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    <CFRTITLE>40</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Protection of Environment</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>27</VOL>
    <DATE>2012-07-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2012-07-01</ORIGINALDATE>
    <COVERONLY>false</COVERONLY>
    <TITLE>Manifest System, Recordkeeping, and Reporting</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>E</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Subpart E</HEADING>
    <ANCESTORS>
      <PARENT HEADING="Title 40" SEQ="3">Protection of Environment</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER I" SEQ="2">ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER I" SEQ="1">SOLID WASTES (CONTINUED)</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 265" SEQ="0">INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES</PARENT>
    </ANCESTORS>
  </FDSYS>
  <SUBPART>
    <HD SOURCE="HED">Subpart E—Manifest System, Recordkeeping, and Reporting</HD>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 265.70</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Applicability.</SUBJECT>
      <P>(a) The regulations in this subpart apply to owners and operators of both on-site and off-site facilities, except as § 265.1 provides otherwise. Sections 265.71, 265.72, and 265.76 do not apply to owners and operators of on-site facilities that do not receive any hazardous waste from off-site sources, nor to owners and operators of off-site facilities with respect to waste military munitions exempted from manifest requirements under 40 CFR 266.203(a).</P>
      <P>(b) The revised Manifest form and procedures in 40 CFR 260.10, 261.7, 265.70, 265.71. 265.72, and 265.76, shall not apply until September 5, 2006. The Manifest form and procedures in 40 CFR 260.10, 261.7, 265.70, 265.71. 265.72, and 265.76, contained in the 40 CFR, parts 260 to 265, edition revised as of July 1, 2004, shall be applicable until September 5, 2006.</P>
      <CITA>[70 FR 10823, Mar. 4, 2005]</CITA>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 265.71</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Use of manifest system.</SUBJECT>
      <P>(a)(1) If a facility receives hazardous waste accompanied by a manifest, the owner, operator or his/her agent must sign and date the manifest as indicated in paragraph (a)(2) of this section to certify that the hazardous waste covered by the manifest was received, that the hazardous waste was received except as noted in the discrepancy space of the manifest, or that the hazardous waste was rejected as noted in the manifest discrepancy space.</P>
      <P>(2) If a facility receives a hazardous waste shipment accompanied by a manifest, the owner, operator or his/her agent must:</P>
      <P>(i) Sign and date, by hand, each copy of the manifest;</P>
      <P>(ii) Note any discrepancies (as defined in § 265.72(a)) on each copy of the manifest;</P>
      <P>(iii) Immediately give the transporter at least one copy of the manifest;</P>
      <P>(iv) Within 30 days of delivery, send a copy of the manifest to the generator; and</P>
      <P>(v) Retain at the facility a copy of each manifest for at least three years from the date of delivery.</P>

      <P>(3) If a facility receives hazardous waste imported from a foreign source, the receiving facility must mail a copy of the manifest and documentation confirming EPA's consent to the import of hazardous waste to the following address within thirty (30) days <PRTPAGE P="603"/>of delivery: Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of Federal Activities, International Compliance Assurance Division (2254A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.</P>
      <P>(b) If a facility receives, from a rail or water (bulk shipment) transporter, hazardous waste which is accompanied by a shipping paper containing all the information required on the manifest (excluding the EPA identification numbers, generator's certification, and signatures), the owner or operator, or his agent, must:</P>
      <P>(1) Sign and date each copy of the manifest or shipping paper (if the manifest has not been received) to certify that the hazardous waste covered by the manifest or shipping paper was received;</P>

      <P>(2) Note any significant discrepancies (as defined in § 265.72(a)) in the manifest or shipping paper (if the manifest has not been received) on each copy of the manifest or shipping paper;
      </P>
      <EXTRACT>
        <FP>[<E T="03">Comment:</E> The Agency does not intend that the owner or operator of a facility whose procedures under § 265.13(c) include waste analysis must perform that analysis before signing the shipping paper and giving it to the transporter. Section 265.72(b), however, requires reporting an unreconciled discrepancy discovered during later analysis.]</FP>
      </EXTRACT>
      
      <P>(3) Immediately give the rail or water (bulk shipment) transporter at least one copy of the manifest or shipping paper (if the manifest has not been -received);</P>

      <P>(4) Within 30 days after the delivery, send a copy of the signed and dated manifest or a signed and dated copy of the shipping paper (if the manifest has not been received within 30 days after delivery) to the generator; and
      </P>
      <EXTRACT>
        <FP>[<E T="03">Comment:</E> Section 262.23(c) of this chapter requires the generator to send three copies of the manifest to the facility when haz-ard-ous waste is sent by rail or water (bulk shipment).]</FP>
      </EXTRACT>
      
