Missouri Code of State Regulations › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Division 10 - Adjutant General › Chapter 11 - State Emergency Management Agency › Section 11 CSR 10-11.220 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 14, July 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule provides definitions for terms
				  used in 11 CSR 10.
(1)
				Administrator-the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection
				Agency.
(2) Business-each
				corporation as defined under Chapter 351, RSMo; each business required to
				register under Chapter 417, RSMo; each person engaged in or transacting
				business in Missouri; each department of state government; and each political
				subdivision of the state.
(3)
				Commission-the Missouri Emergency Response Commission (MERC) established under
				section
				292.602,
				RSMo.
(4) Covered facility-any
				facility required to report to the commission under the state or federal
				Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.
(5) Department-the Department of Public
				Safety.
(6) Director-director of
				the Department of Public Safety.
(7) Emergency Planning and Community
				Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)-the federal Emergency Planning and Community
				Right-to-Know Act of 1986 ( P.L. 99-499 ) and all rules promulgated under the
				federal Act or the Missouri EPCRA (sections 292.600-292.625, RSMo). If not
				specified as to the federal or state Act, it refers to both.
(8) Employer-a person engaged in business and
				including the state and any political subdivision.
(9) Extremely hazardous substance-a substance
				listed under 40 CFR part 355 by the administrator.
(10) Facility-all buildings, equipment,
				structures and other stationary items that are located on a single site or on
				contiguous or adjacent sites and that are owned or operated by the same person
				(or by any person which controls, is controlled by or under common control with
				that person). For purposes of emergency release notification, the term includes
				motor vehicles, rolling stock and aircraft.
(11) Family farm-an unincorporated farming
				unit owned or leased by one (1) or more persons residing on the farm or
				actively engaged in farming.
(12)
				Form R or toxic release inventory-the report form as developed by the
				administrator to report toxic emissions under Section 313 of the
				EPCRA.
(13) Hazard category-any of
				the following:
(A) "Immediate (acute) health
				hazard," including "highly toxic," "toxic," "irritant," "sensitizer,"
				"corrosive," (as defined under Section 1910.1200 of Title 29 of the
Code of Federal Regulations)
and other hazardous chemicals
				that cause an adverse effect to a target organ and which effect usually occurs
				rapidly as a result of short-term exposure and is of short duration;
(B) "Delayed (chronic) health hazard,"
				including "carcinogens" (as defined under Section 1910.1200 of Title 29 of the
Code of Federal Regulations)
and other hazardous chemicals
				that cause an adverse effect to a target organ and which effect generally
				occurs as a result of long-term exposure and is of long duration;
(C) "Fire hazard," including "flammable,"
				"combustible liquid," "pyrophoric" and "oxidizer" (as defined under Section
				1910.1200 of Title 29 of the
Code of Federal
				Regulations);
(D) "Sudden
				release of pressure," including "explosive" and "compressed gas" (as defined
				under Section 1910.1200 of Title 29 of the
Code of Federal
				Regulations);
and
(E)
				"Reactive," including "unstable reactive," "organic peroxide" and "water
				reactive" (as defined under Section 1910.1200 of Title 29 of the
Code
				of Federal Regulations).