RCRA REVISION CHECKLIST 247
This checklist contains:
•	FR corrections made on 10/31/24, 89 FR 86758 to sections 262.21(f)(6) and (7).
•	Typographical edits to previous checklist version for section(s) 262.84(d)(2)(i)-(iv) made 6/5/2025
	
Integrating e-Manifest with Hazardous Waste Exports and Other Manifest-Related Reports 
89 FR 60692 – 60740; 
	July 26, 2024
	(RCRA Cluster XXXIII, HSWA)

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FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS	
FEDERAL RCRA CITATION	
ANALOGOUS STATE CITATION	
STATE ANALOG IS:	
				
EQUIV-ALENT	
LESS
STRIN-
GENT	
MORE STRIN-GENT	
BROADER IN SCOPE	
	PART 260— HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM	
	Amend to read: After January 22, 2025, no claim of business confidentiality may be asserted by any person with respect to information contained in hazardous secondary material export documents prepared, used and submitted under § 261.4(a)(25), whether submitted electronically into the EPA’s Waste Import Export Tracking System or in paper format.	260.2(d)(1)						
	Amend to read: After January 22, 2025, the EPA will make available to the public under this section any hazardous secondary material export documents prepared, used and submitted under § 261.4(a)(25) on March 1 of the calendar year after the related hazardous secondary material exports occur, when these documents are considered by the EPA to be final documents.	260.2(d)(2)						
		PART 261—IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE		
	Amend to read: Name, site address, telephone number and EPA ID number (if applicable) of the hazardous secondary material generator;	261.4(a)(25)(i)(A)						
	Amend to read: The name and site address of the reclaimer, any intermediate facility and any alternate reclaimer and intermediate facilities; and	261.4(a)(25)(i)(H)						
	Amend to read: The EPA will provide a complete notification to the country of import and any countries of transit. A notification is complete when EPA receives a notification which EPA determines satisfies the requirements of paragraph (a)(25)(i) of this section.	261.4(a)(25)(v)						
	Amend to read: The person initiating a shipment for reclamation in a foreign country, and any intermediary arranging for the shipment, must comply with the requirements applicable to an exporter in § 262.83 with the exception of § 262.83(c);	261.6(a)(3)(i)(A)						
	Amend to read: Transporters transporting a shipment for export or import must comply with the movement document requirements listed in § 263.20(a)(2) and (c).	261.6(a)(3)(i)(B)						
	Amend to read: Name, site address, telephone number and EPA ID number (if applicable) of the exporter of the CRTs.	261.39(a)(5)(i)(A)						
	Amend to read: The name and site address of the recycler or recyclers and the estimated quantity of used CRTs to be sent to each facility, as well as the names of any alternate recyclers.	261.39(a)(5)(i)(F)						
	Amend to read: The exporter or a U.S. authorized agent must:  	261.39(a)(5)(v)(B)						
	Amend to read: Annual reports must be submitted to the EPA using the allowable methods specified in paragraph (a)(5)(ii) of this section. Exporters must keep copies of each annual report for a period of at least three years from the due date of the report. Exporters may satisfy this recordkeeping requirement by retaining electronically submitted annual reports in the CRT exporter’s account on the EPA’s Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system, provided that a copy is readily available for viewing and production if requested by any the EPA or authorized State inspector. No CRT exporter may be held liable for the inability to produce an annual report for inspection under this section if the CRT exporter can demonstrate that the inability to produce the annual report is due exclusively to technical difficulty with the EPA’s Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system for which the CRT exporter bears no responsibility.	261.39(a)(5)(xi)						
	PART 262 - STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO GENERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE	
	Amend to read: A generator that transports, or offers for transport a hazardous waste for offsite treatment, storage, or disposal, or a treatment, storage, or disposal facility that offers for transport a rejected hazardous waste load, must prepare a Manifest (OMB Control number 2050–0039) on EPA Form 8700–22, and, if necessary, EPA Form 8700–22A. Large and small quantity generators must register with the EPA’s e-Manifest system to obtain signed and dated copies of completed manifests from the EPA e-Manifest system and comply with paragraph (a)(2) of this section.	262.20 (a)(1)						
	Amend to read: Post-receipt manifest data corrections. After facilities have certified that the manifest is complete, by signing it at the time of submission to the EPA e-Manifest system, any post-receipt data corrections may be submitted at any time by any interested person (e.g., waste handler) named on the manifest. If corrections are requested by the Director for portions of the manifest that a generator is required to complete, the generator must address the data correction within 30 days from the date of the request. Data correction submissions must be made electronically via the post-receipt data corrections process as described in § 265.71(l) of this chapter, which applies to corrections made to either paper or electronic manifests.	262.20 (a)(2)						
	Amend to read: The manifest and continuation sheet must be printed as four-copy forms. Copy-to-copy registration must be exact within 1/32nd of an inch. Handwritten and typed impressions on the form must be legible on all four copies. Copies must be bound together by one or more common stubs that reasonably ensure that they will not become detached inadvertently during normal use.	262.21(f)(5)						
	Amend to read: Each copy of the manifest and continuation sheet must indicate how the copy must be distributed, as follows: 	262.21(f)(6)						
1	Page 1 (top copy): “U.S. Designated Facility or U.S. Exporter to the EPA's e-Manifest System”;	262.21(f)(6)(i)						
1	Page 2: “Designated Facility to Generator”;	262.21(f)(6)(ii)						
1	Page 3: “Transporter Copy”; and	262.21(f)(6)(iii)						
1	Page 4 (bottom copy): “Generator's Initial Copy.”	262.21(f)(6)(iv)						
	Amend to read: The instructions for the manifest form (EPA Form 8700-22) and the manifest continuation sheet (EPA Form 8700-22A) shall be printed in accordance with the content that is currently approved under OMB Control Number 2050-0039. The instructions must appear legibly on the back of the copies of the manifest and continuation sheet as provided in this paragraph (f). The instructions must not be visible through the front of the copies when photocopied or faxed.	262.21(f)(7)						
	Manifest Form 8700-22.	262.21(f)(7)(i)						
	The “Instructions for Generators” on Copy 4;	262.21(f)(7)(i)(A)						
	The “Instructions for Transporters” on Copy 3; and	262.21(f)(7)(i)(B)						
	The “Instructions for Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities” on Copy 2.	262.21(f)(7)(i)(C)						
	Manifest Form 8700-22A.	262.21(f)(7)(ii)						
	The “Instructions for Generators” on Copy 4;	262.21(f)(7)(i)(A)						
	The “Instructions for International Shipment Block” and “Instructions for Transporters” on Copy 3; and	262.21(f)(7)(i)(B)						
1	The “Instructions for Exporters or Owners and Operators of Receiving Facilities Designated on the Manifest” on Top Copy (Page 1)	262.21(f)(7)(i)(C)						
1	The “Instructions for Exporters or Owners and Operators of Receiving Facilities Designated on the Manifest” on Top Copy (Page 1). 	262.21(f)(7)(ii)(C)						
	Remove Paragraph 	262.24(g)						
	Remove Paragraph	262.24(h)						
	Amend to read: A large quantity generator who does not receive a copy of the manifest with the signature of the owner or operator of the designated facility within 45 days of the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter must contact the transporter and/or the owner or operator of the designated facility to determine the status of the hazardous waste.	262.42(a)(1)						
