PURPOSE: This rule describes the requirements for the permanent closure of active dry cleaning facilities.

1. (1) An owner or operator of an active dry cleaner facility will notify the department sixty (60) days after facility closure on a form provided by the department.
2. (2) Each owner or operator of an active dry cleaner facility which has ceased operation for sixty (60) continuous days shall remove all dry cleaning solvents and dry cleaning wastes from the facility no later than ninety

3. (90) days after the last day of operation.

   1. (A) Each owner or operator shall properly dispose of all hazardous dry cleaning wastes. Dry cleaning wastes are subject to hazardous waste determination pursuant to 10 CSR 25- 5.262(1). Hazardous dry cleaning wastes must be handled in compliance with the requirements of 10 CSR 25-4.261 and 10 CSR 25-5.262, et seq. This can include, but is not limited to, proper storage, management, and disposal of the waste.
   2. (B) An owner or operator may request a written extension of the sixty (60)-day time limit. This written extension will include a brief description of the reason for the extension, list of the type and quantity of solvents stored on-site, and a plan for inspections of the facility.
4. (3) To ensure eligibility in the Dry-Cleaning Environmental Response Trust (DERT) Fund, the owner or operator of the closed facility should immediately measure for contamination in areas where a release of dry cleaner solvents is most likely to occur.

AUTHORITY: section 260.905, RSMo Supp. 2005.* Original rule filed Oct. 3, 2005, effective May 30, 2006.

*Original authority: 260.905, RSMo 2000, amended 2005.