      <P>(5) Retain at the facility a copy of the manifest and shipping paper (if signed in lieu of the manifest at the time of delivery) for at least three years from the date of delivery.</P>

      <P>(c) Whenever a shipment of hazardous waste is initiated from a facility, the owner or operator of that facility must comply with the requirements of part 262 of this chapter.
      </P>
      <EXTRACT>
        <FP>[<E T="03">Comment:</E> The provisions of § 262.34 are applicable to the on-site accumulation of hazardous wastes by generators. Therefore, the provisions of § 262.34 only apply to owners or operators who are shipping hazardous waste which they generated at that facility.]</FP>
      </EXTRACT>
      
      <P>(d) Within three (3) working days of the receipt of a shipment subject to 40 CFR part 262, subpart H, the owner or operator of a facility must provide a copy of the movement document bearing all required signatures to the exporter, to the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Office of Federal Activities, International Compliance Assurance Division (2254A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, and to competent authorities of all other countries concerned. The original copy of the movement document must be maintained at the facility for at least three (3) years from the date of signature.</P>
      <P>(e) A facility must determine whether the consignment state for a shipment regulates any additional wastes (beyond those regulated Federally) as hazardous wastes under its state hazardous waste program. Facilities must also determine whether the consignment state or generator state requires the facility to submit any copies of the manifest to these states.</P>
      <CITA>[45 FR 33232, May 19, 1980, as amended at 45 FR 86970, 86974, Dec. 31, 1980; 50 FR 4514, Jan. 31, 1985; 61 FR 16315, Apr. 12, 1996; 70 FR 10823, Mar. 4, 2005; 75 FR 1260, Jan. 8, 2010]</CITA>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 265.72</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Manifest discrepancies.</SUBJECT>
      <P>(a) Manifest discrepancies are:</P>
      <P>(1) Significant differences (as defined by paragraph (b) of this section) between the quantity or type of hazardous waste designated on the manifest or shipping paper, and the quantity and type of hazardous waste a facility actually receives;</P>
      <P>(2) Rejected wastes, which may be a full or partial shipment of hazardous waste that the TSDF cannot accept; or</P>
      <P>(3) Container residues, which are residues that exceed the quantity limits for “empty” containers set forth in 40 CFR 261.7(b).</P>

      <P>(b) Significant differences in quantity are: For bulk waste, variations <PRTPAGE P="604"/>greater than 10 percent in weight; for batch waste, any variation in piece count, such as a discrepancy of one drum in a truckload. Significant differences in type are obvious differences which can be discovered by inspection or waste analysis, such as waste solvent substituted for waste acid, or toxic constituents not reported on the manifest or shipping paper.</P>
      <P>(c) Upon discovering a significant difference in quantity or type, the owner or operator must attempt to reconcile the discrepancy with the waste generator or transporter (e.g., with telephone conversations). If the discrepancy is not resolved within 15 days after receiving the waste, the owner or operator must immediately submit to the Regional Administrator a letter describing the discrepancy and attempts to reconcile it, and a copy of the manifest or shipping paper at issue.</P>
      <P>(d)(1) Upon rejecting waste or identifying a container residue that exceeds the quantity limits for “empty” containers set forth in 40 CFR 261.7(b), the facility must consult with the generator prior to forwarding the waste to another facility that can manage the waste. If it is impossible to locate an alternative facility that can receive the waste, the facility may return the rejected waste or residue to the generator. The facility must send the waste to the alternative facility or to the generator within 60 days of the rejection or the container residue identification.</P>
      <P>(2) While the facility is making arrangements for forwarding rejected wastes or residues to another facility under this section, it must ensure that either the delivering transporter retains custody of the waste, or the facility must provide for secure, temporary custody of the waste, pending delivery of the waste to the first transporter designated on the manifest prepared under paragraph (e) or (f) of this section.</P>
      <P>(e) Except as provided in paragraph (e)(7) of this section, for full or partial load rejections and residues that are to be sent off-site to an alternate facility, the facility is required to prepare a new manifest in accordance with § 262.20(a) of this chapter and the following instructions:</P>
      <P>(1) Write the generator's U.S. EPA ID number in Item 1 of the new manifest. Write the generator's name and mailing address in Item 5 of the new manifest. If the mailing address is different from the generator's site address, then write the generator's site address in the designated space in Item 5.</P>
      <P>(2) Write the name of the alternate designated facility and the facility's U.S. EPA ID number in the designated facility block (Item 8) of the new manifest.</P>
      <P>(3) Copy the manifest tracking number found in Item 4 of the old manifest to the Special Handling and Additional Information Block of the new manifest, and indicate that the shipment is a residue or rejected waste from the previous shipment.</P>
      <P>(4) Copy the manifest tracking number found in Item 4 of the new manifest to the manifest reference number line in the Discrepancy Block of the old manifest (Item 18a).</P>
      <P>(5) Write the DOT description for the rejected load or the residue in Item 9 (U.S. DOT Description) of the new manifest and write the container types, quantity, and volume(s) of waste.</P>
      <P>(6) Sign the Generator's/Offeror's Certification to certify, as the offeror of the shipment, that the waste has been properly packaged, marked and labeled and is in proper condition for transportation, and mail a signed copy of the manifest to the generator identified in Item 5 of the new manifest.</P>
      <P>(7) For full load rejections that are made while the transporter remains present at the facility, the facility may forward the rejected shipment to the alternate facility by completing Item 18b of the original manifest and supplying the information on the next destination facility in the Alternate Facility space. The facility must retain a copy of this manifest for its records, and then give the remaining copies of the manifest to the transporter to accompany the shipment. If the original manifest is not used, then the facility must use a new manifest and comply with paragraphs (e)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of this section.</P>