	Amend to read: A large quantity generator must submit an Exception Report to the EPA Regional Administrator for the Region in which the generator is located if he has not received a copy of the manifest with the handwritten signature of the owner or operator of the designated facility within 60 days of the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter. The Exception Report must include:	262.42(a)(2)						
	Add as follows: Beginning on December 1, 2025, the EPA will no longer accept mailed paper Exception Reports from large quantity generators. Beginning on December 1, 2025, a large quantity generator must submit an Exception Report to the EPA e-Manifest system if the generator has not received a copy of the manifest with the signature of the owner or operator of the designated facility within 60 days of the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter. The Exception Report must include:	262.42(a)(3)						
	A legible copy of the manifest for which the generator does not have confirmation of delivery.	262.42(a)(3)(i)						
	An explanation of the efforts taken to locate the hazardous waste and the results of those efforts.	262.42(a)(3)(ii)						
	Amend to read: A small quantity generator of hazardous waste who does not receive a copy of the manifest with the handwritten signature of the owner or operator of the designated facility within 60 days of the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter must:	262.42(b)						
	Submit a legible copy of the manifest, with some indication that the generator has not received confirmation of delivery, to the EPA Regional Administrator for the Region in which the generator is located.	262.42(b)(1)						
	The submission to the EPA need only be a handwritten or typed note on the manifest itself, or on an attached sheet of paper, stating that the return copy was not received.	262.42(b)(1) Note						
	Beginning on December 1, 2025, the EPA will no longer accept mailed paper Exception Reports from small quantity generators. Beginning on December 1, 2025, a small quantity generator must submit a legible copy of the manifest, with some indication that the generator has not received confirmation of delivery, to the EPA e-Manifest system. Generators that are normally VSQGs but are subject to the SQG provisions of this paragraph (b) because of an episodic generation event pursuant to 40 CFR 262.232(a)(5), must submit a legible copy of the manifest, with some indication that the generator has not received confirmation of delivery, to the EPA Regional Administrator for the Region in which the generator is located.	262.42(b)(2)						
	Amend to read: The 45/60-day timeframes begin the date the waste was accepted by the initial transporter forwarding the hazardous waste shipment from the designated facility to the alternate facility.	262.42(c)(2)						
	Add as follows: Beginning on December 1, 2025, any requirement in these regulations for a generator to keep or retain a copy of an Exception Report is satisfied by retention of a signed electronic Exception Report in the generator's account on the EPA e-Manifest system, provided that the Exception Report is readily available if requested by the EPA.	262.42(d)(1)						
	Add as follows: Beginning on December 1, 2025, no generator may be held liable for the inability to produce an electronic Exception Report for inspection under this section if the generator can demonstrate that the inability to produce the electronic Exception Report is due exclusively to a technical difficulty with the e-Manifest system for which the generator bears no responsibility.	262.42(d)(2)						
	Amend to read: The exporter or a U.S. authorized agent submits Electronic Export Information (EEI) for each shipment to the Automated Export System (AES) or its successor system, under the International Trade Data System (ITDS) platform, in accordance with 15 CFR 30.4(b), and includes the following items in the EEI, along with the other information required under 15 CFR 30.6:	262.83(a)(6)						
		Amend to read: Exporter name and EPA identification number, site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address;	262.83(b)(1)(i)						
	Amend to read: Foreign receiving facility name, site address, telephone, fax numbers, email address, technologies employed, and the applicable recovery or disposal operations as defined in § 262.81;	262.83(b)(1)(ii)						
	Amend to read: Foreign importer name (if not the owner or operator of the foreign receiving facility), site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address;	262.83(b)(1)(iii)						
	Amend to read: Intended transporter(s) and/or their agent(s); site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address;	262.83(b)(1)(iv)						
	Amend to read: Notifications listing interim recycling operations or interim disposal operations. If the foreign receiving facility listed in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section will engage in any of the interim recovery operations R12 or R13 or interim disposal operations D13 through D15, or in the case of transboundary movements with Canada, any of the interim recovery operations R12, R13, or RC3, or interim disposal operations D13 to D14, or D15, the notification submitted according to paragraph (b)(1) of this section must also include the final foreign recovery or disposal facility name, site address, telephone, fax numbers, email address, technologies employed, and which of the applicable recovery or disposal operations R1 through R11 and D1 through D12, or in the case of transboundary movements with Canada, which of the applicable recovery or disposal operations R1 through R11, RC1 to RC2, D1 through D12, and DC1 to DC2 will be employed at the final foreign recovery or disposal facility. The recovery and disposal operations in this paragraph are defined in §262.81.	262.83(b)(3)						
	Amend to read: RCRA manifest instructions for export shipments. The exporter must comply with the manifest requirements of §§ 262.20 through 262.25 except that:	262.83(c)						
	Amend to read: In the International Shipments block on the continuation sheet (EPA Form 8700-22A), the exporter must:	262.83(c)(2)						
	Check the export box and enter the U.S. port of exit (city and State) from the United States;	262.83(c)(2)(i)						
	Enter the exporter’s EPA ID number, if the exporter is not identified in Item 5 of the manifest (EPA Form 8700-22) for the export shipment; and	262.83(c)(2)(ii)						
	list the waste stream consent number from the AOC for each 
hazardous waste listed on the manifest, matched to the relevant list number for
the hazardous waste from block 9b. If additional space is needed, the exporter should use an additional Continuation Sheet(s) (EPA Form 8700–22A).	262.83(c)(2)(iii)						
	Amend to read: The exporter may obtain the manifest from any source so long as the source of the printed form has received approval from the EPA to print the manifest in accordance with § 262.21(g)(1) of this part.	262.83(c)(3)						
	Amend to read: Beginning on December 1, 2025, within 30 days of receiving an export manifest from the final domestic transporter to carry the export shipment to or across the U.S. port of exit, the exporter must submit the top copy (Page 1) of the signed and dated manifest (whether electronic or paper) and all continuation sheets (whether electronic or paper) to the EPA e-Manifest system. The exporter must submit the paper manifest and all paper continuation sheets to the EPA e-Manifest system for purposes of data entry and processing by transmitting to the EPA e-Manifest system an image file of Page 1 of the manifest and all continuation sheets, or by transmitting to the EPA e-Manifest system both a data file and the image file corresponding to Page 1 of the manifest and all continuation sheets.	262.83(c)(4)						
	As prescribed in § 265.1311, and determined in § 265.1312, an exporter who is a user of the electronic manifest system shall be assessed a user fee by the EPA for the submission and processing of each electronic and paper manifest. The EPA shall update the schedule of user fees and publish them to the user community, as provided in § 265.1313.	262.83(c)(4)(i)						
	An exporter subject to user fees under this section shall make user fee payments in accordance with the requirements of § 265.1314, subject to the informal fee dispute resolution process of § 265.1316, and subject to the sanctions for delinquent payments under § 265.1315.	262.83(c)(4)(ii)						
	Electronic manifest signatures shall meet the criteria described in § 262.25 of this chapter.	262.83(c)(4)(iii)						
	Within 30 days of receiving a paper replacement manifest from the last transporter carrying the shipment to or across the U.S. border for a manifest that was originated electronically, the exporter must send a signed and dated copy of the paper replacement manifest to the EPA e-Manifest system.	262.83(c)(4)(iv)						
	After foreign facilities have certified to the receipt of hazardous wastes by sending a copy of the movement document to the exporter per paragraph (d)(2)(xvii) of this section, any post-receipt data corrections may be submitted at any time by any interested person (e.g., domestic waste handler) shown on the manifest. If requested by the Director, an exporter must address manifest data corrections within 30 days from the date of the request. Data correction submissions must be made electronically via the post-receipt data corrections process as described in § 265.71(l) of this chapter, which applies to corrections made to either paper or electronic manifests.	262.83(c)(4)(v)						
	Amend to read: The corresponding consent number(s) and hazardous waste number(s) for the listed hazardous waste from the relevant EPA AOC(s) and if required to be accompanied by a RCRA Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest within the United States, the manifest tracking number from block 4;	262.83(d)(2)(i)						
	Amend to read: The shipment number and the total number of shipments from the EPA AOC or the movement tracking number;	262.83(d)(2)(ii)						
	Amend to read: Exporter name and EPA identification number, site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address;	262.83(d)(2)(iii)						
	Amend to read: Foreign receiving facility name, site address, telephone, fax numbers, email address, technologies employed, and the applicable recovery or disposal operations as defined in § 262.81;	262.83(d)(2)(iv)						
	Amend to read: Foreign importer name (if not the owner or operator of the foreign receiving facility), site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address;	262.83(d)(2)(v)						
	Amend to read: Name (if not exporter), site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email of company originating the shipment;	262.83(d)(2)(viii)						
	Amend to read: Company name, EPA ID number, site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address of all transporters;	262.83(d)(2)(ix)						
	Amend to read: As part of the contract requirements per paragraph (f) of this section, the exporter must require that the foreign receiving facility send a copy of the signed movement document to confirm receipt within three working days of shipment delivery to the exporter, and to the competent authorities of the countries of import and transit that control the shipment as an import and transit of hazardous waste respectively. For shipments occurring on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the exporter must:	262.83(d)(2)(xv)						
	Initiate the movement document using the allowable methods listed in paragraph (b)(1) of this section; and	262.83(d)(2)(xv)(A)						
	Close out the movement document within three working days of receiving a copy of the signed movement document sent from the foreign receiving facility to confirm receipt using the allowable methods listed in paragraph (b)(1) of this section;	262.83(d)(2)(xv)(B)						
	Add as follows: As part of the contract requirements per paragraph (f) of this section, the exporter must require that the foreign receiving facility send a copy of the confirmation of recovery or disposal, as soon as possible, but no later than thirty days after completing recovery or disposal on the waste in the shipment and no later than one calendar year following receipt of the waste, to the exporter and to the competent authority of the country of import. If the movement includes shipment to a foreign interim receiving facility, the exporter must additionally require that the interim receiving facility promptly send copies of the confirmation of recovery or disposal that it receives from the final recovery or disposal facility within one year of shipment delivery to the final recovery or disposal facility that performed one of recovery operations R1 through R11, or RC1, or one of disposal operations D1 through D12, DC1 or DC2 as defined in §262.81 to the competent authority of the country of import and to the exporter. For shipments occurring on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the exporter must submit each confirmation of recovery or disposal to the EPA within three working days of receiving the confirmation of recovery or disposal from the foreign receiving facility using the allowable methods listed in paragraph (b)(1) of this section; and	262.83(d)(2)(xvi)

	Amend to read: For shipments sent to a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, foreign receiving facility transmittal to the exporter of the confirmation of receipt and the confirmation of recovery or disposal may be sent via the electronic exchange.	262.83(d)(2)(xvii)
						
	Amend to read: Transmittals made by the transporter or foreign receiving facility under paragraph (i) of this section being sent to the exporter or the EPA from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data may be sent via the electronic exchange.	262.83(f)(3)(iii)
						
	Amend to read: Contracts must specify that the foreign receiving facility send a copy of the signed movement document to confirm receipt within three working days of shipment delivery to the exporter and to the competent authorities of the countries of import and transit that control the shipment as an import and transit of hazardous waste respectively. For shipments sent to a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, foreign receiving facility transmittal to the exporter of the confirmation of receipt may be sent via the electronic exchange.	262.83(f)(4)
						
	Amend to read: Contracts must specify that the foreign receiving facility shall send a copy of the signed and dated confirmation of recovery or disposal, as soon as possible, but no later than thirty days after completing recovery or disposal on the waste in the shipment and no later than one calendar year following receipt of the waste, to the exporter and to the competent authority of the country of import that controls the shipment as an import of hazardous waste. For shipments sent to a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, foreign receiving facility transmittal to the exporter of the confirmation of recovery or disposal may be sent via the electronic exchange.	262.83(f)(5)						
	Amend to read: Promptly send copies of the confirmation of recovery or disposal that it receives from the final foreign recovery or disposal facility within one year of shipment delivery to the final foreign recovery or disposal facility that performed one of recovery operations R1 through R11, or RC1, or one of disposal operations D1 through D12, DC1 or DC2 to the competent authority of the country of import that controls the shipment as an import of hazardous waste and to the exporter. For shipments sent to a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, foreign receiving facility transmittal to the exporter of the confirmation of recovery or disposal may be sent via the electronic exchange.	262.83(f)(6)(ii)						
