Under Vermont’s Public Records Law, the Agency of Natural Resources must provide the public with access to Agency records unless the records are protected from disclosure under specific exemptions in the law.
To submit a request for records under the Public Records Law, please contact the appropriate Agency Records Officer or Liaison, if one is listed:
Records Officers
- ANR Central Office: Kelly Hughes
- Department of Environmental Conservation: John McKelvie
- Department of Fish and Wildlife: Abigail Connolly
- Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation: Niels Rinehart
Records Liaisons
Department of Environmental Conservation
Please consider searching the Environmental Research Tool (ERT) for relevant records before submitting a request. The ERT is a database of select permits for waste management (hazardous sites, spills, etc.), watershed (stormwater and wetlands), and more.
- Air Quality and Climate Division: John Wakefield
- Administrative and Innovation Division: Brandi Crisante
- Commissioner's Office: John McKelvie
- Environmental Compliance Division: Dale Brooks
- Drinking Water & Groundwater Protection:
- For requests related to Regional Offices, Indirect Discharge Permit/UIC: Sharon Bissell
- For all other requests: John McKelvie
- Water Investment Division: Brandi Crisante
- Vermont Geological Survey: Jon Kim
- Waste Management Division: WMPD (Lisa Brassard and Diana Lee)
- Watershed Management Division: David Addeo, Kelly Bixby
ANR Public Record Policies
- Policy and Procedures on Access to Public Records (2016)
- Central Office Records Management Policy (2018)
- FPR and FWD Records Management Policy and Guidelines (2018)
Related Links
- Vermont Agency of Administration Public Records Request Database
- Vermont Public Records Law from the Vermont Statutes
- Access to Public Records web page from the Vermont Secretary of State's Office