Environmental policy in Missouri

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Environmental policy in Missouri
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Environmental policy aims to conserve natural resources by balancing environmental protection with economic growth, property rights, public health, and energy production. This is done mainly through laws and regulation passed at all governmental levels and influenced by many stakeholders with different agendas.

HIGHLIGHTS

As of April 2016, Missouri joined federal lawsuits challenging the EPA's Clean Power Plan, water rule and mercury standards.

As of January 2016, there were 39 endangered and threatened species in Missouri listed under the federal Endangered Species Act.

Click on the tabs below to read about major environmental issues in Missouri and policies related to air and climate change, land, water, waste, and endangered species.

Budget

Environmental budget

See also: Environmental spending in the 50 states

Missouri spent $454.5 million on environmental and natural resources departments in fiscal year 2015.

Environmental and natural resources spending by state
State	Divisions/Departments	Fiscal year 2015	Fiscal year 2014	Fiscal year 2013	Fiscal year 2012	Fiscal year 2011
Missouri	Natural Resources; Conservation	$454,542,115	$447,743,447	$442,217,429	$416,646,793	$344,903,749
Arkansas	Environmental Quality	$51,888,439	$47,894,674	$50,832,828	$49,816,569	$53,947,685
Illinois	Environmental Protection Agency; Natural Resources	$402,300,000	$396,075,000	$368,553,000	$463,668,300	$568,183,100
Iowa	Natural Resources	$79,754,057	$75,179,057	$45,034,066	$45,907,003	$45,498,986
Sources: Missouri Office of Administration Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration Illinois Office of Management and Budget Iowa Department of Management

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Air

Clean Air Act

See also: Implementation of the Clean Air Act

The Clean Air Act is a federal law aimed at maintaining air quality and reducing air pollution. The law requires states and private industries to meet national air pollution standards. Each state must implement an EPA-approved plan to reduce air pollutants from industrial facilities such as chemical plants and utilities. Over 42,000 facilities nationwide were regulated under the Clean Air Act in 2015.

Missouri had 557 facilities regulated under the Clean Air Act in 2014.

State-regulated facilities under the Clean Air Act
State	Facilities (2014)
Missouri	557
Arkansas	884
Illinois	956
Iowa	2,328
United States total	42,201
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Power Plants Likely Covered by the Toxics Rule"

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Mercury and air toxics standards

See also: Mercury and air toxics standards

Federal mercury and air toxics standards target mercury and other hazardous pollutants from 580 coal and oil-fired power plants nationwide. The standards are meant to reduce human exposure to mercury emissions.

As of April 2016, Missouri was one of 21 states that challenged the mercury standards in federal court. In June 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the EPA did not properly consider the regulation's costs and mandated the agency perform a cost-benefit analysis. The ruling did not strike down the mercury standards but required the EPA to conduct a more extensive cost-benefit analysis by April 2016. The EPA issued its cost-benefit analysis on April 18, 2016.

As of 2015, Missouri had 18 power plants subject to the mercury standards.

Power plants affected mercury and air toxics standards (MATS) by state
State	Number of power plants affected
Missouri	18
Arkansas	8
Illinois	23
Iowa	17
United States total	585
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Power Plants Likely Covered by the Toxics Rule"

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Ozone standards

See also: Ground-level ozone standards

Federal ozone standards establish the acceptable amount of ground level ozone, commonly known as smog, which is formed when nitrogen oxide combines with other organic chemicals in the atmosphere. Automobiles, power plants, factories and manufacturing centers emit the nitrogen oxide necessary for ozone formation. In high concentrations, ozone is harmful to human health.

In 2015, the EPA lowered the acceptable amount of ground-level ozone (smog) in the air. The standards went into effect in 2025. States would have between the years 2020 and 2037 to create and establish a plan to meet the standards, depending how much ozone forms in certain areas of a state.

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Clean Power Plan

See also: Clean Power Plan and climate change

In 2015, the EPA finalized a regulatory action aimed at mitigating potentially human-caused climate change known as the Clean Power Plan. The plan's goal is to reduce carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from coal- and oil-fired power plants (fossil fuel-fired) and natural gas-fired power plants by 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. Each state would have to meet goals based on the number of fossil fuel- and natural gas-fired plants in the state.

As of February 2017, Missouri was one of the 27 states that challenged the plan in court while 18 states supported the plan. As of February 2017, 45 states took a stance on the Clean Power Plan.

In February 2016, by a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily delayed the plan's implementation pending a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. As of March 30, 2017, the circuit court had not issued a ruling.

On March 28, 2017, President Donald Trump (R) issued an executive order directing the EPA to consider formally repealing the Clean Power Plan.

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Carbon dioxide reductions under the Clean Power Plan

Missouri power plants would have to reduce their CO₂ emissions by 36.65 percent by the year 2030 if the plan were fully implemented.

CO2 reduction goals by state, in pounds per megawatt hours (lbs/MWh)
State	2012 baseline (lbs/MWh)	Interim goal, 2022-2029 (lbs/MWh)	Final goal, 2030 and beyond (lbs/MWh)	Percentage reduction, 2012-2030
Missouri	2,008	1,490	1,272	-36.65%
Arkansas	1,779	1,304	1,130	-36.48%
Illinois	2,208	1,456	1,245	-43.61%
Iowa	2,195	1,505	1,283	-41.55%
*Alaska and Hawaii are exempt from reduction goals. **Vermont has no reduction goals because the state has no power plants. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Clean Power Plan State Goal Visualizer"

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Carbon dioxide emissions by energy source

In 2013, coal accounted for 58 percent of Missouri's emissions—76.2 million metric tons—followed by petroleum and natural gas at 30.6 percent and 11.4 percent, respectively.

Energy-related CO2 emissions by source, 2013 (in million metric tons)
State	Coal		Petroleum		Natural gas		Total
	Total	Percentage	Total	Percentage	Total	Percentage
Missouri	76.2	58%	40.2	30.6%	14.9	11.4%	131.3
Arkansas	30.9	45.5%	21.6	31.9%	15.3	22.5%	67.8
Illinois	96.8	42.1%	76.9	33.4%	56.4	24.5%	230.2
Iowa	38	47.5%	25.7	32.2%	16.3	20.3%	79.9
United States total	1,701.7	32.2%	2,167.9	41.1%	1,409	26.7%	5,278.6
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Carbon Dioxide Emissions"

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Carbon dioxide emissions by sector

More than 57 percent of Missouri's emissions came from the electric power sector followed by 27 percent from the transportation sector in 2013.

CO2 emissions by sector, 2013
State	Commercial	Electric power	Residential	Industrial	Transportation
Missouri	3.2%	57.7%	5.1%	7%	27%
Arkansas	4.2%	52.4%	3.3%	13.6%	26.5%
Illinois	5.8%	38.7%	11.2%	17.5%	26.8%
Iowa	5.7%	40.2%	6%	23.7%	24.5%
United States total	4.2%	38.3%	6.3%	18.2%	33%
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, "State Carbon Dioxide Emissions"

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Land

Federal land policy

See also: Federal land policy

Federal land policy involves the conservation and management of natural resources on land owned by the federal government. Most federal land policies focus on conservation, recreation, oil and natural gas extraction, wildlife and forest management, and grazing.

As of 2013, the federal government owned around 640 million total acres of land (about 28 percent) of the 2.27 billion acres of land in the United States. Four federal agencies oversee between 608 million to 610 million acres of federal land—around 26 percent of all land in the United States. Depending on the agency responsible for them, these lands may be used for conservation, recreation, wildlife protection, grazing, energy production and other purposes.

Around 52 percent of federally owned acres are in 12 Western states—including Alaska, 61 percent of which is federally owned. In contrast, the federal government owns 4 percent of the land in the other 38 states.

Federal land ownership

See also: Federal land ownership by state

As of 2013, the federal government owned 3.7 percent of all land in Missouri.

Federal land ownership by state, 2013
State	Total federal land (in acres)	Total land (in acres)	Percentage of land owned by the federal government
Missouri	1,635,122	44,248,320	3.7%
Arkansas	3,151,685	33,599,360	9.4%
Illinois	411,387	35,795,200	1.1%
Iowa	122,076	35,860,480	0.3%
United States total	623,313,931	2,271,343,360	27.4%
Source: Congressional Research Service, "Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data"

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The map below details changes to federal land ownership between 1990 and 2013. The amount of federal land in Missouri decreased by 31,596 acres—a decrease of 1.9 percent.

Land management by agency

The table below shows the number of acres managed by federal agency in 2013.

Federal land ownership by state and agency, 2013
State	BLM		Forest Service		FWS		NPS		Defense
	Acres	%	Acres	%	Acres	%	Acres	%	Acres	%
Missouri	0	0%	1,504,907	92.04%	60,555	3.7%	54,385	3.33%	15,275	0.93%
Arkansas	1,075	0.03%	2,592,377	82.25%	375,038	11.9%	98,287	3.12%	84,908	2.69%
Illinois	0	0%	304,480	74.01%	89,765	21.82%	12	0%	17,129	4.16%
Iowa	0	0%	0	0%	71,490	58.56%	2,708	2.22%	47,878	39.22%
U.S. total	247,252,228	39.67%	192,932,426	30.95%	89,080,785	14.29%	79,648,788	12.78%	14,399,704	2.31%
Source: Congressional Research Service, "Federal Land Ownership: Overview and Data"

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National parks

As of December 2015, the U.S. National Park Service oversaw 409 sites within the National Park System and assists in managing national historic areas, wild and scenic rivers, historic landmarks, and national trails. As of December 2015, the National Park System contained more than 84 million acres, including national parks, historical parks and sites, national monuments, battlefields and military parks, recreation areas, seashores, and parkways. Around 280 million visitors attended sites in the National Park System in 2014. The National Park Service employed around 20,000 permanent, temporary and seasonal employees as of July 2015.

Missouri had 11 National Park Service sites as of January 2016. A complete list of Park Service sites in Missouri can be found here.

National Park Service sites by state
State	National Park Service sites
Missouri	11
Arkansas	8
Illinois	6
Iowa	4
United States total*	-class="sortbottom"	*50 state total only; U.S. territories not included Source: U.S. National Park Service, "National Parks Listed by State"

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Park visits and visitor spending

See also: Visitor spending at U.S. national parks

In 2014, Missouri parks had 3.39 million total visits, which generated $241.2 million in visitor spending.

National Park Service visits and visitor spending by state
State	Total recreation visits			Total visitor spending (in millions)
	2014	2013	2012	2014	2013	2012
Missouri	3,385,772	3,888,913	4,171,826	$241.2	$287.1	$297.7
Arkansas	3,132,899	2,776,185	2,727,454	$163.9	$144.3	$138.9
Illinois	218,131	209,405	295,464	$12.7	$12	$16.5
Iowa	216,897	199,993	207,352	$12.5	$11.4	$11.5
United States total*	252,859,729	237,224,421	246,302,115	$14,841.9	$13,800.2	$13,953.8
*50 state total only; U.S. territories not included Source: U.S. National Park Service, "National Park Service Visitor Use Statistics"

Payments in lieu of taxes

See also: Payments in lieu of taxes

The U.S. Department of the Interior pays local governments each year to offset what they lose in property taxes due to non-taxable federal land within their borders, commonly known as payments in lieu of taxes (PILT). PILT payments go toward fire and police departments, public schools, road construction, and other local services. PILT amounts are based on population and the amount of federal land in a county. From 1977 (when PILT payments began) to 2015, the Interior Department paid out around $7.1 billion to states, territories and Washington, D.C. PILT payments can be used for any governmental purpose.

Missouri received $3.7 million in PILT payments in 2015.

