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Tanks Section
What's New | Quick Links | Maps | Aboveground Storage Tanks
The goal of the tanks section is to protect human health and the environment by building conditions under which good management of underground storage tank systems is common business practice.
In 1984, the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act established a regulatory program for underground storage tanks. (RCRA Subtitle I) - The Missouri law governing the use of underground storage tank systems is found in Chapter 319.100-139 RSMo at the Missouri General Assembly Web site.
The tanks section primary duties include:
- Registering and regulating underground storage tanks
- Environmental oversight of leaking underground storage tanks
- Providing general and technical information concerning installation and closure of underground storage tanks
- Encourage compliance with the performance standards
- Assess alternative technologies used in association with underground storage tank systems and cleanup efforts
- Assess registration fees and issue Certificates of Registration
- Evaluate financial responsibility mechanisms
- Encourage compliance with underground storage tank laws and regulations and oversees the Underground Storage Tank Inspection Program
- Tanks' Conferences and Training
- Maintain the Missouri Code of State Regulations pertaining to underground
storage tanks - Underground Storage Tank Requirements of the 2005 Federal Energy Policy Act
What's New
- Tanks Risk-Based Corrective Action Guidance Document Revisions
- Transform Missouri and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or ARRA - For more information on initiatives for cleaning up leaking underground storage tank sites visit the department's ARRA Web site at dnr.mo.gov/transform.htm or the state's Transform Missouri Web site at http://transform.mo.gov/resources/dnr2.htm.
- Sources and Causes of Releases at Petroleum Storage Tank Sites
- Creditor Protection for Underground Storage Tank Properties
- Missouri Risk-Based Corrective Action Guidance
- Compliance/Enforcement
- Additional Information and Links
- DNR Hazardous Waste Download Database Files
- Contact Us
- Newsletters
- Regulatory Requirements for Installations for New Underground Storage Tank Systems
fact sheet -- PUB1298 PDF
- Tank Closure Checklist, fact sheet -- PUB2218 PDF
- Tank Temporary Closure Checklist PDF
- Environmental Consultants
- Operational Tanks Assistance Listserv for Underground Storage Tank Owners, Operators and Consultants
For Sunshine Law requests or file reviews, please contact our Records Center at
573-751-3043.
To find out what is happening at the national level, visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Underground Storage Tanks home page. This particular Web site is a tremendous resource with federal regulations, frequently asked questions, information from all 50 states, technical bulletins and fact sheets.
Click this map to see underground storage tank sites as well as locations of cleanups of releases from aboveground and underground storage tanks completed in Missouri. Releases have occurred in every county in Missouri, and we have completed over 5,300 cleanups statewide.
A Note About Above Ground Storage Tanks
The operation of above ground storage tanks is not regulated by DNR. For information about regulation and inspection of above ground storage tanks, contact the Missouri Department of Agriculture, 573-751-5636. Petroleum releases from above ground storage tanks must be managed using the Missouri Risk-Based Corrective Action Process for Petroleum Storage Tanks.
