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MO Rev Stat § 260.450 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.450 - Priority of sites, listed in registry, determined by investigation — factors to be considered.

Effective - 27 Jun 1983   260.450. Priority of sites, listed in registry, determined by investigation — factors to be considered. — 1. The director shall investigate each site listed in the registry to determine the relative priority of the site as provided in section 260.445.  2. The director shall for each site identify the:  (1) Address and site boundaries;  (2) Time period of use for disposal of hazardous waste;  (3) Name of the current owner and operator and names of reported owners and operators during the time period of use for disposal of hazardous waste;  (4) Names of persons responsible for the generation and transportation of hazardous waste disposed of; and  (5) Type, quantity and manner of hazardous waste disposal.  3. When preliminary evidence suggests further assessment is necessary, the director may assess the:  (1) Depth of water table at the site;  (2) Nature of soils at the site;  (3) Location, nature and size of aquifers at the site;  (4) Direction of present and historic groundwater flows at the site;  (5) Location and nature of surface waters at and near the site;  (6) Levels of contaminants, if any, in groundwater, surface water, air and soils at and near the site resulting from hazardous wastes disposed of at the site; and  (7) Current quality of all drinking water drawn from or distributed through the area in which the site is located, if the department determines that water quality may have been affected by the site.  4. The director shall maintain a site assessment file for each site listed in the registry. The file shall contain all information obtained pursuant to this section and shall be open to the public. The site materials in the file may be reproduced by any person. The department may impose a charge not to exceed the actual cost of reproduction for copies of file information. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528)  Effective 6-27-83
MO Rev Stat § 260.455 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.455 - Registry, proposed site addition, procedure, notice.

Effective - 27 Jun 1983   260.455. Registry, proposed site addition, procedure, notice. — Within sixty days after June 27, 1983, the department shall notify by certified mail the owner of all or any part of each site or area to be included in the registry required by section 260.440 by mailing notice to the owner's last known address. Thereafter, thirty days before any site is added to the registry, the department shall notify the owner of all or any part of such site by certified mail of the proposed addition to the registry by mailing notice to each such owner at the owner's last known address. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528)  Effective 6-27-83
MO Rev Stat § 260.460 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.460 - Listing or proposed listing of site in registry, procedure to remove.

Effective - 27 Jun 1983   260.460. Listing or proposed listing of site in registry, procedure to remove. — 1. Any owner or operator of a site proposed for listing in the registry, or listed in the registry pursuant to section 260.440, may petition the director for deletion of such site, modification of the site classification or modification of any information regarding such site. No site shall be listed on the registry until after the resolution of any appeal initiated under this section.  2. Within ninety days after the submittal of such petition, the commission may convene a hearing to review the action of the director. No less than thirty days prior to the hearing, the commission shall cause a notice of hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the site is located. The commission shall also notify in writing any owner or operator of the site no less than thirty days prior to the hearing.  3. No later than thirty days following receipt of the complete record or following the decision not to hold a hearing, the commission shall provide the owner or operator with a written determination accompanied by reason therefor regarding action taken on the petition. All final decisions of the commission shall be reviewable under chapter 536.  4. The department shall, within ten days of any determination, notify the local governments of jurisdiction whenever a change is made in the registry pursuant to this section. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528)  Effective 6-27-83
MO Rev Stat § 260.465 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.465 - Change of use or transfer of site property — notice to buyer — appeal — violations, penalty.

Effective - 28 Aug 1988   260.465. Change of use or transfer of site property — notice to buyer — appeal — violations, penalty. — 1. No person may substantially change the manner in which an abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste disposal site on the registry prepared and maintained by the department pursuant to section 260.440 is used without the written approval of the director.  2. No person may sell, convey or transfer title to an abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste disposal site which is on the registry prepared and maintained by the department pursuant to section 260.440 without disclosing to the buyer early in the negotiation process that the site is on the registry, specifying applicable use restrictions and providing all registry information for the site. The seller shall also notify the buyer that he may be assuming liability for any remedial action at the site; provided, however, the sale, conveyance or transfer of property shall not absolve any person responsible for site contamination, including the seller, of liability for any remedial action at the site. The seller shall notify the department of the transfer of ownership within thirty days after the transfer.  3. Decisions of the director concerning the use of an abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste site may be appealed to the commission in the manner provided in section 260.460.  4. If the department has reason to believe that the provisions of this section have been violated, or are in imminent danger of being violated, it may institute a civil action in any court of competent jurisdiction for injunctive relief to prevent such violation and for the assessment of a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars per day for each day of violation. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528, A.L. 1988 S.B. 535)
MO Rev Stat § 260.470 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.470 - Recording of sites, placed on or removed from registry — removal procedure.