	Amend to read: Annual reports. The exporter shall file an annual report with the EPA no later than March 1 of each year summarizing the types, quantities, frequency, and ultimate destination of all such hazardous waste exported during the previous calendar year. The exporter must submit annual reports to the EPA using the allowable methods specified in paragraph (b)(1) of this section. The annual report must include all of the following paragraphs (g)(1) through (6) of this section specified as follows:	262.83(g)						
	Amend to read: The exporter shall keep the following records in paragraphs (i)(1)(i) through (vi) of this section and provide them to the EPA or authorized state personnel upon request;	262.83(i)(1) introductory text						
	Amend to read: A copy of each contract or equivalent arrangement established per paragraph (f) of this section for at least three (3) years from the expiration date of the contract or equivalent arrangement.	262.83(i)(1)(v)						
	Add as follows: A copy of each manifest sent by the last transporter in the United States per §263.20(g).  	262.83(i)(1)(vi)						
	Amend to read: Foreign exporter name, site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address;	262.84(b)(1)(i)						
	Amend to read: Receiving facility name, EPA ID number, site address, telephone, fax numbers, email address, technologies employed, and the applicable recovery or disposal operations as defined in § 262.81;	262.84(b)(1)(ii)						
	Amend to read: Importer name (if not the owner or operator of the receiving facility), EPA ID number, site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address;	262.84(b)(1)(iii)						
	Amend to read: Intended transporter(s) and/or their agent(s); site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address;	262.84(b)(1)(iv)						
	Amend to read: Notifications listing interim recycling operations or interim disposal operations. If the receiving facility listed in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section will engage in any of the interim recovery operations R12, R13 or RC3 or interim disposal operations D13 through D15, the notification submitted according to paragraph (b)(1) of this section must also include the final recovery or disposal facility name, site address, telephone, fax numbers, email address, technologies employed, and which of the applicable recovery or disposal operations R1 through R11, RC1, and D1 through D12, will be employed at the final recovery or disposal facility. The recovery and disposal operations in this paragraph are defined in §262.81.	262.84(b)(2)						
	Amend to read: In place of the generator's name, mailing and site addresses and EPA identification number, the name and site address of the foreign generator and the importer's name, mailing address and EPA identification number must be used	262.84(c)(1)(i)						
	Amend to read: In the International Shipments block on the Continuation Sheet (EPA Form 8700-22A), the importer must check the import box and enter the port of entry (city and State) into the United States.	262.84(c)(3)						
	Remove old paragraph	262.84(c)(4)OLD						
	Add as follows: In lieu of the requirements of § 262.20(d), where a shipment cannot be delivered for any reason to the receiving facility, the importer must instruct the transporter in writing via fax, email or mail to:	262.84(c)(4)						
	Return the hazardous waste to the foreign exporter or designate another facility within the United States; and	262.84(c)(4)(i)						
	Revise the manifest in accordance with the importer's instructions.	262.84(c)(4)(ii)						
	Amend to read: The corresponding AOC number(s) and waste number(s) for the listed waste and if required to be accompanied by a RCRA uniform hazardous waste manifest within the United States, the manifest tracking number from block 4;	262.84(d)(2)(i)						
	Amend to read: The shipment number and the total number of shipments under the AOC number or the movement tracking number;	262.84(d)(2)(ii)						
	Amend to read: Foreign exporter name, site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address;	262.84(d)(2)(iii)						
	Amend to read: Receiving facility name, EPA ID number, site address, telephone, fax numbers, email address, technologies employed, and the applicable recovery or disposal operations as defined in § 262.81;	262.84(d)(2)(iv)						
	Amend to read: Importer name (if not the owner or operator of the receiving facility), EPA ID number, site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address;	262.84(d)(2)(v)						
	Amend to read: Name (if not the foreign exporter), site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email of the foreign company originating the shipment;	262.84(d)(2)(viii)						
	Amend to read: Company name, EPA ID number, site address, telephone, fax numbers, and email address of all transporters;	262.84(d)(2)(ix)						
	Amend to read: The receiving facility must send a copy of the signed movement document to confirm receipt within three working days of shipment delivery to the foreign exporter and to the competent authorities of the countries of export and transit that control the shipment as an export and transit of hazardous waste respectively. For shipments received on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the receiving facility must close out the movement document to confirm receipt within three working days of shipment delivery using the EPA’s Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system. For shipments sent from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS or its successor system to send movement document confirmation data back through the electronic exchange to the foreign exporter and the country of export.	262.84(d)(2)(xv)						
	Add as follows: Transmittals made by the transporter or receiving facility under paragraph (i) of this section being sent to a competent authority or foreign exporter in a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data may be sent via the electronic exchange.	262.84(f)(4)(iii)						
	Amend to read: Send copies of the signed and dated confirmation of recovery or disposal, as soon as possible, but no later than thirty days after completing recovery or disposal on the waste in the shipment and no later than one calendar year following receipt of the waste, to the foreign exporter, to the competent authority of the country of export that controls the shipment as an export of hazardous waste, and for shipments recycled or disposed of on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to the EPA electronically using the EPA's WIETS, or its successor system. For shipments sent from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS or its successor system to send confirmation of recovery or disposal data back through the electronic exchange to the foreign exporter and the country of export.	262.84(g)(1)						
	Amend to read: If the receiving facility performed any of recovery operations R12, R13, or RC3, or disposal operations D13 through D15, the receiving facility shall promptly send copies of the confirmation of recovery or disposal that it receives from the final recovery or disposal facility within one year of shipment delivery to the final recovery or disposal facility that performed one of recovery operations R1 through R11, or RC1 to RC2, or one of disposal operations D1 through D12, or DC1 to DC2, to the competent authority of the country of export that controls the shipment as an export of hazardous waste, and for confirmations received on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to the EPA electronically using the EPA's WIETS, or its successor system. The recovery and disposal operations in this paragraph are defined in § 262.81. For shipments sent from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS or its successor system to send confirmation of recovery or disposal data back through the electronic exchange to the country of export.	262.84(g)(2)						
PART 263—STANDARDS APPLICABLE TO TRANSPORTERS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE	
