Permits Needed for a Construction Company

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.

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.

If your business plans to construct a new installation or modify an existing minor installation and the project has the potential to emit less than major source levels per year; or you plan to construct a new installation or modify an existing major installation and the project has the potential to emit less than the minor levels per year, you may require an Air Minor Construction Permit to address potential air emissions.

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.

If you plan to participate in an asbestos project, inspection, asbestos hazardous emergency response act management plan, abatement project design or asbestos air sampling in Missouri, you must receive an Asbestos Occupation Certification from the department.

If your business plans to disturb one or more acres of land, you are required to obtain a Construction or Land Disturbance Master General Stormwater Permits MORA00000 to address stormwater discharges from property. In addition, construction activities that disturb less than one acres when part of a larger common plan of development or sale that will disturb a cumulative total of one or more acres over the life of the project also require this permit.

If your business or the department has identified an immediate and significant threat to human health or the environment based on hazardous waste issues at your facility, the department may issue a Hazardous Waste Emergency Permit. The department may issue an emergency permit to a company that already has a hazardous waste permit, to allow them to treat, store or dispose of a hazardous waste not covered by their effective permit. The department may also issue an emergency permit to non-permitted companies, to allow them to temporarily treat, store or dispose of hazardous waste. The emergency permit clearly specifies the hazardous wastes the company intends to handle and how they are allow to treat, store or dispose of the wastes. An emergency permit can be effective for up to 90 days.

If your business owns or operates a hazardous waste treatment facility and wants to use new and experimental treatment technologies that do not fall under current regulation standards, you may apply for a Hazardous Waste Research, Development and Demonstration Permit.

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.

Open burning is the burning of any materials in which air contaminants are emitted directly into the air without first passing through a stack or chimney. The department's fact sheet summarizes allowable and prohibited open burning under Missouri regulations. It does not include open burning restrictions that city or county governments may impose in addition to Missouri’s state regulations. Prior to conducting any open burning, businesses and citizens should contact the city or county of jurisdiction for any local restrictions.

• Facts on Open Burning Under Missouri Regulations - PUB2047

If your business plans to operate a public water system that supplies drinking water to the public, you must obtain a Public Water Systems 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.

Your business may be eligible to receive a Solid Waste Exemption. Certain waste materials may be salvaged for continued use, or recovered and reused for another purpose that extends the value of that materials. Some waste recovery, reuse or repurposing activities may not require a permit, as long as the activity does not cause a hazard to human health, a hazard to the environment or a public nuisance. Although the activities may be exempt from solid waste permitting requirements, there may be criteria you must meet to be granted this exemption. Examples of common activities and wastes include beneficial use, clean fill, composting, construction and demolition waste, NORM and TENORM. Learn more by visiting the department's Activities Potentially Exempt from Solid Waste Regulations.

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.