Missouri
Federal Facility Investigation and Cleanup
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources oversees investigation and cleanup at federal facilities, which it defines as currently or previously owned or operated U.S. government properties where hazardous substances, chemical and radiological, have been or could be released. The department says the majority were owned or operated by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Energy. It created its Federal Facilities Section in 1993 at their request.
In a Phase I ESA
ASTM E1527-21 does not name state federal facility cleanup records among its standard record sources. The department's E-Start map lists federal facilities among the types of sites it holds. The department's Site Specific Query lists Federal Facility sites with BVCP and Superfund sites, so a former federal property may show in either of those places. See Brownfields/ Voluntary Cleanup Program (BVCP).
Three details from the department's page shape how to read a federal facility record.
- The department's oversight is secondary. It says it provides secondary oversight as facilities move through investigation and cleanup, with project managers who give independent oversight of monitoring, cleanup and sampling and comment on work plans and technical documents.
- Different properties are included. The department's project managers are assigned to current and former military sites, former Department of Energy sites, some civilian federal agency sites, such as General Services Administration sites, some Department of Agriculture grain bin sites and any sites with radiological contamination.
- Two federal laws apply. The department names the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), under which sites must clean up hazardous substances, and the Federal Facility Compliance Act, under which federal sites become subject to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. It says the process follows roughly the Superfund process.
The department says most federal facility cleanups involve various contaminants, including radioactive wastes, explosives, unexploded ordnance, depleted uranium, solvents, petroleum wastes and mixed wastes. It reports counts of sites by phase and says sites are in stewardship after being cleaned to an acceptable level; the counts are not carried here because the page gives no date for them.
Where to look a site up
- The department's Federal Facilities Sites page, which the department points to for specific sites of interest.
- The E-Start map.
- The Superfund process the department compares it to is described on Superfund Investigation and Cleanup.
Getting the file
The pages read do not give a records route specific to federal facilities. The department's general route is the Sunshine Law request.
Sources
Missouri Department of Natural Resources pages, read October 8, 2026, no modified date shown: