Missouri § 393.460 Strata and formations not subject to condemnation.

Missouri Statutes

§ 393.460 — Strata and formations not subject to condemnation.

Missouri § 393.460

Title XXVINCORPORATION AND REGULATION OF CERTAIN UTILITIES AND CARRIERS

Ch. 393Gas, Electric, Water, Heating and Sewer Companies

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Bluebook

Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.460 (2026).

Text

No stratum or formation lying less than five hundred feet below the surface, and no stratum or formation containing potable water conforming to the mineral content standards of the United States Public Health Service, and no stratum or formation containing natural gas or oil producible through primary production methods in commercially paying quantities or producing domestic supplies of natural gas or oil, and no stratum or formation containing coal or the ores of lead, zinc, iron, copper, barium, or any precious mineral, producible on a commercially paying basis, shall be subject to be condemned for utilization for the underground storage of gas therein.

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No stratum or formation lying less than five hundred feet below the surface, and no stratum or formation containing potable water conforming to the mineral content standards of the United States Public Health Service, and no stratum or formation containing natural gas or oil producible through primary production methods in commercially paying quantities or producing domestic supplies of natural gas or oil, and no stratum or formation containing coal or the ores of lead, zinc, iron, copper, barium, or any precious mineral, producible on a commercially paying basis, shall be subject to be condemned for utilization for the underground storage of gas therein.

Legislative History

(L. 1953 p. 513 § 5) (1956) Law held not discriminatory because not allowing condemnation of formations containing potable waters. Collins v. Public Serv. Comm., 365 Mo. 1086, 293 S.W.2d 345.