Storage Space Approval

PURPOSE: This rule establishes requirements for the approval of warehouse storage space for licensing. (1) Upon receipt of an application for a warehouse license, the director shall verify the following prior to approving storage space for licensing: (A) The flooring is steel or concrete, except for wooden elevators and raised aeration floors; (B) The sidewalls are rigid and self-supporting; (C) The space is immobile; (D) Adequate means of entrance and exit to the storage space are provided; and (E) The space is otherwise capable of maintaining the quantity and quality of grain stored in it. (2) The requirements for flooring, sidewalls, and immobility may be modified by the director for emergency or temporary storage on a case-by-case basis if it is shown that adequate protection for stored grain is provided by the storage space. (3) Approved space may be used only when all other licensing requirements have been met, and a warehouse license has been issued by the director. (4) The licensed storage capacity of the warehouse may be increased upon the director’s verification that the space to be added meets the requirements of section (1) of this rule; however, prior to using any additional space, the warehouseman, based on the increased capacity, shall increase stock insurance and license security to the amounts required under sections 411.278, 411.281 and 411.290, RSMo. (5) The licensed storage capacity of the warehouse may be decreased or space deleted from a license upon the director’s verification that all grain has been removed from the space. However, if the space is connected to other licensed space by grain transporting equipment, the director may consider the space one (1) functional unit and require the space to remain licensed. AUTHORITY: section 411.070, RSMo 2016.* This rule was previously filed as 2 CSR 404.080. Original rule filed May 5, 1972, effective May 15, 1972. Amended: Filed Feb. 13, 1980, effective May 11, 1980. Rescinded and readopted: Filed Feb. 2, 1990, effective May 31, 1990. Amended: Filed May 18, 2018, effective Jan. 30, 2019. *Original authority: 411.070, RSMo 1941, amended 1955, 1965, 1977, 1980, 1986, 1993, 1995, 1997.