Missouri Revised Statutes













Chapter 260

Environmental Control

←260.505

Section 260.510.1

260.515→

August 28, 2015

Hazardous substances, director's powers and duties.

260.510. The director:



(1) Shall provide technical advice and assistance to other state

agencies, to political subdivisions of the state and to other persons upon

request for the prevention, control and response to hazardous substance

emergencies;



(2) May require the person having control over a hazardous substance

involved in a hazardous substance emergency to clean up the hazardous

substance and take any reasonable actions necessary to end a hazardous

substance emergency;



(3) May clean up a hazardous substance and take any actions necessary to

end a hazardous substance emergency if the person having control over a

hazardous substance fails to take reasonable actions required by the director

to clean up such hazardous substance or end such hazardous substance

emergency;



(4) Shall take those actions necessary to clean up a hazardous substance

or to end a hazardous substance emergency if the person having control over

the hazardous substance cannot be contacted within a reasonable amount of

time;



(5) May require a person having control over a hazardous substance

involved in a hazardous substance emergency to take such corrective actions

as may be reasonably required to prevent a recurrence of hazardous substance

emergencies;



(6) May clean up any release of a substance if such release is a threat

to the environment.



(L. 1983 H.B. 528)



Effective 6-27-83







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