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California Environmental Protection Agency Department of Toxic Substances Control Effective Supplemental California Manifest Instructions 09105/2006 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 www.dtsc.ca.gov, (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 Where Do I Get Manifests? Instruction Changes? California will not sell the new manifest forms. Forms are available only from private printers approved by • Adds space for emergency EPA. EPA posts approved printers at www.epa.goylepaoswer/hazwaste/generlmanifest/registrviindex.htrn. response number; Adds Generators site address: Generators Must Submit Manifest Copies! • Allows up to six waste codes for each waste stream; California requires generators and permitted transfer,treatment,storage,and disposal Facilities(Facilities)to submit • Adds a check box to indicate if manifests. The federal manifest form does not include a Generator-to-State submittal page, like the old manifest waste stream is U.S.DOT does (the blue page). Within 30 days of shipping the waste, generators must submit a copy of each manifest to regulated; DTSC. This copy could either be a legible photocopy or the "Generator Retains" copy, if generators receive a • Adds space for importlexport signed facility copy hack within 30 days. Generators may submit a copy of the"Generator Retains"copy(page 6), information; the top page(the most legible one-page 1),or any other page,as long as it is readable and legible_ • Adds room for destination facilities to note d"sscrepancies What About Submitting Manifests for Rejected Loads? or if container residues exceed empty levels; Generators should send copies of manifests they sign when receiving rejected waste or container e • Adds a new field fora manifest residues to the Department of Toxic Substances Control's(DTSC)Facility Manifests at P.O. Box 3000. reference number when Waste Facilities signing new manifests for rejected loads should submit the generator copy to DTSC is rejected or if container Generator Manifests at P.O. Box 400. See the rejected load fact sheet on DTSC's web site_ residues are shipped on a new manifest; How Are California Manifest Requirements Different from Federal? • Adds a separate field for alternative facility information • California requires conditionally exempt small quantity generators to use manifests and regulates more and signatures; waste as hazardous. • Uses HWto Report Management • DTSC uses the submitted generator and facility manifest copies for cradle-to-grave tracking of waste. Codes to replace handling g Y p 9 9 codes; • California's definition of an"empty"container is more stringent. Non-empty containers must be manifested, • Prohibits the use of fractions or including bulk containers,whether the waste is federal RCRA or non-RCRA. decimal points in waste quantities fn Item 10;and • Facilities in other states are required to submit copies to DTSC when waste generated in California is • Discourages use of large received out of state. Out of State generators sending waste to California facilities,or that will be exported quantity units in Item 11(e.g. through California,are encouraged to submit manifest copies. tons or cubic yards)when other units,i.e.pounds,are Where Do I Find California Waste Codes? more accurate. 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 Where Do l Mail Manifests? or shipped to California, a CA state waste code is also required. The additional boxes are for other states' Same P.O.Boxes-No change 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 GENERATORS SEND To: manifest.They are also found in Title 22,California Code of Regulations,Appendix XII to Chapter 12 of Division 4.5. DTSC Generator Manifests P.O.Box 400 What are Hazardous Waste Report Management Method Codes (HWRMM Sacramento,CA 95812-0400 Codes)? TSDFs/DESTINATION Previously,California's manifest instructions required Destination Facilities to use one of 10 handling codes to FACILITIES SEND 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. DTSC Facility Manifests P.O.Box 3000 Contact Information: Sacramento,CA 95812-3000 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