Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 10, § 1110

The Commissioner of Environmental Conservation shall adopt rules to implement the requirements of this chapter for dams under the jurisdiction of the Department. The rules shall include:

(1) a standard or regulatory threshold under which a dam is exempt from the registration or inspection requirements of this chapter;

(2) standards for: the siting, design, construction, reconstruction, enlargement, modification, or alteration of a dam;

(3) operation and maintenance of a dam;

(4) inspection, monitoring, record keeping, and reporting;

(5) repair, breach, or removal of a dam;

(6) application for authorization under section 1082 of this title; and

(7) the development of an emergency action plan for a dam, including guidance on how to develop an emergency action plan, the content of a plan, and when and how an emergency action plan should be updated;

(8) criteria for the hazard potential classification of dams in the State;

(9) a process by which a person owning legal title to a dam or a person owning the land on which the dam is located shall register a dam and record the existence of the dam in the lands records; and