, or disposal of land or water resources.
1. Forest Service Watershed Management Water and Waste Disposal Systems for Rural Co�unities Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Loans Cooperative Forestry Assistance Resource Conservation and Development Soil and Water Conservation Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention 2. Department of Commerce Anadromous and Great Lakes Fisheries Conservation
3. Department of Defense Aquatic Plant Control Beach Erosion Control Projects Flood Plain Management Services Flood Control Projects Navigation Projects Snagging and Clearing for Flood Control Protection, Clearing, and Straightening Channels
4. Department of the Interior Abandoned Mill Reclamation Irrigation Systems Rehabilitation and Betterment Anadromous Fish Conservation Fish Restoration APPENDIX A
Notes from Regional Workshops on the Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program and State Clean water Strategy Addison County Regional Planning Area On June 13, 1988 the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in Middlebury, Vermont at the Middlebury Union High School on the Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program and the State Clean Water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) were 21 members of the public and several staff from the Agency of Natural Resources. The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m. by Stephan Syz, Chief, Water Resources Planning. The following points were raised at the meeting. waters Designated as Taroeted Waters on the Preliminary Problem waterbody Targeting List Cedar Lake. Cedar Lake is a small lake with a watershed changing from agricultural to residential land use. Nuisance weeds are becoming more visible and more problematic. Accoridng to local residents, fish population has declined. Nutrients are suspected of contributing to problem, but the source of these nutrients has not been identified. The Lake is appropriately targeted as high priority. Otter Creek section of Lake Champlain. A proliferation of nuisance aquatic weeds is impairing boating and swimming in Kellogg Bay. Kellogg Bay is the focus of scs work on agricultural Best Management Practice implementation. Farms within the watershed are prioritized by proximity to the Bay and Lake. Sediment build-up is an impairment to navigation, and sedimentation is apparent to mid-lake. The area is appropriately targeted as high priority. Lower Otter Creek - from mouth to Vergennes. The Creek experiences heavy boating and fishery pressure. There is an scs focus on agricultural Best Management Practice implementation. Recommendations included petitioning the Water Resources Board to impose a speed limit on lower Otter Creek to reduce streambank erosion from boat wake effects. The area is appropriately targeted but questions arose concerning treatment of lowest-most portion when problems still exist upstream. otter Creek - below Weybridge Dam Leicester River - below Salisbury Dam Silver Lake Dam and Stream sucker Brook These segments are impacted by hydro or hydro-related facilities and downstream fish passage is impeded. There was discussion concerning FERC process and party status during re-licensing hearing. The segments are not perceived to be heavily utilized which may be due to the existence
- 1 - of hydro facilities. The segments are appropriately targeted as high priority. Uses have been impaired by low and fluctuating flows, and restoration of uses may lead to more public use of the waters. Dead Creek Lemon Fair River. These segments are currently the focus of two SCS PL 83-566 projects. They are appropriately targeted as high priorities. Port Henry Section - Lake Champlain. There are impairments from weeds, algae and nutrients. No comments were made on the waterbody. It is appropriately targeted as a high priority.
Non-Targeted Waters Lake Dunmore. High protection is needed due to its proximity to lakes infested with Eurasian milfoil. The lake experiences heavy use. Some household conversions from seasonal to year-round are occuring, and the lake is in a rapid growth area.
