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California Environmental Protection Agency Department of Toxic Substances Control Federal and State hazardous waste manifest regulations change on September 5. 2006. Detailed manifest instructions are printed on the back of the new federal manifest. These Supplemental California Instructions cover additional California requirements. Please use the instructions printed on the new manifest for item by item directions. Materials are available at NWW.dtsc.ca.aov (under Managing Hazardous Waste. Manifests), including fact sheets and California's manifest regulations, sample manifests, and federal instructions. For load rejections and consolidated manifesting, refer to the regulations and fact sheets. IMPORTANT MANIFEST CHANGES - PLEASE READ AND SAVE AS A REFERENCE The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) revised the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest and requires the use of only the new version nationally after September 4, 2006. States will no longer be allowed to modify the form or the instructions. Old versions of the California manifest, or manifests from other states, may not be used after September 4, 2006. The new manifest form is no longer color coded, and the new six -part form does not include a copy for generators to submit to their state, although California requires generator to submit a copy. Additional Information and Instruction Changes: • Adds space for emergency response number. • Adds Generators site address: • Allows up to six ,vaste codes for each :caste stream: • Adds a check box to indicate if waste stream is U.S. DOT regulated: • Adds space for importlexport information: • Adds room for destination facilities to note discrepancies or if container residues exceed empty levels, • Adds a new field for a manifest reference number when waste is rejected or K container residues are shipped on a new manifest: • Adds a separate field for alternative facility information and signatures. • Uses HW Report Management Codes to replace handling codes: • Prohibits the use of fractions or decimal points inwaste quantifies in Item 10: and • Discourages use of large quantity units in Item 11 (e.g. tons or cubic yards) .vhen other units i.e. pounds, are more accurate. Where Do I Mail Manifests? Same P.O Boxes - No Change GENERATORS SEND TO: DTSC Generator Manifests P O Box 400 Sacramento, CA 95812-0400 TSDFs/DESTINATION FACILITIES SEND TO: DTSC Facility Manifests P.O. Box 3000 Sacramento, CA 95812-3000 Where Do I Get Manifests? California will not sell the new manifest forms. Forms are available only from private printers approved by EPA. EPA posts approved printers at wwnN.epa.00v/epaoswer/hazwaste/gener/manifest/registry/index.htm Generators Must Submit Manifest Copies! California requires generators and permitted transfer, treatment. storage. and disposal Facilities (Facilities) to submit manifests. The federal manifest form does not include a Generator -to -State submittal page, like the old manifest does (the blue page). Within 30 days of shipping the waste. generators must submit a copy of each manifest to DTSC. This copy could either be a legible photocopy or the "Generator Retains" copy, if generators receive a signed facility copy back within 30 days. Generators may submit a copy of the "Generator Retains' copy (page 6), the top page (the most legible one - page 1), or any other page. as long as it is readable and legible. What About Submitting Manifests for Rejected Loads? Generators should send copies of manifests they sign when receiving rejected waste or container residues to the Department of Toxic Substances Control's (DTSC) Facility Manifests at P.O Box 3000. Facilities signing new manifests for rejected loads should submit the generator copy to DTSC Generator Manifests at P O Box 400 See the rejected load fact sheet on DTSC's web site. How Are California Manifest Requirements Different from Federal? • California requires conditionally exempt small quantity generators to use manifests and regulates more waste as hazardous. • DTSC uses the submitted generator and facility manifest copies for cradle -to -grave tracking of waste. • California's definition of an "empty" container is more stringent. Non -empty containers must be manifested, including bulk containers, whether the waste is federal RCRA or non-RCRA. • Facilities in other states are required to submit copies to DTSC when waste generated in California is received out of state. Out of State generators sending waste to California facilities, or that will be exported through California. are encouraged to submit manifest copies. Where Do I Find California Waste Codes? The new manifest has six blank boxes for waste codes for each waste stream. If the waste is RCRA regulated, at least one box must include a RCRA waste code For waste generated in or shipped to California, a CA state waste code is also required The additional boxes are for other states' codes when the waste is sent out of state to a state with codes, or for extra RCRA codes California Waste Codes are printed on the reverse side of these instructions only. not on the instructions printed on the manifest They are also found in Title 22, California Code of Regulations, Appendix XII to Chapter 12 of Division 4.5. What are Hazardous Waste Report Management Method Codes (HWRMM Codes)? Previously, California's manifest instructions required Destination Facilities to use one of 10 handling codes to report how the waste was handled at that facility. The new manifest uses 28 Management Method Codes. These are the same codes used in Biennial Reports One of the HWRMM codes shown on the other side must be added on the manifest by the Destination Facilities only Generators and transporters do not add these codes. Contact Information: First, visit the DTSC web page at www.dtsc.ca.gov/IDManifest for training information and review the basic instructions printed on the manifest. This document includes Supplemental Instructions only for use in California For more information, contact your transporter or facility, or call DTSC's Public and Business Liaisons at 800 -72 -TOXIC May 23. 2006 12