1. The department shall establish an activity and use limitation information system and ensure that it is maintained, that provides readily accessible information on sites with known contamination, and records the creation, amendment, and termination of covenants. The activity and use limitation information system shall distinguish clearly between three categories of sites contaminated with hazardous substance contamination:

(1) Sites where no investigation or remedial action has been performed, or where remedial actions are in progress but are not complete;

Terms Used In Missouri Laws 260.1033

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of the statutes, mean the section next preceding or next following that in which the reference is made, unless some other section is expressly designated in the reference. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Property: includes real and personal property. See Missouri Laws 1.020
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: when applied to any of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" includes such district and territories. See Missouri Laws 1.020

(2) Sites where remedial action has been taken to address known risks to human health, public welfare, and the environment and the site is suitable for certain land uses and the department has issued a letter indicating that the site is suitable for certain land uses and that further investigation and remedial action is not required;

(3) Sites where previous concerns about contamination should no longer be an issue because of removal of waste and contamination or investigation results that demonstrate that contamination is now below levels considered suitable for unrestricted use.

2. After an environmental covenant or an amendment or termination of a covenant is filed in the information system established under subsection 1 of this section, a notice of the covenant, amendment, or termination that complies with this section may be recorded in the land records in lieu of recording the entire covenant. Any such notice shall contain:

(1) A legally sufficient description and any available street address of the real property subject to the covenant;

(2) The name and address of the owner of the fee simple interest in the real property, the department, and the holder if other than the department;

(3) A statement that the covenant, amendment, or termination is available in an information system at the department, which discloses the method of any electronic access; and

(4) A statement that the notice is notification of an environmental covenant executed under sections 260.1000 to 260.1039.

3. A statement in substantially the following form, executed with the same formalities as a deed in this state, satisfies the requirements of subsection 2 of this section:

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“1. This notice is filed in the land records of the ______ (political subdivision) of ______ (insert name of jurisdiction in which the real property is located) under Sections 260.1000 to 260.1039, RSMo.
2. This notice and the covenant, amendment or termination to which it refers may impose significant obligations with respect to the property described below.
3. A legal description of the property is attached as Exhibit A to this notice. The address of the property that is subject to the environmental covenant is ______ (insert address of property) (not available).
4. The name and address of the owner of the fee simple interest in the real property on the date of this notice is ______ (insert name of current owner of the property and the owner’s current address as shown on the tax records of the jurisdiction in which the property is located).
5. The environmental covenant, amendment or termination was signed by ______ (insert name and address of the department).
6. The environmental covenant, amendment, or termination was filed in the information system on ______ (insert date of filing).
7. The full text of the covenant, amendment or termination and any other information required by the department is on file and available for inspection and copying in the information system maintained for that purpose by the department at ______ (insert address and room of building in which the information system is maintained). The covenant, amendment or termination may be found electronically at ______ (insert internet address for covenant).”

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