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Hazardous Waste Generator Requirements 411

Generator Manifest State

Generator keeps
copy of manifest for
three years Generator obtains
manifest, fills out, Copy of
signs, has it signed manifest sent
by transporter to state (signed
by generator
and
transporter)
Generator gives
manifest to transporter

First transporter Signs, dates,
immediately
returns copy to
generator

Last transporter

Transporter gives manifest
to designated facility

TSDF

TSDF notes and
reconciles any

TSDF signs, dates,
immediately returns TSDF sends copy
copy to last to generator and
transporter state

TSDF sends copy
to generator
TSDF retains copy
for three years

FIGURE 12.5 Flow chart for the manifest paper trail (EHSO, 2003). Reproduced with kind permission of
EHSO, http://www.ehso.com.

A container or an inner liner that held hazardous waste is considered “empty” and is not regulated
as a hazardous waste if (40 CFR Section 261.7):

● All waste has been removed that can be feasibly removed
● No more than 1 in. of residue remains on the bottom of the container
● No more than 3% (by wt) of the total capacity of the container remains if the container meas-
ures less than 110 gal, or no more than 0.3% remains if the container is larger than 110 gal