PURPOSE: This rule explains the deductible amounts and limits on expenditures from the Dry-Cleaning Environmental Response Trust (DERT) Fund.
- (1) The Dry-Cleaning Environmental Response Trust (DERT) Fund shall not be liable for the payment of costs in excess of one (1) million dollars at any one (1) contaminated dry cleaning site.
- (2) The DERT Fund shall not be liable for the payment of costs for any one (1) site in excess of twenty-five percent (25%) of the total moneys in the fund during any fiscal year.
- (3) The owner or operator of an active and the owner or operator of an abandoned dry cleaning facility shall be liable for the first twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) of corrective action costs incurred because of a release from an active or abandoned dry cleaning facility.
AUTHORITY: sections 260.905 and 260.925, RSMo Supp. 2005.* Original rule filed Oct. 3, 2005, effective May 30, 2006.
*Original authority: 260.905, RSMo 2000, amended 2005 and 260.925, RSMo 2000, amended 2005.