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EPA/SWER | RIN: 2050-AE21 | Publication ID: Fall 1999 |
Title: Hazardous Waste Manifest Regulation | |
Abstract: The Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (Form 8700-22) is a multi-copy form used to identify the quantity, composition, origin, routing, and destination of hazardous waste during its transportation. The manifest system's reliance on paper results in significant paperwork and cost burden to waste handlers and States who collect manifest information. The Agency intends to pursue an optional approach to redesign the manifest system so that it utilizes automated technologies to increase access to manifest related information, and to facilitate the manifest process, including the form's preparation, transmission, and recordkeeping, thereby lessening the total burden on waste handlers and States. In addition, the Agency intends to standardize further the manifest form itself, by eliminating several optional data fields, and by specifying one format that may be used in all states. | |
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) | Priority: Other Significant |
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda | Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage |
Major: No | Unfunded Mandates: No |
CFR Citation: 40 CFR 260 40 CFR 261 40 CFR 262 40 CFR 263 40 CFR 264 40 CFR 265 40 CFR 270 40 CFR 271 | |
Legal Authority: 42 USC 6922, RCRA sec 3002 42 USC 6923, RCRA sec 3003 42 USC 6926, RCRA sec 3006 42 USC 6924, RCRA sec 3004 |
Legal Deadline:
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Statement of Need: The Agency is revising the RCRA manifest system because of the amount of paperwork burden associated with the manifest. Reduction in paperwork burden is part of the Administration?s Regulatory Reinvention goal of cutting government red tape. The Agency wants to standardize the manifest program across the States by introducing a truly uniform manifest tracking form. The chief goal of the manifest system is to facilitate the safe transportation of offsite shipments of hazardous waste to appropriate RCRA management facilities. Furthermore, the manifest promotes accountability throughout the generation, transportation, and disposal cycle of a hazardous waste shipment; and the manifest also provides essential hazard information to handlers and emergency responders. |
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Summary of the Legal Basis: RCRA Section 3002(a)(5) authorizes EPA to issue regulations applicable to generators of hazardous waste regarding the use of a manifest system to describe waste, its origin, and its routing to ensure waste arrives at designated off-site facilities. RCRA Sections 3002 and 3004 authorizes EPA to issue regulations applicable to transportors of hazardous waste and to treatment, storage, and disposal facilitites regarding compliance with the manifest system. |
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Alternatives: The Agency has looked at three alternatives to revising the manifest system. The first alternative is to revise and standardize the manifest form itself. The second alternative is to introduce the option of automated technologies (electronic commerce) to reduce paperwork and make the manifest system more efficient. The third alternative is to develop alternative requirements for certain types of hazardous waste handlers which will reduce some of the paperwork burden. The Agency has chosen to combine the three alternatives into one cohesive package which will preserve the positive features of the current manifest system (maintaining the necessary controls to protect human health and the environment) and at the same time substantially reducing the burden on industry. |
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Anticipated Costs and Benefits: The overall costs of this action should be minimal to the regulated industry since the new Federal manifest system should reduce the overall number of elements on the manifest form. Additionally, uniformity in data required across the U.S. will benefit the transportation industry by reducing the burden associated with obtaining various state requirements for wastes traveling through multiple states. Other hazardous waste handlers will benefit from having the option to use automation to complete, send, receive, and store manifest information. Some states may have to modify their data systems in response to this action. The Agency is currently conducting an analysis to determine the costs and benefits of the rule. |
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Risks: This rule reduces the paperwork burden of the manifest on the public without reducing protectiveness of human health or the environment. |
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Timetable:
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Additional Information: SAN No. 3147 | |
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No | Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal |
Small Entities Affected: No | |
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes | |
Sectors Affected: 2111 Oil and Gas Extraction; 2122 Metal Ore Mining; 2211 Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution; 3221 Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills; 323 Printing and Related Support Activities; 325 Chemical Manufacturing; 326 Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing; 331 Primary Metal Manufacturing; 332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; 482 Rail Transportation; 483 Water Transportation; 484 Truck Transportation; 5621 Waste Collection; 5622 Waste Treatment and Disposal | |
Agency Contact: Ann Codrington Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 5304W, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-8825 Fax:703 308-0514 Email: codrington.ann@epa.gov Rich Lashier Environmental Protection Agency Solid Waste and Emergency Response 5304W, Washington, DC 20460 Phone:703 308-8796 Fax:703 308-0514 Email: lashier.rich@epa.gov |