HB 781 -- Missouri Environmental Covenants Law

Sponsor:  Bivins

This bill establishes the Missouri Environmental Covenants Law
which allows for the removal of a site from the registry of
hazardous waste sites maintained by the Department of Natural
Resources if it poses no current threat of contamination and an
environmental covenant is entered into between the department and
the holder who owns and controls the site.  Holders may be
individuals, businesses, political subdivisions, and other types
of legal entities.

An environmental covenant may contain numerous requirements
including the department's inspection and regulation of the site
and the permissible uses of the site.  Procedures for the
creation, filing, implementation, and termination of an
environmental covenant are specified in the bill.  Environmental
covenants do not supercede prior interests in the land, but will
apply prospectively to many actions involving the site.  Certain
storage tanks are exempt from the provisions of the bill.

The department must maintain a database of all environmental
covenants.

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
Last Updated July 25, 2007 at 11:20 am