Missouri Laws 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;
Terms Used In Missouri Laws 260.900
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020
(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.