Title XVI, CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

260.200. Definitions. — 1. The following words and phrases when used in sections 260.200 to 260.345 shall mean: (1) "Advanced recycling", a set of manufacturing processes for the conversion of recovered post-use polymers such as plastics into plastic and chemical feedstocks, raw …

260.203. Infectious waste, treatment of — hospitals, department of health and senior services to promulgate rules — transportation of — registration of hospitals — proper disposal, penalty — fee on delivery, exceptions — inspection fee, amount, fund, refund of, when. — 1. Any inf…

260.204. Permit for treatment of infectious waste, not to be issued, when. — No person shall be issued a permit to operate a facility for the treatment of infectious waste who in 1987 received a clean air permit and thereafter operated a facility for the treatment of infectious w…

260.205. Permit required to operate facility, and construction permit to construct facility, requirements, exceptions, fees — plans to be submitted — permits revoked or suspended, when — disclosure statement, requirements — inapplicability to advanced recycling facilities, when. …

260.206. Owner or operator shall provide quality assurance and quality control oversight of inspections during area closure, postclosure and corrective action plans, requirements — department may suspend, revoke or modify permit. — 1. The owner or operator of a solid waste dispos…

260.207. Permit not to be issued, when — notice to department of certain crimes, penalty for failure to notify — reinstatement, when. — 1. The department of natural resources shall not issue a permit to any person for the operation of any solid waste processing facility or solid …

260.208. Contracts with specified parties prohibited, when — notice of certain convictions required, penalty. — No city, county, district, authority or other political subdivision of this state shall enter into a contract or other arrangement for solid waste management services w…

260.209. Property acquired outside city, county or district for solid waste disposal, compliance with zoning ordinances required. — 1. Any district, city or county that acquires real or personal property in another incorporated city or in an unincorporated area of a county, by co…

260.210. Prohibited acts, exception — search warrants to issue, when — investigations, department may conduct, how — demolition waste, disposal of, requirements — building permits, notice of disposal of demolition waste required, form — exceptions — exceptions for Kansas City. — …

260.211. Demolition waste, criminal disposition of — penalties — conspiracy. — 1. A person commits the offense of criminal disposition of demolition waste if he purposely or knowingly disposes of or causes the disposal of more than two thousand pounds or four hundred cubic feet o…

260.212. Solid waste, criminal disposition of — penalties — conspiracy. — 1. A person commits the offense of criminal disposition of solid waste if he purposely or knowingly disposes of or causes the disposal of more than five hundred pounds or one hundred cubic feet of commercia…

260.213. Disclosure of landfill, sale of property, required. — No person may knowingly sell, convey or transfer title to any property that contains a permitted or unpermitted solid waste disposal site or demolition landfill, without disclosing to the buyer early in the negotiatio…

*260.214. Preliminary site investigation approval, not required for certain counties — severability clause. — 1. Preliminary site investigation approval shall not be required for any municipal utility located in a county of the first classification with more than two hundred sixt…

260.215. Solid wastes, how handled — duties of cities and counties — exemptions — charges, how stated, how collected. — 1. Except as provided in subsection 4 of this section, each city and each county or a combination of cities and counties shall provide individually or collectiv…

260.216. Solid waste disposal in receptacle of another, prohibited — penalty. — No person shall place in excess of one half of a cubic foot of solid waste, as defined in section 260.200, in any receptacle owned or used by any other person for the storage of solid waste prior to p…

260.220. Plans to be submitted, contents of — disapproval, effect of. — 1. Except as otherwise provided by subsection 4 of section 260.215, on or before January 1, 1976, each county and city shall submit to the department an officially adopted plan for a solid waste management sy…

260.221. Processed recycled asphalt shingles — definitions — use without permit, when. — 1. As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) "Processed recycled asphalt shingles", recycled asphalt shingles that do not contain extraneous metals, glass, rubber, nails, soil, b…

260.225. Duties of department — rules and regulations, promulgation of, procedures — model solid waste management plans, contents — coordination with other state agencies. — 1. The department shall administer sections 260.200 to 260.345 to maximize the amount of recovered materia…

260.226. Closure of facility, plan to be submitted, contents — notice, when — financial assurance instrument, release of, when — exceptions. — 1. Each operator of a solid waste disposal area shall insure that the area is properly closed upon cessation of operations. Each operator…

260.227. Postclosure plan, contents — financial assurance instrument required — owner or operator of sanitary or demolition landfill to take corrective action, when — plan required — financial assurance, amount, form required, released when. — 1. The operator of a sanitary landfi…

260.228. Failure to implement closure, postclosure plan or corrective action plan, forfeiture of collateral, when. — 1. If the operator of a solid waste disposal area fails to properly implement the closure or postclosure plan or the corrective action plan required for a sanitary…

260.230. Department may order repairs, alterations, construction or reconstruction, when — injunctive relief, when. — 1. If the department finds that the storage, collection, transportation, processing or disposal of solid wastes subject to the provisions of sections 260.200 to 2…

260.235. Appeal, judicial review, procedure — injunction based on seriousness of threat to environment — performance bond required, forfeited, when. — Any person aggrieved by a forfeiture of any financial assurance instrument, civil or administrative penalty or denial, suspension…