	Amend to read: Exports. For exports of hazardous waste subject to the requirements of subpart H of 40 CFR part 262, a transporter may not accept hazardous waste without a manifest signed by the generator in accordance with this section, as appropriate, and a movement document that includes all information required by § 262.83 of this chapter.	263.20(a)(2)						
	Amend to read: Post-receipt manifest data corrections. After facilities have certified that the manifest is complete, by signing it at the time of submission to the EPA e-Manifest system, any post-receipt data corrections may be submitted at any time by any interested person (e.g., waste handler) named on the manifest. If corrections are requested by the Director for portions of the manifest that a transporter is required to complete, the transporter must address the data correction within 30 days from the date of the request. Data correction submissions must be made electronically via the post-receipt data corrections process as in described in § 265.71(l) of this chapter, which applies to corrections made to either paper or electronic manifests.	263.20(a)(9)						
	Amend to read: The transporter must ensure that the manifest accompanies the hazardous waste. For exports, the transporter must ensure that a movement document that includes all information required by 40 CFR 262.83(d) also accompanies the hazardous waste. For imports, the transporter must ensure that a movement document that includes all information required by 40 CFR 262.84(d) also accompanies the hazardous waste.	263.20(c)						
	Amend to read: Sign and date the manifest in the International Shipments block on the Continuation Sheet (EPA Form 8700-22A) to indicate the date that the shipment left the United States or has been delivered to a seaport of exit for loading onto an international carrier;	263.20(g)(1)						
	Amend to read: Compliance date for manifest returns on January 22, 2025. Beginning on January 22, 2025, return signed, top copies of the manifest and continuation sheet to the generator. On December 1, 2025, paragraph (g)(3) no longer applies, and paragraph (g)(4) applies instead	263.20(g)(3)						
	Amend to read: Compliance date for manifest returns on December 1, 2025. Beginning on December 1, 2025, return signed, top copies of the manifest and continuation sheet to the exporter. 	263.20(g)(4)						
	PART 264—STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES 	
	Amend to read: As per 40 CFR 262.84(d)(2)(xv), a copy of the movement document bearing all required signatures within three (3) working days of receipt of the shipment to the foreign exporter and to the competent authorities of the countries of export and transit that control the shipment as an export and transit shipment of hazardous waste respectively. For shipments received on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the receiving facility must close out the movement document to confirm receipt within three working days of shipment delivery using the EPA’s Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system. For shipments sent from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS or its successor system to send movement document confirmation data back through the electronic exchange to the foreign exporter and the country of export. The original of the signed movement document must be maintained at the facility for at least three (3) years. The owner or operator of a facility may satisfy this recordkeeping requirement by retaining electronically submitted documents in the facility’s account on WIETS, or its successor system, provided that copies are readily available for viewing and production if requested by any the EPA or authorized State inspector. No owner or operator of a facility may be held liable for the inability to produce the documents for inspection under this section if the owner or operator of a facility can demonstrate that the inability to produce the document is due exclusively to technical difficulty with WIETS, or its successor system for which the owner or operator of a facility bears no responsibility.	264.12(a)(2)						
	Amend to read: Send copies of the signed and dated confirmation of recovery or disposal, as soon as possible, but no later than thirty days after completing recovery or disposal on the waste in the shipment and no later than one calendar year following receipt of the waste, to the foreign exporter, to the competent authority of the country of export that controls the shipment as an export of hazardous waste, and for shipments recycled or disposed of on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to the EPA electronically using WIETS, or its successor system. For shipments sent from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS or its successor system to send confirmation of recovery or disposal data back through the electronic exchange to the foreign exporter and the country of export.	264.12(a)(4)(i)						
	Amend to read: If the facility performed any of recovery operations R12, R13, or RC3, or disposal operations D13 through D15, promptly send copies of the confirmation of recovery or disposal that it receives from the final recovery or disposal facility within one year of shipment delivery to the final recovery or disposal facility that performed one of recovery operations R1 through R11, or RC1, or one of disposal operations D1 through D12, or DC1 to DC2, to the competent authority of the country of export that controls the shipment as an export of hazardous waste, and on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to the EPA electronically using WIETS, or its successor system. The recovery and disposal operations in this paragraph are defined in 40 CFR 262.81. For shipments sent from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS or its successor system to send confirmation of recovery or disposal data back through the electronic exchange to the country of export.	264.12(a)(4)(ii)						
	Amend to read: Sign and date, by hand, each copy of the manifest;	264.71(a)(2)(i)						
	Remove and Reserve 	264.71(a)(2)(iv)						
	Remove and Reserve	264.71(a)(2)(v)(A)						
	Amend to read: Options for compliance on June 30, 2021. Send to the EPA e-Manifest system an image file of the top copy (Page 1) of the manifest and any continuation sheet, or send to the EPA e-Manifest system both a data file and the image file corresponding to Page 1 of the manifest and any continuation sheet, within 30 days of the date; of delivery; and	264.71(a)(2)(v)(B)						
	Amend to read: Additionally, list the relevant waste stream consent number from consent documentation supplied by EPA to the facility for each waste listed on the manifest in the International Shipments block on the Continuation Sheet (EPA Form 8700-22A), matched to the relevant list number for the waste from block 9b. If additional space is needed, the owner or operator should use an additional Continuation Sheet(s) (EPA Form 8700-22A); and	264.71(a)(3)(i)						
	Amend to read: Send a copy of the manifest within thirty (30) days of delivery to the EPA e-Manifest system per paragraph (a)(2)(v) of this section.	264.71(a)(3)(ii)						
	Amend to read: Within 30 days of delivery, send a copy (Page 1) of the signed and dated manifest to the EPA e-Manifest system; and	264.71(b)(4)						
