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.
Mo. Rev. Stat. § 393.460
Strata and formations not subject to condemnation
Known as the Joint Municipal Utility Commission Act
The act spans §§ 393–393 (168 sections).
Effective: 28 Aug 1953; (L. 1953 p. 513 § 5)
Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.