The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
- 2 - Addision Regional Planning Area Public Meeting Attendance - 6/13/88 Address or Phone Number John A. & Ellen Thompson P.O. Box 76, Monkton 453-2583 Larry G. Sundby P.O. Box 69, Monkton 453-3323 Betty A. Quarr P.O. Box 347, Middlebury 388-2024 Wesley c. Larrabee RR 1, Box 56, Shoreham 897-2626 Peter L. W. Burton RD #1, Pleasant View Terrace, Middlebury 388-6876 Meg Dennison RD #1, Box 2068 North Ferrisburg 453-4091 Wayne D. Smith RD #1, Box 82, Salisbury 352-4543 Beatrice Ackerman Box 33 v Salisbury 352-4260 N. Gail Byers ACRP & DC 58 N. Pleasant Middlebury 388-3141 Margaret Gaskill RD 2, Brandon 352-4274 David R. Callum VT Fish & Wildlife Chet MacKenzie VT Fish & Wildlife Alan Coulter RD #1, Box 156A Middlebury 545-2213 Guy Kimball RR 1, Box 2035, Monkton 453-2675 cw & EC Shonnard RD 3, Box 828, Vergennes 475-2472 Robert Von Bruns RFD Box 2025 North Ferrisburg 453-3814 Barbara R. Von Bruns 140 East Ave, Burlington 864-4137 Clare M. Carver 11 Bailey Ave., Montpelier A. F. Johnson Bristol Betty Wheeler Municipal Building Middlebury 388-4041 22 total Bennington Regional Planning Area on June 21, 1988, the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in Bennington, Vermont at the Ramada Inn on the Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program and the State Clean Water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) were 13 members of the public. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Rose Paul, Assistant Water Resources Planner. The following points were raised at the meeting. Waters Designated as Targeted Waters on the Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List Lake Paran. Many of the participants were very concerned about water quality on Lake Paran, particularly the Eurasian milfoil infestation. Discussion focused on alternate ways to treat milfoil, including using grass carp, drawdowns, herbicides, rotavating and mechanical harvesting. A member of the Lake Paran Board said most members of the lake association felt that mechanical harvesting was the best solution. The lake is appropriately targeted as high priority. Hoosic River. Participants thought the Hoosic River should be on the targeted list because it has excellent fisheries potential. However, some thought it should be given a lower priority than Lake Paran because many of the pollution problems occur in Massachusetts. Participants urged a 'headwaters first' approach to cleanup, whereby Vermont would work with Massachusetts to eliminate industrial and nonpoint discharges in the headwaters. The river is appropriately targeted as high priority. Non-Targeted Waters Woodford Pond (also called Big Pond). The Woodford Lakes Association was represented at the meeting. The repeated high bacterial counts at Woodford Pond are due to an unknown source. A septic system survey may be needed. There was discussion about whether holding tanks were a good option for camps with soils unsuitable for in-ground systems. Emerald Lake and Shaftsbury Lake. Participants commented that the public access to these lakes, which are in state parks, was too restrictive for fishermen. The hours of public access to the state parks have recently changed so that there is no early morning or mid-evening access. These are the periods when fishermen would most like to get in, and there is no use conflict with swimmers because the times don't overlap. These lakes have a good fishery and are
- l - public waters. (Response: The lakes will be designated as threatened public access.) Public access issues should be further investigated through the VT department of Forests, Parks and Recreation. Batten Kill. Participants were worried that the Batten Kill is becoming increasingly posted for no trespassing, particularly in the Manchester area. The high cost of land is the driving force. Traditional access areas may be lost and public access for fishing and other recreation may become impossible. The State was urged to acquire public access areas or access easements along the Batten Kill. It was mentioned that towns can also purchase access areas or access rights-of-way. (Response: The river is designated as a high priority threatened waterbody.) Lake Shaftsbury. There have been rumors of poor water quality creating a health hazard on Lake Shaftsbury. (Response: The water has been tested regularly and no pollutants or bacterial contamination have been detected.) Other comments: In order to promote water quality awareness, one participant suggested that Vermont high school students be required to do a report or project on their local water quality issues. The Riverwatch program was mentioned as a good model for schools to follow.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.
