{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-260.900","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 260.900","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in sections 260.900 to 260.960, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean:\n(1) \"Abandoned dry-cleaning facility\" , any real property premises or individual leasehold space in which a dry-cleaning facility formerly operated;\n(2) \"Active dry-cleaning facility\" , any real property premises or individual leasehold space in which a dry-cleaning facility currently operates;\n(3) \"Chlorinated dry-cleaning solvent\" , any dry-cleaning solvent which contains a compound which has a molecular structure containing the element chlorine;\n(4) \"Commission\" , the hazardous waste management commission created in section 260.365;\n(5) \"Corrective action\" , those activities described in subsection 1 of section 260.925;\n(6) \"Corrective action plan\" , a plan approved by the director to perform corrective action at a dry-cleaning facility;\n(7) \"Department\" , the Missouri department of natural resources;\n(8) \"Director\" , the director of the Missouri department of natural resources;\n(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;\n(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;\n(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;\n(12) \"Environmental response surcharge\" , either the active dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge or the dry-cleaning solvent surcharge;\n(13) \"Fund\" , the dry-cleaning environmental response trust fund created in section 260.920;\n(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;\n(15) \"Operator\" , any person who is or has been responsible for the operation of dry-cleaning operations at a dry-cleaning facility;\n(16) \"Owner\" , any person who owns the real property where a dry-cleaning facility is or has operated;\n(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;\n(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;\n(19) \"Reportable quantity\" , a known release of a dry-cleaning solvent deemed reportable by applicable federal or state law or regulation.","path":["Title XVI - CONSERVATION, RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT","Chapter 260 - Environmental Control"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=260.900","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"6ec87046c33934bb25acf0b4a59506d408e1a13166d24e797ae42fbfad88a7d7","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-260.831","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-260.905"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}