Effective - 01 Jan 2008   260.470. Recording of sites, placed on or removed from registry — removal procedure. — 1. When the director places a site on the registry as provided in section 260.440, and after the resolution of any appeal under section 260.455, he shall file with the county recorder of deeds the period during which the site was used as a hazardous waste disposal area. When the director finds that a site on the registry has been properly closed under subdivision (5) of subsection 3 of section 260.445 with no evidence of potential adverse impact, he shall file this finding with the county recorder of deeds. The county recorder of deeds shall file this information so that any purchaser will be given notice that the site has been placed on, or removed from, the registry.  2. Any owner of a registry site may petition the department to remove the site from the registry provided that:  (1) Corrective actions have addressed the contamination at the site in accordance with a department-approved risk-based corrective action plan;  (2) The department has issued a letter indicating that no further actions are required to address current risk from contaminants for the site; and  (3) An environmental covenant for the property that meets the requirements of sections 260.1000 to 260.1039 has been filed with the county recorder of deeds.  3. The department shall approve such a request unless the department determines that removal from the registry would result in significant current or future risk of harm to human health, public welfare, or the environment. In making such a determination, the department shall provide a written justification that considers the amount, toxicity, and persistence of any contaminants left in place and the stability of current site conditions. Any denial under this subsection may be appealed to the commission in the manner provided in section 260.460. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528, A.L. 2007 S.B. 54)  Effective 1-01-08
MO Rev Stat § 260.480 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.480 - Transfer of moneys in the hazardous waste remedial fund to hazardous waste fund.

Effective - 28 Aug 2005   260.480. Transfer of moneys in the hazardous waste remedial fund to hazardous waste fund. — The fund balance remaining in the hazardous waste remedial fund is hereby transferred to the hazardous waste fund created in section 260.391*, and the moneys may be appropriated for any purpose previously authorized by this section as specified in subsection 1 of section 260.391. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528, A.L. 1985 S.B. 110, A.L. 1988 S.B. 535, A.L. 2000 S.B. 577, A.L. 2005 S.B. 225)  *Words "section 260.491" appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 260.482 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.482 - Incineration of certain material by Department of Defense, limitation.

Effective - 16 May 1995   260.482. Incineration of certain material by Department of Defense, limitation. — 1. Incineration or disposal by the United States Department of Defense of any hazardous substance resulting from activities associated with environmental cleanup at a facility not currently involved in the production of weapons, located in any county of the first classification with a charter form of government and a population of less than three hundred thousand inhabitants, shall be limited only to wastes produced and located at the site where such incineration or disposal is conducted.  2. No incineration of any hazardous substance at such facility shall be conducted after five calendar years following the completion of the test burn of such incineration. ­­-------- (L. 1995 S.B. 407)  Effective 5-16-95
MO Rev Stat § 260.505 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.505 - Hazardous substance emergency response plan to be developed by department director — contents of plan.

