Permits Needed for Automobile Salvage Yards Businesses

Above ground storage tanks are regulated by the Missouri Department of Agriculture. For more information, please visit their Fuel Device Safety and Accuracy Program webpage.

In the event there is a situation that presents an immediate and significant threat to human health or the environment based on hazardous waste issues, the department may issue a temporary Hazardous Waste Emergency Permit. If your business already has a hazardous waste permit, this permit would allow you to treat, store or dispose of a hazardous waste not covered by your effective permit. Non-permitted companies may also receive an emergency permit to allow them to temporarily treat, store or dispose of hazardous waste.

If you or your business produce or store some form of hazardous waste as a result of your business processes, you may be required to register as a hazardous waste generator.

If you or your business plans to transport used oil, hazardous waste (combustible liquids, corrosives, poisons/ toxins, flammable liquids, flammable solids, PCB's) or infectious waste in Missouri, you are required to obtain a Hazardous Waste Transporter License.

Even though the request is approved by both Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, you must apply for and renew the license through MoDOT. For more information, please visit MoDOT's Hazardous Waste Transport webpage.

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 Missouri Department of Natural Resources does not issue permits for open burning. Prior to conducting any open burning, businesses and citizens should contact the city or county of jurisdiction for any local restrictions.

The department's Facts on Open Burning Under Missouri Regulations - PUB2047 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. 

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. A public water system has at least 15 service connections or serves at least 25 people at least 60 days out of the year. This permit is also required if you 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.

If your business plans to connect to a permitted public water system, then you are not required to obtain this permit.

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 you or your business want to operate a facility that reduces the volume of scrap tires by shredding, cutting, buffing, chipping, baling or otherwise altering so they can be recycled, used for resource recovery or disposed of, you are required to obtain a Scrap Tire Processing Facility Permit.

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.