Your business may be required by state and federal laws or regulations to obtain an environmental permit or permits before you may operate in Missouri. The Department of Natural Resources' goal is to make the environmental permitting process as friendly and easy to understand as possible. Whether you have an existing business or are planning a new business, we want to help you understand everything you need to know about permitting. The information below provides a list of business types and general description for that business.
Once you click on a business type, a new page will display with a list of permits the department may required the business to obtain. Depending on the complexity of the business operations, the permitting process may be rather extensive and require more than one permit. The list of business types may not be all-inclusive. If your business is not listed below, feel free to contact the department for additional information regarding the permitting process.
You may also search for a list of permits by visiting one of the webpages below.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Mining | A mining business is involved with the extraction and processing of natural occuring solid minera... |
| Missouri Department of Transportation MoDOT | The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is committed to providing the public with a saf... |
| Mobile Home Park | A mobile home park includes any site, lot, field or tract of land that includes three or more mob... |
| Municipality | A municipality refers to a village, town or city that operates as a local government under the le... |
| Natural Gas Compressor Station | A business that operates a large industrial facility to mechanically maintain the flow and pressu... |
| Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Dressing | A business that plans to extract stone, sand, rock or similar materials from natural deposits. Dr... |
| Oil and Gas Extraction | A business or individual who is associated with the exploration, production and subsurface storag... |
| Optical Goods | A business that sells and fits prescription and non-prescription eyeglasses and contact lenses, f... |
| Paper and Allied Products | A business engaged in manufacturing wood pulp from wood or other cellulose fibers, and from rags;... |
| Pest Control | This business provides a service to remove or eliminate potentially harmful insects, rodents and ... |
| Pesticide Manufacturer | A business that produces and distributes pesticides, which include insecticides, fungicides, herb... |
| Petroleum Products Processor | A business that recovers or processes used oil. Petroleum product means all refined and semi-refi... |
| Petroleum Storage Tank | A business that includes an underground storage tank on the property to store either petroleum or... |
| Pharmaceutical | A commercial business licensed to research, develop, market, sale and distribute drugs to improve... |
| Photographic Goods | A business that sales or repairs any apparatus or equipment used for taking, developing or enlarg... |
| Photography Processing Facility | A facility that uses a chemical process to develop or print paper prints, slides, negatives... |
| Pipeline Operator | A person or business that is primarily responsible for managing the flow of oil, natural gas and ... |
| Plumbing Contractor | A person whose principal business is the installation, maintenance, extension and alteration of p... |
| Portland Cement Plant | A facility that uses an energy intensive process to produce cement by grinding and heating a mixt... |
| Power Plant | An industrial facility that generates power either as electric or nuclear from primary energy.</p... |
| Primary Metals | This industry smelts and refines ferrous and nonferrous metals from ore, pig or scrap using elect... |
| Printing and Publishing | A business that provides printing services using letterpress, lithography, gravure, screen, or xe... |
| Prison | A facility used to confine inmates who are being legally held as a punishment for a crime they ha... |
| Public Water System | A governmental unit, municipal or private corporation, association, partnership or individual eng... |
| Pulp and Paper Mill | A pulp mill is a manufacturing facility that converts wood chips or other plant fibers sources in... |
| Pump Contractor | A person engaging in the business of installing, removing or serving pumps and pumping equipment ... |
| Real Estate Development | A real estate development is a multifaceted business, encompassing activities that range from the... |
| Reclaimed Water Agent | A facility that uses a treatment process to convert municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater o... |
| Reclaimed Water Blending Facility | A facility that uses a treatment process to convert municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater o... |
| Roofing Contractor | A roofer, roof mechanic or a roofing contractor is a tradesperson who specializes in roof constru... |