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Modification of the Hazardous Waste Manifest System
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EPA Requests Comment on Remaining Issues with the Proposed Electronic Manifest System
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EPA Requests Comment on Remaining Issues with the Proposed Electronic Manifest System | Notice of Data Availability and Request for Comment | Final Rule | Proposed RuleSummary
This notice announces that EPA is accepting applications from organizations who seek to be approved under the registry process to print and distribute the new national uniform hazardous waste manifest. On March 4, 2005, EPA published regulations modifying the hazardous waste manifest system. To assist in implementing the new manifest rule, EPA recently posted a new Manifest Registry Web site. Once an applicant is approved, EPA will add that organization's information to the Table of Registered Printers on the Web site, and will indicate whether that printer is offering its manifest forms for sale to the general public. A waste handler can obtain forms from any printing source approved by EPA.
Federal Register (PDF) (2 pp, 179K)- April 26, 2006
Notice of Data Availability and Request for Comment
Summary
This Notice is a follow up to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) 2001 proposed rule and 2005 final rule regarding the standardization of the uniform hazardous waste manifest. In 2005, EPA published a final rule standardizing the printed manifest and postponed action on the e-manifest based on comments and available technology. The Agency has been listening to stakeholders and evaluating data and technology for the past two years. This Notice states the Agency's intent to develop a centralized e-manifest system through a regulatory action. Comments will be accepted for 60 days following publication in the Federal Register.
- Notice of Data Availability (PDF) (7 pp, 193K) - April 18, 2006
The support materials for this notice and the public comments EPA receives on the notice are available for public review online, as explained below.
To use Regulations.gov:
- Select Docket Search.
- Select "Environmental Protection Agency" from the Agency drop-down menu.
- In the Docket ID box, type in the docket number — EPA-HQ-RCRA-2001-0032 and press the "Submit" button to receive search results. Be patient; loading the documents takes time.
Final Rule - March 4, 2005
Summary
EPA is establishing new requirements revising the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest regulations and the manifest and continuation sheet forms used to track hazardous waste from a generator’s site to the site of its disposition. The revisions announced today will:
- Standardize the content and appearance of the manifest form and continuation sheet (Forms 8700-22 and 22a);
- Make the forms available from a greater number of sources; and
- Adopt new procedures for tracking certain types of waste shipments with the manifest. These types of shipments include hazardous wastes that destination facilities reject, wastes consisting of residues from non-empty hazardous waste containers, and wastes entering or leaving the United States.
There will be an 18-month transition to the new form. During this 18 month period, handlers and states will only use the old form. They will continue to acquire the old forms from the sources they use now. After September 5, 2006, only the new manifest form and requirements established under this final rule will be valid and acceptable for use. States requested this approach so that they could prepare their regulations and data bases for the changes introduced by the new form, and to use up the old forms.
Handlers will obtain new forms from any source that has registered with EPA to print and distribute the form. EPA will not distribute forms; rather, the Agency will oversee the printing requirements and ensure that registered printers follow them. We will maintain a list of entities that have been approved to print/distribute the form, so that the public may acquire the forms from one of the approved printers. Some large waste firms are expected to register to print their own forms, so that they can use them wherever they do business, instead of having to buy manifests from different States (the current practice). States may also register to print the new form, but State rules cannot establish the state as the exclusive source of forms. A handler can use a manifest from any registered source.
- Fact Sheet: Hazardous Waste Manifest System Streamlined || Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 15K)
- Final Rule (PDF) (2 pp, 15K) - March 4, 2005
- Final
Rule; Correcting Amendments (PDF) (8 pp, 469K)- June 16, 2005
The support materials for this rule and the public comments EPA received on the proposal are available for public review online, as explained below.
To use Regulations.gov:
- Select Docket Search.
- Select "Environmental Protection Agency" from the Agency drop-down menu.
- In the Docket ID box, type in the docket number — EPA-HQ-RCRA-2001-0032 and press the "Submit" button to receive search results. Be patient; loading the documents takes time.
Proposed Rule - May 22, 2001
Summary
The Agency has proposed a new rule which will improve the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest system by standardizing further the manifest form, and by providing waste handlers with the option to complete, sign, and transmit manifests electronically. The proposed revisions should save waste handlers and regulators time and money, while ensuring the continuous, safe management of hazardous waste.
- Fact Sheet Hazardous Waste Manifest System to Be Streamlined (PDF) (2 pp, 152K) || Text
- Federal Register Notice (PDF) (79 pp, 597K) - May 22, 2001
- Federal Register Notice; Extension of Public Comment Period (PDF) (2 pp, 161K)- August 10, 2001
Support Materials
- Index of Support Materials (PDF) (4 pp, 7K) || Text
- Economic Analysis of the US EPA's Proposed Modifications to the RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifest System, December 18, 2000 (PDF) (93 pp, 323K)
- Supporting Statement for Information Collection Request Number 801.#, "Modifications of the Hazardous Waste Manifest System; Proposed Rule," July 19, 2000 (PDF) (85 pp, 242)
- Letter from Office of Solid Waste (name changed to Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery on January 18, 2009) Director to Safety-Kleen
Letter || Enclosure - Hazardous Waste Manifest Cost Benefit Analysis, October 2000 (PDF) (79 pp, 267K)
- National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste Report