Effective - 27 Jun 1983   260.505. Hazardous substance emergency response plan to be developed by department director — contents of plan. — 1. The director shall develop a "Hazardous Substance Emergency Response Plan", as an appendix to the annex of the "State of Missouri Basic Emergency Operation Plan", part II, "The Missouri Comprehensive Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Relief Plan". The hazardous substance emergency response plan shall be developed in consultation and cooperation with affected industries, and in cooperation and with the approval of the departments of public safety, social services, agriculture, conservation, transportation, and economic development for their areas of responsibility. The plan shall outline the respective responsibilities of the involved agencies in responding to hazardous substances emergencies. The department may enter into agreements with any state agency or unit of local government, with the federal government and with other persons as necessary to develop and implement the hazardous substances emergency response plan and to implement sections 260.005 to 260.550.  2. The hazardous substance emergency response plan shall establish one statewide telephone number to be used to notify the state of Missouri whenever a hazardous substance emergency occurs. Such phone shall be monitored by technical staff capable of advising the person reporting the emergency of the proper immediate actions to take pending the arrival of response personnel or other qualified assistance. The number shall be established by rule by the department in cooperation with the other affected state agencies and in accordance with the hazardous substance emergency response plan.  3. The person monitoring the statewide emergency telephone shall notify the appropriate agencies as designated in the hazardous substance emergency response plan.  4. Any person having control over a hazardous substance shall contact the state of Missouri, as specified in subsection 2 of this section, or the National Response Center, at the earliest practical moment upon discovery of an emergency involving the hazardous substance under his control. If requested, a written report of particulars of the incident shall be submitted. Failure to notify as required in this section is a class A misdemeanor. Notification received pursuant to this paragraph or information obtained by the exploitation of such notification shall not be used against any such person in any criminal case, except a prosecution for perjuring or for giving a false statement. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528)  Effective 6-27-83
MO Rev Stat § 260.510 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.510 - Hazardous substances, director's powers and duties.

Effective - 27 Jun 1983   260.510. Hazardous substances, director's powers and duties. — The director:  (1) Shall provide technical advice and assistance to other state agencies, to political subdivisions of the state and to other persons upon request for the prevention, control and response to hazardous substance emergencies;  (2) May require the person having control over a hazardous substance involved in a hazardous substance emergency to clean up the hazardous substance and take any reasonable actions necessary to end a hazardous substance emergency;  (3) May clean up a hazardous substance and take any actions necessary to end a hazardous substance emergency if the person having control over a hazardous substance fails to take reasonable actions required by the director to clean up such hazardous substance or end such hazardous substance emergency;  (4) Shall take those actions necessary to clean up a hazardous substance or to end a hazardous substance emergency if the person having control over the hazardous substance cannot be contacted within a reasonable amount of time;  (5) May require a person having control over a hazardous substance involved in a hazardous substance emergency to take such corrective actions as may be reasonably required to prevent a recurrence of hazardous substance emergencies;  (6) May clean up any release of a substance if such release is a threat to the environment. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528)  Effective 6-27-83
MO Rev Stat § 260.515 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.515 - Actions to abate, control or clean up not construed as admission of liability.

Effective - 27 Jun 1983   260.515. Actions to abate, control or clean up not construed as admission of liability. — Any action taken by any person to abate, control, or clean up a hazardous substance involved in a hazardous substance emergency shall not be construed as an admission of liability for a hazardous substance emergency. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528)  Effective 6-27-83
MO Rev Stat § 260.520 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.520 - Rules and regulations — procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1995   260.520. Rules and regulations — procedure. — The director may adopt, amend, promulgate or repeal, after due notice and hearing, rules and regulations to implement sections 260.500 to 260.550 pursuant to this section and chapter 536. No rule or portion of a rule promulgated under the authority of sections 260.500 to 260.550 shall become effective unless it has been promulgated pursuant to the provisions of section 536.024. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528, A.L. 1993 S.B. 52, A.L. 1995 S.B. 3)
MO Rev Stat § 260.525 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.525 - Investigation, no person to refuse entry — search warrant to be issued.

Effective - 27 Jun 1983   260.525. Investigation, no person to refuse entry — search warrant to be issued. — No person shall refuse entry or access for the purpose of investigating or responding to hazardous substance emergencies of an authorized representative of the department who presents appropriate credentials, nor obstruct or hamper the representative. A suitably restricted search warrant, upon showing of probable cause in writing and upon oath, shall be issued by any judge or associate circuit judge having jurisdiction to any such representative for the purpose of enabling the representative to investigate or respond to hazardous substance emergencies. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528)  Effective 6-27-83
MO Rev Stat § 260.530 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.530 - Cleanup costs, liability — failure to comply, damages, exceptions — records of expense to be kept.

