Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-303 - Dangerous waste regulations › Section 173-303-370 - Manifest system

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
(1)
			 Applicability. The requirements of this section apply to owners and operators
			 of permitted treatment, storage, and disposal facilities and of dangerous waste
			 recycling facilities operating under the requirements of this chapter who
			 receive dangerous waste from off-site sources or who initiates a shipment of
			 dangerous waste off-site. If a facility receives dangerous waste accompanied by
			 a manifest, the owner, operator, or their agent must sign and date the manifest
			 as indicated in subsection (2) of this section to certify that the dangerous
			 waste covered by the manifest was received, that the dangerous waste was
			 received except as noted in the discrepancy space of the manifest, or that the
			 dangerous waste was rejected as noted in the manifest discrepancy
			 space.
(2) If a facility receives
			 dangerous waste shipment accompanied by a manifest, the owner, operator, or
			 their agent, must:
(a) Sign and date, by
			 hand, each copy of the manifest;
(b) Note any discrepancies (as defined in
			 subsection (5)(a) of this section) on each copy of the manifest;
(c) Immediately give the transporter at least
			 one copy of the manifest;
(d)
			 Within thirty days of delivery, send a copy of the manifest to the
			 generator;
(e) Paper manifest
			 submission requirements are:
(i) Options for
			 compliance on June 30, 2018. Beginning on June 30, 2018, send the top copy
			 (page 1) of any paper manifest and any paper continuation sheet to the
			 e-Manifest system for purposes of data entry and processing, or in lieu of
			 submitting the paper copy to EPA, the owner or operator may transmit to the EPA
			 system an image file on page 1 of the manifest and any continuation sheet, or
			 both a data file and image file corresponding to page 1 of the manifest and any
			 continuation sheet, within thirty days of the date of delivery. Submissions of
			 copies to the e-Manifest system shall be made and the mailing address or
			 electronic mail/submission address specified at the e-Manifest program
			 website's directory of services. Beginning on June 30, 2021, EPA will not
			 accept mailed paper manifests from facilities for processing in
			 e-Manifest.
(ii) Options for
			 compliance on June 30, 2021. Beginning on June 30, 2021, the requirement to
			 send the top copy (page 1) of the paper manifest and any paper continuation
			 sheet to the e-Manifest system for purposes of data entry and processing, may
			 be met by the owner or operator only by transmitting to the EPA system an image
			 file of page 1 of the manifest and any continuation sheet, or by transmitting
			 to the EPA system both a data file and image file corresponding to page 1 of
			 the manifest and any continuation sheet, within thirty days of the date of
			 delivery. Submissions of copies to the e-Manifest system shall be made and the
			 mailing address or electronic mail/submission address specified at the
			 e-Mani-fest program website's directory of services; and
(f) Retain at the facility a copy of each
			 manifest for at least three years from the date of delivery.