Missouri · statute · Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 640 · 97 active provisions
1. There is hereby created a department of natural resources in charge of a director appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. The director shall administer the programs assigned to the department relating to environmental control and the conservation and management of natural resourc…
1. The department of natural resources may require that fingerprint submissions be made as part of an application seeking employment or to volunteer with the department of natural resources. 2. If the department of natural resources requires that fingerprint submissions be made as part of such application, the departme…
In all contested case administrative appeals heard by the administrative hearing commission pursuant to section 621.250, the burden of proof shall be upon the department of natural resources to demonstrate the lawfulness of the finding, order, decision or assessment being appealed, except that in matters involving the…
The administrative hearing commission shall have the authority to hear certain environmental appeals in accordance with section 621.250.
1. All provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, all rules that prescribe environmental conditions or standards promulgated by the department of natural resources, a board or a commission, pursuant to authorities granted in this chapter and chapters 260, 278, 319, 444, 643, and 644, the hazardous waste man…
1. The department of natural resources shall not place in any permit any requirement, provision, stipulation, or any other restriction which is not prescribed or authorized by regulation or statute, unless the requirement, provision, stipulation, or other restriction is pursuant to the authority addressed in statute. 2…
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for activities that may require multiple environmental state permits or certifications, an applicant may directly petition the director for purposes of approving or denying such permits or certifications, and for purposes of coordinating a unified permit schedule with the…
1. In any case where the department has not issued a permit or rendered a permit decision by the expiration of a statutorily required time frame for any application for a permit under this chapter or chapters 260, 278, 319, 444, 643, or 644, upon request of the permit applicant, the department shall issue the permit th…
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the department of natural resources shall not take any permitting or regulatory action based solely on guidance that has not been promulgated as a regulation, unless such use of guidance is agreed to by the permittee or person subject to such regulatory action.
1. The department of natural resources shall, by December 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, develop a list of all documents produced for external dissemination, excluding permits, that the department utilizes to implement enforcement actions or penalties levied by the department which have not been established in statu…
The department of natural resources and the department of conservation shall develop an interagency plan and execute an interagency agreement regarding the application and use of any portion of funds authorized for the respective departments by provisions of the Constitution, taking into consideration the purposes for…
The department of natural resources or any division thereof shall not adopt any rules with regard to emissions of power plants fired by Missouri coal which are more stringent than any federal law or regulation.
For any program relating to environmental control and the conservation and management of natural resources assigned to the department of natural resources or any division thereof, if the department maintains records of site inspections and violations of statutes, rules, or the terms or conditions of any permit by any e…
1. The department of natural resources may provide the resources and personnel to assist in the cleanup and disposal of the hazardous substances including, but not limited to chemicals intended for use in or resulting from the manufacture or production of controlled substances. 2. The department of natural resources ma…
Upon a request from the director of the department of natural resources, the commissioner of administration shall draw a warrant payable to any and all of the directors of the various divisions of the department in amounts to be specified by the director of the department of natural resources, but such amounts shall no…
1. The "Department of Natural Resources Revolving Services Fund" is hereby created. All funds received by the department of natural resources from the delivery of services and the sale or resale of maps, plats, reports, studies, records, and other publications and documents, on paper or in electronic format, shall be c…
The department of natural resources is authorized to gather data, photographs and such other materials as may be necessary and to prepare, edit and publish from time to time, as deemed necessary, copies of a brochure on the Thomas Hart Benton murals in the house lounge and on other major works of art of the Missouri st…
1. If a refund mandated under Article X, Section 18, of the Missouri Constitution from the following funds: (1) The water and wastewater loan fund established pursuant to section 644.122; (2) The water pollution permit fee subaccount of the natural resources protection fund established in section 640.220; (3) The water…
1. For Missouri state parks' designated swim beaches, a standard that measures E. coli using the Environmental Protection Agency's Method 1603, or any other equivalent method that measures culturable E. coli, with the geometric mean (GM) of weekly sampling of one hundred ninety colony forming units per one hundred mill…
1. In developing, amending, or revising state implementation plans to address National Ambient Air Quality Standard nonattainment areas under the federal Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 7401, et seq.), state plans to comply with federal regulations relating to carbon emissions for existing-source performan…
In all instances where the department of natural resources has authority to issue penalties and determines that a penalty should be levied, the department shall provide in writing to the alleged violator, together with any claim or demand for a penalty, the factual basis for the violation and a copy of the rules or sta…
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1.140 to the contrary, the provisions of sections 37.070, 67.4500, 67.4505, 67.4510, 67.4515, 67.4520, 247.060, 253.090, 442.014, 444.771, 444.773, 621.250, 640.018, 640.128, 643.020, 643.040, 643.050, 643.060, 643.079, 643.080, 643.130, 643.191, 643.225, 643.232, 643.237, 643.…
1. The safe drinking water commission created in section 640.105 shall promulgate rules necessary for the implementation, administration and enforcement of sections 640.100 to 640.140 and the federal Safe Drinking Water Act as amended. 2. No standard, rule or regulation or any amendment or repeal thereof shall be adopt…
When used in sections 640.100 to 640.140 and in rules promulgated under authority of sections 640.100 to 640.140, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section: (1) "Commission", the safe drinking water commission established in section 640.105; (2) "Conference, conciliation a…
1. The "Safe Drinking Water Commission" is hereby established within the department of natural resources and shall be composed of nine persons. All members of the commission shall be representative of the general interest of the public or of public water systems. Nine members shall be appointed by the governor with the…