US EPA e-Manifest System Demonstration Videos

Pursuant to the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, Public Law 112-195, EPA launched e-Manifest, a system for electronically tracking hazardous waste shipments nationwide. On July 26, 2024, EPA published the final Third Rule amending certain aspects of the hazardous waste manifest regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), specifically about the e-Manifest system. As required by RCRA, either a hard-copy or electronic manifest (e-Manifest) must accompany all shipments of hazardous waste. This rule is intended to reduce the reporting burden on industry and states, increase information availability, improve compliance monitoring, and prepare for future potential integration with biennial reporting requirements. EPA aims to modernize and streamline the manifest process, increasing expected benefits of the e-Manifest system and encouraging further adoption of electronic manifests through increased utility of the system.

The final rule:

• Incorporates hazardous waste export manifests into the e-Manifest system, which includes designating the exporter as the entity responsible for submitting the manifest and paying the requisite user fee.
• Expands the required international shipment data elements on the manifest form.
• Revises the movement document requirements to more closely link the manifest data with the movement document data for manifest tracking purposes as well as to assist with integration of EPA’s Waste Import Export Tracking System into RCRAInfo.
• Integrates Exception Reports, Discrepancy Reports, and Unmanifested Waste Reports into e-Manifest.
• Requires small and large quantity generators to register for access to e-Manifest to obtain their final signed manifest copies from the system.
• Requires entities to correct manifest data errors.
• Makes conforming changes to Polychlorinated Biphenyl manifest regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), and other technical corrections to remove obsolete requirements, correct typographical errors, establish definitions, and/or improve alignment with the e-Manifest program. 

On October 3, 2024, the US EPA e-Manifest team provided a series of e-Manifest system demonstration videos for electronic manifests to YouTube. These demos are brief, instructional, and meant to be shared.

Generator Functionality

• Generator Manifest Creation
• Generator Quick Sign
• Generator Remote Sign
• Generator Bulk Quick Sign
• Generator Bulk Remote Sign

Transporter Functionality

• Transporter Print and Sign Hybrid
• Transporter Remote Sign

Receiving Facility Functionality

• Treatment Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) Schedule Full Electronic
• Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility (TSDF) Schedule Hybrid
• Create Scheduled Manifest as Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF)
• Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility (TSDF) Quick Sign

Other Functionality

• Copy Manifest

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