EPA Finalizes Amendments to Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulations
The EPA is finalizing amendments to hazardous waste manifest regulations and to hazardous waste electronic manifest (e-Manifest) regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), it said in a notice in the Federal Register. The agency says these actions should increase the utility of the e-Manifest system, reduce administrative burden and improve tracking of hazardous waste shipments.
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The final rule is effective on Jan. 22, 2025.
The changes pertain to manifest regulations for shipments of hazardous waste that are exported for treatment, storage, and disposal. EPA also modified hazardous waste export and import shipment international movement document-related requirements to more closely link the manifest data with the international movement document data. In addition, EPA is finalizing regulatory amendments to three manifest-related reports: the discrepancy, exception and unmanifested waste reports, and the agency is also finalizing conforming regulatory changes to the manifest regulations under the Toxic Substances and Control Act for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) wastes to better align these requirements with the RCRA manifest regulations and the e-Manifest program.
EPA says the final rule affects entities -- such as exporters, importers, disposal facility owners/operators and recovery facility owners/operators -- that are involved in transboundary movements of hazardous waste for recovery or disposal that are subject to either the manifest regulations tracking their import or export shipments in the U.S., or the movement document requirements tracking their import or export shipments both inside and outside of the U.S.