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In Re Environmental Application of Barker Sargent Corp.

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided December 4, 1973No. 76-73PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.

This is an appeal by adjacent landowners from a decision of the Vermont Environmental Board granting a land use permit to a sanitary landfill in the Town of Thetford. The site is a rural area adjacent to Post Mills Village, the local airport, and two hundred and fifty feet to three hundred feet from the East Branch of the Ompompanoosuc River.

The case below was tried by the parties as being properly within the jurisdiction of the Vermont Environmental Board as a “Development” under 10 V.S.A. § 6001. Assuming, but not deciding that a landfill operation is a development under the provisions of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Latchis v. State Highway BoardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1957
  2. Roberge v. Town of TroySupreme Court of Vermont · 1933
  3. Villeneuve v. Commissioner of TaxesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1970

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In Re Wildlife Wonderland, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1975
  2. In Re Smith, Bell & Hauck Real Estate, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1974
  3. In Re BarcombSupreme Court of Vermont · 1974
  4. Petition of Weyerhaeuser CompanySupreme Court of Vermont · 1974
  5. In Re Wildlife Wonderland, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1975

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