Payments in lieu of taxes by state, 2013-2015
State	2015 payment	2014 payment	2013 payment
Missouri	$3,695,781	$3,477,166	$3,079,132
Arkansas	$6,350,722	$6,340,600	$5,840,895
Illinois	$1,189,351	$1,181,018	$1,119,970
Iowa	$485,690	$491,294	$453,945
United States total	$439,084,000	$436,904,919	$401,756,129
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, "Payments in Lieu of Taxes by State"

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Oil and natural gas activity

See also: Oil and natural gas extraction on federal land

The federal government leases its land to private individuals and companies for energy development, including drilling for crude oil and natural gas, solar energy, and geothermal energy. Around 166 million acres of federal land can be leased for energy development. Oil and natural gas drilling on federal lands in the United States is primarily overseen by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management.

Production on federal land

Missouri produced no crude oil or natural gas in 2014 on federal lands.

Oil and natural gas production on federal land, 2014
State	Oil production (in thousands of barrels)	Natural gas production (in million cubic feet)
Missouri	0	0
Arkansas	0	10,349.28
Illinois	20.67	0
Iowa	0	0
United States total	148,802.95	2,499,845.86
Source: Office of Natural Resource Revenue, "Statistical Information"

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Land with production

See also: BLM oil and gas leases by state

Private oil and natural gas companies apply for leases from the BLM to produce energy on federal land. The BLM makes leasing decisions based on a land use plan submitted by the company and the potential environmental impact of the production. If a lease is approved, the company must submit information to the BLM about how it will conduct its drilling and production. The BLM also inspects a company’s operations throughout the production.

Missouri had no producing leases (the number of leases that include a well capable of producing oil or gas) and no producing acres (acres where oil or gas is produced) of federal land in 2015.

Oil and gas producing leases and acres on federal land by state, 2013-2015
State	FY 2015		FY 2014		FY 2013
	Producing leases	Producing acres	Producing leases	Producing acres	Producing leases	Producing acres
Missouri	0	0	0	0	0	0
Arkansas	245	124,819	246	121,558	248	124,819
Illinois	8	1,651	8	1,581	9	1,651
Iowa	0	0	0	0	0	0
United States total	23,770	12,617,743	23,657	12,690,806	23,507	12,617,743
Source: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, "Oil and Gas Statistics"

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Water

Clean Water Act

See also: Implementation of the Clean Water Act

The Clean Water Act is a federal law regulating pollutants discharged into all waters of the United States, including lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands. The federal government approves water quality and technology standards for major sources of water pollution, such as chemical plants, steel manufacturers, municipal facilities, and others. Each state must establish water quality standards for all bodies of water within its boundaries.

Under the Clean Water Act, it is unlawful to discharge any pollutant from any source into navigable waters without a federal permit. The permit specifies what limitations or conditions apply to a facility before the facility may discharge any pollutants. Federal permits may contain facility-specific requirements and limitations depending on the water source.

In 2015, Missouri had 20,429 facilities with Clean Water Act permits allowing facilities to discharge their pollutants.

Clean Water Act permits by state
State	Permits (2015)
Missouri	20,429
Arkansas	3,540
Illinois	7,818
Iowa	1,632
United States total	208,962
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "National Water Activity Dashboard"

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Public water systems

Missouri had 2,761 public water systems in 2015.

Public drinking water systems by state, 2015
State	Public water systems (2015)
Missouri	2,761
Arkansas	1,064
Illinois	5,575
Iowa	1,888
United States total	149,294
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "National Drinking Water Activity Dashboard"

Waters of the United States

See also: Waters of the United States

In 2015, the EPA finalized the Waters of the United States rule, which is aimed at clarifying the bodies of water that are under federal jurisdiction. The EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would require a federal permit for proposed projects that may involve a discharge of a pollutant into waters covered under the rule.

As of April 2016, Missouri was one of the 31 states that challenged the rule's legality in federal court. On October 9, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit temporarily blocked the rule nationwide to deliberate whether the rule was permissible under federal law.

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Waste

Superfund sites

See also: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act

Superfund is a federal program that addresses contaminated waste sites and their return to practical use. Superfund sites include oil refineries, smelting facilities, mines and other industrial areas. The federal government can compel the private entities responsible for a waste site to clean the site or face penalties. If the federal government cleans a waste site, it can compel the responsible company to reimburse the government for cleanup costs. Because Superfund sites are added and removed from a prioritized list on a regular basis, the total number of Superfund sites since the program's inception in 1980 is unknown.