	Amend to read: As per 40 CFR 262.84(d)(2)(xv), within three (3) working days of the receipt of a shipment subject to 40 CFR part 262, subpart H, the owner or operator of a facility must provide a copy of the movement document bearing all required signatures to the foreign exporter and to the competent authorities of the countries of export and transit that control the shipment as an export and transit of hazardous waste respectively. For shipments received on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the receiving facility must close out the movement document to confirm receipt within three working days of shipment delivery using EPA’s Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system. For shipments sent from a country with which EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS or its successor system to send movement document confirmation data back through the electronic exchange to the foreign exporter and the country of export. The original copy of the movement document must be maintained at the facility for at least three (3) years from the date of signature. The owner or operator of a facility may satisfy this recordkeeping requirement by retaining electronically submitted documents in the facility’s account on WIETS, or its successor system, provided that copies are readily available for viewing and production if requested by any EPA or authorized State inspector. No owner or operator of a facility may be held liable for the inability to produce the documents for inspection under this section if the owner or operator of a facility can demonstrate that the inability to produce the document is due exclusively to technical difficulty with WIETS, or its successor system, for which the owner or operator of a facility bears no responsibility.	264.71(d)						
	Amend to read: Post-receipt manifest data corrections. After facilities have certified that the manifest is complete, by signing it at the time of submission to the EPA e-Manifest system, any post-receipt data corrections may be submitted at any time by any interested person (e.g., waste handler) named on the manifest. If corrections are requested by the Director for portions of the manifest that a designated facility is required to complete, the facility must make the data correction within 30 days from the date of the request.	264.71(d)(1)						
	Amend to read: Upon discovering a significant difference in quantity or type, the owner or operator must attempt to reconcile the discrepancy with the waste generator or transporter (e.g., with telephone conversations). If the discrepancy is not resolved within 20 days after receiving the waste, the owner or operator must:	264.72(c)						
	Amend to read: Immediately submit to the Regional Administrator a letter describing the discrepancy and attempts to reconcile it, and a copy of the manifest or shipping paper at issue.	264.72(c)(1)						
	Amend to read: Beginning on December 1, 2025, immediately submit a Discrepancy Report to the EPA e-Manifest system describing the discrepancy and attempts to reconcile it, and a copy of the manifest or shipping paper at issue. Beginning on December 1, 2025, the EPA will no longer accept mailed paper Discrepancy Reports from facilities.	264.72(c)(2)						
	Amend to read: If a facility rejects a waste or identifies a container residue that exceeds the quantity limits for “empty” containers set forth in 40 CFR 261.7(b) after it has signed, dated, and returned a copy of the manifest to the delivering transporter or to the generator, the facility must amend its copy of the manifest to indicate the rejected wastes or residues in the discrepancy space of the amended manifest. The facility must also copy the manifest tracking number from Item 4 of the new manifest to the Discrepancy space of the amended manifest and must re-sign and date the manifest to certify to the information as amended. The facility must retain the amended manifest for at least three years from the date of amendment, and must within 30 days, send a copy of the amended manifest to the transporter that received copies prior to their being amended. Facilities are not required to send the amended manifest to any transporter who is registered in the EPA’s e-Manifest system. Registered transporters may obtain the signed and dated copy of a completed manifest from the EPA e-Manifest system in lieu of receiving the manifest through U.S. postal mail.	264.72(g)						
	Amend to read: Beginning on December 1, 2025, if a facility accepts for treatment, storage, or disposal any hazardous waste from an off-site source without an accompanying manifest, or without an accompanying shipping paper as described by § 263.20(e) of this chapter, and if the waste is not excluded from the manifest requirement by this chapter, then the owner or operator must prepare an electronic Unmanifested Waste Report in the EPA e-Manifest system for submission to the EPA within 15 days after receiving the waste. The Unmanifested Waste Report must contain the following information:	264.76(b)						
	Amend to read: The EPA identification number, name and address of the facility;	264.76(b)(1)						
	Amend to read: The date the facility received the waste;	264.76(b)(2)						
	Amend to read: The EPA identification number, name and address of the generator and the transporter, if available;	264.76(b)(3)						
	Amend to read: A description and the quantity of each unmanifested hazardous waste the facility received;	264.76(b)(4)						
	Amend to read: The method of treatment, storage, or disposal for each hazardous waste;	264.76(b)(5)						
	Amend to read: The certification signed by the owner or operator of the facility or his authorized representative; and,	264.76(b)(6)						
	Amend to read: A brief explanation of why the waste was unmanifested, if known.	264.76(b)(7)						
	Amend to read: Paper manifest submissions mean submissions to the paper processing center of the EPA e-Manifest system by facility owners or operators, of the data from the designated facility copy of a paper manifest, EPA Form 8700-22, or a paper Continuation Sheet, EPA Form 8700-22A. Such submissions may be made by submitting image files from paper manifests or continuation sheets in accordance with § 264.1311(b), or by submitting both an image file and data file in accordance with the procedures of § 264.1311(c).	264.1310 definition of “Paper manifest submissions”						
	Amend to read: The submission of each paper manifest submission to the paper processing center signed by owners or operators of receiving facilities, with the fee assessed according to whether the manifest is submitted to the system by the upload of an image file or by the upload of a data file representation of the paper manifest; and	264.1311(a)(2)						
	Amend to read: Image file uploads from paper manifests. Receiving facilities may submit image file uploads of completed, ink-signed manifests to the EPA e-Manifest system. Such image file upload submissions may be made for individual manifests received by a facility or as a batch upload of image files from multiple paper manifests received at the facility:	264.1311(b)						
	Amend to read: Data file uploads from paper manifests. Receiving facilities may submit data file representations of completed, ink-signed manifests in lieu of submitting image files to the EPA e-Manifest system. Such data file submissions from paper manifests may be made for individual manifests received by a facility or as a batch upload of data files from multiple paper manifests received at the facility.	264.1311(c)						
	Amend to read: Remove the word “eManfiest” and add, in its place, the word “e-Manifest”.	264.1312(a)						
	Amend to read: Remove the word “eManfiest” and add, in its place, the word “e-Manifest”.	264.1312(b)(1)						
	PART 265—INTERIM STATUS STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE, AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES	
	Amend to read: As per 40 CFR 262.84(d)(2)(xv), a copy of the movement document bearing all required signatures within three (3) working days of receipt of the shipment to the foreign exporter and to the competent authorities of the countries of export and transit that control the shipment as an export and transit shipment of hazardous waste respectively. For shipments received on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the receiving facility must close out the movement document to confirm receipt within three working days of shipment delivery using the EPA’s Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system. For shipments sent from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS or its successor system to send movement document confirmation data back through the electronic exchange to the foreign exporter and the country of export. The original of the signed movement document must be maintained at the facility for at least three (3) years. The owner or operator of a facility may satisfy this recordkeeping requirement by retaining electronically submitted documents in the facility's account on WIETS, or its successor system, provided that copies are readily available for viewing and production if requested by any EPA or authorized State inspector. No owner or operator of a facility may be held liable for the inability to produce the documents for inspection under this section if the owner or operator of a facility can demonstrate that the inability to produce the document is due exclusively to technical difficulty with WIETS, or its successor system, for which the owner or operator of a facility bears no responsibility.	265.12(a)(2)						