Effective - 27 Jun 1983   260.530. Cleanup costs, liability — failure to comply, damages, exceptions — records of expense to be kept. — 1. Any person having control over a hazardous substance shall be strictly liable to the state of Missouri for the reasonable cleanup costs incurred by the state as a result of the failure of such person to clean up a hazardous substance involved in a hazardous substance emergency in accordance with the requirements of sections 260.500 to 260.550 and rules promulgated by the department pursuant thereto. If such failure is willful, the person shall, in addition, be liable for punitive damages not to exceed triple the cleanup costs incurred by the state. Prompt and good faith notification to the director by the person having control over a hazardous substance that such person does not have the resources or managerial capability to begin or continue cleanup activities, or a good faith effort to clean up, relieves the person of liability for punitive damages, but not for actual cleanup costs. The director shall keep a record of all expenses incurred in carrying out any project or activity authorized by sections 260.500 to 260.550.  2. A person otherwise liable under the provisions of sections 260.500 to 260.550 is not liable if he demonstrates that the hazardous substance emergency occurred as the result of an act of God, an act of war, an act of the state of Missouri or the United States or solely the act of a third party. For the purposes of sections 260.500 to 260.550, no employee, agent of, or independent contractor employed by a person otherwise liable shall be considered a third party. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528)  Effective 6-27-83  (1994) Missouri hazardous substance emergency statute does not create a private cause of action. Purchaser of land had no cause of action against vendor for recovery of costs of cleanup. Only state has cause of action for clean-up costs under statute. Yellow Freight System, Inc. v. ACF Industries, Inc. 882 S.W.2d 225 (Mo. App. E.D.).
MO Rev Stat § 260.535 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.535 - Hazardous waste fund, deposits to — purpose for use.

Effective - 28 Aug 2000   260.535. Hazardous waste fund, deposits to — purpose for use. — Moneys received pursuant to the provisions of sections 260.500 to 260.550 which are not required by Article IX, Section 7 of the Constitution to be distributed to schools shall be deposited in the hazardous waste fund created in section 260.391 and shall, upon appropriation, be used for control, abatement, analysis, cleanup, investigation and other reasonable costs incurred when responding to hazardous substance emergencies, or shall be used to reimburse the federal government for federal funds expended for the purposes named in this section. All other costs of the department necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 260.500 to 260.550 shall be paid from the hazardous waste fund, appropriated from general revenue or paid from available federal funds. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528, A.L. 1988 S.B. 535, A.L. 2000 S.B. 577)
MO Rev Stat § 260.540 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.540 - State employees acting in official capacity, liability.

Effective - 27 Jun 1983   260.540. State employees acting in official capacity, liability. — Persons employed by the state of Missouri shall not be held liable for damages incurred as a result of actions taken by them when acting in their official capacity pursuant to sections 260.500 to 260.550, rules promulgated pursuant thereto and the hazardous substance emergency response plan. However, the state of Missouri may be held liable for any such damages as provided in sections 537.600 and 537.610 or as may be covered by liability insurance or a self-insurance plan. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528)  Effective 6-27-83
MO Rev Stat § 260.545 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title XVI - Conservation, Resources and Development|Chapter 260 - Environmental Control|Section 260.545 - Providing assistance at request of department, political subdivision or volunteer fire protection district, liability for actions, when.

Effective - 28 Aug 1990   260.545. Providing assistance at request of department, political subdivision or volunteer fire protection district, liability for actions, when. — Any person who provides assistance, including equipment or materials, at the request of the department or a political subdivision or volunteer fire protection district or by previous agreement with the department or political subdivision or volunteer fire protection district in the event of a release of a hazardous substance shall not be held liable in any civil action for damages as a result of that person's acts or omissions in rendering such assistance. Nothing in this section shall relieve any person from civil damages in the following circumstances:  (1) Where the release referred to is the result of the person's having control of a spilled hazardous substance;  (2) Where the person rendered assistance for payment beyond reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses or with the expectation of such payment; or  (3) For acts or omissions which result from intentional wrongdoing or gross negligence. ­­-------- (L. 1983 H.B. 528, A.L. 1988 S.B. 535, A.L. 1990 H.B. 1395 & 1448)