260.236. Severability of provisions. — The provisions of this act* shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this act* is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to the constitution, the validity of the remainder of this act* and …

260.240. Violations, how proceeded against — county regulations, how enforced, penalty for violation — exceptions. — 1. In the event the director determines that any provision of sections 260.200 to 260.245 and 260.330 or any standard, rule, regulation, final order or approved pl…

260.241. Permit not to be issued, when. — A permit shall not be issued to any person who is determined by the department to habitually violate or to have habitually violated the requirements of the Missouri environmental statutes,* the environmental statutes of other states, or *…

*260.242. Coal combustion residual units — rules for closure and groundwater criteria — state CCR program — fees, deposit in subaccount — rulemaking authority. — 1. The department shall have the authority to promulgate rules for the management, closure, and post-closure of coal c…

260.243. Buffer zone required, commercial processing facility, how determined. — The department of natural resources shall not issue a permit to an applicant for a commercial solid waste processing facility designed to incinerate solid waste in any county unless such facility mee…

260.245. Tax, how levied — limitation — form of ballot. — 1. A city or county or combination of cities and counties may levy an annual tax as provided in sections 260.200 to 260.245 only after such tax has been submitted to a vote of the people to be affected thereby and a majori…

260.247. Annexation or expansion of solid waste services by city, notice to certain private entities, when — city to contract with private entity, duration, terms. — 1. Any city or political subdivision which annexes an area or enters into or expands solid waste collection servic…

*260.249. Administrative penalties — not to be assessed for minor violation, definition — amount set by rule, payment when — appeal effect — surcharge due when — unpaid penalty, collection — time limitation to assess violation — judicial appeal — civil action effect, exception. —…

260.250. Major appliances, waste oil, yard waste and batteries, disposal restricted — recycling of certain items, addressed in solid waste management plan. — 1. After January 1, 1991, major appliances, waste oil and lead-acid batteries shall not be disposed of in a solid waste di…

260.253. Department to provide technical assistance and public education programs on collection of used motor oil — household consumer used motor oil, duty to maintain toll-free telephone for information. — Funds may be allocated, upon appropriation, to the department to provide …

260.254. Grants for household consumer-used motor oil collection systems, requirements — centers not to accept motor oil from commercial operation. — 1. The department may award grants to solid waste management districts, municipalities, counties, and other local government entit…

260.260. Batteries, lead-acid, disposal of restricted — penalty. — 1. Effective January 1, 1991, no person shall knowingly place a used lead-acid battery in a solid waste disposal area, discard or otherwise dispose of a lead-acid battery. 2. Such batteries shall be delivered to a…

260.262. Retailers of lead-acid batteries, duties — notice to purchaser, contents. — A person selling lead-acid batteries at retail or offering lead-acid batteries for retail sale in the state shall: (1) Accept, at the point of transfer, in a quantity at least equal to the number…

260.264. Notices to public, batteries, duties of department. — The department of natural resources shall produce, print and distribute the notices required by section 260.262 to all places where lead-acid batteries are offered for sale at retail. In performing its duties under th…

260.266. Wholesalers of lead-acid batteries, duties — storage of batteries, requirements. — 1. Any person selling new lead-acid batteries at wholesale shall accept, at the point of transfer, in a quantity at least equal to the number of new lead-acid batteries purchased, used lea…

260.267. Restriction on sales of certain batteries, effective dates — sale of nonbutton cell mercuric-oxide battery requirements, duties of manufacturer, violation, penalty. — 1. No person shall sell, offer for sale, or offer for promotional purposes any alkaline-manganese batter…

260.269. In-state private entity disposal permitted, when. — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the state, including without limitation, any agency or political subdivision thereof, in possession of used tires, scrap tires, or tire shred may transfer possession…

260.270. Scrap tires, prohibited activities — penalties — site owners, no new scrap tire sites permitted, when, exception — registration required, duty to inform department, contents — rules and regulations — permit fees — duties of department — inventory of processed scrap tires…

260.272. Scrap tires and rubber chips may be used as landfill cover, department of natural resources to promulgate rules. — Processed scrap tires and recycled rubber chips may be used in the design and operation of sanitary landfills, including use of such tires and rubber chips …

260.273. Fee, sale of new tires, amount — collection, use of moneys — termination. — 1. Any person purchasing a new tire may present to the seller the used tire or remains of such used tire for which the new tire purchased is to replace. 2. A fee for each new tire sold at retail …

260.275. Scrap tire site, closure plan, contents — financial assurance instrument, purpose, how calculated. — 1. Each operator of a scrap tire site shall ensure that the area is properly closed upon cessation of operations. The department of natural resources may require that a c…

260.276. Nuisance abatement activities, department may conduct — costs, civil action authorized, exception — resource recovery or nuisance abatement bids on contract, who may bid — content — nonprofits may be eligible for cleanup reimbursement, when. — 1. The department of natura…

260.278. Performance bond or letter of credit required for transporter of scrap tires, when — provisions required — forfeiture of bond, when, procedure — bond requirement ceases, when. — 1. A person who has, within the preceding twenty-four months, been found guilty or pleaded gu…