Authority and Notification Procedures

PURPOSE: This rule provides the source of authority and contact information for the Hazardous Substance Emergency Response Office. (1) The Department of Natural Resources is authorized under sections 260.500-260.550, RSMo to administer the state’s Hazardous Substance Emergency Response Office. The director of the Department of Natural Resources appoints a director and staff who provide day-to-day operation of the Hazardous Substance Emergency Response Office. Among its operations, the Hazardous Substance Emergency Response Office performs the following administrative and technical functions: develop and adopt rules relating to hazardous substance emergencies; develop and update the state Hazardous Substance Emergency Response plan in cooperation with other state agencies and other affected persons; respond to, investigate, document, and take action regarding hazardous substance emergencies in accordance with sections 260.500-260.550, RSMo; provide technical 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; enter into agreements with state, local, and federal agencies, and with other persons as necessary to develop and implement the Hazardous Substance Emergency Response Plan and to implement sections 260.500-260.550, RSMo; monitor the statewide telephone used to notify Missouri whenever a hazardous substance emergency occurs; notify appropriate agencies of hazardous substance emergencies; and cooperate with appropriate units of government and other persons to prevent the occurrence and improve response to hazardous substance emergencies. (2) Information. (A) The mailing address for the Hazardous Substance Emergency Response Office is: Missouri Department of Natural Resources, PO Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102. (B) Nonemergency information can be obtained by contacting the department at the post office box listed previously or by calling (573) 526-3348. (C) The number to contact the department for emergency release notifications under section 260.505, RSMo is (573) 634-2436. This is for emergencies only. AUTHORITY: section 260.520, RSMo 2016.* Original rule filed Nov. 30, 1983, effective April 12, 1984. Emergency amendment filed Dec. 2, 1992, effective Jan. 1, 1993, expired April 20, 1993. Amended: Filed Oct. 5, 1992, effective April 8, 1993. Amended: Filed June 14, 1994, effective Jan. 29, 1995. Amended: Filed July 22, 1996, effective Feb. 28, 1997. Amended: Filed March 29, 2018, effective Dec. 30, 2018. *Original authority: 260.520, RSMo 1983, amended 1993, 1995.