SCS SB 642 Summary

• Extends fee authority sunset dates: Changes expiration dates for various regulatory fees (tire, hazardous waste, mining, air quality, water quality, safe drinking water) from 2023 to 2024, and modifies fee-setting procedures to require two-part commission voting process and allow legislative disapproval.

• Renames "land reclamation" commission: Changes the "land reclamation commission" to "Missouri mining commission" throughout chapters 260, 444, 640, and 644.

• Expands mineral definition: Adds cadmium, barium, nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, germanium, gallium, tellurium, selenium, vanadium, indium, mercury, uranium, rare earth elements, platinum group elements, manganese, phosphorus, sodium, titanium, zirconium, lithium, and tungsten to the definition of extractable minerals.

• Transfers mining permit authority to director: Shifts permit issuance decisions from the mining commission to the department director, with appeals to administrative hearing commission instead of commission hearings.

• Adds wood burning appliance regulations and affordability requirements: Prohibits regulation of residential wood burning heaters unless authorized by legislature and grandfathers existing units; establishes affordability finding requirements for water pollution control permits affecting publicly owned sewer systems.