A proposed amendment to Code of State Regulations 10 CSR 20-6.015 No-Discharge Operations and Land Application Requirements, is now available for public review and comment until Sept. 23, 2025. All comments must be received or postmarked by 5 p.m. The department will hold a public hearing about the proposed amendment on Sept. 16, 2025. Please follow the link below for more information.
Written comments may be submitted by mail to Owen Gallagher, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Water Protection Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176, or online through the Regulatory Action Tracking System. Please include your contact information: name, email address and phone number.
The purpose of this proposed rule amendment is to set requirements for facilities with Missouri State Operating Permits wishing to land apply industrial wastewater or wastewater treatment residuals as a method of treatment, and for open storage basins and open storage vessels which hold and store commingled industrial wastewater and wastewater treatment residuals. These revisions include operating permit application requirements, minimum operating permit condition requirements, requirements for commingled off-site industrial wastewater or treatment residuals stored in open storage basins or open storage vessels, and groundwater monitoring and reporting requirements. For additional details please see the rulemaking report.