Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.900: Definitions.

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.