New Hazardous Waste Manifest Requirements

New National Uniform Manifest Requirements, effective September 5, 2006

US EPA's new Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest regulations were adopted in Wisconsin by emergency rule [exit DNR] . The new rules require the use of new uniform manifest and continuation forms for all shipments of hazardous waste that are initiated on or after September 5, 2006.

Because emergency rules are considered temporary, the changes have not been made to the Wisconsin hazardous waste rules, NR 600 series. Sections of the rule that were amended, repealed or created by the emergency manifest rule are listed in the attached:

The new manifest requirements will be incorporated into the hazardous waste rules only when a separate, permanent rule revision is finalized. The permanent rule should be finalized around summer 2007.

You can buy the new forms from any of the EPA approved, registered manifest printers, listed at:
EPA Approved, Registered Manifest Printers [exit DNR]

The instructions for the new manifest forms are available at:
Instructions for Manifest Forms [PDF exit DNR]

Management Method Codes

Note: The Hazardous Waste Management Method code is to be entered on line 19 of the manifest form by the first treatment, storage or disposal facility (TSDF) that receives the waste, and is the code that best describes the way in which the waste is to be managed when received by the TSDF.
List of Management Method Codes [PDF exit DNR]

Changes to the Wisconsin Hazardous Waste Rules, effective August 1, 2006

Revisions to the Hazardous Waste and Used Oil rules, NR 600 series, went into effect on August 1, 2006. As noted, the revised rules have not yet incorporated the national uniform hazardous waste manifest requirements discussed above; however, the revised rules include provisions that streamline some of the hazardous waste manifesting requirements and are still applicable under the new national requirements. A summary of the main changes to the manifest requirements is provided below.

• There are no longer any Wisconsin specific hazardous waste codes (e.g.F500).
• Generators are no longer required to send any manifest copies to the department if the waste is sent to a Wisconsin hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facility.
• Hazardous waste generators only have to send a copy of the final signed manifests to the department if the shipments are sent to out of state hazardous waste management facilities for treatment or disposal [NR 662.023(3)].
• Wisconsin licensed hazardous waste management facilities only have to send final signed copies of manifests to the department.
• There is a new manifest requirements exemption for small quantity generator hazardous waste when the waste is reclaimed under a contractual agreement meeting certain conditions [NR 662.191].

Generators should mail the manifest copies to:

State Of Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources
Bureau of Waste and Materials Management
Box 8094
Madison, WI 53708

Additional information on the new hazardous waste rules is provided on the Hazardous Waste Programs Web page.

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