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e-Manifest
Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery | www.EPA.Gov/e-MANiFEST | December 2020
e-Manifest Fact Sheet: State Programs
On June 30, 2018, EPA launched a national system for tracking hazardous waste shipments electronically. This system,
known as "e-Manifest," modernizes the nation's cradle-to-grave hazardous waste tracking process while saving valuable
time, resources, and dollars for industry and states. EPA established 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 States Need to Know
•	e-Manifest launched on June 30, 2018.
•	Users in the regulated community have the option of
using electronic manifests or continuing to use the
paper manifest forms.
•	As of June 30, 2018, receiving facilities must submit
all manifests, including electronic and paper
manifests, to EPA's e-Manifest system.
•	EPA charges receiving facilities a user fee for each
manifest submitted. User fees differ based on the
way the manifest is submitted.
•	State programs must adopt the e-Manifest
regulations (One Year Rule and User Fee Rule).
•	States determine how they connect with e-Manifest.
The e-Manifest system is the only means by which
states may obtain all electronic manifests and the
receiving facility copy of paper manifests.
•	Generators who use paper manifests and do not
register for e-Manifest, and thus cannot view their
manifests in EPA's e-Manifest system, are required to
obtain paper copies of final manifests from their
receiving facilities to meet their RCRA recordkeeping
requirements.
•	Generators who register for e-Manifest can use the
e-Manifest system to retain their final copies of
manifests signed by receiving facilities and meet
their recordkeeping requirements.
•	The e-Manifest system collects manifests for wastes
shipped on a manifest, where the manifest is
required either by federal law, or the law of the
generator state or destination state. Users who use
the manifest voluntarily for their waste shipments
(i.e., the manifest is not required by federal or state
law) should not submit their manifests to the e-
Manifest system.
Scope of e-Manifest	
e-Manifest facilitates the electronic transmission of the
uniform manifest, which accompanies shipments of
hazardous waste. e-Manifest affects any regulated waste
shipped on a manifest, including:
•	Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (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), and
•	Imported hazardous waste.
How e-Manifest Impacts State
Programs
States need to do the following with respect to e-
Manifest: (1) modify their authorized state program; (2)
take steps to obtain manifest data from e-Manifest; and
(3) communicate with the regulated entities within their
state, including entities that send or receive state-only
regulated waste on a manifest.

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State Regulatory Programs
•	Under the e-Manifest Act, the federal e-Manifest
requirements issued by EPA - the February 2014 One
Year Rule and the January 2018 User Fee Rule -
became effective in all states on June 30, 2018.
•	EPA implements the e-Manifest regulations until
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.)
•	States must adopt these requirements so that they
can enforce the electronic manifests used by the
regulated community, ensure that the state
programs are consistent with the federal manifest
program, and recognize the validity of the electronic
manifests used in e-Manifest.
•	EPA has state authorization guidance and checklists
available at https://www.epa.gov/rcra/state-
authorization-under-resource-conservation-and-
recoverv-act-rcra to assist states with adopting and
becoming authorized for the e-Manifest rules.
State Manifest Tracking Programs
•	While the e-Manifest system does not replace states'
existing tracking programs, Congress intended e-
Manifest to be a one-stop reporting hub that would
enable the user community to make their manifest
submissions to the national system and, through the
system, deliver any required manifest copies to the
states.
•	As of June 30, 2018, states must obtain the final
receiving facility copy of paper manifests, and all
electronic manifest copies, from the e-Manifest
system. As such, states can no longer collect
manifests from receiving facilities.
•	States have several options to access data from e-
Manifest, including: (1) a system-to-system data
transfer using an Application Programming Interface
(API); (2) a system-to-system connection using a
Central Data Exchange (CDX) node; (3) direct view
and print access through the RCRA Information
System (RCRAInfo) web application; and (4) the use
of "flat files," Excel spreadsheets, or similar means for
obtaining a more customized download of manifest
data.
Communication
•	EPA encourages states to communicate with their
regulated entities and share information about e-
Manifest.
•	In particular, it would be beneficial for states to: (1)
add links to state websites to link to EPA's e-
Manifest website (www.epa.gov/e-manifest); (2) post
these Fact Sheets to state websites; and (3) share e-
Manifest news and information through existing
state communication channels, such as state listservs
or email lists of regulated entities, including both
hazardous waste and state-regulated waste entities.
•	If you do not already have an account for RCRAInfo
(Version 6), please register as a Regulatory Agency
User to access e-Manifest
(https://rcrainfo.epa.gov/rcrainfoprod/action/secure
d/login).
Federal Links
•	For more information on EPA's e-Manifest Program
and frequently asked questions go to
http://www.epa.gov/e-manifest
•	To subscribe to the general program Listserv send a
blank message to: eManifest-
subscribe(a>lists.epa.gov
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA 530-F-20-017

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