      <P>(f) Except as provided in paragraph (f)(7) of this section, for rejected wastes and residues that must be sent back to the generator, the facility is required <PRTPAGE P="605"/>to prepare a new manifest in accordance with § 262.20(a) of this chapter and the following instructions:</P>
      <P>(1) Write the facility's U.S. EPA ID number in Item 1 of the new manifest. Write the facility's name and mailing address in Item 5 of the new manifest. If the mailing address is different from the facility's site address, then write the facility's site address in the designated space for Item 5 of the new manifest.</P>
      <P>(2) Write the name of the initial generator and the generator's U.S. EPA ID number in the designated facility block (Item 8) of the new manifest.</P>
      <P>(3) Copy the manifest tracking number found in Item 4 of the old manifest to the Special Handling and Additional Information Block of the new manifest, and indicate that the shipment is a residue or rejected waste from the previous shipment,</P>
      <P>(4) Copy the manifest tracking number found in Item 4 of the new manifest to the manifest reference number line in the Discrepancy Block of the old manifest (Item 18a),</P>
      <P>(5) Write the DOT description for the rejected load or the residue in Item 9 (U.S. DOT Description) of the new manifest and write the container types, quantity, and volume(s) of waste.</P>
      <P>(6) Sign the Generator's/Offeror's Certification to certify, as offeror of the shipment, that the waste has been properly packaged, marked and labeled and is in proper condition for transportation,</P>
      <P>(7) For full load rejections that are made while the transporter remains at the facility, the facility may return the shipment to the generator with the original manifest by completing Item 18a and 18b of the manifest and supplying the generator's information in the Alternate Facility space. The facility must retain a copy for its records and then give the remaining copies of the manifest to the transporter to accompany the shipment. If the original manifest is not used, then the facility must use a new manifest and comply with paragraphs (f)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (8) of this section.</P>
      <P>(8) For full or partial load rejections and container residues contained in non-empty containers that are returned to the generator, the facility must also comply with the exception reporting requirements in § 262.42(a).</P>
      <P>(g) If a facility rejects a waste or identifies a container residue that exceeds the quantity limits for “empty” containers set forth in 40 CFR 261.7(b) after it has signed, dated, and returned a copy of the manifest to the delivering transporter or to the generator, the facility must amend its copy of the manifest to indicate the rejected wastes or residues in the discrepancy space of the amended manifest. The facility must also copy the manifest tracking number from Item 4 of the new manifest to the discrepancy space of the amended manifest, and must re-sign and date the manifest to certify to the information as amended. The facility must retain the amended manifest for at least three years from the date of amendment, and must within 30 days, send a copy of the amended manifest to the transporter and generator that received copies prior to their being amended.</P>
      <CITA>[70 FR 10823, Mar. 4, 2005, as amended at 70 FR 35041, June 16, 2005; 75 FR 13006, Mar. 18, 2010]</CITA>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 265.73</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Operating record.</SUBJECT>
      <P>(a) The owner or operator must keep a written operating record at his -facility.</P>
      <P>(b) The following information must be recorded, as it becomes available, and maintained in the operating record for three years unless noted below:</P>
      <P>(1) A description and the quantity of each hazardous waste received, and the method(s) and date(s) of its treatment, storage, or disposal at the facility as required by Appendix I to part 265. This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;</P>

