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California Environmental Protection Agency Department of Toxic Substances Control Ef 09/05/2006 Supplemental California Mani s Revised June 2007 Federal and State hazardous waste manifest regulations changed 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 ID numbers, Manifests & Fees, 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 - PLEAS�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 are no longer 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 the generator to submit a copy. Additional Information and Where Do I Get Manifests? Instruction Changes: California does not sell the new manifest forms. Forms are available only from private printers approved • Adds space for emergency by EPA. EPA posts approved printers at response number; www eoa qov/eoaoswer/hazwaste/aener/manifest/reaistry/index htm. • Adds Generator's site address; • Allows up to six waste codes for Generators Must Submit Manifest Copiesl each waste stream; California requires generators and permitted transfer,treatment,storage,and disposal Facilities(Facilities)to submit • Adds a box to indicate If waste manifests. The federal manifest form does not include a Generator-to-State submittal page,like the old manifest did stream is U.S.DOT regulated; (the blue page). Within 30 days of shipping the waste, generators must submit a copy of each manifest to DTSC • Adds space for import/export This cony can either be a legible photocoov or the "Generator Retains" coov, if the generators receive a signed information; facility copy back within 30 days. Generators may submit a copy of the"Generator Retains"copy(page 6),the top • Adds room for destination page(the most legible one-page 1),or any other page,as long as it is legible. facilities to note discrepancies or econtainer g erresidues exceed What About Submitting Manifests for Rejected Loads? emptypty levels; • Adds a new field for a manifest Generators should send copies of manifests they sign when receiving rejected waste or container reference number when waste is residues to the Department of Toxic Substances Control's(DTSC)Facility Manifests at P.O. Box 3000. rejected or if container residues Facilities signing new manifests for rejected loads should submit the generator copy to DTSC are shipped onanew manifesT' • Adds a separaratea field for rejected Generator Manifests at P.O. Box 400. See the load fact sheet on DTSC's web site. alternative facility information and signatures; How Are California Manifest Requirements Different from Federal? • Uses HW Report Management Codes to replace handling codes; California requires conditionally exempt small quantity generators to use manifests and regulates more • Prohibits the use of fractions or waste as hazardous. decimal points in waste quantities DTSC uses the submitted generator and facility manifest copies for cradle-to-grave tracking of waste. in Item 10;and • Discourages use of large quantity California's definition of an"empty"container is more stringent. Non-empty containers must be manifested, units in Item 11 (e.g.tons or cubic including bulk containers,whether the waste is federal RCRA or non-RCRA. yards)when other units,i.e. Facilities in other states are required to submit copies to DTSC when waste generated in California is pounds,are more accurate. 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 Mail Manifests? Where Do I Find California Waste Codes? Same P.O.Boxes-No Change The new manifest has six blank boxes for waste codes for each waste stream. GENERATORS SEND TO: 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' DTSC Generator Manifests codes when the waste Is sent out of state to a state with codes, or for extra RCRA codes. California Waste P.O. Box 400 Codes are printed on the reverse side of these instructions only, not on the instructions printed on the Sacramento,CA 95812-0400 manifest.They are also found in Title 22, California Code of Regulations,Appendix XII to Chapter 11 of Division 4.5. TSDFs/DESIGNATED FACILITIES SEND TO: What are Hazardous Waste Report Management Method Codes (HWRMM Codes)? DTSC Facility Manifests Previously,California's manifest instructions required Designated Facilities to use one of 10 handling codes to P.O. Box 3000 report how the waste was handled at that facility The new manifest uses 28 Management Method Codes, These Sacramento,CA 95812-3000 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 Facilities only. Generators and transporters do not add these codes. Contact Information: First, visit the DTSC web page at www.dtsc.ca.aov/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 Regulatory Assistance Officer at 800-72-TOXIC. 83 of 98