Permits Needed for Composter Businesses

If your business is required to obtain a Part 70 Operating Permits but accepts voluntary, practically enforcement limitation to reduce emissions to less than 100 tons per year of any regulated pollutant and is less than 10 tons per year of any single hazardous air pollutant and less than 25 tons per year of any combined hazardous air pollutant, you may require an Air Intermediate Operating Permit to address potential air emissions.

If your business plans to construct a new installation or modify an existing minor installation and the project has the potential to emit more than major emission levels of a regulated air containment or construct a new installation or modify an existing major installation and the project has the potential to emit more than the minor levels per year, you may require an Air Major Construction Permit Sections (7), (8) & (9) to address potential air emissions.

If your business plans to construct a new installation or modify an existing minor installation and the project has the potential to emit less than major source levels per year; or you plan to construct a new installation or modify an existing major installation and the project has the potential to emit less than the minor levels per year, you may require an Air Minor Construction Permit to address potential air emissions.

If your business has the potential to emit greater than 100 tons per year of any regulated pollutant, has the potential to emit greater than 100 tons per year of any single hazardous air pollutant, or greater than 25 tons per year of combined hazardous air pollutants, or is required by a New Source Performance Standard or a Maximum Achievable Control Technology, you may require an Air Part 70 Operating Permit.

If your business is designed and operated as a no-discharge, mixed feedstock composting facility under 20 acres, you must obtain a Feedstock Compost Sites MOG920000 master general permit.

This is one of two possible permits that make up a hazardous waste permit. A Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Part 2 Permit contains the federal hazardous waste management regulations administered by EPA that Missouri has either not adopted or has adopted but EPA has not yet given Missouri temporary or final authorization to administer. This "Part 2" permit is issued by EPA, if warranted. EPA does not issue a Part 2 Permit if EPA has no site-specific conditions for that particular facility. Please visit the Hazardous Waste Permit.

In the event there is a situation that presents an immediate and significant threat to human health or the environment based on hazardous waste issues, the department may issue a Hazardous Waste Emergency Permit. If your business already has a hazardous waste permit, this permit would allow you to treat, store or dispose of a hazardous waste not covered by your effective permit. Non-permitted companies may also receive an emergency permit to allow them to temporarily treat, store or dispose of hazardous waste. The emergency permit clearly specifies the hazardous wastes the company intends to handle and how they are allowed to treat, store or dispose of the wastes.

If you want to actively treat, store (for more than 90 days) or dispose of hazardous waste in Missouri, you are required to get a Hazardous Waste Permit. Certain “inactive” hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities may also be required to obtain a permit in order to investigate, monitor and clean up hazardous waste release to the environmental at their facility.

This is one of two possible permits that make up a hazardous waste permit. A Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Facility Part 1 Permit contains the federal hazardous waste management regulations Missouri adopted and EPA authorized Missouri to administer. This "Part 1" permit is issued by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources to all facilities obtaining a hazardous waste permit. Please go to Hazardous Waste Permit.

If your business plans to construct a public water system that will supply drinking water to the public, you must obtain a Public Drinking Water Construction Permit. You must obtain this permit if you also plan to complete the following construction projects to the water system: waterline extensions, waterline replacements, drilling water supply well, construction a storage tank, adding a disinfection system, treatment changes, building a pump station or other improvements or modifications. A public water system has at least 15 service connections or serves at least 25 people at least 60 days out of the year. If your business plans to connect to a permitted public water system, then you are not required to obtain this permit.

If your business plans to operate a public water system that supplies drinking water to the public, you must obtain a Public Drinking Water Permit to Dispense. A public water system has at least 15 service connections or serves at least 25 people at least 60 days out of the year. If your business plans to connect to a permitted public water system, then you are not required to obtain this permit.

If you or your business has received a Wastewater Construction Permit for domestic wastewater discharges and have completed the construction project, you will need to apply for a Site-Specific Domestic Wastewater Operating Permit before you may operate, use or maintain the existing point source of water pollution. 

If your business owns a yard waste composting operation under 20 acres, you must obtain a Yard Waste Compost Sites MOG970000 master general permit.