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Statutes > Vermont > Title-10 > Chapter-37 > 913Section 913 effective 45 days after such time as the water resources panel has issued both a rule updating the Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps and a rule updating the Vermont wetland rules
§ 913. Prohibition
(a) Except for allowed uses adopted by the panel by rule, no person shall conduct or allow to be conducted an activity in a significant wetland or buffer zone of a significant wetland except in compliance with a permit, conditional use determination, or order issued by the secretary.
(b) A permit shall not be required under this section for:
(1) any activity that occurred before the effective date of this section unless the activity occurred within:
(A) an area identified as a wetland on the Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps.
(B) a wetland that was contiguous to an area identified as a wetland on the Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps.
(C) the buffer zone of a wetland referred to in subdivision (A) or (B) of this subdivision (1).
(2) any construction within a wetland that is identified on the Vermont significant wetlands inventory maps or within the buffer zone of such a wetland, provided that the construction was completed prior to February 23, 1992, and no action for which a permit is required under the rules of the panel was taken or caused to be taken on or after February 23, 1992. (Added 2009, No. 31, § 5.)
