Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival JO

STATE OF VERMONT ENVIRONMENTAL COURT } In re Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival } Docket No. 204-11-10 Vtec Jurisdictional Opinion (#6-007; recon.) } (Appeal from Dist. 6 Comm.) } Decision on the Merits The sole legal question presented in this appeal is whether the operators of the Lake Champlain Bluegrass Festival (“the Festival”), a bluegrass music festival that has operated for up to four days per year for the previous nine years, should be required to obtain a state land use permit, commonly referred to as an Act 250 permit. When the District Coordinator (“the District Coordinator”) for…