HB 6358 Summary

• Streamlines environmental remediation processes by allowing persons to undertake response activities without prior department approval, unless required by administrative order or judicial decree.

• Establishes expedited timelines for department review and approval of response activity plans (150 days) and no further action reports (150-180 days), with automatic approval if deadlines are missed.

• Simplifies cleanup standards by consolidating multiple land-use categories into residential and nonresidential categories, with option for site-specific criteria when they better reflect actual risk.

• Requires postclosure plans and restrictive covenants for remedial actions not meeting unrestricted residential cleanup criteria, including land use restrictions and financial assurance mechanisms.

• Repeals prior cleanup regulations (R 299.5209-5219, R 299.5601-5607, R 299.5801-5823) and ties bill's effectiveness to passage of companion legislation (HB 6359, HB 6360, HB 6363, SB 1346, SB 1348).