Permits Needed for Landfill, Land Application Site and Open Dump Businesses

Above ground storage tanks are regulated by the Missouri Department of Agriculture. For more information, please visit their Fuel Device Safety and Accuracy Program webpage.

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 you own an existing dam built prior to Aug. 13, 1981 that is 35 feet or more in height, you are required to obtain a Dam and Reservoir Safety Registration Permit.

If you produce or store some form of hazardous waste as a result of your business processes, you may be required to register as a hazardous waste generator.

If you or your business plans to transport hazardous waste including waste oil, explosives, gases, flammable and combustible liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers and organic peroxides, poisons, radioactive materials, corrosives or infectious waste, you must obtain a Hazardous/ Infectious Waste Transporter License.

If your business is a no-discharge, private or domestic wastewater treatment facility with design flows of less than 50,000 gallons per day and land apply the wastewater, design flows of less than 50,000 gallons per day and plan to land apply the wastewater, you must obtain a Land Application of Domestic Wastewater MOG823000 master general permit.

If your business plans to land apply or operate a subsurface dispersal system of wastes from industries such as light commercial food products industries or eating establishments onto grass land, crop land or timber land for use as a fertilizer and soil amendment, you must obtain a Land Application of Food Processing Wastewater MO-G822000 general permit. 

SIC# 20xx - Major Group - Food and Kindred Products, SIC# 202x - Dairy Products, SIC# 203x - Canned, Frozen and Preserved Fruits, Vegetables, and Food Specialties, SIC# 204x - Grain Mill Products, SIC# 205x - Bakery Products, SIC# 206x - Sugar and Confectionery Products

Open burning is the burning of any materials in which air contaminants are emitted directly into the air without first passing through a stack or chimney. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources does not issue permits for open burning. Prior to conducting any open burning, businesses and citizens should contact the city or county of jurisdiction for any local restrictions.

The department's Facts on Open Burning Under Missouri Regulations - PUB2047 fact sheet summarizes allowable and prohibited open burning under Missouri regulations. It does not include open burning restrictions that city or county governments may impose in addition to Missouri’s state regulations. 

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 your business plans to construct a gravity sewer extension, force main and lift station, you may need a site-specific Sewer Extension Construction Permit. You may also need this permit if you plan to construct a non-earthen flow equalization storage basin at a lift station and an inline storage.

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 is listed in 10CSR 20-6.200 by SIC code or description, you will need to apply for a Site-Specific Industrial Stormwater Operating Permit before you may operate, use or maintain the existing point source of water pollution. A Wastewater Construction Permit is required if constructing an earthen basin.

If your business plans to discharge wastewater from a manufacturing process, you will need to apply for a Site-Specific Industrial Wastewater Operating Permit before you may operate, use or maintain the existing point source of water pollution. A Wastewater Construction Permit is required if constructing an earthen basin.

If your business plans to construct a facility or location that will dispose of solid waste from more than one residence or from any commercial, industrial, manufacturing, recreational or governmental operation, you are required to apply for a Solid Waste Disposal Area Construction Permit. Types of disposal areas include sanitary, demolition, special waste and utility waste landfills.

If your business plans to dispose of solid waste from more than one residence or from any commercial, industrial, manufacturing, recreational or governmental operation, you are required to apply for a Solid Waste Disposal Area Operating Permit. Types of disposal areas include sanitary, demolition, special waste and utility waste landfills.

If your business plans to build a facility where solid wastes are transferred from one container to another or are processed, you are required to apply for a Solid Waste Processing Facility Construction Permit. Types of processing facilities include incinerator, compost plant, infectious waste, transfer station and material recovery, with or without composting.

If your business plans to operate a facility where solid wastes are transferred from one container to another or are processed, you are required to apply for a Solid Waste Processing Facility Operating Permit. Types of processing facilities include incinerator, compost plant, infectious waste, transfer station and material recovery, with or without composting.

Missouri solid waste disposal areas and solid waste processing facilities designated by rule, must be operated under the direction of a certified solid waste technician. For more information, please visit the department's Solid Waste Technician Certification webpage.

If your business includes an underground storage tank on the property used to store either petroleum or certain hazardous substances, or if you plan to have a tank installed for these reasons, you may be required to submit an Underground Storage Tank Registration with the department.

If your business plans to build, erect, alter or replace an existing or proposed point source, water contaminate source or wastewater treatment facility, you may need a Wastewater Construction Permit.