With nearly 100,000 farms on more than 28 million acres of farmland, agriculture is one of Missouri's leading industries. Between crops, livestock, forestry and fishery production; agriculture inputs and services; food and related products manufacturing; forestry products manufacturing; farming equipment manufacturers and food distribution companies.

You may need some or all of the following permits for a Agriculture:

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Agrichemical Facilities Master General Stormwater Permit MOR240000

If your business manufactures for wholesale or retail fertilizers, pesticides and other agricultural chemicals as their primary business, you are required to obtain an Agrichemical Facilities Master General Stormwater Permit MOR240000 to address stormwater discharges from the property.

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Air Intermediate Operating Permit

If your business is required to obtain a Part 70 Operating Permits but accepts voluntary, practically enforcement limitation to reduce emissions to less than 100 tons per year of any regulated pollutant and is less than 10 tons per year of any single hazardous air pollutant and less than 25 tons per year of any combined hazardous air pollutant, you may require an Air Intermediate Operating Permit to address potential air emissions.

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Air Major Construction Permit Sections (7), (8) & (9)

If your business plans to construct a new installation or modify an existing minor installation and the project has the potential to emit more than major emission levels of a regulated air containment or construct a new installation or modify an existing major installation and the project has the potential to emit more than the minor levels per year, you may require an Air Major Construction Permit Sections (7), (8) & (9) to address potential air emissions.

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Air Part 70 Operating Permit

If your business has the potential to emit greater than 100 tons per year of any regulated pollutant, has the potential to emit greater than 100 tons per year of any single hazardous air pollutant, or greater than 25 tons per year of combined hazardous air pollutants, or is required by a New Source Performance Standard or a Maximum Achievable Control Technology, you may require an Air Part 70 Operating Permit.

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Air Permits-by-Rule Construction Permit

If your business operates a printing operation, crematory or animal incinerator, surface coating or livestock market, you may require an Air Permit-by-Rule Construction Permit to address potential air emissions. By applying for this permit rather than a De Minimis or Minor Construction Permit, your business agrees to certain conditions of operation.

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Dredging on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers Permit MOG698000

If your business plans to discharge wash water, stormwater and return water from aggregate dredging operations on the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, you must obtain a Dredging on the Missouri and Mississippi River MOG698000.

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Feedstock Compost Sites Permit MOG920000

If your business is designed and operated as a no-discharge, mixed feedstock composting facility under 20 acres, you must obtain a Feedstock Compost Sites MOG920000 master general permit.

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Hazardous Waste/ Infectious Waste Transporter License

If you or your business plans to transport hazardous waste including waste oil, explosives, gases, flammable and combustible liquids, flammable solids, oxidizers and organic peroxides, poisons, radioactive materials, corrosives or infectious waste, you must obtain a Hazardous/ Infectious Waste Transporter License.

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In-Stream Sand and Gravel Mining Permit

If your business plans to engage in surface mining of industrial minerals such as sand, gravel, limestone, dolomite, clay or other construction aggregates, you may need an Industrial Mineral Mines Permit – In-stream Sand and Gravel Mining to engage in surface mining.

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Land Application of Domestic Wastewater Permit MOG823000

If your business is a no-discharge, private or domestic wastewater treatment facility with design flows of less than 50,000 gallons per day and land apply the wastewater, design flows of less than 50,000 gallons per day and plan to land apply the wastewater, you must obtain a Land Application of Domestic Wastewater MOG823000 master general permit.

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Major Water Users

Missouri collects water use data to better understand and manage the state’s water inventory.  A Major Water User is any person or entity that has the capability of producing a large amount of water (100,000 gallons per day or 70 gallons per minute or more) with all their combined wells or surface intakes. This water can be from either groundwater via a well, or surface water from a stream, river, lake, pond, or spring. 

Major Water Users are required by law to report the volume of water used by March 31 of the year following the usage.

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Metallic Mineral Waste Management Permit

If your business plans to process metallic minerals or mineral ores that contain lead, iron, silver, gold, zinc or copper and that process produces waste such as waste rock, mine water, tailings or chat, you may need a Metallic Mineral Waste Management Permit

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Open Pit Mining Permit

If your business plans to remove topsoil and other soil material to expose the mineral commodity, you may need an Industrial Minerals Mines Permit - Open Pit Mining. Industrial mineral open pit mine sites range in size from one acre sand and gravel pits to 1,000 acre limestone sites.

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Pesticide Applications Permit MOG870000

If your business sprays biological and chemical pesticides that leave a residue in waters of the state, you must obtain a Pesticide Applications MOG870000 master general permit. The permit requires applicators to implement site-specific control practices and other pest management strategies that are designed to minimize discharges of pesticides/ herbicides to waters of the state.

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Public Drinking Water Construction Permit

If your business plans to construct a public water system that will supply drinking water to the public, you must obtain a Public Drinking Water Construction Permit. You must obtain this permit if you also plan to complete the following construction projects to the water system: waterline extensions, waterline replacements, drilling water supply well, construction a storage tank, adding a disinfection system, treatment changes, building a pump station or other improvements or modifications. A public water system has at least 15 service connections or serves at least 25 people at least 60 days out of the year. If your business plans to connect to a permitted public water system, then you are not required to obtain this permit.

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Public Drinking Water Permit to Dispense

If your business plans to operate a public water system that supplies drinking water to the public, you must obtain a Public Drinking Water Permit to Dispense. A public water system has at least 15 service connections or serves at least 25 people at least 60 days out of the year. If your business plans to connect to a permitted public water system, then you are not required to obtain this permit.

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Remedial Action Plan

If you want to treat, store or dispose of hazardous remediation waste at a remediation waste management site in Missouri, you may be required to follow a Remedial Action Plan. The plan lists conditions about how to treat, store or dispose of hazardous remediation waste.

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Sewer Extension Construction Permit

If your business plans to construct a gravity sewer extension, force main and lift station, you may need a site-specific Sewer Extension Construction Permit. You may also need this permit if you plan to construct a non-earthen flow equalization storage basin at a lift station and an inline storage.

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Site-Specific Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Operating Permit

If your business is a Class I Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation and Class II Animal Feeding Operations that are defined as a CAFO, you must obtain a Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation MO G010000 general permit.

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Site-Specific Domestic Wastewater Operating Permit

If your business has received a Site-Specific Wastewater Construction Permit and has completed the construction project, you will need to apply for a Site-Specific Wastewater Operating Permit before you may operate, use or maintain the existing point source of water pollution.

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State No-Discharge Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Permit MOGS10000

If your business is a Class I CAFO or Class II Animal Feeding Operation that are defined as a CAFO, you must obtain a State No-Discharge Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation MOGS10000 master general permit.

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Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Registration

If your business includes an underground storage tank on the property used to store either petroleum or certain hazardous substances, or if you plan to have a tank installed for these reasons, you may be required to submit an Underground Storage Tank Registration with the department.

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Wastewater Construction Permit

If your business plans to build, erect, alter or replace an existing or proposed point source, water contaminate source or wastewater treatment facility, you may need a Wastewater Construction Permit.