2011 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XVI CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 260 Environmental Control
Section 260.900. Definitions.

260.900. As used in sections 260.900 to 260.960, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:

(1) "Abandoned dry-cleaning facility", any real property premises or individual leasehold space in which a dry-cleaning facility formerly operated;

(2) "Active dry-cleaning facility", any real property premises or individual leasehold space in which a dry-cleaning facility currently operates;

(3) "Chlorinated dry-cleaning solvent", any dry-cleaning solvent which contains a compound which has a molecular structure containing the element chlorine;

(4) "Commission", the hazardous waste management commission created in section 260.365;

(5) "Corrective action", those activities described in subsection 1 of section 260.925;

(6) "Corrective action plan", a plan approved by the director to perform corrective action at a dry-cleaning facility;

(7) "Department", the Missouri department of natural resources;

(8) "Director", the director of the Missouri department of natural resources;

(9) "Dry-cleaning facility", a commercial establishment that operates, or has operated in the past in whole or in part for the purpose of cleaning garments or other fabrics on site utilizing a process that involves any use of dry-cleaning solvents. Dry-cleaning facility includes all contiguous land, structures and other appurtenances and improvements on the land used in connection with a dry-cleaning facility but does not include prisons, governmental entities, hotels, motels or industrial laundries. Dry-cleaning facility does include coin-operated dry-cleaning facilities;

(10) "Dry-cleaning solvent", any and all nonaqueous solvents used or to be used in the cleaning of garments and other fabrics at a dry-cleaning facility and includes but is not limited to perchloroethylene, also known as tetrachloroethylene, chlorinated dry-cleaning, and the products into which such solvents degrade;

(11) "Dry-cleaning unit", a machine or device which utilizes dry-cleaning solvents to clean garments and other fabrics and includes any associated piping and ancillary equipment and any containment system;

(12) "Environmental response surcharge", either the active dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge or the dry-cleaning solvent surcharge;

(13) "Fund", the dry-cleaning environmental response trust fund created in section 260.920;

(14) "Immediate response to a release", containment and control of a known release in excess of a reportable quantity and notification to the department of any known release in excess of a reportable quantity;

(15) "Operator", any person who is or has been responsible for the operation of dry-cleaning operations at a dry-cleaning facility;

(16) "Owner", any person who owns the real property where a dry-cleaning facility is or has operated;

(17) "Person", an individual, trust, firm, joint venture, consortium, joint-stock company, corporation, partnership, association or limited liability company. Person does not include any governmental organization;

(18) "Release", any spill, leak, emission, discharge, escape, leak or disposal of dry-cleaning solvent from a dry-cleaning facility into the soils or waters of the state;

(19) "Reportable quantity", a known release of a dry-cleaning solvent deemed reportable by applicable federal or state law or regulation.

(L. 2000 S.B. 577, A.L. 2005 S.B. 170 merged with S.B. 225)

Effective 7-06-05 (S.B. 170)

8-28-05 (S.B. 225)

Expires 8-28-17

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