The costs of the Superfund program vary. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office, the program received an average of $1.2 billion each year between 1981 and 2009.

As of January 2016, Missouri had 33 Superfund sites.

Superfund sites by state (January 2016)
State	Superfund sites
Missouri	33
Arkansas	9
Illinois	44
Iowa	11
United States total	1,303
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "National Priorities List (NPL) sites by state"

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Hazardous wastes sites

The federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act covers hazardous wastes, including their generation, treatment, storage and disposal. States may regulate hazardous wastes rather than the federal government. The EPA is responsible for all hazardous waste requirements if no state program exists. Hazardous waste regulations cover waste generators, transporters, treatment centers, storage and disposal facilities.

Missouri had 5,415 regulated waste facilities in 2015.

Federally regulated waste facilities by state, 2015
State	Facilities (2015)
Missouri	5,415
Arkansas	2,116
Illinois	27,743
Iowa	4,541
United States total	431,914
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "National Hazardous Waste Activity Dashboard"

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Endangered species

Endangered Species Act

See also: Endangered species in Missouri

The Endangered Species Act is a federal law that mandates the listing and conservation of endangered and threatened species. The legislation is meant to prevent the extinction of vulnerable species throughout the United States and to recover a species' population to the point where listing the species as endangered or threatened is no longer necessary. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible for the law's implementation.

Federally listed animal species in Missouri

There were 39 endangered and threatened species believed to or known to occur in Missouri as of January 2016.

The table below lists the 29 endangered and threatened animal species in the state. When an animal species has the word "Entire" after its name, that species will be found all throughout the state.

Click the [show] button to see the names of all federally protected animal species.

Endangered animal species in Missouri
Status	Species
Endangered	Bat, gray Entire (Myotis grisescens)
Endangered	Bat, Indiana Entire (Myotis sodalis)
Threatened	Bat, Northern long-eared (Myotis septentrionalis)
Endangered	Bat, Ozark big-eared Entire (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii ingens)
Threatened	Cavefish, Ozark Entire (Amblyopsis rosae)
Endangered	Cavesnail, Tumbling Creek (Antrobia culveri)
Endangered	Crayfish, cave Entire (Cambarus aculabrum)
Threatened	Darter, Niangua Entire (Etheostoma nianguae)
Endangered	Dragonfly, Hine's emerald (Somatochlora hineana)
Endangered	Hellbender, Ozark Entire (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi)
Endangered	Higgins eye (pearlymussel) Entire (Lampsilis higginsii)
Threatened	Knot, red (Calidris canutus rufa)
Threatened	Madtom, Neosho Entire (Noturus placidus)
Endangered	Mapleleaf, winged Entire; except where listed as experimental populations (Quadrula fragosa)
Endangered	Mucket, Neosho (Lampsilis rafinesqueana)
Endangered	Mucket, pink (pearlymussel) Entire (Lampsilis abrupta)
Endangered	Mussel, scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)
Endangered	Mussel, sheepnose (Plethobasus cyphyus)
Endangered	Mussel, snuffbox (Epioblasma triquetra)
Endangered	Pearlymussel, Curtis Entire (Epioblasma florentina curtisii)
Threatened	Plover, piping except Great Lakes watershed (Charadrius melodus)
Endangered	Pocketbook, fat Entire (Potamilus capax)
Threatened	Rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica)
Endangered	Sculpin, Grotto (Cottus specus)
Endangered	Shiner, Topeka Entire (Notropis topeka (=tristis))
Endangered	Spectaclecase (mussel) (Cumberlandia monodonta)
Endangered	Sturgeon, pallid Entire (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Endangered	Tern, least interior pop. (Sterna antillarum)
Endangered	Woodpecker, red-cockaded Entire (Picoides borealis)
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, "Endangered and threatened species in Missouri"

Federally listed plant species in Missouri

The table below lists the 10 endangered and threatened plant species in the state.

Click the [show] button to see the names of all federally protected plant species.

