After more than 6 years of development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) national e-Manifest system launched on June 30, 2018, in all 50 states. Revised regulations are in place and the new system has been tested by users.
The manifest regulations still require all waste handlers (generators, transporters, and receiving facilities) to keep records of their manifests as evidence that the signatures of each of the parties were involved in the entire chain of custody. When all parties use an e-Manifest, these records are maintained within the e-Manifest system. It becomes a bit tricky for generators that continue to use paper manifests and even trickier if they have not registered with the e-Manifest system and created an account for monitoring manifest activity.
Needless to say, a lot of affected businesses still have questions. Here are 5 key things to remember.