      <P>(2) The location of each hazardous waste within the facility and the quantity at each location. For disposal facilities, the location and quantity of each hazardous waste must be recorded on a map or diagram of each cell or disposal area. For all facilities, this information must include cross-references to manifest document numbers if the waste was accompanied by a manifest. This information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility;
      </P>
      <EXTRACT>
        <PRTPAGE P="606"/>
        <FP>[<E T="03">Comment:</E> See §§ 265.119, 265.279, and 265.309 for related requirements.]</FP>
      </EXTRACT>
      
      <P>(3) Records and results of waste analysis, waste determinations, and trial tests performed as specified in §§ 265.13, 265.200, 265.225, 265.252, 265.273, 265.314, 265.341, 265.375, 265.402, 265.1034, 265.1063, 265.1084, 268.4(a), and 268.7 of this chapter.</P>
      <P>(4) Summary reports and details of all incidents that require implementing the contingency plan as specified in § 265.56(j);</P>
      <P>(5) Records and results of inspections as required by § 265.15(d) (except these data need be kept only three years);</P>

      <P>(6) Monitoring, testing or analytical data, and corrective action where required by subpart F of this part and by §§ 265.19, 265.94, 265.191, 265.193, 265.195, 265.224, 265.226, 265.255, 265.260, 265.276, 265.278, 265.280(d)(1), 265.302, 265.304, 265.347, 265.377, 265.1034(c) through 265.1034(f), 265.1035, 265.1063(d) through 265. 265.1063(i), 265.1064, and 265.1083 through 265.1090. Maintain in the operating record for three years, except for records and results pertaining to ground-water monitoring and cleanup, and response action plans for surface impoundments, waste piles, and landfills, which must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility.
      </P>
      <EXTRACT>
        <FP>[<E T="03">Comment:</E> As required by § 265.94, monitoring data at disposal facilities must be kept throughout the post-closure period.]</FP>
      </EXTRACT>
      
