RSMo §§ 447.700–447.718 — Missouri Brownfield Redevelopment Program (MO)

Tracked preemption from the Missouri overlay bundle.

Overview

Effective
2001-08-28
Sunset
Authority
state
Scope
state:MO

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

OR
  • parcel.has_brownfield_site_inventoried == True
  • project.requesting_brownfield_assistance == True

Preempted fields

2 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

FieldOpValueNote
redevelopment.brownfield_liability_protectionpermitMDNR_brownfield_voluntary_cleanup_certificateMDNR Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Program (BVCP) issues 'no further action' or certificate-of-completion letters that extend statutory liability protections for prospective purchasers, lenders, and political subdivisions per §§447.700–447.718.
redevelopment.brownfield_tax_creditpermitDED_brownfield_redevelopment_tax_creditCompanion Missouri Department of Economic Development Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credit program (Mo. Rev. Stat. §§447.700–447.718) provides up to 100% remediation tax credits and matching DED grants for qualifying projects on inventoried brownfield sites.

Citation

Authority source
Mo. Rev. Stat. §§447.700 through 447.718 (Voluntary Cleanup of Hazardous Substances; Brownfields Program); enacted via H.B. 133 (2001)
§ §447.700 (definitions); §447.702 (voluntary cleanup); §447.708 (no-further-action letters); §447.710 (liability protection); §447.718 (tax credit)
https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=447

Research notes

Coordinates with federal EPA Brownfields Program (CERCLA §128(a) State Response Program; 42 U.S.C. §9628). Missouri liability protections layer atop CERCLA's bona-fide-prospective-purchaser, contiguous-property-owner, and innocent-landowner protections. Captured here because brownfield status materially changes underwriting and informs allowable redevelopment density on parcels otherwise constrained by industrial-zoning legacy. The Kansas City Stockyards Historic District (former Armour/Cudahy/Swift meatpacking complex on the Kansas River-Missouri River bottoms) and the St. Louis riverfront south of Gateway Arch NP are large brownfield clusters subject to this program.