Missouri environmental records for a Phase I ESA
Missouri programs
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- Underground Storage Tank Registrations
- Regulated Storage Tank Cleanup and Closure
- Brownfields/ Voluntary Cleanup Program (BVCP)
- Brownfield Assessments
- Superfund Investigation and Cleanup
- Registry of Abandoned or Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites
- Missouri Risk-Based Corrective Action (MRBCA)
- Operating Solid Waste Landfills
- Inactive and Closed Solid Waste Landfills
- Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal (TSD) Facilities
- Missouri RCRA (MoRCRA) Data System
- Hazardous Waste Generator Lists
- Long-Term Stewardship (LTS)
- Risk-Based Cleanup Tools, Controls and Resources
- Environmental Site Tracking and Research Tool (E-Start)
- Environmental Emergency Response
- Well Information Management System (WIMS 2.0)
- Federal Facility Investigation and Cleanup
- Sunshine Law Requests
A Phase I records review in Missouri draws mainly on one state agency, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Its waste-related pages name three programs in its Division of Environmental Quality as contacts: the Environmental Remediation Program, the Waste Management Program and, on the emergency response pages, the Environmental Services Program. Tanks, cleanups, landfills, hazardous waste, spills and wells all have a department page. This page maps each kind of record ASTM E1527-21 asks for to the Missouri program that holds it, and links a page on each program.
The standard record types, in Missouri
| ASTM record type | Missouri program | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| State Superfund equivalent | The Registry of Abandoned or Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites is the state's own list of sites contaminated with hazardous waste, kept under a state law. Pairing it with this record type is the handbook's reading, not the department's. See also Superfund Investigation and Cleanup. | Department of Natural Resources |
| State hazardous waste facilities | No single Missouri list is paired here. The Missouri records that bear on it are Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal (TSD) Facilities, the Missouri RCRA (MoRCRA) Data System and the Hazardous Waste Generator Lists. | Department of Natural Resources |
| Landfills and solid waste sites | Operating Solid Waste Landfills and Inactive and Closed Solid Waste Landfills | Department of Natural Resources |
| Leaking storage tanks | Regulated Storage Tank Cleanup and Closure. The pages read name no separate list of leaking tank cases; they say tanks undergoing closure and cleanup are included in the E-Start map. | Department of Natural Resources |
| Registered storage tanks | Underground Storage Tank Registrations | Department of Natural Resources |
| Institutional and engineering controls | The pages read name no registry of controls. The handbook's reading pairs this record type with Long-Term Stewardship (LTS), the department's program for sites that have controls; the instruments are described on Risk-Based Cleanup Tools, Controls and Resources. The department's Registry page calls the E-Start map its public database of properties that have restrictions under the Missouri Environmental Covenants Act. | Department of Natural Resources |
| Voluntary cleanup sites | Brownfields/ Voluntary Cleanup Program (BVCP) | Department of Natural Resources |
| Brownfields sites | Brownfield Assessments | Department of Natural Resources |
How far each search reaches is on the ASTM search distances page.
Other Missouri records worth reading
These are not on ASTM's standard list, but each answers a question a Missouri Phase I runs into.
- Environmental Site Tracking and Research Tool (E-Start): the department's map of site investigations, cleanups and certain regulated sites.
- Environmental Emergency Response: the spill line and the two tracking systems for reported releases.
- Missouri Risk-Based Corrective Action (MRBCA): the framework behind most Missouri cleanup decisions.
- Federal Facility Investigation and Cleanup: the department's oversight of properties owned or operated by federal agencies.
- Well Information Management System (WIMS 2.0): well records and the drilling areas map.
- Sunshine Law Requests: how to ask the department for a file.
One agency, with tanks split in two
For tanks, the department's pages divide the work. The department regulates underground storage tanks and oversees cleanup of petroleum releases from leaking underground and aboveground tanks. It says it does not regulate the operation of aboveground tanks, and it points to the Missouri Department of Agriculture for that. The department's pages also link the Petroleum Storage Tank Insurance Fund (PSTIF), which they describe as funding for cleanup costs for properties contaminated by leaking petroleum storage tanks, and as a partner in a joint contract tank inspection program. This handbook does not read PSTIF's own pages.
A starting point from the department
The department's Sunshine Law page has a section headed "Phase 1 Request". It describes a Phase I ESA and lists tools on the department's website that can help with one: E-Start, a Missouri PFAS Viewer, Consumer Confidence Reports and the Data and e-Services page. Start there when you have an address.
Getting a file from the department
A listing says a record exists. The reports and letters are in the file. The department takes records requests under the Missouri Sunshine Law, either online through its Public Records Center or by mail to the Custodian of Record at P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102. The Custodian of Records line is 573-751-9857, and the mailbox is custodianofrecord@dnr.mo.gov. The department asks for identifying information such as facility name, company address or permit number, and a description of the specific information wanted. It may invoice for staff time and copies, and it says it may ask a requester to review paper records in house. E-Start's site summaries also link to documents the department has in electronic form.
Sources
Missouri Department of Natural Resources pages, read October 8, 2026, no modified date shown:
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources Sunshine Law Requests
- Environmental Site Tracking and Research Tool (E-Start)
- Waste-related Sites and Regulated Facilities
- Waste-related Investigations and Cleanups
- Regulated Storage Tank Cleanup and Closure
- Underground Storage Tank Requirements
- Waste and Recycling Financial Assistance Opportunities
- Waste and Recycling Data and e-Services
- Registry of Abandoned or Uncontrolled Hazardous Waste Sites