	Amend to read: Send copies of the signed and dated confirmation of recovery or disposal, as soon as possible, but no later than thirty days after completing recovery or disposal on the waste in the shipment and no later than one calendar year following receipt of the waste, to the foreign exporter, to the competent authority of the country of export that controls the shipment as an export of hazardous waste, and on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to the EPA electronically using WIETS, or its successor system. For shipments sent from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS or its successor system to send confirmation of recovery or disposal data back through the electronic exchange to the foreign exporter and the country of export.	265.12(a)(4)(i)						
	Amend to read: If the facility performed any of recovery operations R12, R13, or RC3, or disposal operations D13 through D15, promptly send copies of the confirmation of recovery or disposal that it receives from the final recovery or disposal facility within one year of shipment delivery to the final recovery or disposal facility that performed one of recovery operations R1 through R11, or RC1, or one of disposal operations D1 through D12, or DC1 to DC2, to the competent authority of the country of export that controls the shipment as an export of hazardous waste, and on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, to the EPA electronically using WIETS, or its successor system. The recovery and disposal operations in this paragraph are defined in 40 CFR 262.81. For shipments sent from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS or its successor system to send confirmation of recovery or disposal data back through the electronic exchange to the country of export.	265.12(a)(4)(ii)						
	Amend to read: Sign and date, by hand, each copy of the manifest;	265.71(a)(2)(i)						
	Remove and Reserve 	265.71(a)(2)(iv)						
	Remove and Reserve	265.71(a)(2)(v)(A)						
	Amend to read: Options for compliance on June 30, 2021. Send to the EPA e-Manifest system an image file of the top copy (Page 1) of the manifest and any continuation sheet, or send to the EPA e-Manifest system both a data file and the image file corresponding to Page 1 of the manifest and any continuation sheet, within 30 days of the date of delivery.; and	265.71(a)(2)(v)(B)						
	Add as follows: Retain at the facility a copy of each manifest for at least three years from the date of delivery.	265.71(a)(2)(vi)						
	Amend to read: Additionally, list the relevant waste stream consent number from consent documentation supplied by the EPA to the facility for each waste listed on the manifest in the International Shipments block on the Continuation Sheet (EPA Form 8700-22A), matched to the relevant list number for the waste from block 9b. If additional space is needed, the owner or operator should use an additional Continuation Sheet(s) (EPA Form 8700-22A); and	265.71(a)(3)(i)						
	Amend to read: Send a copy of the manifest to the EPA e-Manifest system per paragraph (a)(2)(v) of this section.	265.71(a)(3)(ii)						
	Amend to read: Within 30 days of delivery, send a copy (Page 1) of the signed and dated manifest to the EPA e-Manifest system.	265.71(b)(4)						
	Amend to read: As per 40 CFR 262.84(d)(2)(xv), within three (3) working days of the receipt of a shipment subject to 40 CFR part 262, subpart H, the owner or operator of a facility must provide a copy of the movement document bearing all required signatures to the foreign exporter and to the competent authorities of the countries of export and transit that control the shipment as an export and transit shipment of hazardous waste respectively. For shipments received on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the receiving facility must close out the movement document to confirm receipt within three working days of shipment delivery using WIETS, or its successor system. For shipments sent from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS or its successor system to send movement document confirmation data back through the electronic exchange to the foreign exporter and the country of export. The original copy of the movement document must be maintained at the facility for at least three (3) years from the date of signature. The owner or operator of a facility may satisfy this recordkeeping requirement by retaining electronically submitted documents in the facility's account on WIETS, or its successor system, provided that copies are readily available for viewing and production if requested by any EPA or authorized State inspector. No owner or operator of a facility may be held liable for the inability to produce the documents for inspection under this section if the owner or operator of a facility can demonstrate that the inability to produce the document is due exclusively to technical difficulty with the EPA’s Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system, for which the owner or operator of a facility bears no responsibility.	265.71(d)						
	Amend to read: Post-receipt manifest data corrections. After facilities have certified that the manifest is complete, by signing it at the time of submission to the EPA e-Manifest system, any post-receipt data corrections may be submitted at any time by any interested person (e.g., waste handler) named on the manifest. If corrections are requested by the Director for portions of the manifest that a designated facility is required to complete, the facility must address the data correction within 30 days from the date of the request.	265.71(l)						
	Amend to read: Upon discovering a significant difference in quantity or type, the owner or operator must attempt to reconcile the discrepancy with the waste generator or transporter (e.g., with telephone conversations). If the discrepancy is not resolved within 20 days after receiving the waste, the owner or operator must:	265.72(c)						
	Amend to read: Immediately submit to the Regional Administrator a letter describing the discrepancy and attempts to reconcile it, and a copy of the manifest or shipping paper at issue.	265.72(c)(1)						
	Amend to read: Beginning on December 1, 2025, immediately submit a Discrepancy Report to the EPA e-Manifest system describing the discrepancy and attempts to reconcile it, and a copy of the manifest or shipping paper at issue. Beginning on December 1, 2025, the EPA will no longer accept mailed paper Discrepancy Reports from facilities.	265.72(c)(2)						
	Amend to read: If a facility rejects a waste or identifies a container residue that exceeds the quantity limits for “empty” containers set forth in 40 CFR 261.7(b) after it has signed, dated, and returned a copy of the manifest to the delivering transporter or to the generator, the facility must amend its copy of the manifest to indicate the rejected wastes or residues in the discrepancy space of the amended manifest. The facility must also copy the manifest tracking number from Item 4 of the new manifest to the Discrepancy space of the amended manifest and must re-sign and date the manifest to certify to the information as amended. The facility must retain the amended manifest for at least three years from the date of amendment, and must within 30 days, send a copy of the amended manifest to the transporter that received copies prior to their being amended. Facilities are not required to send the amended manifest to any transporter who is registered in the EPA’s e-Manifest system. Registered transporters may obtain the signed and dated copy of a completed manifest from the EPA e-Manifest system in lieu of receiving the manifest through U.S. postal mail.	265.72(g)						
