&EPA	e-Manifest
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery | www.EPA.Gov/e-MANiFEST | May 2018
e-Manifest Fact Sheet: TSDFs
EPA is establishing a national system for tracking hazardous waste shipments electronically. This system known as
"e-Manifest," will modernize the nation's cradle-to-grave hazardous waste tracking process while saving valuable time,
resources, and dollars for industry and states. EPA is establishing e-Manifest per the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest
Establishment Act, which Congress enacted into law on October 5, 2012. e-Manifest is a multi-faceted program that
includes system development; regulation and policy; implementation and communication; and consultation with the
e-Manifest federal advisory committee.
What TSDFs Need to Know
•	e-Manifest launches nationwide on June 30, 2018.
•	Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities (TSDFs)
will have the option to create and submit manifests
electronically.
•	TSDFs may continue to use paper manifests after
June 30, 2018; however, use of e-Manifest is highly
encouraged by EPA.
•	TSDFs must submit all manifests, both paper and
electronic, to EPA.
•	EPA will charge a fee to TSDFs for each manifest
submitted. Fees are differentiated based on how the
manifest is submitted.
•	Existing 6-copy manifest form is being replaced with
a new 5-copy form. The new form will be effective
starting on June 30, 2018.
Scope of e-Manifest	
e-Manifest will facilitate the electronic transmission of
the uniform manifest form, which accompanies
shipments of hazardous waste. e-Manifest affects any
regulated waste shipped on a manifest, including:
•	RCRA federal hazardous waste,
•	Regulated PCB waste shipped on a manifest,
•	State-regulated hazardous waste (if manifest is
required by origination or destination state),
•	Very Small Quantity Generator waste (if manifest
required by state), and
•	Imported hazardous waste.
EPA will implement the e-Manifest regulations until
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
authorized states adopt and become authorized for the
e-Manifest regulations. (Note: some parts of the e-
Manifest regulations, such as collection of user fees, will
only be implemented by EPA.)
How TSDFs Will Be Impacted
•	The e-Manifest Act mandates that the system must
cover waste shipments for which either federal or
state law require a RCRA hazardous waste manifest
for their tracking. Shipments of state-regulated
wastes that are not federal RCRA wastes, but that are
subject to the hazardous waste manifest under state
law, must be included in the system. Conversely, if a
shipment is voluntarily shipped on a manifest (i.e.,
not required to be manifested under either state or
federal law), these manifests are not required to be
submitted to EPA.
•	Use of the e-Manifest system is optional; however,
EPA encourages TSDFs to register with e-Manifest to
view electronic copies of completed manifests,
electronically make corrections, and minimize costs
of submitting manifests to EPA.
•	Generators with accounts will also be able to
participate in the electronic data corrections process
supported bye-Manifest.
•	If generators do not create e-Manifest accounts for
viewing manifests, you should make arrangements
with them to provide paper copies of completed
manifests per the recordkeeping requirements in 40
CFR part 262. The e-Manifest system will only supply
electronic copies of completed manifests to
registered generators with e-Manifest accounts.

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What TSDFs Need to Do
Work with Customers to Select
Manifest Creation Option
e-Manifest allows for three types of manifest creation
options:
•	Paper (generator, transporter, and receiving facility
all sign on paper)
•	Hybrid (starts as paper manifest signed by the
generator and then is signed electronically by the
transporter and receiving facility)
•	Electronic (created in e-Manifest and electronically
signed by all entities listed on the manifest)
Beginning on June 30, 2018, all receiving facilities must
submit manifests to EPA. Electronic and hybrid manifests
are submitted to EPA instantaneously, as they are signed
electronically by the receiving facility in the system. EPA's
Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR)
provides the legal framework for electronic reporting
under EPA's regulatory programs. Those signing
electronically need to go through identity proofing plus
sign using a CROMERR-compliant electronic signature
(e.g., password plus personal challenge question). If a
paper manifest is used, the receiving facility must submit
the manifest to EPA within 30 days of receipt.
TSDFs can utilize the EPA's e-Manifest website to create
electronic manifests for their customers or they can
utilize the e-Manifest API (Application Program
Interface) to add e-Manifesting capabilities to their
existing manifesting system.
Select Manifest Submission Options
and Associated Fee
TSDFs have several options for submitting manifests to
EPA. EPA will impose a fee for every manifest submitted
to the system based on the manifest type and mode of
submission. Each manifest submission option has a
different associated fee:
•	Mailed paper forms incur the highest fees.
•	Scanned image file and data + scanned image file
uploads will incur moderate fees.
•	Electronic manifest, including hybrid manifest, will
incur the lowest fees.
EPA will publish user fees on the e-Manifest website.
Register with e-Manifest
e-Manifest registration and instructions will be available
at: www.epa.qov/e-Manifest. Users can register for
different permissions related to whether they want to
view, create, and/or sign manifests electronically. Each
user must register separately. Additionally, EPA
encourages TSDFs to register at least two "Site
Managers" per EPA ID who, in addition to all the
permissions above, can also approve other users in their
company for e-Manifest access.
Register with pay.gov
Payments for the e-Manifest system will be handled by
the U.S. Department of Treasury through the pav.gov
website.
Stay Updated
Subscribe to the e-Manifest Listservs for the latest news
and monthly webinar announcements:
•	To subscribe to the general program Listserv, send a
blank message to: eManifest-
subscribe(5>lists.epa.aov
•	To subscribe to the developers only Listserv, send a
blank message to:
e-manifestdev-subscribe(5>lists.epa.ciov
For more information on EPA's e-Manifest Program and
frequently asked questions:
•	www.epa.qov/e-Manifest
Direct your question(s) to emanifest(5>epa.aov
State Information
Your state may have other information that is specific to
your state or Region. In this case, state-specific Fact
Sheets may be posted on your state's website and/or
shared with you in the near future.
530-F-18-010

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