Introduction | Timeline | Meetings | Materials and Resources | Stakeholders | Contact and Comments | Act 181 Overview
Introduction
Act 181 charged the Land Use Review Board (the Board), in consultation with the Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation, to convene a stakeholder group to (i) report on how to address the Act 250 permitting process to better support wood products manufacturers and their role in the forest economy, and (ii) examine the Act 250 permitting process and identify how the minor permit process provided in 10 V.S.A. ยง6084(g) has been working and whether there are shortcoming or challenges. The group may also look at permit holistically to understand the role of permits from the Agency of Natural Resources, municipal permits, where they apply, and Act 250 permits, and develop recommendations to find efficiencies in the entire process or recommend an alternative permitting process for wood products. The Board is to submit the report to the House Committees on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry and on Environment and Energy and the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy. The Board requested an extension to June 30, 2025 to ensure adequate input from stakeholders and the newly appointed Board.
Timeline - Report due June 30, 2025
Timeline and milestones subject to change.
- February 2025
- Surveys
- March/April 2025
- Survey analysis
- Wood Product Manufacturer's Act 250 file reviews
- Stakeholder group meeting
- May 2025
- Stakeholder group meeting continued
- Draft report developed with input from FPR and Stakeholder group
- Board review, discuss and approve the Draft Report
- June 2025
- Board issue Draft Report
- Board public meeting and public comment period
- Board review, discuss and approve the Final Report
- Final Report submitted to Legislature by June 30, 2025
Meetings - agenda and minutes
- Stakeholder Meeting - April 22, 2025 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - by invitation
Materials and Resources
- Stakeholder Meeting Attachments
- Attachment A - Legislation
- Attachment B - Survey Questionnaire
- Attachment C - Act 181 Survey Highlights - Department of Forest, Parks, and Recreation (FPR)
- Attachment D - File Review - Land Use Review Board
- Attachment E - File Review - FPR
- Document F - FPR Powerpoint Presentation at April 22, 2025 Meeting
- Document G - DRAFT - Act 250 Criteria and Rule 19 Permit Presumptions shared at April 22, 2025 Meeting
- Act 181 study language is found in Section 35, pages 49-50
Stakeholder Group
Comments and Contact
Board Member and Wood Product Manufacturers Report Lead - Kirsten Sultan - 802-261-1946