The Missouri Department of Natural Resources describes a Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Dressing business as:

A business that plans to extract stone, sand, rock or similar materials from natural deposits. Dressing processes include grinding, mixing, cutting, shaping, and honing. Heat often is used in the process and chemicals are frequently mixed to change the composition, purity, and chemical properties for the intended product. For example, glass is produced by heating silica sand to the melting point (sometimes combined with cullet or recycled glass) and then drawn, floated, or blow molded to the desired shape or thickness. Refractory materials are heated and then formed into bricks or other shapes for use in industrial applications.

You may need some or all of the following permits for a Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Dressing business:

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Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation > 5 acres Permit MOG050000

If your business is conducting a land reclamation project involving land disturbance and projects consisting solely of pond and shaft dewatering or stockpiling biosolids for reclamation use, you must obtain an Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation MOG050000 general permit. Your business must implement best management practices during the project by using filter fabric, check dams, sediment ponds, straw bales or other practices used to minimize sediment loss.

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Air Intermediate Operating Permit

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.

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Air Major Construction Permit Sections (7), (8) & (9)

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.

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Air Minor Construction Permit Section (5)

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.

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Air Part 70 Operating Permit

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.

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Clay Pits Permit MOG840000

If your business operates a clay pit or mine, you must obtain a Clay Pits MOG840000 master general permit for the discharge of stormwater, snowmelt and infiltration water from the site.

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Hazardous Waste Research, Development and Demonstration Permit

If your business owns or operates a hazardous waste treatment facility and wants to use new and experimental treatment technologies that do not fall under current regulation standards, you may apply for a Hazardous Waste Research, Development and Demonstration Permit.

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Hazardous Waste/ Infectious Waste Transporter License

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.

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In-Stream Sand and Gravel Mining Permit

If your business plans to engage in surface mining of industrial minerals such as sand, gravel, limestone, dolomite, clay or other construction aggregates, you may need an Industrial Mineral Mines Permit – In-stream Sand and Gravel Mining to engage in surface mining.

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Land Application of Domestic Wastewater Permit MOG823000

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.

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Open Pit Mining Permit

If your business plans to remove topsoil and other soil material to expose the mineral commodity, you may need an Industrial Minerals Mines Permit - Open Pit Mining. Industrial mineral open pit mine sites range in size from one acre sand and gravel pits to 1,000 acre limestone sites.

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Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Facility Permit

If your company plans to commercially treat, store or dispose of PCBs and PCB items in Missouri, you are required to obtain a Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Facility Permit.

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Public Drinking Water Construction 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.

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Public Drinking Water Permit to Dispense

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.

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Remedial Action Plan

If you want to treat, store or dispose of hazardous remediation waste at a remediation waste management site in Missouri, you may be required to follow a Remedial Action Plan. The plan lists conditions about how to treat, store or dispose of hazardous remediation waste.

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Site-Specific Industrial Stormwater Operating Permit

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.

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Site-Specific Industrial Wastewater Operating Permit

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.