Environmental Compliance
Hazardous Waste Manifests
Course description
Any generator that offers hazardous wastes for transportation for off-site treatment, storage, or disposal must prepare a manifest using a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest (EPA Form 8700-22). Although the hazardous waste generator bears the responsibility for creating the manifest, transporters and receiving facilities also play a key role. Training is necessary to ensure compliance with this shipping paper that is the key to documenting the safe and compliant transport of hazardous waste. Those responsible for signing a manifest or for completing any part of this specialized shipping paper should receive training so that they understand and can competently perform their role.
Regulations regarding hazardous waste manifests are found for hazardous waste generators at 40 CFR 262 Subpart B; for transporters at 40 CFR 263 Subpart B; and for receiving facilities, including treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, or TSDFs, at 40 CFR 264/265 Subpart E.
This course will describe how to properly complete a manifest, help you know what additional documents may need to be attached to the manifest, and explain how parts of the manifest are distributed.
Course Duration: 31 min
Learning objectives:
At the completion of this course, the participant will be able to:- Recall the purpose and use of manifests for generators, transporters, receiving facilities, and regulators
- Properly complete an electronic or paper manifest, including filling in the information required on the manifest and using the correct Department of Transportation, or DOT, shipping names and terminology
- Summarize the steps of the manifest tracking system for shipments of hazardous wastes
- Choose the appropriate documents to prepare in these special situations:
- A shipment is rejected by the receiving facility
- A shipment is delivered without an accompanying manifest
- The generator does not receive confirmation that the shipment was delivered