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EPA promulgated a third e-Manifest final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on July 26, 2024. The July 26 final rule finalized regulatory changes to the hazardous waste manifest regulations, and the hazardous waste electronic manifest (e-Manifest) regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to increase utility of the e-Manifest system in delivering benefits to reduce administrative burden and improve tracking of hazardous waste shipments, and to various related regulations. Among other things, the July 26 final rule finalized regulatory changes for shipments of hazardous waste that are exported for treatment, storage, and disposal. The final rule also finalized regulatory changes to the 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, the final rule also finalized regulatory amendments to the manifest requirements for three manifest-related reports (i.e., Discrepancy, Exception, and Unmanifested Waste Reports). The final rule also finalized conforming regulatory changes to the manifest regulations under the Toxic Substances and Control Act (TSCA) for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) wastes to better align these requirements with the RCRA manifest regulations and the e-Manifest program. Lastly, the final rule made technical corrections to fix typographical errors in the e-Manifest and movement document regulations.