e-Manifest Fact Sheets for Brokers in Louisiana

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e-Manifest
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery | www.EPA.Gov/e-MANiFEST | May 2018
e-Manifest Fact Sheet: Brokers
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 Brokers Need to Know
• e-Manifest launches nationwide on June 30, 2018.
• Brokers will have the option to prepare manifests
electronically for their generator clients.
• To use e-Manifest, brokers will need to obtain an
EPA ID and register for e-Manifest.
• 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.)
RCRAInfo
e-Manifest will be linked to the existing RCRA
Information System (RCRAInfo) and will have the ability
to validate information entered on an electronic manifest
against information in RCRAInfo.
RCRAInfo is a separate EPA information system that
collects information on hazardous waste sites.
Information in RCRAInfo is publicly available here:
https://rcrainfo.epa.gov/rcrainfoweb/action/main-
menu/view.
How Brokers Will Be Impacted
Because brokers may service multiple clients, EPA
requires them to obtain an EPA ID Number using the Site
ID Form (EPA form 8700-12). This will enable brokers to
track their manifest activities in e-Manifest, and make
draft manifests available to their clients. In some states,
brokers may submit EPA form 8700-12 electronically.
Brokers may not sign manifests in e-Manifest remotely
on behalf of their generator clients, unless the broker is
operating at the generator site and is the offeror of the
waste shipment. In that case, a broker can sign the
manifest.
What Brokers Need to Do
Obtain/Update EPA ID Number
Brokers must have an ID number to use e-Manifest.
Brokers may submit EPA form 8700-12 to obtain an EPA
ID Number from their RCRA-authorized state or EPA
Region. The form can be found on RCRAInfo Web at

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https://rcrainfo.epa.gov/rcrainfoweb. In some states,
brokers may submit this form electronically. Check here
to see if you can submit the form electronically through
your state:
https://rcrainfo.epa.aov/rcrainfoweb/modules/main/stat
e contacts.html.
Work with Customers to Select
Manifest Creation Option
The e-Manifest system allows for three types of
hazardous waste 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 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. Receiving facilities have several
options for submitting paper manifests to EPA, including
mailing in paper manifests, sending a scanned image of
a paper manifest or submission of image and data files
via e-Manifest.
Brokers can utilize the EPA's e-Manifest website to create
electronic manifests for their customers or they can
utilize the e-Manifest API (Advanced Programming
Interface) to add e-Manifesting capabilities to their
existing manifesting system.
Register with e-Manifest
e-Manifest registration and instructions will be available
at: www.epa.gov/e-Manifest.
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(a>lists.epa.aov
•	To subscribe to the developers only Listserv, send a
blank message to:
e-manifestdev-subscribe(a>lists.epa.aov
For more information on EPA's e-Manifest Program and
frequently asked questions:
•	Go to www.epa.gov/e-Manifest
Direct your questions to the contact(s) listed below.
State Contacts
Link to Notification
http://deq.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/Notifications and A
ccreditations/State of LA Haz Waste Notif Form HW-
1.pdf
Regional Contacts	
Matthew Loesel, US EPA Region 6,
Loesel.Matthew(a>epa.gov. (214) 665-8544
Melissa Smith, US EPA Region 6, Smith.Melissa(a>epa.gov,
(214) 665-7357

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