An online plan, devised by Vermont officials, is intended to clean the Lake Champlain, so as to avoid costly measures by the federal government. The implementation plan was due to be sent to the US Environmental Protection Agency on Monday, said Environmental Conservation Commissioner David Mears. However, Tuesday was fixed as the day for posting the plan on the website.

As per the plan, water quality rules for agriculture will be enhanced. Besides, need for additional storm water treatment for developed areas, development of green infrastructure, funneling drainage from roads and more effective rules for managing floodplains have been mentioned on the plan.

If the plans will not be able to live up to EPA expectations, expensive regulations could be imposed in Vermont on sewage plants. Gov. Peter Shumlin is likely to agree to show commitment of the state to the plans by signing a letter for the same by April end.

A bill was quietly passed by Legislature this year to decree that the Shumlin administration must come up with a plan by April 15 about how the state is going to deal with the cleanliness of algae-clogged Lake Champlain. Also, it asked an explanation of how the cost for implementation of the plan will be managed.

However, Gov. Peter Shumlin is in no mood to tell legislators about how much the plan to clean the algae-clogged Lake Champlain will cost and how the funds will be managed for that.

He also threatened to veto the lake bill, and he let it become a law on Friday without his signature. "We are not ready to do that until next fall. We are suggesting they amend their own law this session", said David Mears, commissioner of the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

The state will discuss the plan with the EPA over the next few months and until that it is not possible to lay out a plan and determine what the cost of it would be to the legislature.