      <P>(7) All closure cost estimates under § 265.142 and, for disposal facilities, all post-closure cost estimates under § 265.144 must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility.</P>
      <P>(8) Records of the quantities (and date of placement) for each shipment of hazardous waste placed in land disposal units under an extension to the effective date of any land disposal restriction granted pursuant to § 268.5 of this chapter, monitoring data required pursuant to a petition under § 268.6 of this chapter, or a certification under § 268.8 of this chapter, and the applicable notice required by a generator under § 268.7(a) of this chapter. All of this information must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility.</P>
      <P>(9) For an off-site treatment facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration if applicable, required by the generator or the owner or operator under § 268.7 or § 268.8;</P>
      <P>(10) For an on-site treatment facility, the information contained in the notice (except the manifest number), and the certification and demonstration if applicable, required by the generator or the owner or operator under § 268.7 or § 268.8;</P>
      <P>(11) For an off-site land disposal facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration if applicable, required by the generator or the owner or operator of a treatment facility under § 268.7 or § 268.8;</P>
      <P>(12) For an on-site land disposal facility, the information contained in the notice (except the manifest number), and the certification and demonstration if applicable, required by the -generator or the owner or operator of -a treatment facility under § 268.7 or § 268.8.</P>
      <P>(13) For an off-site storage facility, a copy of the notice, and the certification and demonstration if applicable, required by the generator or the owner or operator under § 268.7 or § 268.8; and</P>
      <P>(14) For an on-site storage facility, the information contained in the notice (except the manifest number), and the certification and demonstration if applicable, required by the generator or the owner or operator of a treatment facility under § 268.7 or § 268.8.</P>
      <P>(15) Monitoring, testing or analytical data, and corrective action where required by §§ 265.90, 265.93(d)(2), and 265.93(d)(5), and the certification as required by § 265.196(f) must be maintained in the operating record until closure of the facility.</P>
      <CITA>[45 FR 33232, May 19, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 4514, Jan. 31, 1985; 50 FR 18374, Apr. 30, 1985; 51 FR 40638, Nov. 7, 1986; 53 FR 31211, Aug. 17, 1988; 54 FR 26648, June 23, 1989; 55 FR 25507, June 21, 1990; 56 FR 19290, Apr. 26, 1991; 57 FR 3492, Jan. 29, 1992; 59 FR 62935, Dec. 6, 1994; 62 FR 64661, Dec. 8, 1997; 71 FR 16908, Apr. 4, 2006]</CITA>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <PRTPAGE P="607"/>
      <SECTNO>§ 265.74</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Availability, retention, and disposition of records.</SUBJECT>
      <P>(a) All records, including plans, required under this part must be furnished upon request, and made available at all reasonable times for inspection, by any officer, employee, or representative of EPA who is duly designated by the Administrator.</P>
      <P>(b) The retention period for all records required under this part is extended automatically during the course of any unresolved enforcement action regarding the facility or as requested by the Administrator.</P>
      <P>(c) A copy of records of waste disposal locations and quantities under § 265.73(b)(2) must be submitted to the Regional Administrator and local land authority upon closure of the facility (see § 265.119).</P>
      <CITA>[45 FR 33232, May 19, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 4514, Jan. 31, 1985]</CITA>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 265.75</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Biennial report.</SUBJECT>
      <P>The owner or operator must prepare and submit a single copy of a biennial report to the Regional Administrator by March 1 of each even numbered year. The biennial report must be submitted on EPA Form 8700-13B. The -report must cover facility activities during the previous calendar year -and must include the following -information:</P>
      <P>(a) The EPA identification number, name, and address of the facility;</P>
      <P>(b) The calendar year covered by the report;</P>
      <P>(c) For off-site facilities, the EPA identification number of each hazardous waste generator from which the facility received a hazardous waste during the year; for imported shipments, the report must give the name and address of the foreign generator;</P>
      <P>(d) A description and the quantity of each hazardous waste the facility received during the year. For off-site facilities, this information must be listed by EPA identification number of each generator;</P>
      <P>(e) The method of treatment, storage, or disposal for each hazardous waste;</P>
      <P>(f) Monitoring data under § 265.94(a)(2)(ii) and (iii), and (b)(2), where required;</P>
      <P>(g) The most recent closure cost estimate under § 265.142, and, for disposal facilities, the most recent post-closure cost estimate under § 265.144; and</P>
      <P>(h) For generators who treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste on-site, a description of the efforts undertaken during the year to reduce the volume and toxicity of waste generated.</P>
      <P>(i) For generators who treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste on-site, a description of the changes in volume and toxicity of waste actually a-chiev-ed during the year in comparison to previous years to the extent such in-for-ma-tion is available for the years prior to 1984.</P>
      <P>(j) The certification signed by the owner or operator of the facility or his authorized representative.</P>
      <CITA>[45 FR 33232, May 19, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 3982, Jan. 28, 1983; 50 FR 4514, Jan. 31, 1985; 51 FR 28556, Aug. 8, 1986]</CITA>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <SECTNO>§ 265.76</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Unmanifested waste report.</SUBJECT>
      <P>(a) If a facility accepts for treatment, storage, or disposal any hazardous waste from an off-site source without an accompanying manifest, or without an accompanying shipping paper as described by § 263.20(e) of this chapter, and if the waste is not excluded from the manifest requirement by this chapter, then the owner or operator must prepare and submit a letter to the Regional Administrator within fifteen days after receiving the waste. The unmanifested waste report must contain the following information:</P>
      <P>(1) The EPA identification number, name and address of the facility;</P>
      <P>(2) The date the facility received the waste;</P>
      <P>(3) The EPA identification number, name and address of the generator and the transporter, if available;</P>
      <P>(4) A description and the quantity of each unmanifested hazardous waste the facility received;</P>
      <P>(5) The method of treatment, storage, or disposal for each hazardous waste;</P>
      <P>(6) The certification signed by the owner or operator of the facility or his authorized representative; and</P>
      <P>(7) A brief explanation of why the waste was unmanifested, if known.</P>
      <P>(b) [Reserved]</P>
      <CITA>[70 FR 10824, Mar. 4, 2005]</CITA>
    </SECTION>
    <SECTION>
      <PRTPAGE P="608"/>
      <SECTNO>§ 265.77</SECTNO>
      <SUBJECT>Additional reports.</SUBJECT>
      <P>In addition to submitting the biennial report and unmanifested waste reports described in §§ 265.75 and 265.76, the owner or operator must also report to the Regional Administrator:</P>
      <P>(a) Releases, fires, and explosions as specified in § 265.56(j);</P>
      <P>(b) Ground-water contamination and monitoring data as specified in §§ 265.93 and 265.94; and</P>
      <P>(c) Facility closure as specified in § 265.115.</P>
      <P>(d) As otherwise required by Subparts AA, BB, and CC of this part.</P>
      <CITA>[45 FR 33232, May 19, 1980, as amended at 48 FR 3982, Jan. 28, 1983; 55 FR 25507, June 21, 1990; 59 FR 62935, Dec. 6, 1994]</CITA>
    </SECTION>
  </SUBPART>
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