SB 1369 - Under the act, any land application of industrial wastewater, industrial wastewater treatment sludge, and related process wastes, except concentrated animal feeding operations, livestock markets, and animal manure, shall be subject to a nutrient management technical standard established and incorporated into rule by the Department of Natural Resources as described in the act. The Clean Water Commission may exempt an entity from the requirement to obtain an operating permit to maintain any water contaminant or point source in the state, licensed under the Missouri fertilizer law, only if the entity is producing products that are commercially sold to an end user in accordance with accurate labeling for each container.
In order to receive an operating permit, any point source or operating location seeking an operating permit for a commingled offsite industrial wastewater or wastewater residuals open storage basin or open storage vessel shall meet certain design requirements for wastewater treatment facilities and demonstrate the capacity to manage its design flow. Such design requirements include:
- Buffer distances between the nearest commingled offsite industrial wastewater or wastewater residuals open storage basin or open storage vessel and any public building or occupied residence as described in the act;
- Groundwater monitoring wells on a site-specific basis;
- Sampling requirements for commingled offsite industrial wastewater and wastewater residuals open storage basins.
Additionally, the act creates definitions for "agrichemical facility" and "operating location".
The act has an emergency clause.
The act is identical to HCS/HBs 2134 & 1956 (2024).
JULIA SHEVELEVA