Vermont Electric Cooperative, 42 Wescom Road, Johnson, Vermont 05656 has been
issued a permit from the Vermont Secretary of Agriculture to apply herbicides. All
herbicides will be applied by ground-based, hand-held equipment. This notice constitutes
a notification to residents along the right-of-way that water supplies and other
environmentally sensitive areas near the right-of-way should be protected from spray and
that it is the resident’s responsibility to inform the contact person of the existence of a
private water supply near the right-of-way. The contact person at VEC is Sara Packer,
Vegetation & Right-of-way Management Program Manager, (802) 730-1104, or 1-800-
832-2667 (ext. 1104). Further information may also be obtained from the Vermont
Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets, Division of Plant Industry, 116 State
Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05620-2901, telephone (802) 828-1732.


Operations will commence on or about June 29, 2026 using one or more of the following
herbicides: Escort® XP or Patriot® (metsulfuron methyl), Krenite® S (fosamine
ammonium), Milestone® (aminopyralid) Arsenal® Powerline™
or Polaris® (imazapyr), Vastlan® (triclopyr choline) and Garlon® 4 Ultra (triclopyr).


Maintenance will be conducted on transmission lines in the following towns:
Lines:
Line 418 Eden/Montgomery
Line B7 Cambridge/Madonna
Line 116 Johnson
Line 51Y5 Richmond/Hinesburg
Line B5
Pleasant Valley 463R Breaker
Switch 31M
Switch 11
Town(s)
Eden, Belvidere, Montgomery
Cambridge
Johnson
Hinesburg, Richmond
Westford
Cambridge
Barton
Jay


Maintenance will be conducted on select portions of distribution lines in the following
towns:


Town(s):
Bakersfield, Fairfield, Sheldon
Berkshire, Richford, Montgomery, Enosburg
Cambridge, Underhill, Essex
Canaan
Derby, Morgan, Charleston
Fairfax, Fletcher, Georgia
Highgate
Irasburg, Albany, Craftsbury, Barton, Lowell
Newport City
Jay, Westfield, Troy
Norton
St. Albans Town, Swanton
Westford, Milton


Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.
42 Wescom Road
Johnson, VT 05656

This article appears in May 6 • 2026.