The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued a final Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Facility Part I Permit for the BASF Corp. Hannibal Plant (BASF). These permits allow the company to continue operating at its Palmyra facility.
Please be aware that any parties adversely affected or aggrieved by the department’s decision to issue the final Part I Permit, or specific conditions of the Part I Permit, may be entitled to pursue an appeal before the Administrative Hearing Commission by filing a written petition by March 24, 2025, as more fully described on page 6 of the final Part I Permit.
BASF, formerly American Cyanamid Co., operates an agricultural chemical manufacturing facility at the site, which includes herbicides and insecticides, located at 3150 Highway JJ in Palmyra, Missouri. A variety of hazardous wastes are generated as part of the facility operations. BASF manages and incinerates both off-specification or expired products, and other wastes generated during the manufacturing processes.
BASF has been operating, performing long-term maintenance activities and conducting corrective action investigations at the site under a department-issued Missouri Hazardous Waste Management Facility Part 1 Permit and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-issued Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments Part 2 Permit. On April 6, 1999, BASF submitted a permit application to the department and EPA to renew and update the hazardous waste permits. The permits were continued in effect, as allowed by Code of Federal Regulations 40 C.F.R. § 270.51, until the new hazardous waste permits were issued or denied. While there were multiple applications submitted over the years, BASF replaced those applications with a new application, received by the department on Oct. 31, 2015.
After a thorough technical review of the permit application and opportunity for public comment on the draft permit, the department issued a final Part 1 Permit. The final permit allows BASF to continue storing and treating hazardous waste. The final Part I Permit also contains contingent corrective action conditions that may be exercised in the event there is a release to the environment.
EPA decided not to issue a Part 2 Permit, since EPA has no site-specific conditions for the facility, beyond those contained in the final Part 1 Permit, and Missouri is fully authorized for all permitting and corrective action activities at the facility. EPA intends to terminate the currently effective Part 2 Permit upon issuance of the Part 1 Permit.
The pubic can review an electronic copy of the final Part I Permit and a summary and response to comments received during the public comment period below. Paper copies of the final permit, summary and response to comments and supporting documents are available during normal business hours at the Marion County Library's Sub-District No. 1 Branch, 212 S. Main St., Palmyra, Missouri or the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Elm Street Conference Center, Jefferson City, Missouri. An Open Records/ Sunshine Law Request will need to be submitted to review or obtain copies of the department's files.