	Amend to read: Beginning on December 1, 2025, if a facility accepts for treatment, storage, or disposal any hazardous waste from an off-site source without an accompanying manifest, or without an accompanying shipping paper as described by § 263.20(e) of this chapter, and if the waste is not excluded from the manifest requirement by this chapter, then the owner or operator must prepare an electronic Unmanifested Waste Report in the EPA e-Manifest system for submission to the EPA within 15 days after receiving the waste. The Unmanifested Waste Report must contain the following information:	265.76(b)						
	Amend to read: The EPA identification number, name and address of the facility;	265.76(b)(1)						
	Amend to read: The date the facility received the waste;	265.76(b)(2)						
	Amend to read: The EPA identification number, name and address of the generator and the transporter, if available;	265.76(b)(3)						
	Amend to read: A description and the quantity of each unmanifested hazardous waste the facility received;	265.76(b)(4)						
	Amend to read: The method of treatment, storage, or disposal for each hazardous waste;	265.76(b)(5)						
	Amend to read: The certification signed by the owner or operator of the facility or his authorized representative; and,	265.76(b)(6)						
	Amend to read: A brief explanation of why the waste was unmanifested, if known.	265.76(b)(7)						
	Amend to read: Paper manifest submissions mean submissions to the paper processing center of the EPA e-Manifest system by facility owners or operators, of the data from the designated facility copy of a paper manifest, EPA Form 8700-22, or a paper Continuation Sheet, EPA Form 8700-22A. Such submissions may be made by submitting image files from paper manifests or continuation sheets in accordance with § 264.1311(b), or by submitting both an image file and data file in accordance with the procedures of § 264.1311(c).	265.1310 definition of “Paper manifest submissions”						
	Amend to read: The submission of each paper manifest submission to the paper processing center signed by owners or operators of receiving facilities, with the fee assessed according to whether the manifest is submitted to the system by the upload of an image file or by the upload of a data file representation of the paper manifest; and	265.1311(a)(2)						
	Amend to read: Image file uploads from paper manifests. Receiving facilities may submit image file uploads of completed, ink-signed manifests to the EPA e-Manifest system. Such image file upload submissions may be made for individual manifests received by a facility or as a batch upload of image files from multiple paper manifests received at the facility:	265.1311(b)						
	Amend to read: Data file uploads from paper manifests. Receiving facilities may submit data file representations of completed, ink-signed manifests in lieu of submitting image files to the EPA e-Manifest system. Such data file submissions from paper manifests may be made for individual manifests received by a facility or as a batch upload of data files from multiple paper manifests received at the facility.	265.1311(c)						
	Amend to read: Remove the word “eManfiest” and add, in its place, the word “e-Manifest”.	265.1312(a)						
	Amend to read: Remove the word “eManfiest” and add, in its place, the word “e-Manifest”.	265.1312(b)(1)						
								
	PART 267 - STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES OPERATING UNDER A STANDARDIZED PERMIT	PART 267 - STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES OPERATING UNDER A STANDARDIZED PERMIT

	Amend to read: Additionally, list the relevant waste stream consent number from consent documentation supplied by the EPA to the facility for each waste listed on the manifest in the International Shipments block on the Continuation Sheet (EPA Form 8700-22A), matched to the relevant list number for the waste from block 9b. If additional space is needed, the receiving facility should use an additional Continuation Sheet(s) (EPA Form 8700-22A); and	267.71(a)(6)(i)						
	Amend to read: Submit a copy of the manifest to the e-Manifest system per 40 CFR 264.71(a)(2)(v) or 265.71(a)(2)(v).	267.71(a)(6)(ii)						
	Amend to read: As per 40 CFR 262.84(d)(2)(xv), within three (3) working days of the receipt of a shipment subject to 40 CFR part 262, subpart H, the owner or operator of a facility must provide a copy of the movement document bearing all required signatures to the foreign exporter and to the competent authorities of the countries of export and transit that control the shipment as an export and transit shipment of hazardous waste respectively. For shipments received on or after the electronic import-export reporting compliance date, the receiving facility must close out the movement document to confirm receipt within three working days of shipment delivery using the EPA’s Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system. For shipments sent from a country with which the EPA has established an electronic exchange of movement document tracking data, the receiving facility may use WIETS, or its successor system, to send movement document confirmation data back through the electronic exchange to the foreign exporter and the country of export. The original copy of the movement document must be maintained at the facility for at least three (3) years from the date of signature. The owner or operator of a facility may satisfy this recordkeeping requirement by retaining electronically submitted documents in the facility’s account on the EPA’s Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system, provided that copies are readily available for viewing and production if requested by any the EPA or authorized State inspector. No owner or operator of a facility may be held liable for the inability to produce the documents for inspection under this section if the owner or operator of a facility can demonstrate that the inability to produce the document is due exclusively to technical difficulty with the EPA's Waste Import Export Tracking System (WIETS), or its successor system, for which the owner or operator of a facility bears no responsibility.	267.71(d)						
								
	PART 270—EPA ADMINISTERED PERMIT PROGRAMS: THE HAZARDOUS WASTE PERMIT PROGRAM	
	Amend to read: Manifest discrepancy report: If a significant discrepancy in a manifest is discovered, the permittee must:	270.30(l)(7)						
	Amend to read: Attempt to reconcile the discrepancy. If not resolved within 20 days, the permittee must submit a letter report, including a copy of the manifest, to the Director. (See 40 CFR 264.72.)	270.30(l)(7)(i)						
	Amend to read: Beginning on December 1, 2025, attempt to reconcile the discrepancy. If not resolved within 20 days, the permittee must immediately submit a Discrepancy Report to the EPA e-Manifest System describing the discrepancy and attempts to reconcile it, and a copy of the manifest or shipping paper at issue. (See 40 CFR 264.72.)	270.30(l)(7)(ii)						
	Amend to read: Unmanifested waste report: A permittee must:	270.30(l)(8)						
	Amend to read: Submit the Unmanifested Waste Report to the Director within 15 days of receipt of unmanifested waste. (See 40 CFR 264.76.)	270.30(l)(8)(i)						
	Amend to read: Beginning on December 1, 2025, submit an electronic Unmanifested Waste Report in the EPA e-Manifest system for submission to the EPA within 15 days of receipt of unmanifested waste. (See 40 CFR 264.76.)	270.30(l)(8)(ii)						

1.	Minor typographical edits and conforming changes made October 31, 2024, 89 FR 86758. Checklist updated 11/13/2024.