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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>New Manifest Form Required for All
Hazardous Waste Handlers <br>
<br>
</span></font></b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Contact:
Roxanne Smith, (202) 564-4355 / smith.roxanne@epa.gov <br>
<br>
On <U1:DATE year="2006" day="5" month="9">Sept. 5, 2006</U1:DATE>, all
hazardous waste generators and treatment, storage, and disposal facilities must
use EPA's standardized hazardous waste manifest form. Since 1980, the manifest
form has provided a complete paper trail of a waste's progress from generation
to disposal. It also identifies the type, amount, and toxicity of hazardous
waste being shipped. The standardized form that is being implemented today,
will save waste handlers and regulators time and money, while guaranteeing the
continued, safe management of hazardous waste. <br>
<br>
The standardized form reduces or eliminates many of the variables in state
requirements. EPA's new manifest form also provides check boxes and adds fields
that allow for better tracking of complicated shipments, such as container
residues, rejected wastes, and interstate shipments. The new form also makes it
easier to collect data for hazardous waste reporting. EPA has ensured
uniformity by authorizing printers and providing them with precise
specifications. Like the old form, each standardized form carries a unique
preprinted manifest tracking number. The standardized form also allows
multistate waste handlers to register and use their own manifest forms
everywhere they do business. <br>
<br>
EPA estimates about 139,000 businesses in approximately 45 industries ship
about 12 million tons of hazardous wastes annually. These businesses use
between 2 and 5 million hazardous waste manifests. <br>
<br>
Information on the Standardized Manifest Form: <a
href="http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/gener/manifest/"
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List of EPA-approved printers for the forms: <a
href="http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hazwaste/gener/manifest/registry/printers.htm"
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