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Transporter Requirements and If the waste shipment is rejected in its entirety Responsibilities and the transporter is still at the facility, the designated facility may use the original mani- The transporter cannot accept wastes from fest to ship the wastes to an alternate facility a generator unless the generator provides or the generator, the transporter with a signed manifest, ex- cept for shipments on a consolidated mani- The designated facility operator is responsible fest. The transporter is required to for contacting the generator for instructions on complete, sign and date the Transporter handling the rejected waste and shipping the block of the manifest and return a signed waste according to the generator's instruc- copy to the generator before leaving the tions. The burden of deciding on an alter- generator's property.8 Upon delivery of a nate facility lies with the generator. shipment to the designated facility the If an entire shipment of hazardous waste is re- transporter must obtain a signed copy of the jected back to the generator while the trans- manifest before leaving the facility. porter is still on site, the designated facility If a full shipment of waste is rejected while must fill in Item 18b with the generator's EPA the transporter is still at the facility, the origi- ID number, name, address and phone number nal manifest may be used to transport the and note the discrepancies in Item 18a. How- wastes to either the alternate facility identi- ever, if the generator instructs the designated fied on the manifest or back to the genera- facility to ship the wastes to an alternate des- tor. However if the shipment is rejected in- ignated facility, the information for the alter- part or returned to the generator due to con- nate designated facility should be included in tainer residues, the transporter must obtain Item 18b. a new manifest from the designated facility. The transporter must retain a copy of the partial Rejections and Container Residues original manifest signed by the designated facility with the number of the new manifest If a designated facility operator discovers that identified in the Discrepancy Block, Item18a, portions of the shipment must be rejected or of the original manifest. If a transporter con- identifies a container residue that exceeds the solidates shipments of waste, pursuant to quantity limits for "empty", the designated facil- Health and Safety Code §25160.2 and the ity operator must contact the generator for in- consolidated wastes are rejected, the structions on forwarding the waste to another wastes may be held at the transporter's fa- facility or returning the wastes to the genera- cility for no more than 10 days from the date tor. the shipment was rejected.9 The designated facility must prepare a new manifest for the portions of the shipment or the Designated Facility (TSDF) container residues that are being rejected in accordance with generator requirements and Requirements and the applicable sections for permitted facili- '` Responsibilities ties12and interim status 13 facilities. A designated facility must sign all manifests — -----.- p.---. w_ accompanying shipments of wastes to ac- 8 Cal. Code Regs., title 22, §66263.20 knowledge receipt of all wastes at the facility 9 Health and Safety Code, § 25160.6 (e) or acknowledge that the materials identified 10 Cal. Code Regs., title 22, §66264.71(a)(1) in the discrepancy block were not received " 40 CFR § 262.20(a),and Cal. Code Regs., title 22, for management at the facility.10 Acknowl- 1§266262.20 edgement of receipt does not constitute a 40 CFR§ 264.72 and Cal. Code Regs., title 22, violation of permit conditions. 366264.72 40 CFR§ 265.72 and Cal. Code Regs., title 22, §66265.72 89 of 98