393.460. Strata and formations not subject to condemnation. - Missouri Statutes

Strata and formations not subject to condemnation.

393.460. No stratum or formation lying less than fivehundred feet below the surface, and no stratum or formationcontaining potable water conforming to the mineral contentstandards of the United States Public Health Service, and nostratum or formation containing natural gas or oil produciblethrough primary production methods in commercially payingquantities 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, producibleon a commercially paying basis, shall be subject to be condemnedfor utilization for the underground storage of gas therein.

(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.