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Export Shipment Requirements



U.S. exporter prepares:

•	international movement document for each shipment [§262.83(d)]; AND

•	RCRA manifest for each shipment unless the waste is exempted from
manifesting (e.g., SLABs and universal waste), listing consent numbers for
each waste [§262.83(c)].

U.S. exporter must submit Electronic Export Information (EEI) for each
shipment to the Automated Export System (AES) in accordance with 15 CFR
30.4(b), and include EPA-specific information along with the other information
required under 15 CFR 30.6 [§262.83(a)(6)(ii)].

Transporters must sign and date the international movement document [§262.83(d)(2)(xiv)] and RCRA
manifest unless waste is exempted [§263.20(c)] when accepting custody of the shipment from the generator or
another transporter. The last transporter in the U.S. must sign and date the RCRA manifest unless waste is
exempted to indicate the date shipment left the US, and send copy of RCRA manifest to generator

[§263.20(g)(3)].

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Shipment exits U.S. Under contract terms, transporters outside of U.S. must sign and date the
international movement document when accepting custody of the shipment from another transporter

[§262.83(f)(8)].

If not disrupted, shipment
arrives at foreign facility
which either accepts or
rejects shipment.

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Is shipment disrupted
prior to arrival at
foreign facility?

If disrupted, under contract terms
[§262.83(f)(3)], transporters outside
of U.S. must inform U.S. exporter
and

country of transit or import of
disruption and need to return
shipment.

If shipment rejected, under contract terms foreign facility must inform
U.S. exporter, country of import and EPA. The person specified in the
contract assumes responsibility for locating an acceptable alternate
location in the country of import or arranging the return of shipment

[§262.83(f)(3)].

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Country of transit or import
will inform EPA of need for
return.

If shipment accepted, under contract terms foreign facility:

Sends copy of signed and dated international movement document
within 3 days of receipt to U.S. exporter, to countries of import and
transit, and starting on electronic import-export reporting compliance
date, to EPA [§262.83(f)(4)]; AND

Completes shipment recycling or disposal, sends confirmation of
recovery or disposal no later than 30 days after completing recovery
AND no later than 1 year from receipt of shipment to U.S. exporter,
to the country of import, and starting on electronic import-export
reporting compliance date, to EPA. If interim facility, promptly sends
confirmation of final recovery or disposal it receives from final facility
to country of import and starting on electronic import-export
reporting compliance date, to EPA [(§§262.83(f)(5)-(6)].

If return needed, exporter
must complete shipment
return to U.S. within 90
days of date EPA informed
of need to return. Whether
shipment returned or sent
to alternate facility, exporter

must submit exception
report to EPA [§262.83(e),
§262.83(h)].

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