The permit that allows pumping
Vermont requires an ANR waste hauler permit to transport residual waste — septage or sewage/wastewater treatment sludge — for compensation. ANR marks that credential with an R on the Permitted Solid Waste Transporters list. Solid waste (S), hazardous waste (H) and medical waste (M) do not authorise household tank pumping. If the company that arrives has no R, that is a reason to stop the job.
The published list is live
ANR publishes the register as a searchable table, not a dated PDF. These pages were checked September 6, 2026. Businesses close, change hands and let permits lapse, so a name here is a starting point. Ask for the transporter ID and confirm residual waste is still marked on ANR's current file.
Verification steps
- Ask for the business name and its ANR transporter ID.
- Open the Permitted Solid Waste Transporters list and find the company.
- Confirm Waste Type includes R (Residual Waste).
- Confirm the business pumps household tanks at your address, then get a written quote.
Reading the county
ANR publishes a base town, not a county. The county on a card is where that town (or named village) sits. It is not a service area — an ANR residual permit is a Vermont permit, so a business in the next county may well cover your address.
62 businesses hold a Vermont residual-waste permit from a town in another state and are counted here rather than placed on a Vermont county page.
What we publish
69 businesses across all 14 Vermont counties, drawn from the 131 residual-waste rows on the transporters list checked September 6, 2026 (524 permitted transporters in all). Nothing is filtered out by name: residual waste is Vermont's septage-hauling credential. Because sludge, construction and portable-toilet firms hold it too, the 44 businesses whose name does not say septic or cesspool carry a note asking you to confirm household work first.
Start with the Vermont county directory, then confirm the permit on ANR's own list.