This section defines terms used in the dry-cleaning provisions, including dry-cleaning facility, dry-cleaning solvent, operator, owner, release, and reportable quantity.
260.900. Definitions. — As used in sections 260.900 to 260.960, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms mean: (1) "Abandoned dry-cleaning facility", any real property premises or individual leasehold space in which a dry-cleaning facility formerly operated; (2) "Active dry-cleaning facility", any real property premises or individual leasehold space in which a dry-cleaning facility currently operates; (3) "Chlorinated dry-cleaning solvent", any dry-cleaning solvent which contains a compound which has a molecular structure containing the element chlorine; (4) "Commission", the hazardous waste management commission created in section 260.365; (5) "Corrective action", those activities described in subsection 1 of section 260.925; (6) "Corrective action plan", a plan approved by the director to perform corrective action at a dry-cleaning facility; (7) "Department", the Missouri department of natural resources; (8) "Director", the director of the Missouri department of natural resources; (9) "Dry-cleaning facility", a commercial establishment that operates, or has operated in the past in whole or in part for the purpose of cleaning garments or other fabrics on site utilizing a process that involves any use of dry-cleaning solvents. Dry-cleaning facility includes all contiguous land, structures and other appurtenances and improvements on the land used in connection with a dry-cleaning facility but does not include prisons, governmental entities, hotels, motels or industrial laundries. Dry-cleaning facility does include coin-operated dry-cleaning facilities; (10) "Dry-cleaning solvent", any and all nonaqueous solvents used or to be used in the cleaning of garments and other fabrics at a dry-cleaning facility and includes but is not limited to perchloroethylene, also known as tetrachloroethylene, chlorinated dry-cleaning, and the products into which such solvents degrade; (11) "Dry-cleaning unit", a machine or device which utilizes dry-cleaning solvents to clean garments and other fabrics and includes any associated piping and ancillary equipment and any containment system; (12) "Environmental response surcharge", either the active dry-cleaning facility registration surcharge or the dry-cleaning solvent surcharge; (13) "Fund", the dry-cleaning environmental response trust fund created in section 260.920; (14) "Immediate response to a release", containment and control of a known release in excess of a reportable quantity and notification to the department of any known release in excess of a reportable quantity; (15) "Operator", any person who is or has been responsible for the operation of dry-cleaning operations at a dry-cleaning facility; (16) "Owner", any person who owns the real property where a dry-cleaning facility is or has operated; (17) "Person", an individual, trust, firm, joint venture, consortium, joint-stock company, corporation, partnership, association or limited liability company. Person does not include any governmental organization; (18) "Release", any spill, leak, emission, discharge, escape, leak or disposal of dry-cleaning solvent from a dry-cleaning facility into the soils or waters of the state; (19) "Reportable quantity", a known release of a dry-cleaning solvent deemed reportable by applicable federal or state law or regulation. (L. 2000 S.B. 577, A.L. 2005 S.B. 170 merged with S.B. 225) Effective 7-06-05 (S.B. 170); 8-28-05 (S.B. 225) Expires 8-28-17; see § 260.965