- 2 - Bennington Regional Planning Area Public Meeting Attendance - 6/21/88 Address & Phone Number Dick Finlay PO Box 766, Manchester 382-1913 Florence H. Schernpf Box 289, Pownal 823-5455 Muriel Rice Box 405, No. Bennington 442-2214 Quin Resch RR l, Box 533, No. Benn. 442-7839 Meg Woolmington 23 Mechanic st., No. Benn. 442-6192 Stuart Freyer 343 Dewey st., Bennington 442-3127 Rick Kobik Shaftsbury Planning Commission, Shaftsbury 375-2251 Wayne Tifft Woodford Lake Estates Woodford 442-6197 Dav.id Callum VT Fish & Wildlife Greg Burke Benn. County Regional Comm. Arlington Robert Grouf Bennington Cty. Construction Julian & Edna Huranes Bennington Jane Burkhardt Overlea Road, No. Bennington
14 total Central Vermont Regional Planning Area on June 23, 1988 the Department of Environmental Conservation conducted a public meeting in Montpelier, Vermont in the Pavilion Building on the Vermont Nonpoint Source Management Program and the State Clean Water Strategy. In attendance (list attached) were 19 members of the public. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Rose Paul, Assistant Water Resources Planner. The following points were raised at the meeting.
Waters Designated as Targeted Waters on the Preliminary Problem Waterbody Targeting List North Montpelier Pond. The pond has a Eurasian milfoil infestation, and its proximity to other waters threatens many lakes and ponds in the County. The infestation is presently controlled by limited hand-pulling and hand cutting activities. No mechanical measures have been used to date. Recommendations from the public included petitioning the Water Resources Board to prohibit motor boats, having the State purchase a weed harvester to lease out to towns or lake associations, greater education efforts emphasizing the 10 mile radius threat, and greater legislative support for nuisance plant control funds. The pond is appropriately targeted as high priority. Nichols Brook in Woodbury. Flow regime problems and water level fluctuations have been caused by differences in opinion among lake shore property owners. The dam is no longer controlled by the utility. Consider re-designating to moderate priority. (Response: The Water Quality Division decided to keep Nichols Brook on the high priority list because of the environmental effects of seasonal dewatering.) Non-Targeted Waters Waterbury Reservoir. ·Natural streambank erosion causes turbidity and sedimentation. Magnitude of cause and level of impairment need to be assessed. Curtis Pond. Ownership of dam needs to be identified. Dam repair work must be begun. Level of risk associated with need to repair dam to avoid flooding consequences should be assessed. Jail Branch. South of East Barre. Natural streambank erosion should be added as a source of impairment. (Response: This has been done). Becuase treatment facility no longer discharges into this water, it should be re-classified to class B.
- 1 - Other comments Comments on Eurasian milfoil and aquatic nuisance control dominated the session. Individuals strongly believed that this cause/source of use impairment should receive much greater attention and much higher levels of funding for control than are presently being expended. Eurasian milfoil was compared to the "AIDS of our waters," suggesting that greater efforts should be spent on protecting lakes that are ·not already infested. The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
- 2 - Central Vermont Regional Planning Area Public Meeting Attendance - 6/23/88 Address or Phone Number Stephan syz Box 920, RR 1, Montpelier 229-9282 Tom Willard DEC, Waterbury 244-6951 Mary Pavone DuBois & King, Randolph 728-3376 Janet Hewitt Box 51, Calais 223-7819 Trudy Boyles Box 22, Calais 229-9342 K.B. Cheney 20 Bailey, Montpelier 223-3181 Craig Myotte 13 Summer St., Montpelier Dan Bagnaski PO Box 18, N. Montpelier 229-5818 Marion & Lisa Kreis PO Box 62, N. Montpelier 454-7195 Thea Cookson V.P., Woodbury Lake Box 126, Woodbury 456-8743 Susan Sinclair Central VT Reg. Plann. Comm. 229-0389 w. Albert 18 Pinewood Rd, Montpelier 223-3970 Angelo Incerpi VT Fish & Wildlife Joseph E. & Laura Brown North Montpelier 454-7723 Susan Weber RFD 2, Box 390, Plainfield 454-7189 John Claussen VT Fish & Wildlife 485-7566 Bruce Chapell Templeton Rd, E. Montpelier 223-2339
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