§ 1281 - Oil and other hazardous materials
§ 1281. Oil and other hazardous materials
(a) The secretary shall adopt rules relating to the handling, storage and transport of oil and other hazardous materials within the state of Vermont for the purpose of preventing the discharge of any oil and other hazardous materials directly or indirectly into the waters of the state. The secretary shall coordinate any proposed rule relating to oil or other hazardous materials with the secretary of human services and the commissioner of labor to assure the absence of conflict.
(b) Any rule adopted under this section or section 1282 of this title shall be presented immediately to the clerk of the house of representatives and the secretary of the senate who shall immediately publish it in their respective calendars. If the general assembly is not in session at the time a rule or regulation is adopted, publication in the calendars shall occur within 10 days after the general assembly next convenes. The general assembly may repeal a rule or regulation. (Added 1973, No. 112, § 5, eff. April 25, 1973; amended 1981, No. 222 (Adj. Sess.), § 25; 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)