Current State of Missouri Regulations and Permits

Table of Contents

  • Missouri CAFO Nutrient Management Standard
  • Missouri General Permit for CAFOs
  • Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Best Management Practices
  • Missouri Regulations
  • Missouri Statutes
  • Missouri Department of Natural Resources CAFO site
  • Map of Missouri CAFOs

Missouri CAFO Nutrient Management Technical Standard: Defines the way permitted operations must manage nutrients. Terms apply to any new permits issued after Feb. 2009. Operations under the current general permit will need to meet this standard after the current general permit expires Feb. 23, 2011.

Missouri General Permit for CAFOs: Most Missouri CAFOs operate under the General Permit which expires Feb. 23, 2011. Links to site-specific permits can be found at MDNR CAFO site.

Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations Best Management Practices: Links to some current regulatory language and operating permits for Missouri concentrated animal feeding operations.

Missouri Regulations: Missouri regulations affecting CAFOs are in a multiple chapters of the Missouri Code of State Regulation (CSR).

10 CSR 20-2 Definitions
10 CSR 20-6 Permits
10 CSR 20-7 Water Quality
10 CSR 20-8 Design Guides
10 CSR 20-14 CAFO Waste Management System Operations
10 CSR 23-3 Well Construction Code
10 CSR 10-3 Air Pollution Control

Missouri Statutes:

RSMO Chapter 640 -Department of Natural Resources (See 640.700 to 640.758.)
RSMO Chapter 644 -Water Pollution

Missouri Department of Natural Resources CAFO site: Primary MDNR site for CAFO information.

Map of Missouri CAFOs - July 2007: A map developed by MDNR showing the location of Missouri CAFOs in July 2007.