Endangered plant species in Missouri
Status	Species
Threatened	Aster, decurrent false (Boltonia decurrens)
Threatened	bladderpod, Missouri (Physaria filiformis)
Endangered	Clover, running buffalo (Trifolium stoloniferum)
Threatened	Milkweed, Mead's (Asclepias meadii)
Threatened	No common name (Geocarpon minimum)
Threatened	Orchid, eastern prairie fringed (Platanthera leucophaea)
Threatened	Orchid, western prairie fringed (Platanthera praeclara)
Threatened	Pogonia, small whorled (Isotria medeoloides)
Endangered	Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
Threatened	Sneezeweed, Virginia (Helenium virginicum)
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, "Endangered and threatened species in Missouri"

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News

Clean Power Plan

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Waters of the United States

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Clean Air Act

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Clean Water Act

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Endangered species

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Federal land

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Superfund

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Climate change

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Drinking water

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Governance

Ballot measures

Voting on the Environment
Ballot Measures
By state
By year
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Below is a list of ballot measures relating to environmental issues in Missouri.

Natural resources

Ballotpedia staff have tracked no ballot measures relating to natural resources in Missouri

Environment

• Missouri Measure 1 (1982)

Water

Ballotpedia staff have tracked no ballot measures relating to water in Missouri

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Agencies and organizations

• The Missouri Legislature has a House committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. The committee deals with bills on the Department of Natural Resources and Department of Conservation. The Senate has a standing committee for Energy and the Environment, which oversees bills on environmental preservation.
• The Department of Natural Resources is responsible for the state's environmental laws and the development of mineral, natural gas and oil resources. The department operates environmental permit programs and provides education on environmental issues for the general public.
• The Department of Conservation is responsible for the state's fish, forest and wildlife resources. The department also oversees the state's reservations, refuges and hatcheries in addition to enforcing the Missouri wildlife code.

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Recent legislation

The following is a list of recent environmental bills that have been introduced in or passed by the Missouri state legislature. To learn more about these bills, click the bill title. This information is provided by BillTrack50 and LegiScan.

Note: Due to the nature of the sorting process used to generate this list, some results may not be relevant to the topic. If no bills are displayed below, no legislation pertaining to this topic has been introduced in the legislature recently.

Groups

• The Missouri Coalition for the Environment is an independent environmental advocacy organization that supports environmental policies on clean air, clean energy and clean water. The organization also engages in education and legal action on behalf of the group's environmental policy goals.

See also

• 

  Environmental policy in the U.S.

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  Energy policy in the U.S.

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  Endangered species policy in the U.S.

• Endangered species in Missouri
• Energy policy in Missouri
• Federal land policy
• Federal land ownership by state
• U.S. Bureau of Land Management
• U.S. Department of the Interior
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. National Park Service

External links

• Missouri Department of Natural Resources
• Missouri Department of Conservation
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Josh Altic, Director of Content • Daniel Anderson, Associate Director of Elections & Data • Cory Eucalitto, Associate Director of Features • Ryan Byrne, Managing Editor of Ballot Measures • Mandy McConnell, Managing Editor of News • Doug Kronaizl, Managing Editor of Local Expansion • Abbey Smith, Managing Editor of Elections • Janie Valentine, Managing Editor of Law • Joel Williams, Managing Editor of Events • Joseph Greaney, Managing Editor of Policy • Andrew Bahl • Jaclyn Beran • Marielle Bricker • Joseph Brusgard • Emma Burlingame • Kelly Coyle • Jon Dunn • Victoria Edwards • Thomas Ellis • Nicole Fisher • Thomas Grobben • Brianna Hosea • Molly Kehoe • Tyler King • Glorie Martinez • Norm Leahy, Senior Editor • Nathan Maxwell • Jimmy McAllister • Brandon McCauley • Andrew McNair • Ellie Mikus • Mackenzie Murphy • Kaley Platek • Samantha Post • Adam Powell • Annelise Reinwald • Spencer Richardson • Victoria Rose • Briana Ryan • Myj Saintyl • Maddy Salucka • Emma Soukup • Alexis Thacker • Mina Vogel • Samuel Wonacott • Trenton Woodcox